Effective August 1, 2024
At ActBlue, we strongly believe that privacy is a fundamental right and we’ve written this Privacy Policy to make it easy to understand how our organization—including its affiliated entities—collects, uses, and shares personal information in furtherance of our mission.
The information we collect about you depends on how you use our services. When you visit our website, create an ActBlue account, save your payment information, make a contribution, contact us, or otherwise interact with ActBlue and our services, we may collect information that identifies you, relates to you, or could reasonably be linked to you, including:
ActBlue may also receive information about you from other lawful sources, such as other ActBlue users, our affiliates, service providers, and partners including those that assist us in legal compliance, security and fraud prevention, and enforcing our Terms of Service and Account Use Policy.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We may share your information with ActBlue-affiliated entities, service providers who act on our behalf, entities that we’ve partnered with, or others at your direction.
ActBlue does not sell your contact information to third parties, and we don’t send solicitations, such as text messages or emails, on behalf of the individuals and organizations that use ActBlue for fundraising, including political committees and campaigns. If you are receiving unwanted solicitations from organizations or campaigns, or have concerns about their data practices, we encourage you to contact them directly.
ActBlue takes your privacy questions seriously. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or ActBlue’s data practices, or if you wish to exercise your data rights under applicable laws, you can contact us.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights with respect to your information, including the ability to request: (i) access to and/or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you; (ii) correction of inaccurate information we have about you; and (iii) deletion of certain personal information we have collected from you. Please note that your rights and our responses may vary based on your state or country of residency. For example, you may be located in a jurisdiction where we are not obligated or unable to fulfill a specific request.
We will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity when you make a request. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law such as information we retain for legal compliance and to secure our services. We may need certain information in order to provide our services to you; accordingly, if you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to use our services.
Securing the ActBlue platform is a vital part of respecting your privacy and we take appropriate steps to secure your information, including administrative and technical safeguards, taking into account the nature of the information and the processing, and the threats posed. We use insights gained from providing our services to help detect and respond to security threats, including unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction of data. For more information, visit our Security page.
We also offer security features to help you protect your account, including Two-Factor Authentication and other tools to help prevent unauthorized access. If you believe your account or other information we hold may be compromised, please contact us immediately.
ActBlue’s websites and services may use “cookies” or other technologies. Some of these tools are necessary to provide a specific service or feature that you accessed or requested or to store your preferences, such as authenticating your account, verifying your contribution, or remembering your preferred settings. We may also use these technologies to understand how people interact with our brand and services and to advertise our services to you, including to understand the effectiveness of our communications or advertisements. You can usually influence or decline certain of these technologies through your web browser, but removing or disabling cookies and other technologies could affect the availability and functionality of our services. To disable Google analytics and advertising cookies, you can also use their individual analytics opt-out mechanism and change Google advertising settings. You can also make choices about interest-based ads at Digital Advertising Alliance.
You must take this action on each device or browser where you want your choices to apply.
Our services are not intended for—and we don’t direct them to—minors under the age of 18 or anyone under the age of majority under applicable law. If we become aware that a minor is using our platform, we will suspend their use of our services and delete their account in accordance with our Terms of Service.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by revising the date at the top of the Privacy Policy. In some cases, we may add an additional early notice on our website or send you an email if you provided us with that information.