Health Care for All - California Privacy Policy

Protecting your personal information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to Health Care for All – California, Health Care for All – California Education Fund, Inc., www.healthcareforall.org, www.healthcareforallcalifornia.org, and www.healthcareforallcaliforniaeducationfund.org (collectively referred to as “Health Care for All – California”). Personal information you provide is stored in a secure location and is accessible only by designated staff. We will collect and use information through our website only in the ways disclosed in this statement. The Health Care for All – California website is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, education, advocacy, and fundraising site. By using the Health Care for All – California website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Information Collection and Usage
We collect two types of information: (1) optional personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and physical address when you sign up as a member, donate, sign a petition, or take action on Health Care for All – California. We do not honor or respond to Do Not Track requests. If you become a member or support Health Care for All – California by donating, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the membership/donation transaction. (2) We may automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Health Care for All – California website.

We encourage you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Health Care for All – California so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. Health Care for All – California is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Health Care for All – California website.

Use of your Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, or lease our member/supporter/user lists to third parties. Health Care for All – California collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.

We may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of updates, provide our newsletters, and occasionally request your legislative action or donations. Health Care for All – California may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. We may print physical copies of the petition information collected to show politicians a physical visual of how many supporters our organization has.

Health Care for All – California will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Health Care for All – California or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Health Care for All – California; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Health Care for All – California, or the public.

Use of Cookies
The Health Care for All – California website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Health Care for All – California pages, or register with Health Care for All – California site or services, a cookie helps Health Care for All – California to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Health Care for All – California website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Health Care for All – California features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Health Care for All – California services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information
Health Care for All – California secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

Children Under Thirteen
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Opt-Out & Unsubscribe
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Our email communications include an unsubscribe option where you can control the communications that you receive from us. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from Health Care for All – California by contacting us through our website Contact Form submission.

Changes to this Statement
We will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect organization and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Health Care for All – California is protecting your information.

Contact Information
We welcome your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Health Care for All – California has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Health Care for All – California at:
Health Care for All – California
P.O. Box 5833
Novato, California 94948

Effective as of August 22, 2014. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time.