Privacy Policy
Effective August 2026
OUR COMMITMENT
Your personal information should not be a product.
Bellwether Action respects the trust of the people who support, communicate with, and participate in our work.
Bellwether Action does not sell, rent, or trade personal information in its possession to third parties for their independent marketing or fundraising purposes. We do not treat personal information as a product for sale.
This commitment applies regardless of whether personal information was provided directly to Bellwether Action or lawfully obtained from another source.
We may use information for Bellwether Action’s own lawful activities, provide information to service providers working for or on our behalf, and make disclosures required by law. Those necessary uses do not alter our commitment.
INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT OR OBTAIN
Bellwether Action may collect information you provide directly, information generated through your interactions with our digital services, and information lawfully obtained from other sources.
Depending on how you interact with us, this may include:
Name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number;
Employer and occupation information;
Contribution and transaction information;
Communications and information submitted through forms;
Communication preferences and interactions with our messages;
Volunteer, event, survey, petition, or supporter information;
Internet Protocol address and information about your browser, device, operating system, and network;
Website activity, including referring pages, pages visited, interactions, and timestamps;
Cookie, analytics, and similar technical or usage information;
Information obtained from voter files, public records, publicly available sources, commercial data providers, and other lawful sources; and
Other information you voluntarily provide or that Bellwether Action lawfully obtains in connection with its activities.
Payment-card and similar financial information submitted through a third-party payment processor is processed through that provider’s payment systems.
HOW WE MAY USE INFORMATION
Bellwether Action may use information for lawful purposes reasonably related to its mission and operations, including to:
Process and administer contributions and other transactions;
Maintain records and comply with campaign-finance and other legal obligations;
Communicate about Bellwether Action, political issues, advocacy, fundraising, events, and opportunities to participate;
Conduct political advocacy, voter outreach, research, and supporter engagement;
Administer volunteer, event, survey, petition, and similar activities;
Understand our supporters and audiences and improve our communications;
Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our websites and digital services;
Conduct research, analytics, and measurement;
Measure the effectiveness of communications, outreach, and advertising;
Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, security threats, and unlawful activity;
Protect Bellwether Action, its supporters, personnel, property, systems, and legal rights;
Respond to inquiries and requests; and
Carry out other lawful activities reasonably related to Bellwether Action’s mission and operations.
VOTER, PUBLIC, AND OTHER LAWFULLY OBTAINED INFORMATION
Bellwether Action may obtain, purchase, or license information from voter files, public records, publicly available sources, commercial data providers, and other lawful sources.
We may combine this information with information collected through our own activities and use it for Bellwether Action’s lawful political, advocacy, fundraising, research, communications, analytics, voter outreach, and organizational purposes.
Bellwether Action seeks to obtain information from sources that it reasonably believes may lawfully provide the information for Bellwether Action’s intended use.
Obtaining, purchasing, or licensing information from an outside source does not alter our commitment not to sell, rent, or trade personal information in our possession to third parties for their independent marketing or fundraising purposes.
CONTRIBUTOR INFORMATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Bellwether Action is a federal political committee and is subject to campaign-finance recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Federal law requires Bellwether Action to collect and maintain certain information concerning contributions and, when applicable, report contributor information to the Federal Election Commission. Information reported to the FEC becomes part of the public record.
Our privacy commitment does not limit or alter disclosures required by campaign-finance law or other applicable legal obligations.
COOKIES, ANALYTICS, AND ADVERTISING TECHNOLOGIES
Bellwether Action and service providers working on our behalf may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies in connection with our digital services.
These technologies may be used to operate and secure our services, remember preferences, understand how visitors interact with our content, measure communications and campaigns, improve performance, and evaluate the effectiveness of outreach and advertising.
Bellwether Action may also use advertising platforms and related technologies to reach audiences who may be interested in our work, measure advertising performance, and, where permitted by applicable law, deliver or help deliver advertising based on interactions with our digital services or other information.
In connection with these activities, certain information—such as device or browser identifiers, IP address, website interactions, pages viewed, referral information, and similar technical or usage information—may be processed by advertising or analytics providers.
Bellwether Action does not authorize these activities as a means of selling, renting, or trading our donor or supporter lists to third parties for their independent marketing or fundraising purposes.
Some jurisdictions may define certain disclosures involving targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising as a “sale,” “sharing,” or similar activity even where no money is exchanged. Where applicable law provides rights to opt out of such processing, Bellwether Action will provide or honor applicable choices as required by law.
Your browser or device may also provide controls that allow you to limit certain cookies or similar technologies. Where applicable, our digital services may provide additional controls regarding non-essential cookies or advertising technologies.
Limiting these technologies may affect the operation of some features.
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES
Bellwether Action may provide personal information to vendors, contractors, consultants, professional advisers, and other service providers when reasonably necessary for them to perform services for or on behalf of Bellwether Action.
These providers may support functions such as payment processing, website hosting, communications, analytics, data services, technology, security, accounting, and legal or campaign-finance compliance.
Bellwether Action seeks to use service providers whose applicable terms, agreements, or obligations provide for appropriate handling of personal information in connection with the services they perform for us.
Providing personal information to a service provider for these purposes does not authorize that provider to sell, rent, or trade Bellwether Action’s personal information for its independent marketing or fundraising purposes.
Bellwether Action may also disclose personal information:
When required by applicable law, campaign-finance reporting requirements, court order, subpoena, or other valid legal process;
When reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, security threats, or unlawful activity;
When reasonably necessary to protect Bellwether Action, its supporters, personnel, property, systems, or legal rights; or
At your direction or with your consent.
Information disclosed through legally required public filings may become publicly available.
EMAIL, TEXT, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
If you provide Bellwether Action with contact information, we may use it to communicate with you about Bellwether Action, political issues, advocacy, fundraising, events, organizational activities, and opportunities to participate, as permitted by applicable law.
Promotional emails will provide a method to unsubscribe where required by applicable law.
If Bellwether Action offers a text-messaging or similar program, applicable consent language, disclosures, and opt-out instructions will be provided in connection with that program.
DATA SECURITY
Bellwether Action uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information within its possession or control against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure.
We also seek to use service providers that maintain safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information they process on our behalf.
No electronic system, storage method, or method of transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, Bellwether Action cannot guarantee absolute security.
DATA RETENTION
Bellwether Action may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy and to satisfy applicable campaign-finance, legal, reporting, accounting, security, and legitimate organizational requirements.
Certain records must be retained for periods established by law even if you unsubscribe from communications or make an otherwise applicable request concerning your information.
YOUR CHOICES AND APPLICABLE PRIVACY RIGHTS
You may choose not to provide information requested through our digital services, although doing so may prevent you from completing certain transactions or using particular features.
You may unsubscribe from promotional email communications using the instructions provided in those communications. Other communications may provide additional opt-out methods where applicable.
Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, you may have rights concerning certain personal information. Questions or legally applicable requests concerning personal information may be submitted through our Contact page.
Bellwether Action will address applicable requests as required by law. Certain information may nevertheless be retained, used, or disclosed when necessary to comply with campaign-finance, recordkeeping, reporting, legal, security, or other applicable obligations.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
Bellwether Action’s websites and communications may contain links to websites, platforms, or services operated independently by third parties.
Bellwether Action does not control the privacy or security practices of independent third-party services. When you interact directly with those services, their respective privacy policies and terms may apply.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Bellwether Action may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in its activities, technology, services, or legal obligations.
When this policy is updated, the effective date displayed at the top will be revised as appropriate. Material changes may be communicated through additional means when appropriate or required by law.
CONTACT
Questions about this Privacy Policy, Bellwether Action’s privacy practices, or your personal information may be submitted through our Contact page.