Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use
services provided on ProgressNow’s websites, including Megaphone, and some of the
steps we take to safeguard it.
The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and
that you provide. “Personally identifying information” is information that individually
identifies you, such as your name, physical address, or email address.
Data collection
• We collect limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes
available whenever you visit a website. This log information includes your Internet
Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your
query, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We use
this information to operate, develop and improve our services.
• Some of our services require you to register for an account. We ask you for some
personal information in order to create an account (such as your name, email
address, mailing address, and password for your account), and we will use that
information to provide the service. In the event you choose to make a donation
online to ProgressNow, we request credit card information which we maintain in
encrypted form on secure servers.
• When we require personally identifying information, we will inform you about the
types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you
make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.
Cookies
Upon your first visit to a ProgressNow website, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A “cookie” is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve our service’s quality and better understand how people interact with us. We do this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Megaphone features or services may not function properly without cookies.
Information Sharing
We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies,
organizations, or individuals. We may share such information in any of the following
limited circumstances:
• We have your consent.
• We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access,
preservation, or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect
the rights, property, or safety of ProgressNow, our members, or the public.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of ProgressNow, such as an acquisition by or a
merger with another organization, we will provide notice before any personally
identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may share aggregated information with others, such as the number of supporters
who sign a petition. We may also provide this information to groups in our public
interest network, but we will never sell your personal information or share it with
outside organizations unless expressly noted.
Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or
unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of data. We restrict access to your
personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in
order to operate, develop or improve our services.
How can you delete the data we collect from you?
You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you,
change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or deletion of your
personal information, please email us at info@progressnow.org.
Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such
changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless,
we will post those changes on this page, and if the changes are significant, we will
also provide a more prominent notice. Each version will be noted at the top of the
page. Prior versions of this policy will be kept in an archive for you to view.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us at any time or at the
following address:
ProgressNow
PO Box 664
Earlysville, VA 22936
