Terms and Conditions
Welcome to ohiostrongaction.org, the official Web site of Ohio Strong Action, a federal committee. Your right to privacy online is important. You do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information unless you choose to provide your personal information. The following section enumerates our data collection, protection, and security policies. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
What we collect and how we use it:
We only collect personal information that you provide. In our effort to grow our grassroots community online and to collect donations in accordance with Massachusetts election law, Ohio Strong Action may at times ask you to submit information - such as your name, address, phone number, email address, and employer/occupation information - in an effort to provide you with important campaign updates and/or to properly report your donations to the Federal Election Commission. These updates include campaign events, videos, messages, alerts, and other campaign related information. These updates and communications that we send you may be personalized. While Ohio Strong Action certainly will not sell your information to a commercial entity, it may, from time to time, share your information with like-minded organizations and candidates who are committed to the same principles of Ohio Strong Action. Ohio Strong Action may provide your email address or other personal information to authorized third parties required to deliver a particular service. These third parties may not use your information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for Ohio Strong Action.
Information Collected:
We utilize log files to better serve you. We use log files to assess the aggregate level of traffic to ohiostrongaction.org including what pages people are visiting, and to diagnose any potential problems with the Web site. This log file does contain an "Internet Protocol" or IP address that gives us insight on the general geographic area that visitors are coming from but not information on a specific individual. We do not use log files to track a particular individual's use of ohiostrongaction.org. All users remain anonymous unless they choose to give us personally identifiable information. Information collected by Ohio Strong Action is Non-Personally Identifiable ("Non-PII") which includes IP host address, browser type, computer operation system, date and time of an ad request, and Internet Service Provider details. This information is identified using cookies, which are designed to serve users more desirable and relevant content while browsing the host site. This increases user experience, web functionality, and ultimately sorts information to increase accessibility to site visitors.
Donation Information:
When you donate to Ohio Strong Action, federal law requires us to use our best efforts to obtain the following information: your name, mailing address, employer, occupation, and the amount of your contribution. Federal law also requires us to report this information to the Federal Election Commission. Any credit card information provided is only used to immediately process your donation. Ohio Strong Action does not retain your credit card information once the donation is processed online.
Children should not submit any personal information:
In accordance with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) Ohio Strong Action does not knowingly collect information from children. Additionally, in accordance with (COPPA), Ohio Strong Action will never knowingly collect personal identifiable information from persons 13 years old or younger. Parents with any questions may contact us.
Security:
ohiostrongaction.org is a secure site, and employs a host of industry best practices to protect the exchange of information between site visitors and its host site. Our site uses multiple methods of security and protection including firewalls and encryption. Our site uses a secured/encrypted server for online credit card donations. The online contribution form is in compliance with Federal Election Commission regulations. Our committee has put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorized access.
Links to other sites:
Our site may contain links to other Web sites and servers. We do not bear responsibility for privacy policies or content on linked Web sites. Because we have no control over websites to which we provide links, you agree and acknowledge that we are not responsible for the availability of resources or external sites and Ohio Strong Action does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content provided therein. Accordingly, you also agree and acknowledge that Ohio Strong Action will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, services on or through any such site or resource or goods. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on each Web site you visit. Our committee provides links to original articles written and maintained by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience and do not imply a claim of ownership in that content.
Contact information for Ohio Strong Action:
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact Ohio Strong Action by mail or by phone using the contact information published at the bottom of each page of this Web site.
We reserve the right to revise or update this privacy policy at any time. If any changes to this privacy policy are made, the date that the revised or updated policy is posted to ohiostrongaction.org will appear at the bottom of the page.