Privacy Policy

EmPower Gateway cares about your privacy rights, and about providing you with the information you need in order to protect them. Accordingly, we’ve created this policy to explain our privacy practices. This applies only to our website, www.empowergateway.org. We may revise and update this policy if our practices change, if we add new features to the site, or if we change existing ones that affect these practices. We may also modify this policy if we find better ways to inform you of products or services that we think will be of interest. You should refer back to this page often for the latest information.

Information Collected About You

We collect a variety of personal information about those who register on our site or use other functions or features on the site. Personal information is information that can be directly associated with a specific person or entity such as a name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or information about activities that are directly linked to that person.

We collect information you give us when you sign up on our site or contact us. Your information will be used solely for communication and updates from emPOWER Gateway. We will not share or sell your data to third parties, except as required by law.

You may contact us at info@empowergateway.org to make changes to the information you have provided on any form throughout the website.

By submitting your cell phone number you are agreeing to receive periodic text messages from this organization. Message and data rates may apply. Text HELP for more information. Text STOP to stop receiving messages.

Automatically Collected Information: We automatically receive certain types of information whenever you interact with us online. For example, when you visit our site, our systems automatically collect your IP address and the type of browser you use. Information may be automatically collected through the use of “cookies” (more information below). We also collect “clickstream” data about your use of the site.

Network and Information Security

We employ a variety of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information. For example, we use commercially reasonable tools and techniques to protect against unauthorized access to our systems. Also, we restrict access to personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide services to you. In addition, we work to protect the security of your personal information by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input and allows you to view your information in a secure manner.

You should be aware that we have no control over the security of other sites on the Internet you might visit, interact with, or from which you buy products or services. Further, we store the personal information we collect from you behind a secure firewall and place the transaction site on a secure server.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Information about our website visitors is one of our most important assets and therefore we keep it confidential. Personal information is made available to others for the following, limited purposes:

• To Carry Out Your Requests. We may be required to disclose personal information in order to carry out your requests when you use the site. For example, we will share personal information with third parties as necessary to deliver an e-mail to someone you have identified or when we disclose your return address as part of the service.
• To Protect You and Ourselves. We release personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena), to protect our rights or property, or to protect our donors and supporters from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful conduct, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay.
• To Support Organizations. We may disclose selected personal information to other campaigns and organizations that we believe are like-minded or that we believe you may wish to hear from.

Cookies

We may automatically collect information using “cookies” or cookie-like files called Local Shared Objects (Flash cookies). Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Local Shared Objects are larger data files stored on your hard drive. Among other things, cookies and Local Shared Objects help us improve our site and your experience, count visits to our site and to tailor your experience on our site according to which areas you have visited on our site and the preferences you have specified, and to save you the effort of having to log in or provide information each time you visit our website. These cookies and Local Shared Objects may be linked to your personal information. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our site. Browser settings will not affect Local Shared Objects.

Do Not Track

Some browsers have a “do not track” feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. At this time, we do not respond to browser “do not track” requests.

Web Beacons

We may collect information using Web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on our site or in our emails. We 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.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

We do not knowingly, directly or passively, collect information from children under the age of 13. To respect the privacy of children and to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, children under the age of 13 should not provide any Personal Information on this Site. We ask that parents supervise their children while online.

Links to Other Sites

Please be aware that we may provide links to third-party websites, including those sites maintained by political committees and news media outlets, as a service to our visitors. We are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those sites. Please note that these sites’ privacy policies may differ from ours. We encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices before providing them with information.

Unsubscribe Policy

If you no longer wish to recieve text messages from us, please reply STOP to any text message you receive from us. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, please click the unsubscribe link included in the footer of all of our emails, or send your request to info@empowergateway.org

Updating This Policy

We may revise or update this policy if our practices change as we change existing or add new features, or as we develop better ways to inform you of features we believe are in your interest. You should refer back to this page often for the latest information. If we decide to change this policy, we will post a new policy on our site and change the date at the top of the policy.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact us by e-mail at info@empowergateway.org or at our mailing address: c/o EmPower Gateway 5827 York Blvd. Suite A Los Angeles, CA 90042

Terms & Conditions:

By opting in, you agree to receive messages and updates from emPOWER Gateway via SMS and other electronic means. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary. To opt-out at any time, reply with STOP. For assistance, reply with HELP or contact us at info@empowergateway.org.

Privacy: Your information will be used solely for communication and updates from emPOWER Gateway. We will not share or sell your data to third parties, except as required by law.

Delivery: emPOWER Gateway is not responsible for any delays or undelivered messages due to carrier restrictions or issues.