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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the websites, mobile applications and other online offerings (collectively, the “Sites”) provided by Weld 2020 Presidential Exploratory Committee Inc (Weld 2020,” “we,” or “us”). By accessing or by using our Site, you agree to these Terms, and any terms incorporated by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use our Site.

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will provide you with notice of such changes, such as by sending an email, providing a notice through our Site or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Site after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using our Site.

If you have any questions about these Terms or our Site, please contact us at info@weld2020.org.

PRIVACY

For information about how we collect, use, share and otherwise process information about you, please see our Privacy Policy.

CONSENT TO USE OF DATA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SMS PROGRAM TERMS

You consent to our communicating with you about the Site, the campaign, and Weld 2020 by SMS, text message, email or other electronic means. Your carrier’s normal, messaging, data and other rates and fees will apply to these communications.

If you subscribe to any text programs that Weld 2020 makes available, the following terms apply:
By subscribing to Weld 2020 updates or alerts, you consent to receive periodic updates or alerts by automatic text message. Text STOP to stop. For Help, text HELP or contact us at info@weld2020.org. Message and data rates may apply. See our privacy policy. Neither Weld 2020 nor the participating carriers guarantee that messages will be delivered. Weld 2020 may discontinue the program at any time without notice.

USER CONTENT

Our Site may allow you and other users to create, post, store and share content, including messages, comments, stories, text, photos, graphics, videos, music, and other materials (collectively, “User Content”). Except for the license you grant below, you retain all rights in and to your User Content, as between you and Weld 2020.

If you submit any User Content to Weld 2020, including through the Site, you grant Weld 2020 and its independent contractors, service providers, consultants and joint committee members, a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform and display such User Content, and any name, username or likeness provided in connection therewith, in all media formats and channels now known or later developed without compensation to you, in connection with the Site, Weld 2020, and the campaign.

You may not create, post, store or share any User Content that violates these Terms or for which you do not have all the rights necessary to grant us the license described above. You represent and warrant that your User Content, and our use of such content as permitted by these Terms, will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor User Content, we may delete or remove User Content at any time and for any reason with or without notice.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT AND CONTENT

You will not violate any applicable law, contract, intellectual property right or other third-party right or commit a tort in connection with any User Content you post to the Site, and you are solely responsible for your conduct while using our Site. You will not:

Engage in any harassing, threatening, intimidating, predatory or stalking conduct;
Impersonate or post on behalf or any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
Sell, resell or commercially use our Site;
Copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform or publicly display all or portions of our Site, except as expressly permitted by us or our licensors;
Modify our Site, remove any proprietary rights notices or markings, or otherwise make any derivative works based upon our Site;
Use our Site other than for their intended purpose and in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying our Site or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of our Site in any manner;
Reverse engineer any aspect of our Site or do anything that might discover source code or bypass or circumvent measures employed to prevent or limit access to any part of our Site;
Use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods designed to scrape or extract data from our Site;
Develop or use any applications that interact with our Site without our prior written consent;
Send, distribute or post spam, unsolicited or bulk commercial electronic communications, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file; or
Use our Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, or engage in, encourage or promote any activity that violates these Terms.

You may also post or otherwise share only User Content that is nonconfidential and that you have all necessary rights to disclose. You may not create, post, store or share any User Content that:

Is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent;
Would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
May infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
Contains or depicts any statements, remarks or claims that do not reflect your honest views and experiences;
Impersonates, or misrepresents your affiliation with, any person or entity;
Contains any unsolicited promotions, advertising or solicitations;
Contains any private or personal information of a third party without such third party’s consent; or
Contains any viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files or content.

Enforcement of this Section 4 is solely at Weld 2020’s discretion, and failure to enforce this section in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce it in other instances. In addition, this Section 4 does not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Site will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules.

OWNERSHIP; LIMITED LICENSE

The Site, including the text, graphics, images, photographs, videos, illustrations and other content contained therein, are owned by Weld 2020 or our licensors and are protected under both United States and foreign laws. Except as explicitly stated in these Terms, all rights in and to the Site are reserved by us or our licensors. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you are hereby granted a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use our Site for your own personal, noncommercial use. Any use of the Site other than as specifically authorized herein, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited, will terminate the license granted herein and violate our intellectual property rights.

TRADEMARKS

Weld 2020 Presidential Exploratory Committee Inc., and our logos, our slogans, and the look and feel of the Site are trademarks of Weld 2020 and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and Weld 2020 names or logos mentioned on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by us.

FEEDBACK

You may voluntarily post, submit or otherwise communicate to us any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, original or creative materials or other information about Weld 2020 or our Site (collectively, “Feedback”). You understand that we may use such Feedback for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you, including, without limitation, to develop, copy, publish, or improve the Feedback in Weld 2020’s sole discretion. You understand that Weld 2020 may treat Feedback as nonconfidential.

REPEAT INFRINGER POLICY; COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that anything on our Site infringes any copyright that you own or control, you may notify Weld 2020’s designated agent as follows:

E-Mail Address: info@weld2020.org

Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notification. Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Site is infringing, you may be liable to Weld 2020 for certain costs and damages.

THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, AND SITES.

We may provide information about third-party organizations, events, products, services, or activities, or we may allow third parties to make their content and information available on or through the Site (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). We provide Third-Party Content as a service to those interested in such content. Your dealings or correspondence with third parties and your use of or interaction with any Third-Party Content are solely between you and the third party. Weld 2020 does not control or endorse, and makes no representations or warranties regarding, any Third-Party Content, and your access to and use of such Third-Party Content is at your own risk.

INDEMNIFICATION

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Weld 2020 and its independent contractors, service providers, and consultants, successor organizations, and joint committee members, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, partners and employees (individually and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, demands, damages, expenses or costs (“Claims”) arising out of or related to (a) your User Content or Feedback; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation, misappropriation or infringement of any rights of another (including intellectual property rights or privacy rights); or (d) your misconduct in connection with the Site. You agree to promptly notify Indemnified Parties of any third-party Claims, cooperate with Indemnified Parties in defending such Claims and pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with defending such Claims (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees). You also agree that the Indemnified Parties will have control of the defense or settlement, at the Indemnified Party’s sole option, of any third-party Claims.

DISCLAIMERS

Your use of our Site is at your sole risk. Except as otherwise provided in a writing by us, our Site and any content therein are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. In addition, Weld 2020 does not represent or warrant that our Site are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. While Weld 2020 attempts to make your use of our Site safe, we cannot and do not represent or warrant that our Site or servers are free of viruses or other harmful components. You assume the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Site.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Weld 2020 and its contractors, service providers, consultants, successor organizations, and joint committee members, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, will not be liable to you under any theory of liability—whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, warranty, or otherwise—for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, punitive or special damages or lost profits, even if such parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The total liability of Weld 2020 and its contractors, service providers, consultants, successor organizations, and joint committee members, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Sites, regardless of the form of the action, is limited to the greater of $5.

GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE

Any dispute arising from these Terms and your use of the Site will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Massachusetts, except to the extent preempted by U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict of law rules or principles (whether of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Any dispute between the parties will be resolved in the state or federal courts of Maryland and the United States, respectively, sitting in Boston, Massachusetts.

MODIFYING AND TERMINATING OUR SITE

We reserve the right to modify our Site or to suspend or stop providing all or portions of our Site at any time. You also have the right to stop using our Site at any time. We are not responsible for any loss or harm related to your inability to access or use our Site.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

MISCELLANEOUS

The failure of Weld 2020 to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, these Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person or entity. You agree that communications and transactions between us may be conducted electronically.

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 2/15/19

This Privacy Policy explains how Weld 2020 Presidential Exploratory Committee Inc (“Weld 2020”, “we” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our websites and mobile sites that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”).

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Site or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

CONTENTS & SUMMARY

The information below summarizes the contents of this Privacy Policy, followed by the policy in full. Should there be any discrepancy between the information below and the full Privacy Policy, the language of the full Privacy Policy shall govern.

1. Information Collection

We collect the following information when you use the Site:

Information You Provide to Us:

We collect information you provide directly to us, including your name, contact information, and payment information. We may also collect information as required by the Federal Election Commission.

Information We Collect from Other Sources:

We may, on occasion, collect information, such as voter file data, from outside sources and combine it with information we collect from you.

2. Campaign Purposes and Uses of Information

We may use the information we collect for purposes including to provide, maintain and improve our Site, solicit volunteers, donations and support, communicate with you about the campaign, respond to your requests, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you.

3. Sharing of Information

We may share information about you with others, including: vendors, volunteers, campaigns, political and other organizations, other participants in a joint fundraising committee, and the Federal Election Commission, as required or permitted by applicable law or legal process.

4. Data Retention

We store the information we collect on you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate campaign purposes.

5. Links to Other Websites

The Site may contain links to other websites. Any personal information you provide on such linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy, and not this privacy policy.

6. Social Sharing Features

The Site may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools, which let you share actions you take on our Site with other media, and vice versa.

7. Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may collect information about your use of the Site and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Weld 2020 and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Site and other websites, and better understand your online activity. For more information about interest-based ads and your opt out choices, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices. You can also change your browser settings to block cookies, although doing so may disable some features of our Site.

8. Transfer of Information to the U.S.

Weld 2020 is directed to U.S. residents and we process and store information in the U.S. If you are located outside the U.S., we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access to your information in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

9. Your Choices

You may exercise your choices according to the following:

Promotional Communications:

You may opt out of receiving Weld 2020 promotional emails or text messages by following the instructions in those emails or text messages. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your use of the Site.

Updating Information:

You may update, correct, and delete certain information you provide to us by emailing us at info@weld2020.org. We may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate campaign purposes and may retain cached or archived copies of information about you for as long as necessary for our business purposes.

Cookies:

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies and review your choices regarding behavioral advertising cookies at www.aboutads.info/choices.

Mobile Push Notifications/Alerts:

You can deactivate promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

10. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may request information about our practices related to disclosing your personal information.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@weld2020.org.

FULL PRIVACY POLICY

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you sign up to receive updates, request information, fill out a form, sign a petition, sign up as a volunteer, sign up for an event, participate in a contest or promotion, make a donation or purchase, communicate with us via third party social media sites, request support, send us an email, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, contact information (such as email address, postal address, and phone number), credit card and other payment information (although payment information may be collected directly by a third-party processor), and any other information you choose to provide.

In addition, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) may require us to collect certain personal information from donors. For example, the FEC requires us to collect (and disclose to them) the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer of all individuals whose donations to Weld 2020 exceed $200 per election cycle.

AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION

When you access or use our Site, we automatically collect information about you, including:

LOG AND USAGE INFORMATION:

We collect information related to your access to and use of the Site, including the type of browser you use, app version, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, and the webpages you visited before and after navigating to our Site.

DEVICE INFORMATION:

We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Site, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.

TRANSACTIONAL INFORMATION:

If you make a donation or purchase, we may collect information about the transaction, such as donation amount, purchase price, product details, and date and location of the transaction.

LOCATION INFORMATION

We may derive the approximate location of your device, such as from your IP address.

INFORMATION COLLECTED BY COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES:

We (and our service providers) use different technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Site and your experience, see which areas and features of our Site are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) are electronic images that may be used in our Site or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see Your Choices below. For more information about the use of cookies and similar technology on our online services please review this Privacy Policy and our Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM OTHER SOURCES

We and our service providers may also obtain information about you from other sources and combine that with information we collect about you on our Site. For example, we may collect voter file data from state parties and other democratic organizations, from public databases, and from private organizations.

CAMPAIGN PURPOSES AND USES OF INFORMATION

We may use the information we collect to:

Provide, maintain and improve our Site;
Provide and deliver the information you request, process donations and transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts,
Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages and provide technical support;
Respond to your emails, submissions, comments, questions and requests; request feedback or support, and otherwise contact you about your participation in the campaign and use of the Site;
Communicate with you about the campaign, such as sending you information to keep you informed about various issues, events, activities, and volunteer opportunities, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
To solicit volunteers, donations and support for Weld 2020 and for other candidates, campaigns, issues and organizations that we support and to connect you with other volunteers;
Contact you if Federal election laws require us to request additional information from you;
Remind you to vote and register to vote and assist you in finding your registration information, polling location and campaign events near you;
Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site;
Personalize the Site and provide advertisements, content or features based on your preferences, interests, and browsing and online activities;
Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards;
Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Weld 2020 and others; and
Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

With vendors, service providers, volunteers, and consultants who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;
With candidates, campaigns, political or nonprofit organizations, groups or causes that we believe have similar political viewpoints, principles or objectives or share similar goals and with organizations that facilitate communications and information sharing among such groups or otherwise assist such groups;
With other participants in a joint fundraising committee;
To report required information to the Federal Election Commission, including name, mailing address, occupation, and name of employers of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in an election cycle (for additional information, visit the FEC website at http://www.fec.gov);In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
When we believe in good faith that we are lawfully authorized or required to do so or that doing so is reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with the law or legal processes or respond to lawful requests, claims or legal authorities, including responding to lawful subpoenas, warrants, or court orders;
If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Weld 2020, its employees, volunteers, constituents, or others;
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any reorganization, formation of new committee or successor organization, asset sale or transfer, financing or lending transaction or in any other situation where personal information may be disclosed or transferred as one of the assets of Weld 2020
With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used by third parties to identify you.

DATA RETENTION

We store the information we collect on you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate campaign purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory or other compliance obligations.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The Site may contain links to other websites. For example, we may link to third-party sites to facilitate donations or purchases. Any personal information you provide on such linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy, and not this privacy policy. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.

SOCIAL SHARING FEATURES

The Site may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our Site with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on your privacy settings for the relevant social media site. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

ADVERTISING AND ANALYTICS SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHERS

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Site and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Weld 2020 and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Site and other websites, and better understand your online activity.

For example, we use Google Analytics and may use Remarketing with Google Analytics or other remarketing tools to advertise online. This enables third-party vendors, including Google, to show our ads on sites across the Internet. Such third-party vendors, including Google, may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Sites. For information on how you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for interest-based ads please visit Google’s Ads Settings. For more information about the use of cookies and similar technology on our online services please review this Privacy Policy and our Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy.

For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices. You can also change your browser settings to block cookies, although doing so may disable some features of our Site.

TRANSFER OF INFORMATION TO THE U.S.

Weld 2020 is based in the United States and is directed to U.S. residents. We process and store information in the U.S.. If you are located outside the U.S., we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access to your information in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails or text messages from Weld 2020 by following the instructions in those emails or text messages. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your use of the Site.

UPDATING INFORMATION

You may update and correct certain information you provide to us by logging emailing us at info@weld2020.org. If you wish to delete information we have collected from you, please email us at info@weld2020.org, but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate campaign purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for as long as necessary for our business purposes.

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Sites.

MOBILE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS/ALERTS

With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California law permits residents of California to request certain details about how their information is shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please contact us at info@weld2020.org.

How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals for California Residents

California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as amended effective January 1, 2021) provides that California residents are entitled to know how Weld 2020 responds to “Do Not Track” browser settings. Weld 2020 does not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is created.

Categories of Personal Information Sold and Disclosed for a Business Purpose

We have not sold your personal information in the 12 months preceding the Effective Date of this Policy.

We have not disclosed your personal information for a business purpose in the 12 months preceding the Effective Date of this Policy.

In the future, we may share your personal information with service providers as necessary to perform a campaign business purpose, including fundraising, publicity, sponsorships, ecommerce or other campaign related activities, and in a manner consistent with applicable law. As a non-profit, we are not a “business” subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Our disclosures to services providers will strive to be consistent, however, with the spirit of the CCPA (Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.135 as of its effective date on January 1, 2021).

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@weld2020.org

COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES POLICY

Weld 2020 Presidential Exploratory Committee (“Weld 2020,” “our,” “we,” or “us“) maintains www.weld2020.org. We, along with our advertising partners and vendors, use a variety of technologies to learn more about how people use Weld 2020’s online services and websites. You can find out more about these technologies and how to control them below. This policy forms part of the Weld 2020 Privacy Policy available here.

COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW WE USE THEM

Like many companies, our online services (referred to together from this point forward as “Cookies”, unless otherwise stated) use Cookies and other tracking technologies including HTTP cookies, HTML5 and Flash local storage, web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts, e-tags/cache browsers as defined below.

We may use Cookies for a variety of purposes, including to remember your log-in status and viewing preferences from your previous use of our online services for when you later return to that online service.

Our online services use the following categories of Cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: We may use Cookies required for system administration and to prevent fraudulent activity. We are not required to obtain your consent to use Cookies that are strictly necessary.
Analytics and Performance‑Related Cookies: We may use Cookies to assess the performance of our online services, including to improve the content offered through the online services.
Functionality‑Related Cookies: We may use Cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited the online services before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify the features in which you may have the greatest interest.
Targeting‑Related Cookies: We may use Cookies to deliver content, including advertisements relevant to your interests, on our online service and third-party sites based on how you interact with our advertisements or content. We have set out further information about the use of Cookies by our Ad Network partners below.

For further information about our use of Cookies and your opt-out choices, see “Your Cookie Choices and How to Opt-Out” below. See “Cookies and Tracking Technologies Used on Weld 2020’s Site” below for examples of each type of Cookie used on Weld 2020’s online services.

USE OF COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES BY OUR ADVERTISING PARTNERS

The advertising networks and/or content providers that deliver advertisements on our site may use cookies to uniquely distinguish your web browser and keep track of information relating to serving advertisements on your web browser, such as the type of advertisements shown and the web pages on which the advertisements appeared.

Some of these companies may combine information they collect from our site with other information they have independently collected relating to your web browser’s activities across their network of websites. These companies collect and use this information under their own privacy policies.

These companies, their privacy policies and the opt-outs they offer can be found in the table below in “Cookies and Tracking Technologies Used on Weld 2020’s Site.”

YOUR COOKIE CHOICES AND HOW TO OPT-OUT

You have the choice whether to accept the use of Cookies and we have explained how you can exercise your rights below.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept HTTP cookies. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, and how to disable existing cookies. For more information about HTTP cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

You may also opt-out of additional third-party advertising networks by going to the Network Advertising Initiative’s Website at www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any such opt-out options. California residents may be entitled to know the effects of opt-out options under California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b)(7). The effect of an opt-out, if successful, will be to stop targeted advertising, but it will still allow the collection of usage data for certain purposes (e.g., research, analytics and internal site operation purposes).

Controlling the HTML5 local storage on your browser depends on which browser you use. For more information regarding your specific browser, please consult the browser’s website (often in the Help section).

For more information about Flash “cookies” or local storage objects or LSOs, and how to disable them, you can consult the information provided at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/526/52697ee8.html.

Please note, however, that without HTTP cookies and HTML5 and Flash local storage, you may not be able to take full advantage of all our online services features and some parts of the online services may not function properly.

Please note that rejecting Cookies does not mean that you will no longer see advertisements when you visit our online services.

COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES USED ON Weld 2020’S SITE

We provide the chart below as a courtesy, but we are not obligated to maintain or update it. We are not responsible for third-party sites and their privacy practices as it relates to opt-outs from tracking activities. The following third-parties that collect information from you on our site have given us notice that you may obtain information on their policies and practices and in some instances opt-out of certain of their activities:

Google Analytics

- Google Analytics is a tool that lets us analyze how visitors use our site. We use this information to improve our website. This tool collects anonymized data. Please see Google’s privacy policy for further information. To opt out of these tracking cookies, please visit Google’s website.
Google Advertising cookies
- We use Google Ads Cookies to track and record events on our website and apps for analytics, audience creation, and retargeting of advertisements. For further information, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en
Facebook cookies
- We use Facebook Pixels to track and record events on our website and apps for analytics and attribution, audience creation, and retargeting of adverts. For further information, see Facebook’s cookie policy page.
Twitter cookies
- We use Twitter Pixels to track and record events on our website and apps for analytics, audience creation, and retargeting of advertisements. For further information, see Twitter’s privacy statement.
Addthis
- We use Addthis to provide social sharing options and email to friend options on our website. For further information, see the Addthis privacy policy.

DEFINITIONS

COOKIES

A cookie (sometimes referred to as local storage object or LSO) is a data file placed on a device. Cookies can be created through a variety of web-related protocols and technologies, such as HTTP (sometimes referred to as “browser cookies”), HTML5, or Adobe Flash. For more information on third-party cookies that we use for analytics, please review the table in Section 4 of this Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy.

WEB BEACONS

Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our online service’s pages and messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or e-mail can act as a web beacon.

Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to HTTP cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

EMBEDDED SCRIPT

An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the online service, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third-party service provider is active only while you are connected to the online service and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

ETAG, OR ENTITY TAG

A feature of the cache in browsers, an ETag is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned. Used in this manner ETags are a form of device identifier. ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, Flash, and/or HTML5 cookies.

UNIQUE DEVICE TOKEN

For each user that accepts push notifications in mobile apps, the app developer is provided with a unique device token (think of it as an address) from the app platform (e.g., Apple and Google).

UNIQUE DEVICE ID

The unique series of numbers and letters assigned to your device.

CONTACT US

For any queries in relation to this Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy, please contact us at info@weld2020.org.