This Privacy Policy is applicable to our Site as defined in our Terms of Use.

Your use of our Site is governed by the terms and conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect when you visit our Site, how we use that information, and what choices you have about how it is used. We urge you to read our entire Privacy Policy.  Use of our Site constitutes acceptance of all terms contained herein. If you do not accept any of the terms contained herein, you must cease use of this website immediately.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to our text messaging programs, which are subject to a separate Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Please make sure you review the terms of those policies carefully, as participating in any texting programs constitutes your consent to be bound by those terms. You can view those policies by visiting Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. 

Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

• Some functions and services offered through our Site require you provide certain personally identifiable information (“PII”). We may collect PII if you provide it including, but not limited to, email address, name, postal address, or telephone number. We may also collect other information about you we associate with your PII such as your interests, preferences and demographics.
• Contributions and payment information. If you make any contribution (including a purchase of campaign merchandise) on or through the Site, your payment information (credit or debit card type, number, and expiration date) and related information (e.g. physical address) may be collected by us and/or third party payment processors hired by us to provide contribution processing services.
• To comply with Federal campaign finance laws and regulations, which require Us to make our best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, employer, and occupation information for individuals whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in an election cycle.
• The Site 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). If you do not wish to have this location information collected and used by us, you may opt-out by disabling the location and Bluetooth features on your Device. 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.

Sharing of Personally Identifiable Information

We may share your PII for the following purposes and under the following circumstances.

• We may share your PII with our affiliates, partners, technical consultants, auditors and other third parties, for example, to make our website(s) available, enhance their functionality, or provide associated services, and/or who deal with you in delivering content.
• We may make PII we collect through our Site, along with certain other information about you, available to similarly like-minded organizations, unless you opt out of being included in our data list. You may opt-out at any time by utilizing one of the options provided in the “Contact Us” section below.
• We may transfer your personally identifiable information and other information in connection with or during negotiation of any transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture or disclosure of all or a portion of our assets to another party.
• We may release personal information to third parties: to (i) comply with laws, including disclosure of contribution information on federal campaign finance reports (ii) to respond to lawful requests and legal process, (iii) to protect our rights and property as well as our agents, employees, and others, including to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of use or (iv) in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our employees, supporters, or any person.
• We may also provide aggregate statistics and de-identified data about our Site users, including traffic patterns and related site information, to third parties for their own purposes, including statistical analysis.

Use of Personally Identifiable Information

We may use your personally identifiable information and other information we collect about you for purposes described in this policy or disclosed to you on our Site or in connection with our mission. We may store and process personal information in the United States and other countries.  For example, we may use your information to:

• operate and improve our Site;
• send you newsletters, including any online newsletter(s) you have requested;
• understand you and your preferences to enhance your experience and enjoyment using our Site;
• send you a welcoming email, to contact you about your use of our Site and to provide important Site updates;
• provide and deliver information you request;
• respond to your comments and questions;
• request feedback and to enable us to develop, customize and improve our Site;
• send you surveys or questionnaires;
• send you related information, including confirmations, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
• communicate with you about upcoming events, and other news about offered by us;
• use for editorial purposes, such as to contact you about content you have submitted to our Site or to give attribution to content you submit;
• link or combine it with other personal information we get from third parties, to help understand your needs and provide you with better service;
• investigate and take action against fraudulent or illegal activity or improper conduct; and
• use, store, or report your information for any other lawful purpose.

Choices about Our Use and Sharing of Personally Identifiable Information

If you do not wish to receive promotional, solicitation, or newsletter emails from us, you may click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email.

If you opt-out of newsletter, promotional, or solicitation emails from us, we may continue to send you certain communications such as service announcements and administrative messages that relate to us and our Site that are necessary to our relationship with you.

Your Sharing of Personally Identifiable Information

Please be aware when you connect and share your actions, comments, content and information publicly, those actions are not private. Others may capture personal information you post, including your email address, and may use the data to identify or contact you, including to send you emails. We cannot control such actions by others. Please be mindful of your own privacy needs as you choose who to connect with and what to share and make public. If you share information about others, please be sure to respect their privacy and get consent for any information you may share about them.

Third Party Activities

If you submit or chose to share PII through a form or posting on any page of our Site, choose to otherwise share your PII with a third party such as by sharing stories you read by connecting with social networking services, or click on a link on our Site to go to a third-party site that may collect information about you, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, including any marketing or other use of your PII by, those third parties. To learn more about any other company or organization’s privacy practices, we suggest you contact them directly about their privacy policy.

Do Not Track Disclosures

We do not respond to Do Not Track signals sent by various web browsers. To date, a clear standard has yet to be developed concerning these signals and how they should be treated by website operators. Thus, we do not respond to any Do Not Track signals sent by an individual user’s web browser. We are permitted pursuant to this Privacy Policy to share any information you provide through use of our Site with third parties. If you do not wish to consent to the provision of your PII in this manner, you should stop using our Site immediately and contact us as described to be removed from our database.

Third Party Cookies

Notwithstanding any other provision, we may work with a third-party partner who may collect information from you, such as your IP address and information about your browser or operating system, and may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising to you. The cookies placed by our third-party partners contain no personally identifiable information; they may contain demographic or other interest-based data in a de-identified form.  The information in these cookies may be linked to data you voluntarily have submitted to us, such as your name, postal address or email, which we may share in hashed or encrypted form. To opt-out of these data provider cookies, please go to http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

Cookies, Web Beacons and Server Logs

We, related web hosting providers, advertisers, ad serving and tracking companies sometimes utilize “cookie” technology on our Site. Cookies are bits of data stored on your hard drive that contain no personally identifying information, but which help enhance your web-browsing experience. Not all web browsers accept cookies, and those that do usually provide a preference or setting that allows you to refuse and remove most types of browser cookies. If your browser does not accept cookies, you may still enjoy our Site.

We may also use local shared objects, also known as flash cookies, to store your preferences such as volume control for videos, or display content based upon what you view on our Site to personalize your visit. Third party partners provide certain features on our Site and may display advertising based upon your web browsing activity, using flash cookies to help track and store information about you. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser usually will not remove flash cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for certain flash cookies, please visit: https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html.

We, or a third party, may collect information using web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on websites or in our emails. We and these third parties use web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon.

Server logs capture certain non-personally identifying data, such as the time and date of a web visit, the browser and operating system being used, and the web URL a user linked from. This information is used in aggregate form to help us plan system enhancements when necessary and to provide content that is compatible with our visitors’ web-browsing systems. We also collect information about keyword searches performed by visitors on our Site. We may keep logs of all words searched to help us learn what kinds of information our Site visitors are seeking, and to improve our service to visitors.

Special Terms Regarding California

If you are a resident of California, this Policy provides you with information on how to exercise your disclosure choice options, such as your right to opt-out of communications from Us (also generally known as “Unsubscribe”) or opt-in for use of your information by third parties for marketing purposes. As we do not otherwise meet the minimum standards required by the California Civil Code, we are not required to maintain or provide a list of third party providers who have received your information for marketing purposes during the proceeding year.

If you are a California resident and wish to exercise your third party disclosure choices, you may contact us by email (see email address below) or by mail to Mayfield for Congress, c/o Privacy Administrator, MAILING ADDRESS, and specifically state your correspondence relates to “Your California Privacy Rights.” To ensure your request is properly received and processed by Us, you must clearly label your request as “Your California Privacy Rights” and include your name, street address, city, state, zip code, and email address. Your request should also indicate your preference in terms of how you would like Mayfield for Congress to respond to your request (email or mail).

Note, requests that are received via telephone call, text message, or fax will not be accepted or processed. Should you fail to provide a full and complete request or full and complete information, or otherwise mislabel your request, we will not be responsible for processing your notice.

Privacy Precaution Warning

Please note that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit via our Site.

Privacy Policy Changes

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please bookmark this page and check it periodically. We will post any changes to this Privacy policy on our site.

Contact Us

If you need to contact us about the services provided or to request that you be opted out of any further communications, you may do so at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button located at the bottom of received email communications, replying “Stop” in response to any text message, if applicable, emailing us at [email protected], or completing an opt-out form located at URL.

Legal Notice and Terms and Conditions

Please also read the Terms of Use to understand the additional terms and conditions that apply to your use of our Site.