Politilife recognizes that its visitors, members, users, and others who use the Website at www.politilife.com (the Politilife Website"), (collectively or individually you, your, "Users") value their privacy. This Privacy Notice provides important information about the use and disclosure of User information collected on the Politilife Website. Politilife provides this Privacy Notice to help you understand what information Politilife collects and how that information will be used. This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the Politilife Terms of Use.
Your use of the Politilife Website and any personal information you provide on the Politilife Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use. By participating, using or viewing the Politilife Website or any content thereof you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not use the Politilife Website or its Content. We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice.
Your continued use of the Politilife Website following the posting of changes to these terms means that you accept those changes. If you have any questions or comments about the Politilife privacy policy, please contact our Politilife staff.
The Information Collected by Politilife
Information Provided by You
You provide personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) to Politilife when you become a member of the Politilife community and other information by choosing to participate in various activities on the Politilife Website such as creating polls posting comments or messages, participating in discussions, etc.
Cookies
Use of "Cookies" is standard in the Internet industry. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters that are sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. Cookies make web surfing easier by saving passwords, and preferences while you're at a website. When you visit the Politilife Website, we may send one or more cookies to your computer. Some cookies are temporary and will disappear after you close your browser, but others will stay on your computer. If you wish to remove cookies from your hard drive, follow your web browser help file directions. You can also reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Politilife Website may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Traffic Data
When you use the Politilife Website, our servers automatically log certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. This information may include information such as your web your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
Tracking Usage Patterns
Politilife Website tracks usage patterns and collects other non-personally-identifiable information about use of the Politilife Website. We may employ various tracking technology including "clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users (in a way that does not collect or disclose personally-identifiable information), and clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to you to track which emails are opened by recipients.
The way Politilife uses Information
Personally identifiable information that you submit to us through the Politilife Website, will be used by Politilife to provide to you the features and functionality of the Politilife Website and to operate and maintain the Politilife Website.
Any personal information, text or other content that you voluntarily provide in the course of your use of the Politilife Website, including but not limited to, information in your Member Profile, by participating in polls, discussions, comments and communities, is publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your User Name (but not your email address) is displayed to other Users in connection with the polls you create and messages you post in discussions. Any information that you post on the Politilife Website may be redistributed through the internet and may be viewed by the general public.
We will not sell or otherwise distribute your personally identifiable information to third parties. However, Politilife may use your email address for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Politilife Website changes or for customer service purposes).
We will also use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as usage data, server log information, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, other technical data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Politilife Website and to create new features, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
Politilife has the right to use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) to assist with your use of the Politilife Website by "remembering" information so that you will not have to re-enter it during subsequent visits to the Politilife Website; (b) provide customized, personalized content and information for you; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When Politilife Discloses Information
Politilife Website will not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
We may share non-personally-identifiable information (such as traffic information and usage tracking information) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Politilife Website.
Politilife may provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons in connection with the limited purpose of outsourcing of technical functions. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We reserve the right to release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
Politilife also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that Politilife believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions to avoid liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of our website, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Politilife, our Users or others.
Your Options
You may decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Politilife Website, but if you do certain aspects of the Politilife experience will not be available to you. You may update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences at any time by visiting your personal profile page and the settings in my account page.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access, or making corrections, to your profile. It is your responsible to maintain the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
Politilife allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within the Politilife Website. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on the Politilife Websites. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies or other tracking technologies) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see.
Politilife does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if you respond to any advertisements, the advertiser or ad-server may collect certain information about you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Politilife's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
Data Security
Politilife uses commercially reasonable safeguards (physical, managerial, and technical) to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. However, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Politilife and you transmit any such information at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, Politilife makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If Politilife learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps.
Childrens' Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Politilife does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on the Politilife Website from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Politilife Website at any time or in any manner. If Politilife learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the Politilife Website without verified parental consent, then Politilife will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
International Users
The Politilife Website are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the Politilife Website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Politilife Website, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised from time to time. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of the Politilife Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
