Online Privacy & Event Attendance
Your privacy is important to us. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide to us when visiting, logging into, registering, or opening an account with www.heritageaction.com or any other Website owned or operated by Heritage Action for America (our “Websites”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This policy applies to information we collect on our Websites. It does not apply to information that we collect offline or through any other means, including from any third party (including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from our Websites), except as described below. Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information. By accessing or using our Websites, you agree to this privacy policy.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Websites. We collect IP addresses and how visitors use, access, and/or navigate throughout our Websites, including how you accessed our Websites. We collect information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, contact information, and general demographic and financial information (“identifying information”) from you when you provide it to us by filling out forms on our Websites, which includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Websites, subscribing to our service, making a donation, posting material including comments, or requesting further services.
User contributions, including comments, are posted and may be accessed by others at your own risk. We may also use one or more of the following cookies, pixels, web beacons, other data collection technologies, and/or third-party servicers to collect identifying information and information about how you use and/or navigate throughout our Websites:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on your browser or computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting(s) on your browser or by choosing to opt out. Unless you adjusted your browser setting(s) so that it will refuse cookies, or opted out of these data collection technologies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Websites.
Web Beacons or Pixels. Pages of our Websites may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count the number of users who have visited those pages or collect other Website-related statistics.
We use the information that we collect to help us to improve our Websites, including its performance, and to deliver a better and more personalized service to you. We may also use your identifying information to contact you about our services that may be of interest to you.
Disclosure of Your Information
In addition to any use of personal information described herein, we may disclose aggregated information about how you use and/or navigate through our Websites and information that does not identify any individual without restriction.
We may also disclose your information to the extent necessary to comply with a court order, law or legal process, including to respond to a government or regulatory request.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, authorization, and disclosure. All of the information we collect or that you provide to us is stored by us or by our contractors or service providers on secure servers. We take reasonable steps to ensure that such servers are secure; however, we disclaim any claim that may arise from any security failure by any of our employees, contractors or service providers.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our Websites are not intended for children under the age of 13 and no one under the age of 13 should use our Websites or provide any personal information to us. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly collect personal or identifying information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, do not use our Websites or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, screen or user name, or anything else. If we learn that we inadvertently collected personal or identifying information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information. Residents of certain states under the ages of 13, 16, or 18 may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal or identifying information. If you believe we might have collected information from or about a child implicating any of those rights without parental or guardian supervision, please let us know by contacting us at [email protected].
Text Messaging, Opt-In, and Opt-Out Information
More information can be found in Heritage Action's Text Messaging Terms and Conditions.
Mailing List and Opt-out Information
From time to time, we make our contributor list of both offline and online donors available to other organizations to mail. This process is carefully controlled, and it is our hope that you may find information from these groups interesting and helpful. This also saves us a considerable amount of money, which can be used to preserve and protect our shared values. If you would like to be excluded from this, please email us at [email protected], and we’ll make sure your name is not included in our mailing list sharing activities. The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. This limitation does not prevent use of personal information as described above that is obtained other than exclusively from our offline or online donor list(s).
If you do not want to receive any email from us in the future, click the “unsubscribe” reference in any email we send you. You may also email [email protected] to complete the opt-out process or send a letter to our mailing address requesting that we unsubscribe you from our contact lists. Note that absent a specific request, your records will remain in our database, but your email address will be deactivated.
Links to Other Websites
Our Websites may contain links to other websites. Any information you provide on the linked pages or to third parties may be provided directly to that third party and can be subject to that third party’s privacy policy whether or not related to or covered by this privacy policy. This privacy policy does not apply to such linked sites, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of those websites or any other sites that are linked to or from our Websites.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy at any time. The date the policy was last revised is identified at the top of this policy. If we make a material change to our policy, we will post a notice along with the revised privacy policy on our Websites. Your continued use of our Websites after we post the revised policy signifies your acceptance of any revised privacy policy. You may direct any privacy policy questions or concerns to [email protected].
Terms and Conditions of Attendance
Heritage Action was founded in 2010 and is armed with the research and policies of The Heritage Foundation. Our mission is to fight for conservative policies in Washington, D.C. and in state capitals across the country. We turn ideas into bills and bills into law. Instrumental to achieving these policy victories are a trained network of Heritage Action Sentinels. Sentinels are boots-on-the-ground, grassroots Americans; They are engaged citizens and local leaders who work for the betterment of America at all levels of society. Heritage Action reinforces the grassroots work of Sentinels with our first-class team of state directors and government relations specialists in Washington. Together, Heritage Action and Sentinels are fighting for America’s future.
To advance our mission, we host events at our Washington, DC headquarters, at other venues throughout the country, and virtually. Many events are open to the public while others are private or invite only. Registering for or attending an event indicates that you agree to Heritage Action's Terms and Conditions of Attendance contained herein.
Registration
If you would like to join us, we encourage and may require advance registration; select events may allow for on-site registration. Please note that some events may also require a registration fee to attend, may be limited to non-transferrable invitation, or may have admittance subject to occupancy limits and available seating. Please check event details for specific instructions.
Decorum
We welcome opportunities to discuss and debate ideas, however guests must refrain from disruptive behavior, interference of a program, non-compliance with requests from staff or security, trespassing, soliciting, peddling, loitering, and any other behavior deemed inappropriate at Heritage Action’s discretion. Please ask for permission in advance if you would like to distribute promotional items such as flyers, handbills, or printed materials. Signs, banners, posters, flags, and items deemed as a distraction or that could be used as weapons are prohibited.
Additional provisions to this policy may apply pursuant to our agreement with the venue and/or external partners.
Accessibility
Heritage Action aims to create events that are accessible for guests of all abilities. If you need special assistance or accommodations, please contact your event host for information.
Bags and Personal Items
For the safety of all attendees, speakers, staff, and other program participants, all persons, packages, bags, and other containers are subject to search. If a personal item requires storage throughout the event, we, or the event venue, may provide storage for your belongings; please note that storage of personal belongings is not guaranteed and Heritage is not responsible for items that are lost, misplaced, or left behind.
Use of Image or Likeness
Heritage Action regularly records programs and special events. By confirming your participation in the event as a speaker, panelist, presenter, award recipient, honoree, or guest, you acknowledge that Heritage Action may record, livestream, and/or share the content publicly during and following the event. You also acknowledge that Heritage Action and its designees will maintain the rights to include your image, likeness, voice, actions, and statements, or other documents or information in any live or recorded audio, video, film, webinar, stream, or other transmission, exhibition, simulcast, or reproduction made of, or at, the program in any medium or context for any purpose, including commercial or promotional purposes, without further authorization or otherwise.
Recording and Photography
We reserve the right to (1) restrict or prohibit audio or video recording, streaming or transmission of an event or the taking of photographs, and (2) remove anyone conducting unauthorized recording or photography, particularly at private or “off the record” events. Any person who conducts unauthorized recording or photography hereby grants Heritage Action permission to retain the recording device used to make an unauthorized recording and transfers ownership of the unauthorized recording of the event to Heritage Action.
Trademarks and Intellectual Property
Use of organization trademarks, imagery, name, likeness, and other program content or intellectual property for any purpose requires attribution and advance written approval from Heritage Action's Director of Communications at [email protected].
General Security Measures
Heritage Action reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deny admission to anyone for any reason and to physically remove from the premises any person(s) in violation of these terms and our standards of conduct. The premises of the event shall be defined by Heritage Action in consultation with the venue and local law enforcement within the event’s local jurisdiction. Any person who is removed from the event may be subject to detention by security for violation of these terms or potentially arrested by law enforcement for violation of any applicable laws and regulations of the event’s jurisdiction.
Liability
BY REGISTERING FOR OR ATTENDING AN EVENT, ATTENDEES AGREE THAT HERITAGE ACTION ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR INJURY, DAMAGE, ILLNESS, DEATH, PROPERTY LOSS OR ANY OTHER LOSS WHICH MAY BE RELATED IN ANY WAY TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY.
In the event of injury, illness, or accident during a live event or program, attendee consents to have medical treatment that may be deemed advisable and affirmatively releases Heritage Action, the venue, and any and all persons participating in such medical treatment from all responsibility for any such action.
Other Terms
Heritage Action reserves all rights not expressly granted to the attendee. The terms of Heritage Action’s Privacy Policy are included herein by reference.
If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.
Heritage Action reserves the right to make changes to our events, site, policies, and these terms at any time.