Policies
A. Code of Conduct Policy
We are committed to ensuring a positive, diverse and professional environment, where all members treat one another with dignity and respect.
We will not tolerate any form of negative behavior, especially involving differences of opinion by members of the PAC.
We pledge to be free of closed mindedness, and to remain open to new approaches, perspectives and experiences.
We distinguish ourselves from others by embracing different ideals and views of social issues, while always maintaining our conservative political values.
We will remain a cohesive group, discussing issues in a courteous and civilized manner, in a controlled environment.
Members not conducting themselves according to this Code of Conduct, will be brought forward to the Board, with the Board discussing the issue at hand, and the possible outcome of revoking the privilege of being a member of this PAC, by vote.
B. Endorsement Policy
For the purposes of this policy, a political “Endorsement” is defined as an act of giving one’s public approval or financial support. A “Candidate” refers to any political candidate seeking public office.
We are a Federal PAC working to promote tolerance and inclusion within the Republican Party with the aim of engaging Millennial and Gen Z voters.
C. Member Engagement Policy
1) MODPAC Members may personally endorse any candidate they wish.
2) MODPAC Members may make a personal contribution to any candidate they wish.
3) MODPAC Members may attend any political event and wear MODPAC gear.
4) MODPAC Members may work for any candidate’s campaign.
5) MODPAC Members may attend fundraisers for any candidate they wish to support.
6) MODPAC Members may attend meet-and-greets for any candidate they wish. Generally a meet-and-greet does not require an admission ticket. In those cases, the MODPAC Member may wear branded gear.
7) MODPAC Members may wear branded gear to official Republican Party meetings (City / County Committee, State Central, etc.).
Last Edited on January 18, 2023
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information.
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which MODPAC collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from Users of modpac.org and all company affiliated webpages, blogs, applications and social media pages.
Personal ID Info
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.
Non-Personal ID Info
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
How We Use Your Info
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.
Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures. Our Site is also in compliance with PCI vulnerability standards in order to create as secure of an environment as possible for Users.
Cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
Third-party disclosure
Data will be passed to the respective third party payment provider (PayPal), including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and your billing information.
Information shared with a payment provider to process payments includes:
- Name
- Address
- Phone
- City/State/Zip
- Unique payment identifier
- Payment provider identifier
To better understand how PayPal uses and stores the data shared with them, check their privacy policies directly: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
We do not disclose the information we collect to additional third parties unless required by law for compliance and reporting.
Third-party Links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.
We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur, we will notify you via email within 7 business days.
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to:
- Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
- Send you additional information related to your product and/or service
- Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.
To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:
- Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses
- Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
- Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
- Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used
- Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
- Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Changes to Our Policy
MODPAC has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
MODPAC
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Last Edited on 2021-02-01
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Sale or use of contributor information
November 2, 2018
Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), information about individual contributors
taken from FEC reports cannot be sold or used for soliciting contributions (including any
political or charitable contribution) or for any commercial purpose.
The restriction
The Act and Commission regulations require federal political committees to file campaign
finance reports disclosing their receipts and disbursements. As part of those reports, committees
must list the name, address, occupation and employer for each individual contributor who gives
more than $200 to the campaign during an election cycle (or calendar year for PACs and party
committees).
The Act also requires the FEC to make campaign finance disclosure reports available to the
public, including on its website, within 48 hours of receipt. To protect the privacy of individual
contributors, the Act prohibits the sale or use of any information about those donors, including
their names and addresses, for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for commercial
purposes. Commission regulations also prohibit the use of this information to solicit donations,
including charitable donations.
This restriction applies only to the use of individual contributor information. Any person may
compile and sell the names of political committees. Additionally, Commission regulations
provide that the restriction does not apply to the use of individual contributor information in
newspapers, magazines, books or similar communications, as long as the principal purpose of the
communication is not to solicit contributions or conduct commercial activity.
Disclosure of personal information
The Act requires political committees to make their best efforts to obtain and disclose individual
contributor information. To demonstrate best efforts, political committees must request the full
name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer for each individual who contributes
more than $200 per election cycle (or calendar year for PACs and party committees). If the
contributor does not provide the information, the committee treasurer must make at least one
follow-up request within 30 days of the receipt of the contribution.
If a contributor believes that their identifying information should be corrected or updated on an
FEC report, the contributor should contact the committee that filed it. The committee will need
to file an amended report to change the information. Upon receipt of the amended report, the
Commission will make it publicly available and will also update its individual contributor
database to reflect the new information. However, the original report will remain on the public
record.
Examples of permissible uses
Through the advisory opinion (AO) process, the Commission has identified several uses of
contributor information that are permissible and do not violate the “sale or use” restriction.
In AO 1986-25, the Commission concluded that individual contributor information may be used
for bona fide academic research projects that do not involve the sale or use of that information
for a commercial purpose or for soliciting contributions.
A candidate may use the names and addresses of individual contributors disclosed on an
unauthorized committee’s reports to inform the contributors that the candidate did not authorize
the committee to solicit them (AO 1984-02). Candidates may also use the names and addresses
of individual contributors to an opponent’s campaign to respond to alleged defamatory charges
(AO 1981-05) and may use campaign expenditure data reported by other candidates in their own
solicitation materials (AO 1980-78).
A nonprofit organization may use information from FEC reports to inform certain individual
donors of their right to seek refunds of their contributions to federal candidates and may help to
facilitate those refunds (AO 2013-16) In this instance, the use of individual contributor
information was permitted because of safeguards for donor information and limited contact with
individual contributors were implemented. Likewise, the proposed display of total refund
requests and total dollar amounts requested (both from specific committees and from all
committees) on the organization’s website did not include any identifiable contributor
information. See also AO 2009-19.
In AO 2014-07, the Commission concluded that a for-profit corporation may create and operate a
website that uses FEC contributor data and other information to help visitors identify and
contribute to candidates. The website may also present aggregated campaign finance data on
candidate committees, such as the number of persons who have contributed to a committee and
the amount of contributions received, so long as it does not disclose individual contributors’
contact information.
Similarly, in AO 2012-22, the Commission concluded that a corporation may establish a
commercial website to provide information about federal candidates and process users’
contributions to the candidates they choose. The corporation may also compile and disseminate
campaign finance data from reports candidates file with the FEC, so long as information about
individual contributors is not included.
Businesses may use the names and addresses of candidates, campaign workers, campaign
consultants, and others who provide services to political committees in order to solicit them as
potential clients, solicit newsletter subscriptions, or obtain leads for news articles (AOs 1981-
38 and 1983-44).
Examples of impermissible uses
In other AOs, the Commission has concluded that certain uses of individual contributor
information are not permissible.
In AO 2003-24, the Commission concluded that a tax-exempt advocacy group may not use
contributor information listed on FEC disclosure reports to communicate with the reported
contributors. Likewise, in AO 1995-05, the Commission determined that an organization may
not use the names of individual contributors taken from FEC reports to send them bulletins on
the voting records of Members of Congress if the bulletins contain a solicitation for the
organization.
The Commission has also concluded that using a list of individual contributors copied from a
committee’s FEC reports is not permissible even with the committee’s permission (AO 1979-03)
and that using names of individual contributors to verify names included on a commercial list is
not permissible (AO 1985-16).
Committee’s contributor list
The sale or use restriction does not prevent a committee from compiling and distributing its own
list of contributors. A committee may donate, sell, rent or trade its contributor list to other
committees and organizations.
Committee treasurers are responsible for ensuring that any mail lists they lease or purchase have
not been derived in violation of the sale or use restriction.
Salting
The Act and Commission regulations provide a method of detecting whether the names and
addresses of individual contributors are being used illegally. Committees may sprinkle
throughout or “salt” each report with up to ten fictitious contributor names. A portion of the
committee’s unitemized contributions is attributed to each of the fictitious contributors.
The committee itemizes each fictitious contribution on a Schedule A, providing a real address for
each fictitious name (such as the address of a committee employee). The committee then adjusts
its subtotals for itemized and unitemized contributions accordingly on the Detailed Summary
Page. If a solicitation or commercial mailing is sent to one of the fictitious names, the committee
will know that someone has used the names of contributors disclosed on its reports and may file
a complaint with the FEC.
When a committee uses fictitious names on a report, the list of fictitious contributions must be
sent under separate cover directly to the Commission’s Reports Analysis Division (RAD) on or
before the date the report containing the fictitious names is filed. Committees may email the list
to saltlists@fec.gov. That list will not become part of the public record.
Enforcement
Any person who believes the sale or use restriction has been violated may file a complaint with
the FEC.
For questions or more information regarding our policies, please contact us.