Election Madness

Privacy Policy

For the purposes of this document, "Election Madness" and "Steve(n Calderwood)" are used interchangably. No liability or responsibility applies to Election Madness that does not apply to Steve Calderwood. You use Election Madness at your own risk!

Your privacy is of paramount importance. At Election Madness, Steve Calderwood (creator and maintainer of Election Madness) has a few fundamental principles regarding privacy:

• Personal information should not be requested unless it is truly needed. (To work properly, this service does not need, for example, gender or income level, so you are not asked for it.)
• Personal information shouldn't be shared with anyone except to comply with the law. In so far as he knows, Steve Calderwood is the only person who has access to your personal information that Election Madness stores (and your password is encrypted, so he does not have access to that).
• Personal information isn't stored on the servers unless required for the on-going operation of Election Madness (with the exception of whatever information the webhost, DreamHost, stores; as far as Steve knows, they only store information supplied by your web browser).

Below is Election Madness's privacy policy which incorporates these goals:

In addition to the information that the webhost's visitor statistics program collects, Election Madness collects the following information:

• A Username (can be unique to the Election Madness site)
• Email Address (has to be valid to register an account)
• Password (again, this can be unique to Election Madness, and that is recommended; it is encrypted before storing in the database)
• Date and time (stored in a UNIX timestamp format) of last access of Election Madness - this is only used for cookie/session maintenance purposes.
• Election Predictions

As always, with sending any information over the internet, there is an inherent risk the user undertakes. Neither Election Madness nor Steve Calderwood is responsible for any breach of your privacy that occurs. Steve takes privacy incredibly seriously and has taken the steps he is able to take to protect your privacy. If you are not satisfied by the steps outlined in this document, then you are recommended to a) suggest changes via the contact page (yet you understand full well they may not be implemented); b) do not register an account; or c) delete your account.

The Way We Use Information:

Election Madness uses your information in the following ways.

• User-management within the Election Madness community: provide unique user accounts to each person that allows each person to get the maximum benefit from the service as possible. We may automatically provide you with a way to retrieve or reset your password; this is tied to the email address with which you registered. Regardless if your email address has been compromised or not, Election Madness is not responsible.
• If you email Election Madness, your email is stored for response purposes only. After responding and/or resolving a problem or suggestion, your email address is deleted (note: This deletion does not affect what you choose to store in the Election Madness database by registering for an account). The only reason why an email address is retained after an initial response is if communication with the sender is essential for solving a problem or implementing a suggestion.
• Election Madness may use anonymous browser information for site-enhancement purposes. Any such information is collected by the webhost, DreamHost.

Election Madness does NOT under any circumstances give out, sell, or otherwise distribute the email addresses or other account information it collects (according to the above descriptions). The ONLY exception are those situations in which we are compelled by law to distribute information.

Regarding Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, appropriate electronic and managerial procedures have been implemented in the hope of safeguarding and securing your information. Steve Calderwood does not have physical access to the equipment on which your information is stored. If you are concerned about that security, then you need to consult the webhost, DreamHost.

Children's Privacy

Protecting children privacy is incredibly valuable. Election Madness does not collect or maintain information on those under thirteen (13) years of age. Furthermore, Election Madness does not permit those who are under thirteen (13) to register for an account (and hence, use the provided services).

Accessing, Correcting, Deleting your information

After registering an account, you may edit your account information by going to the Edit Account page, from there you may also delete your account and all information

The exception to this deletion policy is that the Election Madness database is routinely backed up. The backup includes the entire contents of the database (e.g. the above listed information). These backups are purged on an irregular basis. Backups are ONLY used for restoration purposes (unless Election Madness is served with a legally compelling order to turn over the contents of a backup file). When you delete your account, you are not entitled to the deletion of your information in the backup files, as any such change to the backup information could compromise their integrity and affect the Election Madness service as a whole.

Again, Steve Calderwood considers privacy of paramount importance. He takes every step he reasonably can to protect your privacy. Your use of the Election Madness service is at your own risk.