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150    <p class="eyebrow">Build the Future</p>
151    <h1>Privacy policy</h1>
152    <p class="lede">
153      Short version: we collect what you give us, we use it to send you email
154      about our work, and we don't sell it to anyone.
155    </p>
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157    <h2>What we collect</h2>
158    <p>
159      If you sign up for updates, we collect the name, email address, and ZIP
160      code you enter. That's it. We don't ask for anything else and we don't
161      buy information about you from anywhere else.
162    </p>
163    <p>
164      If you make a contribution, that transaction is handled by our payment
165      processor, not by us. Contributions to a Connecticut political committee
166      are subject to state disclosure requirements, which means certain
167      information about contributors becomes part of the public record filed
168      with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
169    </p>
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171    <h2>What we do with it</h2>
172    <p>
173      We use your email address to send you updates about our work. We use your
174      ZIP code to understand where our supporters are and to send you things
175      relevant to your part of the state. We don't do anything else with it.
176    </p>
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178    <h2>What we don't do</h2>
179    <ul>
180      <li>We don't sell your information.</li>
181      <li>We don't rent, trade, or swap our list with other organizations.</li>
182      <li>We don't share your information with candidates or campaigns, or hand
183        our list to anyone, except where you have specifically asked us to
184        introduce you to someone.</li>
185    </ul>
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187    <h2>If you ask us to connect you</h2>
188    <p>
189      If you write and ask us to help you get involved with your local Democratic
190      Town Committee, we will usually just send you the right person's contact
191      details so you can reach out yourself. If you would rather we made the
192      introduction, we will pass along only what is needed to do that, and only
193      because you asked.
194    </p>
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196    <h2>Who else touches your data</h2>
197    <p>
198      Our email list is managed by Action Network, and contributions are
199      processed by Anedot. Both are service providers acting on our behalf, and
200      both have their own privacy policies governing how they handle data. We
201      may also be required to disclose information if the law requires it.
202    </p>
203
204    <h2>Analytics</h2>
205    <p>
206      We use Google Analytics to see how many people visit the site, which pages
207      they read, and roughly where in the state they're coming from. It sets a
208      cookie in your browser and reports things like the page you landed on, the
209      kind of device you used, and the site that sent you here. It doesn't tell
210      us who you are, and we don't connect it to your name or email if you sign
211      up. Google handles that data under
212      <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">its own privacy policy</a>.
213    </p>
214    <p>
215      We don't run advertising trackers, we don't build profiles of you, and we
216      don't share any of this with advertisers. If you'd rather not be counted,
217      any browser extension that blocks analytics works on this site, and
218      nothing on the site breaks if you use one.
219    </p>
220    <p>
221      The embedded signup form is served by Action Network and follows their own
222      practices.
223    </p>
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225    <h2>Unsubscribing and removal</h2>
226    <p>
227      Every email we send has an unsubscribe link at the bottom, and it works
228      immediately. If you'd rather be deleted from our records entirely instead
229      of just unsubscribed, reply to any email from us and say so, and we'll
230      take care of it.
231    </p>
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233    <h2>The map on our site</h2>
234    <p>
235      The district map is built from public data published by the State of
236      Connecticut and from publicly available candidate filings. It doesn't

237      collect anything about you, and nothing you type into the district search
238      is sent anywhere or stored.
239    </p>
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241    <h2>Children</h2>
242    <p>
243      This site isn't directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect
244      information from anyone under 13.
245    </p>
246
247    <h2>Changes</h2>
248    <p>
249      If we change this policy, we'll update the date below. If the change is
250      significant, we'll say so in an email rather than quietly editing the page.
251    </p>
252
253    <p class="updated">Last updated: September 3, 2026</p>
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