Civic Shout partners with cause focused nonprofits, political candidates, companies, and related for-good organizations to help them reach their goals.
From time to time these individuals and groups sponsor petitions in order to increase their advocacy impact and to gain supporters who choose to hear from them via email and/or text message. We call these parties Partners.
We only share your personal information (first name, last name, email address, zip code, and cell phone number) with Partners that you specifically choose if you elect to receive email or texts from them.
You’re in full control of who you choose to hear from and your personal information is never shared with any other parties.
Civic Shout LLC, (“Civic Shout”), the owner and operator of this Website, has created the following Privacy Policy to let you, our Website users (“you” or “your”) know what information about you we collect when you visit and interact with our Website located at civicshout.com and all of its subdomains and related websites (“Website”) or use our services (“Services”), why we collect it and how we use your information.
The terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Civic Shout. By using this Website and the Services, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy and you must agree to our Terms of Service, which is available at https://civicshout.com/terms-of-service. Together, this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service Agreement, which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference, constitute a binding legal agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of the Website.
As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that may be used to identify an individual, such as name, email address or phone number. Personal Information does not include information that is not associated with an identified or identifiable individual or information that is reported in the aggregate (provided that such aggregated information is not identifiable to a natural person), and does not include information as to which identifying characteristics have been removed without means reasonably likely to be used by any person to re-identify the natural person directly or indirectly.
Information You Provide to Us: When you visit our Website, we may collect certain types of Personal Information that you submit voluntarily. If you sign petitions using our Service, we request some information to perform our Service on your behalf: First and last name, zip code, email address, and cell phone number. We may also collect your IP address, on the terms described in this Privacy Policy. Civic Shout may keep a cached copy of the content you serve us as a part of your use of the service for an indeterminate amount of time.
Automatically Collected Information: Civic Shout automatically receives and records information that your browser sends in our server logs, including your IP address, cookie information and the page you requested. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your browser; please see the Cookie Policy below for information about our use of Cookies. Additionally, if you have opted in to receiving communications from any Partner, Civic Shout will collect your metadata in the form of issue tag lists that associate you with petitions you have signed, and share such metadata with the Partners that you have opted in to receiving communications from. For example, if you opt in to receiving communications from Partner A, and sign three petitions that relate to climate change, Civic Shout will share your metadata with Partner A so that Partner A knows that you have signed petitions that have been tagged as relating to climate change, the environment, or the like.
We use Cookies on our Website and in our Service to personalize content, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our Website and our Service with our analytics partners. This section explains what cookies are, how we use Cookies and similar technologies on our Website and our Service, and what you can do to manage how Cookies are used. As with the rest of this Privacy Policy, you consent to the practices described in this Section 4 by using the Website.
A cookie is a small bit of text which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website and Service. The Cookie will collect information relating to your use of our Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our Website via a link from a third party site, the URL of the linking page.
In addition to Cookies, our Website and email marketing communications may use web beacons. A web beacon, also known as a tracking pixel, is a line of code which is used in email marketing communications and Websites to measure a user’s interaction with a service or product.
Functional - These are Cookies which are essential for the running of our Website and Service. Without these Cookies, parts of our Website and Service would not function. These Cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes.
Analytical Performance - Analytical performance Cookies are used to monitor the performance of our Website, for example, to determine the number of page views and the number of unique users our Website and Service has. We use this information to improve user experience or identify areas of the Website and Service which may require maintenance. The information is anonymous (i.e. it cannot be used to identify you and does not contain Personal Information about you) and it is only used for statistical purposes.
Third Party Cookies - You may notice on some pages of our Website and Service that Cookies have been set that are not related to us. We do not control the use of these third party Cookies and cannot access them due to the way that Cookies work, as Cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. Please check the third party websites for more information about these Cookies:
Google: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies
We use the information we collect to respond to your requests, resolve problems, maintain your account and provide our Services including to measure or understand the effectiveness of our Services, provide our Website to you, improve our offerings and to create new services, and market our products or services and those of our affiliates, partners and third parties to you.
We may also send you certain Service and administrative notices, which are not subject to opt out.
Aggregated / Anonymous information. Information that is in “aggregate / anonymous” form refers to non-identified information or information that is reported in the aggregate (provided that such aggregated information is not identifiable to a natural person), and does not include information as to which identifying characteristics have been removed without means reasonably likely to be used by any person to re-identify the natural person directly or indirectly. We may use information that is in aggregate / anonymous form to create compilations of aggregated data and/or statistics and reports, and any other uses without restriction. We also use aggregate / anonymous data to analyze Website usage and customize the Website’s content, layout and services. These uses improve the Website and the Service and better tailor them to meet your needs, so as to provide you with an efficient and customized experience while using the Website and the Service.
Cookies and Log File Information. We use Cookies, other identification technologies and Log File Information to provide personalized content and to administer and monitor usage of the Service and Website. We also use Cookies, other identification technologies and Log File Information to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We may disclose your information as set forth below:
These Partners may reach out to you concerning other initiatives related to their campaign or organization. To facilitate communication from Civic Shout and/or the campaign’s Partner, your first name, last name, email address, zip code, topic-tags from previously used Civic Shout petitions and cell phone number will be securely shared with the Partner. You can unsubscribe from Civic Shout’s or the aforementioned Partner lists at any time through your email and/or SMS subscription settings with the entity in question. To facilitate the above-referenced sharing of “topic-tags”, Civic Shout will collect your metadata in the form of topic-tag lists that associate you with petitions you have signed, and share such metadata with the Partners that you have opted in to receiving communications from. For example, if you opt in to receiving communications from Partner A, and have previously signed three petitions that relate to climate change, Civic Shout will share your metadata with Partner A so that Partner A knows that you have signed petitions that have been tagged as relating to climate change, the environment, or the like.
Aggregated / Anonymous information. In addition, we may share information that is in aggregate / anonymous form to create compilations of aggregated data and/or statistics and reports, and for any other uses without restriction.
In the event that you have volunteered Personal Information or any other information contemplated by this Privacy Policy, you may request access to review, correct, amend or delete that information, or to be removed from any communication list, by emailing us at [email protected].
We will take reasonable precautions to protect Personal Information in our possession from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is, however, 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. To reiterate, no security measure is capable of completely reducing risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction of your Personal Information. If you wish to completely eliminate the foregoing, do not use the Website. By using the Website, you are agreeing, and acknowledging, that Civic Shout is not capable of eliminating risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction of your Personal Information.
Civic Shout does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 18. Civic Shout is not intended for or directed to persons under the age of 18. Any person who provides their information to Civic Shout represents to us that they are 18 years of age or older. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided Personal Information to Civic Shout through this Website, please contact us, and we will delete that information from our databases.
If you are a resident of a European Union member state, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you may not access or use the Website. We do not knowingly collect, store or transfer information from or about any person protected by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation or other European privacy and data security laws and are not certified to handle, transfer or protect such information. If you believe we have received such information, please contact us at [email protected].
This Website may contain links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that Civic Shout is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects Personal Information. This privacy policy applies only to information collected through this Website.
By using Civic Shout, you agree to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Website or Civic Shout’s services constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy. This is our entire and exclusive Privacy Policy and it supersedes any earlier version. Our Terms of Service take precedence over any conflicting Privacy Policy provision. We may periodically make changes to this Privacy Policy, and we encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about our privacy practices. We will post a new version of this Privacy Policy on this page which it is your responsibility to review. We’ll email you if any significant/substantive changes are made.
We encourage you to raise questions about our processing or disclosure of your Personal Information by contacting us, as set forth in the “Contact Civic Shout” section below. We will undertake reasonable efforts to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of Personal Information in accordance with the principles contained in this Privacy Policy. Any of our personnel that we determine are in violation of this Privacy Policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, where applicable. With respect to the foregoing, please review with particular attention the “Disclaimer”, “Limitation of Liability”, and “Indemnification” sections of the Terms of Service, which such Terms of Service were previously made part of this Agreement by reference.
If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at [email protected] and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve them.
This Privacy Policy is subject to revision from time to time on a going-forward basis. We will post any revised version of the Privacy Policy on this page. If we make any material changes to it, we may also send you notice thereof to the last email address you have provided to us. Continued use of the Website and/or the Services following notice of such changes will indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
January 12, 2022.