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PRIVACY POLICY

The Triangle Pride PAC strongly believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our members and visitors to our Web sites ("End Users"). Since the protection of your privacy is of the greatest importance to us, we have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other information, provided to us by our members and website visitors.

You do not have to share personally identifiable information to use the Triangle Pride PAC web site. Triangle Pride PAC does not collect personally identifiable information about people without their permission. However, please be aware that our site links to a limited number of other websites and Triangle Pride PAC cannot control and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those websites.

How we use the information gathered when you become a member of Triangle Pride PAC or use one of our online services:
We gather contact information when you contribute to Triangle Pride PAC online or via mail, join at pride or another event or when you sign up to use the Triangle Pride PAC Action Center. We use this information to send you legislative updates, action alerts, press releases, information about Triangle Pride PAC programs, events and activities, local volunteer opportunities and membership and renewal appeals.

Triangle Pride PAC also uses information gathered via the Triangle Pride PAC website to improve our web-based services. Triangle Pride PAC periodically performs statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of various areas on our website and to use such information to improve on our website's ability to serve you better.

Cookies: Triangle Pride PAC uses "cookies" on some Web pages. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on an End User's hard drive but does not itself contain any personal information. Cookies enhance an End User's experience by saving the End User from having to log in or provide information each time he or she re-visits a Triangle Pride PAC Web page and by customizing content based on an End User's interests. An End User can configure his or her browser to be alerted when a site is attempting to send a cookie and refuse the cookie. TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC also tracks End User activity and click-through behavior to provide an End User with a more personalized experience while visiting our Web pages and for more personalized e-mail alerts. TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC also uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Web site, track End User movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

PAC Disclosure Requirements
Triangle Pride PAC is often required to disclose some personal information to federal, state or local government authorities. For example, Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer of individuals whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in a calendar year. Similarly, when you donate to a candidate through Triangle Pride PAC, the law may require us to provide information regarding your donation to the candidates' campaign organizations for reporting purposes.

How you receive e-mails and e-mail newsletters from TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC:
You will only receive email newsletters from us if you have a) expressly signed up for a newsletter on a Triangle Pride PAC or Triangle Pride PAC website or b) you are a subscriber to our TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC online Action Center and/or have been invited to sign up to for the online Action Center at Prides, TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC Action Center and Stores, paid membership, and at many other hosted TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC events.

The information we gather from subscribers to our email newsletters (including email addresses) is not shared with commercial parties. In addition, from time to time, we may send out information on behalf of other like-minded organizations.

In order to provide you with better and more relevant information, we compile information about email response and website usage. This information helps us to better understand our members' site usage patterns and also what types of content and information may help improve your user experience on the TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC website.

All emails sent contain a link to unsubscribe or to modify your profile. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter or e-mail communication from TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC at any time.

How we track HTML newsletters:
We make use of both "open-tracking" and "click-tracking" in our HTML newsletters (i.e. emails that contain text and images). Open-tracking allows us to find out how many people have viewed our email newsletters and click-tracking allows us to find out which links in the newsletter were clicked on. This helps us to refine and improve the editorial content of our newsletters, and to provide you with relevant information.

"HTML-sensing" is used to determine if your email client supports HTML-based emails. This is employed only if you request our system to detect whether you can receive HTML emails.

If you have any questions, please email: info@tri.org

How we protect your information:
TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC is extremely protective of the information gathered through its membership and website. Our web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our web server is located in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal information are securely stored on a separate system that is not connected to the Internet.

When you contribute to TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC on-line, we use a secure server and encryption to protect your financial and other personal information during transmission.

TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC follows the Association of Fundraising Professional's (AFP) Ethical Guidelines to the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice. Information pertaining to TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC board members, major donors, Partners, and/or $250+ donors is never ˜ under any circumstance ˜ released to external entities for the purpose of commercial list exchanges.

TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC does not specifically ask children under 18 for any information and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information about them.

How to unsubscribe from mailing lists:
All TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC communication, whether via email or US mail, provides information on how to unsubscribe quickly and easily. Those wishing to opt out of receiving communications from TRIANGLE PRIDE PAC ("do not contact"), can simply contact our members services at info@tri.org or via phone 313-537-7000 x102, or via US mail at 19641 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit, Michigan 48219-2721.

How to correct information you have provided:
You may correct and/or change any information regarding your membership by contacting our member services at info@tri.org or by calling 313-537-7000 x102.

How to contact us about privacy:
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, send email to: info@tri.org

You can also reach us via U.S. mail at:
Membership Services
Triangle Pride PAC
19641 West Seven Mile Road
Detroit, Michigan 48219-2721
Phone: 313-537-7000 Fax: 313-537-3379

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