Congress In Your Pocket ("we" or "us"), is the owner and operator of the Site and the App and the provider of the Services. Congress In Your Pocket respects your privacy, and we created this privacy policy (the "Policy") to explain how we collect, use and disclose your information when you access the Site and the App and use the Services. The Policy is only applicable to our Site, the App and our Services and not to any other website, service or online platform. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Policy have the meaning given them in our Terms of Service. BY ACCESSING THE SITE, THE APP, UTILIZING ANY OF THE SERVICES AND/OR REGISTERING WITH US, YOU SIGNIFY THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS POLICY.
Here's what we collect from you when you use the Service:
Congress In Your Pocket uses the information you provide or that we collect to develop, operate, maintain, enhance, and provide the Service, to develop new products and services, and to customize and target content that may be more interesting, relevant or useful to you, including advertisements, and for other administrative purposes. Here are some examples of how we may use the information you provide or that we collect:
We may provide personally identifiable information to third parties for their use in helping us perform our internal business functions. These are things like data analysis, e-mail transmission and processing, or data hosting on our behalf. We will do our best to require these third parties to maintain your information securely, to not use it for purposes other than providing services to us, and to refrain from disclosing the information except when required by law.
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to: (1) satisfy legal obligations or comply with legal process (such as a subpoena) served on us; (2) protect Congress In Your Pocket and others from fraudulent, abusive, predatory, or unlawful uses or activity; (3) investigate and defend Congress In Your Pocket against any legal claims or threats; (4) protect and defend the rights or property of Congress In Your Pocket; (5) take action on user complaints, or (6) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Congress In Your Pocket, the Service, or the public.
If there is a change in ownership of Congress In Your Pocket, including through a merger with, acquisition by, or sale of assets to another entity, we may sell or otherwise transfer all information you provide to us, including personally identifiable information, to that entity. We may disclose aggregated, anonymized, or other types of non-personally identifiable information, including "automatically collected" and "cookies" information that is non-personally identifiable, to third parties for various purposes. For example, we may disclose non-personally identifiable information to select the advertisements shown to you on our Service or on other websites and services, or to enhance your ability to conduct efficient and accurate searches.
Our advertising technology partners may use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements that appear on the Service. They automatically receive your IP address and other log file information when this happens. Congress In Your Pocket and our advertising technology partners may also use cookies, pixel tags, or other technology to assist in understanding the usage, viewing, and demographic patterns and activity on the Service or to serve advertisements or other information about travel booking options to you both on our Service and on other websites and services, based on your interaction with promotional e-mails from us or from other services, your visits to and use of the Service, and your visits to third-party sites and services on the Internet, including certain travel partners' sites and services (collectively, "Usage Information") and/or on anonymized user information. Although you may not opt out of receiving online advertisements generally, you may control the collection of data on our site used for targeted Congress In Your Pocket, advertising during your visits to other websites. To opt-out of Congress In Your Pocket data collection for targeted advertising on other sites, click here: Opt Out Now. We may use Facebook custom audiences. You may opt-out of this technology here. We may use Google Analytics data collection. To opt-out of Google Analytics data collection for targeted advertising on other sites, click here: Opt Out Now. These advertising technology and other travel partners may transmit your Usage Information to Congress In Your Pocket, and Congress In Your Pocket may use that Usage Information consistent with this Privacy Policy. Our advertising technology partners also may, in accordance with their privacy policies, permit third parties to target advertisements that are displayed to you, both on and off the Service, based on your Usage Information or anonymized user information. These partners have promised that they will not combine or associate your Usage Information or anonymized user information provided to them by Congress In Your Pocket with information you have independently provided to those partners.
Aside from what is described above, we do not provide personal information to our advertising technology partners without your consent. To learn more about our advertising technology partners, send us an e-mail at privacy@congressinyourpocket.com. To learn more about online advertising generally and manage your online advertising preferences, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative's website.
If you are a California resident, you have the right to receive: (1) information identifying any third-party company or companies to which Congress In Your Pocket may have disclosed, within the past year, personally identifiable information pertaining to you for that third party's direct marketing purposes, and (2) a description of the categories of personally identifiable information disclosed. To obtain such information, please mail your request to: Congress In Your Pocket, Attn: Legal, 10 G Street, NE, Suite 601, Washington, DC 20002.
Our website does not currently respond to a Do Not Track ("DNT") or similar signal as it awaits the results of efforts by the policy and legal community to determine the meaning of DNT and the proper way to respond.
Our Service includes links to third-party services, such as the links we provide to websites where you may book travel. When you follow the links to third-party services, you should understand that our Privacy Policy no longer applies, and that the third-party's privacy practices may not be the same as ours. In addition, our Service may incorporate features provided by third parties and you may interface with Congress In Your Pocket through third-party services, including, for example, the third-party communications services described above. Please keep in mind that we do not own or operate these third-party services, and you should review the terms of use and privacy policies of such services to make sure you are comfortable with the ways in which they use the information you share with them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such third parties.
We employ various physical, managerial, and technical safeguards that are designed to help protect the integrity and security of our systems and to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of personally identifiable information that we control. While we take reasonable measures to protect your information, we do not, however, guarantee the security of your information. If we learn of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically, either by e-mail on via our website, so that you can take appropriate protective steps. These methods of communicating with you are only examples. We retain the right to decide which method we will use to notify you of a security breach, and will do so consistent with our legal obligations.
Our servers and data centers are located in the United States. If you choose to use the Service from outside the U.S., then you should know that you are transferring your personally identifiable information outside of your region and into the U.S. for storage and processing. By providing your personally identifiable information to us through your use of the Service, you agree to that transfer, storage, and processing in the U.S. Also, we may transfer your data from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating the Service. You should know that each region can have its own privacy and data-security laws, some of which may be less stringent than your own region.
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our information practices. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time to stay informed about how we are protecting the personally identifiable information we collect. Your continued use of the Congress In Your Pocket Service following the posting of any changes to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of any such changes. If you do not agree to the changes, you must stop using the Congress In Your Pocket Service.
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our information practices. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time to stay informed about how we are protecting the personally identifiable information we collect. Your continued use of the Congress In Your Pocket Service following the posting of any changes to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of any such changes. If you do not agree to the changes, you must stop using the Congress In Your Pocket Service.
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Specifically, we retain:
Upon your request, we will delete or anonymize your personal data, unless we are legally permitted or required to retain certain data. Data deletion requests can be made by contacting our customer support team. Specific procedures include:
There are certain circumstances where we may retain your personal data for longer periods, including:
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact our customer support team at privacy@congressinyourpocket.com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws.