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Last modified and effective on September 9, 2019.

1.  INTRODUCTION. 

Welcome to GOP.com, the official website (the “website” or “site”) of the
Republican National Committee (“RNC”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We hope you enjoy your
visit.  The RNC knows your right to privacy online is important and understands
that visitors to our website may have questions about how this website collects
and uses information. The RNC is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our
supporters’ information. This Privacy Policy explains our privacy practices,
including the information we collect from you when you use our website, apps,
and other digital and online services (collectively, the “Services”); how we and
our affiliated committees may use that information; our rights to share and
disclose such information to third parties; how you can review and modify
information that you provide to us; and how you can communicate your preferences
regarding our use and disclosure of such information. Please review our Terms of
Service, which govern your use of the Services. Any capitalized terms that are
not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning ascribed in the Terms
of Service.
 
This Privacy Policy only applies to the information collected by the RNC and any
third parties acting with our authorization and information otherwise provided
to us by third parties about you, in each instance, in connection with your use
of the Services. This Privacy Policy applies regardless of the computer, mobile
phone, tablet, or other electronic devices (“Device”) you use to access the
Services and whether you are accessing the Services as a registered user or
otherwise. 
 
By using the Services, you agree that your use of the Services is governed by
this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. From time to time, we may update
this Privacy Policy. As a service to our users, we will post the date of the
most recent updates to this page at the top of the page.  We encourage you to
periodically check this Privacy Policy for updates. Your continued use of the
Services affirms your agreement to any changes we make to this Privacy Policy.
 
2.  WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE RNC COLLECT?
 
A.  Registration Information. In order to access and use certain features,
content or functions of the Services (e.g., contributions,
communication/networking features, promotions, etc.), you may be asked to
provide certain information, including your name, username, password, e-mail,
date of birth, gender, address, employment information, and other descriptive
information. 
 
B. Contributions and Payment Information. If you make any contribution
(including any purchase) on or through the Services, your payment information
(e.g., credit or debit card type, number and expiration date) and related
information (e.g., physical address) may be collected by us and/or our
third-party payment processors. 
 
To comply with Federal election law and the regulations of the Federal Election
Commission, we are required to make our best efforts to collect and report the
name, mailing address, occupation, and name of employer of individuals whose
contributions aggregate in excess of $200 per election cycle. Generally,
contributions are non-refundable. Should you choose to contribute, you will
receive an email confirmation of your contribution. 
 
C. Information You Choose to Provide to Us. We collect any information you
provide to us on or through the Services or in any other way. For example, we
collect any information you provide when you update your user account and
profile (“User Account”); participate in contests, surveys, and other
promotions; and/or sign up to receive newsletters and other communications. 
 
In addition, the Services may include features that rely on the use of
information stored on, or made available through, your mobile Device. We may
also ask to collect or use the specific location of your mobile Device (e.g., by
accessing your Device’s GPS). If you agree to allow access to your location, you
agree that we and our service providers may collect such location-based
information from your Device. We may also collect other information based on
your location and your Device’s proximity to “beacons” and other similar
proximity systems, including, for example, the strength of the signal between
the beacon and your Device and the duration that your Device is near the beacon.
The type of location data we collect depends on a number of factors, including
the type of Device you are using (e.g., laptop, smartphone, tablet) and the type
of connection enabled on your Device (e.g., wifi, Bluetooth, broadband cable).
The RNC Apps, if they become available, or other features of the Services may
rely on this location information in order to provide certain location-based
services, such as promotional offers, merchandise offers, or event information
or other RNC-related content that may be of interest to you. We may also use
location information to improve the functionality of the RNC Apps and our other
applications and services. If you do not wish to have this location information
collected and used by the RNC, you may opt-out by disabling the location and
Bluetooth features on your Device and/or in the RNC Apps. As a general note, you
may choose not to provide certain information, but you may not be able to access
certain content or take advantage of certain features of the Services. 
 
Depending on the Device you are using, we may use third-party services to
provide mapping services. For example, the RNC may use Google maps on certain
Devices. You can learn more about the information that Google collects through
its mapping services at http://www.google.com/privacy.html.
 
D. User Submissions.  You may have the ability to use the Services to
communicate with other users of the Services and post comments to or otherwise
interact with certain aspects of the Services that are available to the public
and/or other users. We may collect any information you submit, post, or provide
in the course of such activities, and reserve the right to store any information
about the people you contact via the Services. 
 
Any information, communications, or material of any type or nature that you
submit to our Services (including, but not limited to any of our pages contained
on a social media platform or websites such as Facebook or Twitter) by email,
posting, messaging, uploading, downloading, or otherwise (collectively, a
“Submission”), is done at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy.
We cannot control the actions of other users of any social media platform or
website and we are therefore not responsible for any content or Submissions
contained on such sites and platforms. By visiting any of our pages or websites
contained on a social media platform or website, you are representing and
warranting to us that you have reviewed the applicable privacy policy and terms
of use of that platform or website and that you will abide by all such
provisions contained therein.
 
Additionally, in the event that we offer a message board or any other
interactive or social-type feature on a website administered directly by us,
please be aware that these areas may allow you to publicly post, and share with
other users, certain messages, content, or other information (e.g., stories,
pictures, etc.). Although we may take certain precautions to protect those who
use these areas of one of our websites, we encourage you to be wary of giving
out any personal information in such public forums. The information you post can
be collected and used by people you do not know. We cannot guarantee the privacy
and safety of these areas and are therefore not responsible for any information
you choose to post. Your use of these features is fully at your own risk.
 
E.  Usage Data and Technical Information. The Services include features that
automatically collect certain information, which may include the unique Device
identifier assigned to your Device, Third Party Platform anonymous identifiers,
and other information regarding your use of the Services to, among other things,
assist us in authenticating your usage and/or Device, keeping track of your
preferences, creating a more tailored user experience, and better serving your
particular interests and needs. The Services and/or third parties may use
"cookies" (which are small data files containing information about you that is
stored on your hard drive), "embedded scripts," "pixel tags," and other similar
tracking technologies (collectively, "Tracking Technologies") to collect
information automatically as you interact with the Services. Such information
may include "clickstream" data, the domain name of the service providing you
with Internet access, your Device type and attributes, Internet protocol (IP)
address, network connection type (e.g., WiFi, 3G, LTE), browser type and
version, operating system and platform, the average time spent on the Services,
pages viewed, content searched for, access times and other relevant statistics,
and your interactions with playlists, audiovisual content, other users of the
Services, advertising, and products and services which are offered, linked to or
made available on or through the Services. Such information may be collected by
us and/or our third-party service providers and partners. Certain Tracking
Technologies enable us to customize your experience on the Services and provide
tailored recommendations, promotions, advertisements and other content relating
to your specific interests. Other Tracking Technologies are used to make login
to the Services easier (such as by remembering your user ID) and allow us to
collect non-specific location information. You can learn more about the use of
cookies and other Tracking Technologies on the Services in Section 4.D below.
 
F. Third Party Platform Information. If you access the Services via your Third
Party Platform account (e.g., by logging in to the Services using your Third
Party Platform account credentials) and/or integrate your RNC account with your
Third Party Platform account, we may collect certain information from the Third
Party Platform, such as your username and other information you provided to the
Third Party Platform in connection with your account (e.g., name, country, date
of birth, gender and e-mail address). You can learn more about adjusting your
settings and preferences with respect to Third Party Platforms in Section
4.A below.
 
3.  HOW DOES THE RNC USE INFORMATION THAT IT COLLECTS?
 
A.  Except as prohibited by the terms and conditions of any applicable Third
Party Platform (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and subject to Section 4, we may
use the information we collect for, among other things, the following purposes:
 * Sending you RNC and affiliated committees’ marketing, promotional, e-mails,
   messages, and other correspondence and notifications regarding the Services;
 * To notify you about new features and offerings of the Services, including,
   but not limited to, promotions, events, discounts, news about products and
   services, and/or special offers;
 * Delivery of features, content, services, and products available to you
   through the Services based on your location;
 * Allowing affiliates, service providers, contractors, agents, sponsors, and
   other third parties to assist us in providing and managing the Services;
 * Contacting you regarding the administration of any features or functions of
   the Services you have registered to use;
 * Sending you information about your relationship or transactions with us;
 * Marketing and promoting the Services, including, without limitation,
   promotions and other initiatives and activities; 
 * For the prevention and detection of fraud or infringement of our or any third
   party’s rights;
 * Responding to your questions or other requests; 
 * Subject to applicable contractual or legal restrictions, in connection with
   the sale or exchange of Service user information and related data to a
   broker, political committee, or other non-profit or for-profit entity;
 * Tailoring your experience on the Services and/or otherwise customizing what
   you see when you visit and use the Services; 
 * Saving your User Account, registration and profile data or other information
   (so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit or use the Services); 
 * Tracking your return visits to and use of the Services; 
 * For other purposes disclosed at the time you provide us with the information
   or which are reasonably necessary to provide the Services or other related
   product and/or service requested; 
 * For research purposes, for marketing/promotional purposes and/or to provide
   anonymous reporting for Third Party Platforms, etc.;
 * Accumulating and reporting aggregate, statistical information in connection
   with the Services and user activity;
 * Determining which features and services users like best to help us operate
   the Services, enhance and improve our services and the Services and display
   advertising and marketing information; and
 * Saving certain information for your ongoing use of the Services.

 
4.  OPTING-OUT OF CERTAIN USES OF YOUR INFORMATION.
 
A.  User Account Privacy Settings. With regard to RNC apps, to the extent they
are available, you may be able to adjust certain privacy, permission and User
Account settings by responding to request alerts or notifications that may be
presented to you on your Device prior to or following the collection of the
relevant information or by navigating to the settings, account or privacy
section (as the case may be) of your Device or the applicable Third Party
Platform and limiting certain Service functionality (e.g., location services,
etc.). Please be aware that if you limit the collection of certain information,
you may not be able to use all of the features and functionality of the
Services.
 
B. Marketing and Promotional Communications. At times, you may be presented with
the option of whether to subscribe to receive, or be automatically entered to
receive, certain marketing and promotional communications from us and/or the
RNC’s affiliated committees that we think will be of interest to you.  The RNC
may send you such communications by text message if the RNC has received your
consent to do so or is otherwise able to send you such communications by text
message in compliance with all applicable laws.  Recipients of such
communications can unsubscribe by either following the specific instructions
included in such communications or by “opting-out” of receiving marketing and
promotional e-mails from us at any time by
visiting https://www.gop.com/unsubscribe; sending an email to us
at email@gop.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line; or writing to Digital &
Data, Republican National Committee, 310 First Street SE, Washington DC 20003. 
When writing, please include your full name, address, zip, and phone number. 
 Recipients of text messages may “opt-out” of our mobile messaging program by
replying “STOP” (or “QUIT”, “END”, “CANCEL”, “UNSUBSCRIBE”, or “STOP ALL”) to
80810 or any mobile message you receive from us, or by contacting us via the
means provided above and clearly communicating your intent to unsubscribe from
our mobile messaging program. Other privacy requests can be emailed
to email@gop.com. Please note that “opt-out” and “unsubscribe” requests may not
take effect immediately and may take a reasonable amount of time to receive,
process, and apply, during which time your information shall remain subject to
the prior privacy settings. Additionally, you should be aware that any
information provided to third parties prior to your election to opt-out or
unsubscribe cannot be retrieved or rescinded by us unless required by applicable
law, and you cannot retroactively opt-out or unsubscribe with respect to such
third parties.  
 
Please note that in order to keep you informed about the operation of our
Services and related services, we may always send you emails and announcements
that are needed for the proper functioning and administration of our Services,
including for the purposes described in Section 3 above, in connection with your
use of such Services. We may also have features that allow you to submit
information, questions, or feedback to us. In those instances, we may retain
your emails and other information you submit to us for our internal purposes and
to help us to serve you better.
 
C.  Privacy Preferences. You may also change certain privacy preferences (e.g.,
choose to cease receiving certain communications or ask us not to share your
personal information with a particular third party) by sending an email with
“PRIVACY REQUEST” in the subject line to us at detailing your privacy request.
If you ask the RNC to stop using your personal information, we will honor that
request, provided that we may retain a record of such information as necessary
to comply with applicable law and we may continue to use your contact
information to contact you about your Services-related transactions and to
respond to your requests, as well as your IP address to determine the country in
which you are accessing the Services. Consumers may also have the option to
modify other privacy preferences for any RNC apps that may become available
(e.g., deactivating your User Account, etc.) by modifying your User Account
settings. 
 
D.  Opting-Out of Use of Certain Information That May be Collected by Tracking
Technologies. 
 
 * Tracking Technologies: Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies
   (other than Flash cookies) and allow local storage, but you should be able to
   change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated,
   local storage is being used, and/or to block cookies and/or the use of local
   storage altogether. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for
   more information. Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not
   have access to certain features, content and/or other personalization
   available through the Services.
 * Flash Cookies: Users can manage the use of Flash technologies, with the Flash
   management tools available at Adobe’s website, see
   http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/privacy_policy/faq.html. 
 * Do-Not-Track Signals: Certain browsers transmit "do-not-track" signals to the
   websites with which such browsers communicate; however, this feature, and how
   it is used and activated, varies from browser to browser. Therefore, it is
   not clear whether the signals are intentionally transmitted by a user, or
   whether a user is even aware of this. Despite current efforts, there is still
   disagreement amongst leading Internet standards organizations, industry
   groups, technology companies and regulators, concerning what, if anything,
   websites should do when they receive such signals and no standard has been
   adopted to date. The RNC takes privacy and security very seriously. With
   respect to “do not track signals,” we currently do not respond to
   do-not-track signals. Third parties may collect information about an
   individual consumer's online activities over time and across different
   Internet websites or online services when the consumer uses our Services.  If
   a standard is established and accepted, we may reassess how to respond to
   do-not-track signals. 

 
E. Your Nevada Privacy Rights. Under Nevada Law, Nevada residents have the right
to submit a verified request directing us not to sell certain personal
information about you that we have collected or may collect.  To submit such a
request, Nevada residents can email email@gop.com with “NEVADA PRIVACY REQUEST”
in the subject line.  We will respond to such verified requests within 60-90
days.
 
5.  SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT.
 
A.  Disclosure to Third Parties. We reserve the right to use, share, exchange
and/or disclose to the RNC’s affiliated committees and third parties any of your
information for any lawful purpose, including, but not limited to, as described
in Section 3. You may choose to opt-out of certain such uses at the time such
information is collected or by subsequently changing your preferences, as
further described in Section 4 above.
 
B.  Disclosure of Certain Information in User Submissions Intended to Be
Disclosed. Certain information associated with a Submission may be intended for
disclosure, such as your username. We will disclose any such information in
connection with the display of, and other services relating to, such Submission,
and by submitting a Submission on or in connection with the Services you
affirmatively consent to the distribution of your information as described
herein. 
 
C.  Service Providers, Owners and Licensees. We may provide and disclose your
information to affiliates, operators, service providers, and other third parties
for the purpose of providing, offering, supporting, administering and
maintaining the Services, and providing the full range of content, activities,
services, features, and functions offered on or in connection with the Services.
 
D.  Additional Disclosures. There may be instances when the RNC may access or
disclose information without providing you a choice in the following
circumstances: (i) to protect or defend the legal rights or property of the RNC;
our employees, agents and contractors; our affiliated committees; or their
employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements),
(ii) to protect the safety and security of our Services and users, (iii) to
protect against fraud or for risk management purposes, (iv) if we believe your
actions violate this Privacy Policy or Terms of Service, or (v) to comply with
law or legal process.
 
6. DATA COLLECTION FROM CHILDREN. 
 
This website complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under
the age of 13 without appropriate parental notice and consent, and our Services
are not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under the age
of 13. If we are informed that we have unintentionally received personal
information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information.
If you want to notify us of our possible receipt of information by children
under the age of 13, please contact us at email@gop.com with “PRIVACY REQUEST”
in the subject line. Please
visit https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/privacy-and-security/children%27s-privacy for
information from the Federal Trade Commission about protecting children’s
privacy online. 
 
7.  SECURITY. 
 
While no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we
maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect
your information. However, it is possible that third parties may unlawfully
intercept or access transmissions or private communications despite our efforts
to prevent this, and we therefore make no guarantees regarding the security of
user information.
 
8.  YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS. 
 
Under California Law, California residents have the right to request from
businesses with whom they have an established business relationship information
that the business has disclosed (if any) with third parties during the
immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties’ direct marketing
purposes. To request the above information, write to us (with a reference to
California Disclosure Information) at email@gop.com.  We will respond to such
requests for information access within 30 days following receipt at the e-mail
or mailing address stated above. If we receive your request at a different
e-mail or mailing address, we will respond within a reasonable period of time,
but not to exceed 150 days from the date received. Please note that we are only
required to respond to each customer once per calendar year.
 
9.  INTEGRATION OF THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS AND SERVICES. 
 
The Services may be linked to, rely on, and/or be integrated with websites,
applications, interfaces, services, and/or platforms operated by third-party
companies, including service providers and Third Party Platforms. The RNC is not
responsible for the privacy practices of any websites, applications, interfaces,
services, and platforms operated by such third parties that are linked to, rely
on, and/or are integrated with the Services. Once you leave the Services via
such a link, access a third-party application, interface, service, or platform,
including Third Party Platforms and websites operated by service providers, you
should check the applicable privacy policy of such third party to determine,
among other things, how they will handle any personally identifiable or other
information that they may collect from you.
 
10.  PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES. 
 
From time to time, we may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect industry
initiatives, third party requirements or changes in the law, technology, our
information collection and use practices, or the features and functionality of
the Services, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting. When we
change this Privacy Policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on our
website along with the updated Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the
Services after we post a revised Privacy Policy (and, where appropriate, notify
you of this change) signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It
is therefore important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure
you are updated as to any changes. We may also seek your affirmative consent to
the terms of the updated Privacy Policy. For example, we may ask for your
consent before implementing new uses of the personal information that we have
already collected from you, if such new use was not addressed by the privacy
policy under which such information was collected. 
 
11.  ACCURACY. 
 
It is your responsibility to give us current, complete, truthful, and accurate
information, and to keep such information up to date. We cannot and will not be
responsible for any problems or liability that may arise if you do not give us
accurate, truthful, or complete information, or you fail to update such
information. We will reject and delete any entry that we believe in good faith
to be false, fraudulent, or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
 
12.  INTERNATIONAL USAGE. 
 
The Services are controlled, operated, and administered entirely within the
United States. If you visit, access, interact with, and/or otherwise use the
Services from a location outside the United States, please be advised that any
information you provide in connection with any such activity may be processed in
and/or transferred to the United States of America and/or other territories and
locations, where privacy protections may not be as comprehensive as those in the
territory or location where you interact with or otherwise use the Services. By
using the Services, you affirmatively consent to the transfer, use, disclosure,
provision, and other administration of your information as described herein.
 
13.  CONTACT US. 
 
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or any of the terms or
conditions of this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at: 
 
Email: email@gop.com
 
OR
 
Mail: Digital & Data, Republican National Committee
Attn: Privacy Matters 
310 First Street SE
Washington DC 20003
 
14.  SOLE STATEMENT. 
 
This document is the sole statement of the Services’ Privacy Policy and no
summary, restatement or other versions thereof, or other privacy statement or
policy, in any form, including, without limitation, machine-generated, is valid.

 




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