Privacy policy for iVote

This privacy policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy

Interpretation and definitions

interpretation

the words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

for the purposes of this privacy policy:

account means a unique account created for you to access our service or parts of our service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where control means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Application means the software program provided by the company downloaded by you on any electronic device, named theivoteapp
company (referred to as either the company, we, us or our in this agreement) refers to eliteofficecorps, california, usa.
Country refers to: california, united states
device means any device that can access the service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the application.
Service provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the company to facilitate the service, to provide the service on behalf of the company, to perform services related to the service or to assist the company in analyzing how the service is used.
Usage data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
You means the individual accessing or using the service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the service, as applicable.

Data Collection

Our app collects information about United States Senators using the Google Civic Information API. The types of data collected include:

Senator Names: We collect the names of United States Senators to provide users with accurate and up-to-date information about their representatives in the US Senate.

Contact Information: We may retrieve contact information such as office addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of US Senators from the Google Civic Information API. This information is intended to facilitate communication between users and their elected representatives.

Biographical Information: In addition to basic contact details, we may also collect biographical information about US Senators, such as their party affiliation, tenure in office, and any other relevant details provided by the Google Civic Information API.

Legislative Activities: Our app may also access information about legislative activities, voting records, and bills sponsored or co-sponsored by US Senators. This data is sourced from the Google Civic Information API to provide users with insights into the legislative actions of their elected representatives.

We use this information solely for the purpose of providing users with comprehensive and accurate details about United States Senators. Users can access this information within the app to stay informed about their representatives in the US Senate and engage in civic participation.

The collected data about United States Senators is used within our app for informational purposes. This includes displaying senator information to users, such as names, contact details, biographical information, and legislative activities. We aim to provide users with comprehensive and accurate details about their elected representatives in the US Senate to facilitate civic engagement and participation.

Collecting and using your personal data

Types of data collected

Personal data

while using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

email address
first name and last name
phone number
address, state, province, zip/postal code, city

usage data

usage data is collected automatically when using the service.
Usage data may include information such as your devices internet protocol address (e. G. Ip address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique id, the ip address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or through a mobile device.

Information collected while using the application

while using our application, in order to provide features of our application, we may collect, with your prior permission:

information regarding your location
pictures and other information from your devices camera and photo library

we use this information to provide features of our service, to improve and customize our service. The information may be uploaded to the companys servers and/or a service providers server or it may be simply stored on your device.
You can enable or disable access to this information at any time, through your device settings.

Use of your personal data

The company may use personal data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our service, including to monitor the usage of our service.
To manage your account: to manage your registration as a user of the service. The personal data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the service that are available to you as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the service.
To contact you: to contact you by email, telephone calls, sms, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile applications push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
To manage your requests: to attend and manage your requests to us.
For business transfers: we may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our service users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: we may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

With service providers: we may share your personal information with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service, to contact you.
For business transfers: we may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With affiliates: we may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
With business partners: we may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
With business partners: we may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
With business partners: we may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
With your consent: we may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of your personal data

The company will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The company will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of your personal data

your information, including personal data, is processed at the companys operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of your personal data

business transactions

if the company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Law enforcement

under certain circumstances, the company may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e. G. A court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The company may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

comply with a legal obligation
protect and defend the rights or property of the company
prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service
protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public
protect against legal liability

security of your personal data

the security of your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Detailed information on the processing of your personal data
the service providers we use may have access to your personal data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on our service in accordance with their privacy policies.

Usage, performance and miscellaneous

we may use third-party service providers to provide better improvement of our service.

Google places

google places is a service that returns information about places using http requests. It is operated by google
google places service may collect information from you and from your device for security purposes.

childrens privacy

our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers. If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parents consent before we collect and use that information.

Links to other websites

our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third partys site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Cookies

cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your devices internal memory. This service does not use these cookies explicitly. However, the app may use third-party code and libraries that use cookies to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this service.

Data Sharing

We do not share any user data collected through our app with third parties. The information retrieved from the Google Civic Information API is used solely within the app to provide users with senatorial information for informational purposes. We do not engage in any data sharing practices with external parties, including for analytics or advertising purposes.

Security Measures

We take the security of user data seriously and have implemented appropriate measures to protect it. This includes employing encryption protocols to secure data transmission and storage, as well as regularly updating our systems to address any potential security vulnerabilities. We strive to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of user data throughout its lifecycle within our app.

User Rights

Users have the right to request access, correction, or deletion of their information collected through our app. If you would like to exercise any of these rights or have any privacy-related concerns, please contact us using the information provided below. We are committed to addressing user requests promptly and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection regulations.

Changes to this privacy policy

we may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the last updated date at the top of this privacy policy. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding our privacy practices or the handling of your data, please contact us at ivote.organization@gmail.com We welcome feedback from our users and are dedicated to addressing any privacy-related inquiries in a timely and transparent manner.

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