Privacy Policy

Welcome to MendonGOP.com, the official website of the Town of Mendon Republican Committee (MRC). We hope you enjoy your visit. The MRC knows your right to privacy online is important. You do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information unless you choose to give us your personal information.

Should you choose to share your personal information, we would like you to know exactly how that information is used by us to provide a better user experience, and the steps we take to protect your information. This privacy policy has been created to answer any questions you may have regarding the MRC’s data collection and protection policies.

The only personal information collected is information you give us: In our effort to grow our Republican grassroots community online, the MRC may at times ask you to submit information — such as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address — in an effort to provide you the information you want in a more timely manner. If you choose not to give us any information, we may not be able to provide you with the most timely information pertaining to: online events, personal appearances, TV appearances, talking points, activists alerts and other Republican related information.

How we use log files to better serve you: We use log files to assess the aggregate level of traffic to MendonGOP.com including what pages people are visiting, and to diagnose any potential problems with the website. 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 MendonGOP.com. All users remain anonymous unless they choose to give us personally identifiable information.

We ask that children under 18 do not submit their information: In accordance with the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) MendonGOP.com does not knowingly collect information from children. In accordance with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), the Town of Mendon Republican Committee will never knowingly collect personal identifiable information from persons thirteen years old or younger. Parents with questions may e-mail gop_info@MendonGOP.com.

We may share your information with like-minded organizations. The MRC may share information — that you voluntarily provide us — with like-minded organizations committed to the principles or candidates of the Republican party, Republican State Party organizations and local Republican groups. The MRC may provide your e-mail address or other personal information to authorized third parties required to deliver a particular service. These third parties may not use said information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for the Town of Mendon Republican Committee.

Protecting information you provide via MendonGOP.com. The MRC makes every effort to protect your information from the moment you begin to enter your information to when it is stored on our secure servers. GOP.com uses a secure socket layer (SSL) – with the highest level of encryption commercially available – on pages where Web site visitors register or make a secure online donation using their credit card.

Strict security measures are in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of any and all information pertaining to MendonGOP.com. In addition, MendonGOP.com is run on servers located in a secure server room and locked in a rack. Staff is onsite 24 hours a day, monitoring equipment and services.

MendonGOP.com uses a secured/encrypted server for online credit card donations. The online contribution form is in compliance with FEC regulations. The MRC has put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorized access.

Use of cookies and protecting your privacy: We do make use of cookies to personalize and customize your interaction with MendonGOP.com and to provide you with the best possible online experience. A cookie is a tiny text file that is placed on your hard drive and does not contain any personal information about you. These text files cannot be used by MendonGOP.com or anyone else to obtain any information that you do not voluntarily provide.

MendonGOP.com links to other sites: Our site may contain links to other websites and servers. The MRC does not bear responsibility for privacy polices or content on linked websites. Because the MRC has no control over websites to which we provide links, you agree and acknowledge that the Town of Mendon Republican Committee is not responsible for the availability of resources or external sites and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content provided therein.

Accordingly, you also agree and acknowledge that the MRC 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 of any such content, services on or through any such site or resource or goods. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on each website you visit.

The Town of Mendon Republican 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.

We reserve the right to revise or update this privacy policy at any time. While we do not intend to make any changes to this policy we do reserve the right to do so. If any changes to this privacy policy are made the date that the revised or updated policy is posted to MendonGOP.com will appear at the bottom of the page.

Revised: March 2009