Privacy Policy | End the Buy, Borrow, Die Loophole

Last Updated: April 15, 2025

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how End the Buy, Borrow, Die Loophole ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our website at endbuyborrywdie.org (the "Site"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Personal Information: Email addresses when you sign up to support our initiative, verify your support, or contact us. With your consent, we store your email address to keep you updated about our initiative and potentially share with representatives to demonstrate support.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and other browsing information.
Address Information: If you use our representative lookup feature, we temporarily process your address to find your representatives, but we do not store this information.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To verify your support for our initiative and prevent duplicate submissions
To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
To send you important updates about our initiative (with your consent)
To improve our website and user experience
To maintain accurate records of support for our initiative
To share with representatives to demonstrate support for our initiative (with your consent)
To comply with legal obligations

Email Verification Process

When you provide your email address to verify your support, we:

Send a verification email to the address you provided
With your consent, store your email address to keep you updated about our initiative
With your consent, may share your email with representatives to demonstrate support
Create a secure, hashed version of your email address for efficient lookups
Store this information to prevent duplicate submissions and maintain accurate records
Provide an unsubscribe option in all communications

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

Email address hashing using secure cryptographic methods
Rate limiting to prevent abuse of our systems
Secure data storage with access controls
Regular security assessments and updates

Data Retention

We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. For verified supporters, we maintain hashed email records to prevent duplicate submissions and to maintain accurate support counts.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your data:

The right to access information we have about you
The right to request correction of your personal information
The right to request deletion of your personal information
The right to object to processing of your personal information
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@taxfairness.org.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Rights

If you are a California resident, the CCPA provides you with specific rights regarding your personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise them.

Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Sales: We do not sell your personal information, so there is no need to opt out of sales.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us at privacy@taxfairness.org. Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information.

Your request must provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and collect information about how you use our site. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to help operate our website and provide services. These services may collect information as part of their functionality. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services linked to from our website.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@taxfairness.org
Address: Tax Fairness Coalition, 1234 Reform Avenue, Washington, DC 20001