Albanians for America Privacy Notice
Privacy Policy
Albanians for America (“Organization”) recognizes that visitors to our Website are entitled to know how we collect, use, and maintain information we collect or may collect about them. This privacy policy explains what information we collect, how we use that information, with whom we will share this information, and related information.
Information Collection
Non Personally Identifiable Information
We gather certain broad information about Website use, including the number of unique visitors, the frequency with which they visit, and the programs and services preferred. We look at the data in summary form, rather than on an individual basis. We gather this information so we can learn how many people visit our site, see which pages are the most and least viewed, identify which websites are referring visitors to our site, and related information. The data helps us determine the extent to which visitors use certain parts of our Website. Thus, we use this information to help us in restructuring our site to better meet the needs of our constituency and to better serve our constituency as an effective organization.
In connection with these activities we may use some of the below-mentioned tools.
Cookies
We use a standard technology called a “cookie” to collect information about how the site is used. Cookies are small strings of text stored on your computer’s hard drive by a Web server. We do not store personal or sensitive information in cookies. Cookies cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your e-mail address. Most web browsers provide you the ability to accept or decline cookies, as well as to be warned each time a cookie is being sent. If you choose to decline cookies, however, you may not be able to take advantage of all aspects of our site.
IP Addresses
We collect and analyze traffic on our Web site by keeping track of the IP addresses of our visitors. An IP address is the unique numeric identifier assigned to each computer browser accessing the Internet. An IP address, by itself, cannot identify you personally. However, when combined with other information provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), your IP address can be used to identify the computer originating a message.
Personally Identifiable Information
Certain actions and areas of the Website may require you to provide personal information, including but not limited to:
Provide your contact information
Provide your information to register to vote
The personal information we collect may consist of your name, address, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, and other similar personal information. By submitting personal information to us, you agree that we may use the information in accordance with this privacy policy. We will update this privacy policy as we deem necessary. You should be sure to reread this policy in its entirety from time to time.
If you do submit information to us, we will use that information for the purposes for which it was submitted. For instance, if you join our Website and ask to be placed on our e-mail list, we will use your email address to send you alerts and other messages about topics and developments we think may be of interest to you. Likewise, for voter registration applications, we may collect and use personally identifiable information to assist you in completing and submitting your applications. Information collected is used for the promotion of Organization’s advocacy activities.
We may also use your information in other ways, such as to contact you about other activities and/or fundraising campaigns or as otherwise disclosed to you at the point of collection, and we may share or transfer your information with other like-minded organizations or entities for similar purposes. Additionally, to the extent required by applicable federal or state law, we will provide this information to others. To be clear, we may share personally and non-personally identifiable information with third parties that help manage our Web site and databases as well as with our partners or other third parties.
You should be aware that we use third-party vendors to provide services on this site and in our offline business operations. The information that you submit on this site may be provided to those vendors on a confidential basis so that those vendors can provide services (including, but not limited to, maintaining our databases, sending e-mail messages to our visitors, or facilitating our voter registration activities) on our behalf.
We also reserve the right to share personal information you provide with legal authorities if it is, in our sole opinion, necessary to investigate, prevent, or otherwise take action regarding suspected fraud, situations involving threats or potential harm, or if otherwise required by law (such as by a subpoena, court order, or other legal means). In the event that we reasonably believe that you have violated any of the Terms of Conditions governing your use of this site, we reserve the right to use any information we have collected about you in connection with any efforts we make or made by any of our agents on our behalf.
Online Advertisements
From time to time, we may run online advertisements on third-party Websites to attract visitors to our site or to alert our supporters of events or other political activities and issues. Our ads may use cookies which allow us to track certain information about user behavior, such as “clickstream data.”
E-mail Newsletter and Updates
If you sign up to receive our e-mail communications, we may collect, store, and use your e-mail address to send you such information from Organization. We may also collect and store other personally identifiable information including but not limited to your name, address, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, username, and/or similar information you may opt to provide us. In addition, as noted above, we may share this information with our partners and other organizations or entities.
Text Messages
If you sign up to receive text messages from us, we will collect, store and use your mobile phone number to send you such messages from Organization. We will also collect and store other personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, username, and/or similar information you may opt to provide to us. In addition, as noted above, we may share this information with our partners and other organizations or entities.
Other Communications
You may choose to contact Organization, by e-mail or otherwise, with other inquiries or to provide comments. Any personally identifiable information you provide in connection with such inquiries or comments will be collected and used by Organization for the purpose of processing and responding to your inquiries or comments.
Facebook, YouTube, X, and Other Third-Party Social Networking Sites
Organization may maintain an active presence on social online networks. Any information we collect from you on those sites will be governed by the privacy policies governing those social networks. Except as prohibited by those sites, we will use any personally identifiable information we collect from or about you from those sites in the manner described in this Policy.
Security
Information submitted via the Internet, including through a Web page or e-mail is subject to interception or incorrect routing, and the Internet is not a fully secure communications channel. Please consider this prior to submitting any information to us via this Website.
Certain sections of this site may have heightened security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information you have provided. While we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
How to Unsubscribe or Contact Us About Your Information
If you do not want to receive any e-mail from us in the future, click the “unsubscribe” reference in any e-mail we send you. Otherwise, you may email _______ to complete the opt-out process, or send a letter to the below address requesting that we unsubscribe you from our contact lists. Note that absent a specific request your records will remain in our database, but your log-in and e-mail address will be deactivated.
If you wish to review the contact information we have on file for you, correct your contact information, provide a change of address, or inform us how you wish your contact information to be used, please contact us at:
Email: ________________
Policy Last Updated: August 2024
Modifications to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend or change this Policy at any time. In the event of any material change, Organization will post a prominent notice of such a revision to this Policy on this site’s home page or e-mail you such notice at an e-mail address you have provided to us.