Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

JohnKerry.com is committed to protecting your privacy. While using our website, you do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information. If you should choose to give us your personal information, you decide the amount of information you provide. This Privacy Statement applies to data collection and usage on JohnKerry.com; it does not apply to other web sites.

Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Statement. Other web sites linked to from JohnKerry.com have their own privacy statements which can be viewed by clicking on the links.
Collection of your Personal Information

When you sign up on JohnKerry.com, we may ask for your name, address, telephone number, email address, and other information. We use the information you provide to send you the latest news and updates from John Kerry. We work closely with Democratic candidates, parties and allied organizations and may share some basic contact information with them, and they may contact you.

When you sign one of our petitions: We treat your name, city, state, and any comments as public information. We may, for example, provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to national leaders, without disclosing email addresses. We may also make comments along with your city and state available to the press and public online.

When you contribute money online: Under Federal Election law, we are required to make periodic filings that provide the Federal Election Commission with information on each contributor: name, address, amount of contribution, date of contribution, employer and occupation. For more information on the FEC, visit their web site at http://www.fec.gov/. To make a contribution online, we also ask for your credit card number and its expiration date.
Use of your Personal Information

JohnKerry.com collects and uses your personal information to operate JohnKerry.com and deliver the services you have requested. These services may include the display of customized content based upon the information JohnKerry.com has collected.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Control of your Personal Information

To unsubscribe via email, send a message to unsubscribe@johnkerry.com. To contact us via email for general questions or comments, visit http://www.johnkerry.com/contact/. To contact us or unsubscribe via US Mail: Send a letter with your full name and email address to: John Kerry for Senate, attn: Privacy, 129 Portland St. Suite 500 Boston, MA 02114-2014 (for unsubscribe requests please include 'attn: unsubscribe JohnKerry.com' in the address. To contact us or unsubscribe via telephone, please call us at 202-464-2136 between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
Collection and Use of Children's Personal Information

We care about the safety and privacy of children online, and we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we have designed our sites to block our knowing acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.
How do we protect your information?

Our website has a number of security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Computer systems have restricted access limited only to those persons and organizations necessary to the proper functioning of JohnKerry.com. This access applies to all electronic and physical security measures. Highly sensitive data including credit card information is additionally secured through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies

We use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. When you visit JohnKerry.com, your browser saves a tiny piece of information on your computer. This information personalizes and improves your experience online. JohnKerry.com only accesses information set by JohnKerry.com. It is not possible and we do not attempt to access information from other web sites. Our cookies do not contain any personal identifiable information.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience all features of the JohnKerry.com site.
IP Addresses and Log File Data

We log IP address, which is the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We also use page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit in order to improve the quality of the site. There is no personal identifiable information collected in our log files.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact JohnKerry.com via e-mail at privacy@johnkerry.com or by postal mail to John Kerry for Senate, attn: Privacy, 129 Portland St. Suite 500 Boston, MA 02114-2014.
Changes to this Statement

JohnKerry.com will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When JohnKerry.com posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of JohnKerry.com. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how we will use your personal information, JohnKerry.com will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how JohnKerry.com is protecting your information.
Contact Information

JohnKerry.com welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that JohnKerry.com has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail.
John Kerry for Senate
Attn: Privacy
129 Portland St. Suite 500, Boston, MA 02114-2014 privacy@johnkerry.com