Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the website soto4ny.com (the "Site") owned and operated by Soto for Assembly, a New York State assembly campaign.

Soto for Assembly has created this privacy policy to explain how we use information that you may provide while visiting this Site and to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy. Soto for Assembly may modify this policy from time to time so we encourage you to check this page when revisiting this Site. By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect Automatically

If you visit our Web site to browse, read, or download information:

  • Your Web browser automatically sends us (and we may retain) information such as the:    

    • Internet domain through which you access the Internet (e.g., yourServiceProvider.com if you use a commercial Internet service provider, or yourSchool.edu if you use an Internet account from your school);

    • Internet Protocol address of the computer you are using;

    • type of browser software and operating system you are using;

    • date and time you access our site; and

    • the Internet address of the site from which you linked directly to our site.

  • We will use this information as aggregate data to help us maintain this site, e.g., to determine the number of visitors to different sections of our site, to ensure the site is working properly, and to help us make our site more accessible and useful.

  • We will not use this information to identify individuals, except for site security or law enforcement purposes.

How we use your information

  • When you register, contribute, sign up to volunteer, or take any other action on our Site, we may ask you to give us contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, mobile telephone number and/or e-mail address. We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this Site.

  • We use this information to operate this Site, send you news and information about Soto for Assembly's activities, solicit your participation in Soto for Assembly's activities, and related uses. We use your e-mail address to send such information by e-mail, and may use your telephone number to call you or send you a text message or phone call for these purposes.

  • Additionally, we may share your information as follows, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

    • To companies that assist us in maintaining this Site or with the Soto for Assembly, but only for purposes of providing services to Soto for Assembly and with the strict requirement that any such company will never itself have the right to contact you for any reason;

    • Submitting your personal information (including e-mail address) on this page will sign you up to receive e-mails from Soto for Assembly. We may also use your first name to indicate the latest actions taken on this site;

    • With vendors, service providers, volunteers, and consultants who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;

    • With organizations, candidates, campaigns, groups, or causes that we believe have similar political viewpoints, principles, or objectives or share similar goals and with organizations that facilitate communications and information sharing among such groups;

    • With other participants in a joint fundraising committee;

    • To report required information to the Federal Election Commission or state agencies, including name, mailing address, occupation, employer, and principal place of business of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in an election cycle;

    • In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;

    • When we believe in good faith that we are lawfully authorized or required to do so or that doing so is reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with the law or legal processes or respond to lawful requests, claims, or legal authorities, including responding to lawful subpoenas, warrants, or court orders;

    • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of SFS, its employees, volunteers, constituents, or others;

    • In connection with, or during negotiations of, any reorganization or formation of a new committee or successor organization, asset sale or transfer, financing or lending transaction, or in any other situation where personal information may be disclosed or transferred as one of the assets of SFS;

    • With your consent or at your direction.

We do not share phone numbers collected through the program with any third party. We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used by third parties to identify you.

The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent, which information will not be shared with any third parties, provided that the foregoing does not apply to sharing (1) with vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (and who will not use such information for their own purposes); (2) if we believe disclosure is required (by any applicable law, rule, or regulation or to comply with law enforcement or legal process; and (3) if the user consents to the sharing of such information.

Children

Soto for Assembly complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Soto for Assembly does not solicit and does not accept personally identifying information from any person under 13 years of age.

Visitors to this Site who are under 13 years of age should not use this Site except under the supervision and with the assistance of their parent or legal guardian, and should never submit any personally identifying information to the Site. For example, visitors under 13 years of age should not register, purchase or use services or take any actions on or through this Site.

Credit card information; protection of personal information

When you purchase services through this Site, we collect credit card information from you. That information is used solely for processing your contribution; is not maintained by Soto for Assembly; and is never disclosed to anyone, for any other purpose other than for processing your contribution, under any circumstances.

Soto for Assembly uses industry standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of all of the personally identifiable information that you provide to us. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment. 

Permission to access your personally identifiable information is granted only to you and Soto for Assembly employees or contractors who need to know that information to provide services to you and who are required to keep the information confidential. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by this Site in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.

Contributions to Soto for Assembly - Public Information

Soto for Assembly is required to file regular reports with the Federal Election Commission that publicly disclose the name, address, occupation and employer of persons who contribute over $200 during an election cycle, along with the amount and date of the contribution. State and local election laws may also require us to disclose this information at a lower itemization threshold, depending on the committee's activity.

How Long We Keep Information

We may keep information that we collect for an unlimited period of time.

Security

Please note that electronic communication, particularly e-mail, is not necessarily secure against interception. Please do not send sensitive data (e.g., Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers) by e-mail or web forms.

Cookies and Data Tracking

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Some parts of this Site may be password-protected. We may use a cookie (cookies reside on your computer and are under the control of your browser) to help us remember and process items that you purchase through this Site; and/or to compile aggregate data about visitors to the Site and their interaction with the Site for the purposes of improving the operation of the Site and/or offering better Site experiences and tools in the future.

We may also use cookies to enable you to return to password-protected areas of the Site without having to re-enter your password. If you wish to disable these cookies, the help portion of the tool bar on most browsers can assist. If you set your browser to disable cookies, however, you may not be able to access certain parts of this Site.

We may also use third-party services such as Google Analytics. This helps us understand traffic patterns and know if there are problems with our Site. We may also use embedded images in emails to track open rates for our mailings, so that we can tell which mailings appeal most to Soto for Assembly supporters.

Please note that third party vendors, including Google, may show Soto for Assembly-sponsored ads on the Internet. Those third party vendors (including Google) use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website. Users may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

Links to other sites

The privacy policies and practices contained in this Privacy Policy do not apply to ANY external links. This Privacy Policy only applies to our Site or any future Sites that we may develop. It does not cover Sites that are linked to by this Site or Sites for which we are not responsible ("linked-Sites"). These linked-Sites will have their own policies and practices that may be different from ours. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the policies and practices of the linked-Sites, especially if you provide personal information to them.

Amendments and consent to this privacy policy

We retain the right to amend or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. By using our Site, you consent to the collection and use of the information as we have described. If we change our policies and practices, we will post the changes in our Privacy Policy so that you are always aware of them. With this knowledge, you can make an informed decision about whether you wish to provide personal information to us.

Contacting Us

If you have questions concerning our privacy policy or our use of information collected through this Web site, please contact us at: 

Soto for Assembly

P.O. Box 828

Bronx, NY 10465

These Terms and Conditions are effective as of February 25, 2022.