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National Voter Corps Privacy Policy

This notice provides the National Voter Corps (NVC) privacy policy regarding the nature, purpose, use, and sharing of information collected by NVC, its agents or contractors via this website. Our privacy policy explains our information practices when you provide Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to us, whether collected online or offline, or when you visit us online to browse, obtain information, or conduct a transaction. PII may include: your name, email, or other information that identifies you personally. We do not require you to register or provide personal information to visit our website.

The information you may provide on the NVC website will be used only for its intended purpose. Our policy is to follow the Privacy Act of 1974 , the E-Government Act of 2002 , and the Federal Records Act and California’s relevant privacy laws.

Personally Identifiable Information

NVC does not collect PII about you when you visit our website, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Submitting PII through our website is voluntary. By doing so, you are giving NVC your permission to use the information for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of our website and to communicate with you to advance our mission.

If you choose to provide us with PII on the NVC website, through such methods as completing a web form or sending us an email, we will use that information to help us provide in good faith the information or service you may have requested or a response to your message.

Email

NVC provides you an option to sign up for periodic newsletters from NVC via email.

Automatically Collected Information

We collect and/or temporarily store certain information about your visit. We may also automatically collect information about the web content you view in the event of a known security or virus threat. We use WP Statistics, which is a GDPR compliant tool that keeps all statistical site data locally. This information includes:

1. The Internet domain from which you access our website;

2. The Internet Protocol (IP) address (a unique number for each computer connected to the Internet) from which you access our website. This is stored using a technology called ‘Anonymize IP Addresses’ for GDPR compliance;

3. The type of browser (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome) used to access our site;

4. The operating system (e.g., Windows, Mac OS, Unix) used to access our site;

5. The date and time you access our site;

6. The Universal Resource Locators (URLs), or addresses, of the pages you visit;

7. If you visited this website from another website, the URL of the forwarding site.

We may share the above information with our employees or representatives with a “need-to-know” in the performance of their official duties. This information is only used to help us make our site more useful for you. Raw data logs are retained temporarily as required for security and site management purposes only.

Third-Party Websites and Applications

NVC does not use social media applications that interact with this website or other kinds of third-party websites.

MailChimp

NVC uses the MailChimp service to deliver email bulletin messages to self-subscribed users.  All data self provided is not stored on NVC servers or platforms. It is maintained by MailChimp. You can see MailChimp’s privacy policy here.

Neither NVC or MailChimp may share a user’s subscription profile (including email address) without a waiver from NVC.

Information Collected for Tracking and Customization (Cookies)

A cookie is a small file that a website transfers to your computer to allow it to remember specific information about your session while you are connected. Your computer will only share the information in the cookie with the website that provided it, and no other website can request it. There are two types of cookies:

  • Session: Session cookies last only as long as your web browser is open. Once you close your browser, the cookie is deleted. Websites may use session cookies for technical purposes such as to enable better navigation through the site, or to allow you to customize your preferences for interacting with the site.
  • Persistent: NVC does not use or retain persistent cookies.

If you do not wish to have session or persistent cookies stored on your machine, you can turn cookies off  in your browser. You will still have access to all information and resources at the NVC website. Be aware that disabling cookies in your browser will affect cookie usage at all other websites you visit as well.

Interaction With Visiting Other Websites

Our website contains links to international agencies, private organizations, and some commercial entities. These websites are not within our control and may not follow the same privacy, security, or accessibility policies. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the policies of that site.

Privacy Policy Contact Information

We welcome feedback if you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or the use of your information. For additional information about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@nationalvotercorps.org.