Privacy Policy and State Consumer Data Privacy Policies

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which American Mailing List Corporation (AMLC) collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the https://amlclists.com website (“Site”) and its various clients and partners. This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by American Mailing List Corporation.  

AMLC, solely located and doing business at 9625 Surveyor Court, Suite 400, Manassas, VA 20110, is America’s most experienced list manager and list broker for conservative causes.  Its clientele and partners include The Viguerie Company, The Viguerie Political List family of lists, various nonprofit organizations, and American Target Advertising (ATA) (collectively, “we”).

Personal identification information

We may collect personally identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site(s), donate to our causes, subscribe to newsletters, respond to surveys, sign petitions, fill out forms, and reply in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site(s) or in our direct mail. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number and other personally identification information. Users may visit our Site(s) anonymously.  We collect personal identification information from Users if they voluntarily submit such information to us.  We do not possess or maintain individuals’ financial data such as credit card or bank account information.

Non-personal identification information

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.

Web browser 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.

How we use collected information

We collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

  • – To personalize user experience
    We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
  • – To improve our Site
    We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • – To share your information with third parties
    We may share or sell information with third parties for marketing or other purposes.
  • – To administer a content, promotion, survey or other Site feature
    To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.
  • – To send periodic mail or emails
    The email or postal address Users provide may be used to send other postal mail or email from the recipient.  If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future postal mail or emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or User may contact us via our Site.

AMLC acts as list manager of donor lists of various nonprofit organizations, and acts as list manager for The Viguerie Company Masterfile (TVCMF) and The Viguerie Political List family of lists (VPL).  By “list manager” we mean marketing lists for one-time rental by causes and organizations to mail or email their own communications.  (See INTRODUCTION in state section below for more information about the valuable services AMLC provides as list manager.) The TVCMF consists of information acquired from donations and other responses to ATA’s nonprofit clients’ fundraising appeals, appends, purchases of lists, and acquisition from public sources such as Secretaries of State.  The information stored with the secured data centers may include donor history of individuals who donate to our own clients (dates and amounts of donations), but that information is not shared when lists are rented by third parties.  AMLC manages The Viguerie Political List family of lists, which are email addresses from responses to ATA’s clients’ fundraising or activist appeals, and appends to postal lists.

How we protect your information

AMLC does not possess data of its partners or clientele.  For most clientele AMLC uses a professional data management company that has adopted 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.  Other clients maintain their own donor data.  For mailings and list rentals, AMLC directs data to be sent by secure File Transfer Protocols.  The data is seeded (salted) to prohibit and catch any unauthorized uses should they occur.

Sharing your personal information

We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes.  We send information in secure formats to mailhouses for direct mail.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on Sites of our partners, clientele, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

AMLC 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.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.


INTRODUCTION to State Data Privacy Laws and Your Rights

Nonprofit organizations are exempt from some but not all state data privacy laws.  AMLC is a for-profit company that does not collect personal information directly from consumers in exchange for services or access to platforms like other businesses regulated by state data privacy laws, but instead markets and rents lists of potential donors and supporters to other entities.  Those organizations may have found those donors and supporters because of the valuable services companies like AMLC provide, allowing them to communicate important issues protected by the First Amendment.  AMLC’s business helps nonprofit organizations and political committees acquire access to new donors and supporters to whom those organizations or committees may promote their causes, raise money from generous, patriotic Americans who wish to save America, or communicate and provide valuable news and information about social welfare, political, eleemosynary, or other worthy causes.  AMLC also rents lists to commercial entities that themselves market their goods and services.

AMLC markets lists for postal and digital prospecting, i.e., donor acquisition.  Postal mail remains the number three form of advertising.  The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that both postal mail and charitable solicitations are protected by the First Amendment, meaning states may not legislate Do Not Mail laws, or ban charitable solicitations.

Even though states may not constitutionally enact Do Not Mail laws, long before various state data privacy laws were enacted, AMLC helped ensure that people who do not wish to receive unwanted mail had their desires honored.  Before the various state data privacy laws, AMLC had worked with its clientele and partners to suppress names so that not only would organizations not mail to individuals on their own lists, but would not mail to individuals on outside lists rented for mailings, when people requested no mail.  The process of suppressing uses computerized methods, and does not stop printed mailings in process, but takes approximately eight weeks on average to filter for total effectiveness.  AMLC uses not only the best industry standards out of respect for donors and their family members — because it is the right thing to do for professional reasons — but we too have family members or friends we wish to be respected.  It is personal to us that we respect Do Not Mail requests or remove-my-data requests, even though states may not prohibit mail.

While many professional and legal analyses of the various state data privacy laws recognize that parts of the laws may be vague, subject to varying interpretations, and even yet to be defined through administrative regulations – and even may be subject to legal or constitutional challenges – AMLC has done and continues to do its best good faith effort to ensure it is in compliance.  AMLC is certainly not unaware that regulators may yet use politicized or unlawful interpretations to suppress First Amendment rights of nonprofit organizations and Americans who wish to freely associate with causes.  Americans’ access to information for charitable, religious, social welfare, political, and other worthy causes is the reason why AMLC exists.  AMLC takes seriously this balance between providing access to information for conservative, charitable, patriotic Americans, and their desires not to receive unwanted mail.  We also strive to provide the best sources of names for organizations wishing to reach more like-minded Americans.

RIGHTS CREATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Notice for California residents:  This information is for California residents interested in their statutorily created rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), effective January 1, 2020.

For purposes of the rights explain herein, the “consumer” must be a natural person who is a resident of California.

A.  For certain entities doing business in California that collect California residents’ personal information and determine the purposes and means of processing consumers’ personal information:

(1) The right of Californians to know what personal information is being collected about them.

(2) The right of Californians to know whether their personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom.

(3) The right of Californians to say no to the sale of personal information, including having the business delete any personal information about the consumer which the business has collected from the consumer.

(4) The right of Californians to access their personal information.

(5) The right of Californians to equal service and price, even if they exercise their privacy rights.

A business that receives a verifiable consumer request from a consumer to access personal information shall promptly take steps to disclose and deliver, free of charge to the consumer, the personal information required by this section. The information may be delivered by mail or electronically, and if provided electronically.  A business may provide personal information to a consumer at any time, but shall not be required to provide personal information to a consumer more than twice in a 12-month period.

B.  For certain entities doing business in California that sell California residents’ personal information, or that disclose it for a business purpose, the resident has the right to request:

(1) The categories of personal information that the business collected about the consumer.

(2) The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold.

(3) The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business purpose.

A business that sells personal information about a consumer, or that discloses a consumer’s personal information for a business purpose, shall disclose this information to the consumer upon receipt of a verifiable request from the consumer.

A business that sells consumers’ personal information, or that discloses consumers’ personal information for a business purpose, shall disclose:

(1) The category or categories of consumers’ personal information it has sold, or if the business has not sold consumers’ personal information, it shall disclose that fact.

(2) The category or categories of consumers’ personal information it has disclosed for a business purpose, or if the business has not disclosed the consumers’ personal information for a business purpose, it shall disclose that fact.

(d) A third party shall not sell personal information about a consumer that has been sold to the third party by a business unless the consumer has received explicit notice and is provided an opportunity to exercise the right to opt out pursuant to 1798.120.

A consumer shall have the right, at any time, to direct a business that sells personal information about the consumer to third parties not to sell the consumer’s personal information. This right may be referred to as the right to opt out.

Certain entities doing business in California that have received direction from a consumer not to sell the consumer’s personal information or, in the case of a minor consumer’s personal information has not received consent to sell the minor consumer’s personal information shall be prohibited from selling the consumer’s personal information after its receipt of the consumer’s direction, unless the consumer subsequently provides express authorization for the sale of the consumer’s personal information.

HOW TO GO ABOUT CONTACTING AMLC IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR RIGHTS ARE AFFECTED

Just as AMLC is always eager to help people who do not wish to receive unwanted mail, we wish to ensure your rights are protected against nefarious efforts to have the names of others removed from lists.

To verify that you are a natural citizen and a resident of California subject to CCPA (not unauthorized persons, bots, corporations, etc.), you should send a copy of your drivers license along with any requests about your rights to AMLC.  Also include the following:

A clear statement of your exact name and variations of your name you commonly use;

  • A clear statement of your exact address, including apartment number if applicable;
  • A clear identification of your email address and phone number;
  • A statement that you are the person identified in the copy of the driver’s license you send;
  • A clear and unambiguous statement of the CCPA right you request that we act upon;
  • Any other statement that your believe will be helpful in AMLC acting upon your request.

If you are seeking personal information to be forwarded to you, to protect the rights of people from invasions on privacy, AMLC will require not merely a copy of your driver’s license, but a statement sworn before a notary that you are in fact the person whose information you seek.  You may even use a free online notary service, such as the one available at this site:  https://www.lawdepot.com/contracts/affidavit/?loc=US&pid=googleppc-affgen_us-AffidavitT1_ew01-ggkey_virtual%20notary%20services&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIktj56vTs5wIVUl8NCh3fGwlAEAAYAyAAEgL5hvD_BwE#.XlUvGktYaUk

We also have loved ones ourselves, so if you are acting on behalf of an elderly of infirmed parent or other relative, we share your concern that they do not receive unwanted mail.  Please follow the procedures above, and identify in what capacity you are representing another person.

To contact AMLC, send your postal correspondence to:

Consumer Privacy Officer
AMLC
9625 Surveyor Court
Suite 400
Manassas, VA 20110

AMLC’s toll free number is 844-489-9994.

Please understand, information is digitized, and there are millions of data points in our system.  So, while an individual’s name and other personal information may be suppressed or “deleted,” there might already be mail printed and in the nationwide delivery system that individuals may receive even after requesting suppression of their names.

COLORADO (see also RIGHTS CREATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT)

The Colorado Privacy Act provides some Colorado residents with (1) the right to know and see what personal data we have collected about you in a portable format, (2)  the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data, (3) the right to request that we delete the personal data we have collected about them, (4) the right to opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of your data (as defined under Colorado law).

To request access to or deletion of your personal data, authenticate and exercise rights, opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of personal data, appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, or to exercise any other privacy rights under Colorado law, they may use one of the following methods:

Write to us at the email or postal address in our Privacy Policy to exercise rights.

To respond to some requests we may need to verify your request either by asking you to authenticate your identity by providing information about yourself. Authorized agents can make a request on your behalf if you have given them legal power of attorney or we are provided proof of signed permission, verification of your identity, and, in some cases, confirmation that you provided the agent permission to submit the request.

CONNECTICUT (see also RIGHTS CREATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT)

The Connecticut Data Privacy Act provides some Connecticut residents with (1) the right to know and see what personal data we have collected about them in a portable format, (2) the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data, (3) the right to request that we delete the personal data we have collected about them, (4) the right to opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of their data (as defined under Connecticut law).

To request access to or deletion of your personal data, opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of personal data, appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, or to exercise any other privacy rights under Connecticut law, residents may contact us using one of the following methods:

Use the email address at our Internet site Privacy Policy to authenticate and exercise rights via our website.

Writing to us at the postal address shown at our Internet site Privacy Policy.

UTAH (see also RIGHTS CREATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT)

The Utah Consumer Privacy Act provides some state residents with (1) the right to know and see what personal data we have collected about you in a portable format, (2) the right to request that we delete the personal data we have collected about you, (3) the right to opt out of targeted advertising (as defined under Utah law).

To exercise rights, such as requesting access to or deletion of personal data, opting out of targeted advertising, or to exercise any other privacy rights under Utah law, resident may contact us using one of the following methods:

Visit our Privacy Policy to authenticate and exercise rights via our Internet site.

Write to us at the address listed in our Privacy Policy.

VIRGINIA (see also RIGHTS CREATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT)

The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act provides some Virginia residents with certain rights. 

They have the right (1) to know and see what personal data we have collected about you, (2) the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data, (3) the right to request that we delete the personal data we have collected about you. (4) the right to opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of your data (as defined under Virginia law).

To request access to or deletion of your personal data, to opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of personal data, or to exercise any other privacy rights under Virginia law, please contact us using one of the following methods:

Visit our Privacy Policy to authenticate and exercise rights via our Internet site.

Write to us at the postal address stated in our Privacy Policy to exercise rights, or to appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:

American Mailing List Corporation

https://amlclists.com

American Mailing List Corporation, 9625 Surveyor Court, Suite 400 Manassas, VA 20110

571-292-5806

[email protected]

This document was last updated on June 13, 2023.