SECURITY & PRIVACY


Effective 3/14/2004, Rev 2 (4/25/05)

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AND YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY


By visit to, use, purchase, or donation at this Web Site, you signify and indicate your Agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use as contained.  "Hoffa-Mack 2006" may update this policy without notification.  We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address associated with your account or by placing a prominent notice on the Site. Your continued use of the Web Site shall constitute your acceptance of such revised privacy policy.

Privacy Statement for Hoffa-Mack 2006
This privacy policy is applicable to the Web Site accessible at the domain HOFFA-MACKNOW.COM (the "Web Site"), which is operated pursuant to the relationship between Hoffa-MackNow.com, Hoffa-Mack 2006 ("HM") (or collectively"WE, "US", "OUR", or "OURS")  through web hosting services of Verio, Inc. ("Verio"). WE have a strategic relationship for online purchases with ("PayPal") identified within the Web Site on the Store and Donate pages.  Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of this Web Site, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information.  This Privacy Policy (this "Statement") discloses the privacy practices for the Web Site - what information WE gather, how we use it and how to correct or change information you provide. This Statement only addresses the activities through this Web Site, and not those of other organizations ("third parties") (e.g, PayPal, Verio, Adobe, Ezboard) whose services and privacy policies, terms, conditions, and practices, are their own, which we do not control and for which we are not liable.   Questions regarding this Statement should be emailed to Member Accounts.

General Privacy Information

WE may link to partners, advertisers and third party Internet sites and services who may collect data in connection with sweepstakes, promotions, and/or e-commerce, etc. They each have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of the Web Site and WE hhave no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such parties/sites. Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily and publicly disclose personal information on any online service or Web Site - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Further, while we strive to protect your personal information, WE cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.

Use of Information
All of the information that the WE gather, both what you tell us and what we collect, whether through the use of cookies or otherwise, is "aggregated" -- meaning that the information from many users is grouped together in a way that does not disclose the personal information of any particular user. We use this aggregated information to evaluate and verify your IBT Membership status.  

In addition, we ONLY use the personal information which you provide at the time you create your Account ID to verify that you are an active and current IBT member, thereby authorizing you to purchase/contribute to the Hoffa-Mack 2006 Campaign Fund.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Web Site will not disclose your Account ID, password, or personal information which is collected by US, except to comply with applicable law, a valid legal process, or to the extent that WE believe in good faith such disclosure is in response to a legitimate investigative inquiry request from a law enforcement agency in connection with activities on or through this Web Site. We will only use your personal information for the sole purpose of maintenaining OUR compliance with IBT Campaign fundraising and/or applicable state/federal laws and regulations.  We will NOT, however, share or sell your information to any third party without your consent.  However, carefully-screened, internal Campaign representatives, the webmaster and administrator of the Web Site (including Verio), auditor representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and/or any federal auditing agency will have access to personal information/records collected when necessary in order to comply with any and all laws or IBT regulations governing this Campaign.

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this Statement, the practices of the HOFFA-MACK 2006, send inquiries to:

HOFFA-MACK 2006
Member & Customer Service
Re:  Hoffa-Mack 2006 Privacy Statement

Member Accounts
If you have questions concerning a specific purchase or transaction, order or donation to HOFFA-MACK 2006, you may contact our Member Support

Third Party Advertisers
HOFFA-MACKNOW.COM and HOFFA-MACK 2006 have no responsibility or liability for the independent policies or actions of third parties (e.g., Adobe, PayPal, EzBoard, etc.).

Agents
We may employ other volunteers, individuals and/or businesses during this Campaign for certain services and to perform these functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, sending e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, Site analysis, analyzing data, providing support assistance, Web Site maintenance, processing credit card payments, fraud screening, or providing Member service and fulfillment.

Registration
If you place an order for products or services through this Web Site you will be asked to provide certain information in order to set up a HOFFA-MACK 2006 account. Required information will include your name, current address, email address, phone number, IBT Membership Number (which is your social security number), your Employer and Local Union number, and in part, and you may be asked through our PayPal partners for applicable credit card or PayPay account information, name, address, billing and shipping address, a phone number, and/or email address.  Creation of a PayPal account is not a requirement of purchases of donations online.

The information you provide will be used to verify your membership in order to use our Service (as contained in "Terms of Use") at this site, to process and fulfill orders, to provide customer service and to send our members information about the Campaign and promotional material from us.  Our partner and financial transaction processing is done through a third-party ("PayPal"), and may request that you provide your personal information and your data to PayPa.  PayPal is governed by the its own terms of service and privacy notices.  By Accepting this policy, you agree that any information provided to PayPal (via a PayPal browser payment Web Site page[s]) are subject strictly to the PayPal terms of service and policy policy and not those set forth herein. HOFFA-MACKNOW.COM and HOFFA-MACK 2006 make no warranty, explicit or implied, in connection with any and all PayPal transactions.  Payment processing inquiries ONLY should be sent directly to PayPal at PayPal

We use customer contact information from this account, information that is collected is used to verify your IBT membership only.  Financial transactions and information collected by PayPal is for the purpose of payment processing, shipping, billing the user for products and Service, and Campaign accounting verification. Unique identifiers, such as ID and passwords, are collected by PalPal separately to verify the user's identity, and may be used for accounting practices in our record-keeping system.

Campaign Volunteers or Newsletter Sign Ups
Our online Newsletter / Volunteer sign-up form asks visitors for their email address and other information. This profile data is also collected at this Web Site. We use this data to inform volunteers of upcoming events, promotional Campaign materials and notices regarding the Campaign itself. Users may opt out of receiving future mailings, as stated above, or by contacting MackMail Newsletter

Newsletter
We offer MackMail Newsletter to interested individuals to share Campaign information and updates. Users may cancel their free email subscriptions by following the simple instructions at the bottom of each newsletter or email.

Security
The HOFFA-MACK 2006 and its affiliates utilize a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. All user contact information is contained behind a "firewall" and only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to production systems. Passwords and credit card numbers are encrypted by HOFFA-MACK 2006 and/or PayPal and resides in secure databases, also located behind a firewall. All sensitive credit card information supplied by users is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted by HOFFA-MACK 2006 or PayPal.

Modification of Information
If you choose to modify your personal information, you may do so by clicking on the "Modify My Account" section of the Login area of this Web Site. You will be required to submit a valid user ID and password for authentication before you will be able to modify your file. If you have forgotten your password, you may click the link on the Login page and a new password will be emailed to you.