Privacy Policy

How we use the information you provide

When you volunteer with Friends of John McCain, we ask for your name, address, telephone number, email address and/or IM address.. We use the information you provide to send you news and information about John McCain and his campaign. We will not sell this information to any third party.

Under Federal Election law, we are required to make periodic filings that provide the Federal Election Commission with information on each contributor: name, address, amount of contribution, date of contribution, employer and occupation. For more information on the FEC, visit their Web site at http://www.fec.gov/. To make a contribution online, we also ask for your credit card number and its expiration date.

Every precaution must be taken to protect children online. We ask children 13 and under not to share any information with this Web site. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children 13 and under.

How we protect your information

We take great care to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked and secure environment. We use certain common tools and techniques in an effort to protect against unauthorized access to our systems. We also work to protect the security of your personal information during transmission via the Site (when you make a donation or register for our email list) by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. Access to your information is granted only to you and authorized staff.

How to contact us:

If you want to contact us to unsubscribe from mailing lists at any time, or opt out, review, update and/or correct your information, you can do so quickly and easily by logging on to http://fojm.focusds.net. For legal and accounting purposes, contribution records will remain in our database.

How we collect information at www.FriendsofMcCain.com

Technology allows Friends of John McCain.com to offer you a personalized visit to our online campaign.

Cookies

When you register with us, we use a tiny text file stored on your computer by our Web site, commonly referred to as a cookie. By personalizing your experience you will be able to obtain information on events and news in your local area as well as who to contact in your area to get involved to help elect John McCain. This tiny text file does not -- and never will -- store passwords, credit card numbers or any type of personally identifiable information whatsoever. If you want to stop having a personalized experience at our Web site, please delete the cookie from your Web browser.

IP Addresses and Log File Data

IP addresses are the location of your computer or network on the Internet. We log them for troubleshooting purposes, and to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site. We do not use this information to develop individual profiles.

Links to other Web sites

This privacy policy covers Senator McCain's campaign Web site. The site links to a number of other Web sites. Should you choose to visit those Web sites, please remember that the committee is not responsible for their content or privacy policies.

Changes to our Privacy Statement

We may modify or amend this statement in the future, to better protect your information. If there are material changes to this statement, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. Regardless of later updates, we will abide by the practices described in this statement at the time you provided us with your information.

Questions regarding this statement should be e-mailed to info@friendsofmccain.com or sent via postal mail to:

Friends of John McCain
P.O. Box 10443
Phoenix, Arizona 85064