Privacy Policy for EastPennGOP.org
Effective Date: July 16, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how EastPennGOP.org (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects the personal information of our website visitors and supporters. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our website.
Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
1. Information You Provide to Us:
- Contact Forms: When you fill out a contact form, sign up for our mailing list, RSVP for an event, or volunteer, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide in the message field.
- Donations: If you make a donation through our website, we may collect your name, billing address, and other information necessary to process the transaction. Please note that we use a third-party payment processor to handle all financial transactions, and we do not store your credit card information on our servers.
2. Information We Collect Automatically:
- Google Analytics 4: Like many websites, we use Google Analytics 4 to help us understand how visitors engage with our site. This service collects anonymous data about your visit, such as your IP address (which is anonymized), browser type, operating system, the pages you visit on our site, the time and date of your visit, and the referring website. This information is used for internal analysis to improve our website and better understand our audience. We do not use this data to personally identify you. You can learn more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data by visiting Google’s Privacy & Terms page.
- Cookies: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences and understand how you interact with our site. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To communicate with you: To respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters and updates if you have opted-in to our mailing list, and provide you with information about our activities and events.
- For internal analytics: To understand how our website is being used, to improve our content and user experience, and to measure the effectiveness of our outreach efforts.
- To process donations and registrations: To process any donations you make and to manage your registration for events.
- To maintain our records: For our internal organizational purposes, as a civic group.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information with any third parties for their marketing purposes.
We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as email distribution, donation processing, and website hosting. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and are not authorized to use it for any other purpose.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Your Choices and Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Opt-Out of Mailing Lists: You may opt-out of receiving future communications from us at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails or by contacting us directly.
- Access, Correct, or Delete Your Information: You may request to access, correct, or delete the personal information that we hold about you by contacting us. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the personal information we collect from loss, theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any personal information to us online.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.