Privacy Policy

At Hip Hop Caucus we are committed to protecting your privacy online. While using our website, you do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information. If you should choose to give us your personal information, you decide the amount of information you wish to provide.

Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at Hip Hop Caucus website related to:

How we protect your information. How we use your information. How to contact us about privacy.

Our site links to a limited number of other websites. Hip Hop Caucus is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements for each website you visit. Hip Hop Caucus may occasionally update this privacy policy as changes to the site necessitate it. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

How do we protect your information?

Our website has a number of security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Computer systems have restricted access limited only to those persons and organizations necessary to its proper functioning. This access applies to all electronic and physical security measures. Highly sensitive data including credit card information is additionally secured through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software. Our servers are located in a locked, secure environment.

How do we use the information you provide?

On registration, sign-up and contribution forms on Hip Hop Caucus we may ask for your name, address, telephone number, credit card information, bank account information, email address and/or IM address as well as the name of the person who referred you to the site. This is done in order to credit those who are organizing volunteer support or fundraising for Hip Hop Caucus. We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this site. We are committed to protecting your privacy online. While using our website, you do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information. If you should choose to give us your personal information, you decide the amount of information you wish to provide.

We will use your email address to provide you news and information about Hip Hop Caucus. We may also use your zip code and state to send you email messages about upcoming events or activities in your area.

When you contribute money online:

When contributing money online we may collect personal information including but not limited to your name, address, email address, credit card number, and bank account information. Financial information will be treated as secure, private information and will not be made public. All online contributions for Hip Hop Caucus are processed by Groundspring.org, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Hip Hop Caucus is not responsible for content on or privacy policies of Groundspring.org or its affiliate sites. You can review the privacy policy of Groundspring.org here

When you sign one of our petitions:

We treat your name, city, state, and any comments as public information. We may, for example, provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to national leaders, without disclosing email addresses. We may also make comments along with your city and state available to the press and public online.

When you Send to a Friend:

Hip Hop Caucus makes it easy for you to spread the word about Hip Hop Caucus with its “Tell a Friend” feature. When you use “Tell a Friend”, we may store email addresses or any information about the people you contact.

When you submit blogs:

We provide a blog on which you can post comments and messages for others to read. We may collect technical information about your post, such as the IP address from which you posted, and associate this information with your messages. Even if messages are deleted, we may retain copies and attendant information indefinitely. When you post messages to the blog, certain information, such as your email address, may be available to the public. Also note that any personal information you include in the body of your message will be available to the public.

If individuals agree to allow Hip Hop Caucus to film or make recordings for use on Hip Hop Caucus website, usage of this video or audio footage will be governed by releases signed by the individuals who permitted Hip Hop Caucus to film or record them. See also the conditions set forth below.

The following conditions apply to video or audio footage: (1) Hip Hop Caucus will be the sole and exclusive owner of any video or audio material that you allow to be posted on the Hip Hop Caucus website; (2) Hip Hop Caucus has the right to use such material on its website or in any other communications or advertisements; (3) other individuals or entities, including other internet users, as well print or broadcast news media, have the right to use such material in their communications; and (4) you will not receive compensation for such use.

Third Party Social-Networking and User-Generated Content Websites:

Hip Hop Caucus has established and maintains profiles and pages on several third-party social-networking and user-generated content websites. Hip Hop Caucus is not responsible for the content of individual users or the privacy policies of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements for each of these websites website you join.

Hip Hop Caucus may contact you via these websites using any contact methods that exist on the website and are within the website