On April 1, 2021, the ACLU of Utah updated its site user agreement and privacy statement. Read the updates here.
On April 1, 2021, the ACLU of Utah updated its site user agreement and privacy statement. Read the updates here.
Welcome to the website ("Site") for the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (“Union”) and the ACLU of Utah Foundation (“Foundation”) (collectively, “ACLU of Utah,” “we,” “our,” “us”).
The Site consists of our website at acluutah.org, including all web pages whose domain name contains acluutah.org, www.acluutah.org, or which are operated by the ACLU of Utah and link to this User Agreement.
To be clear, this is not the User Agreement for websites operated by the ACLU of Utah that do not contain these domain names and do not link to this User Agreement. Those websites have site-specific User Agreements
This User Agreement also does not apply to websites that the ACLU of Utah does not operate where an ACLU of Utah entity has a presence, such as ACLU of Utah pages on Facebook.
Finally, this is not the online User Agreement for the websites of other ACLU local/state affiliate organizations (collectively, “Affiliates”) or the national organizations: the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. (collectively, “National”). In all of those cases, site-specific terms of use apply, and are posted accordingly.
Please read this User Agreement carefully, including the ACLU of Utah Online Privacy Statement. By using the ACLU of Utah Site, you agree to follow the rules set forth on these web pages. From time to time, we may revise this User Agreement, including its Online Privacy Statement, so be sure to check these web pages occasionally. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on our home page that the User Agreement has been modified and provide a link to the revised User Agreement. When you continue to use the ACLU of Utah Site after we post a change, it means you agree to the new rules.
The ACLU of Utah and the ACLU of Utah Foundation
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (Union) and its affiliated organization, ACLU of Utah Foundation (Foundation), are separate organizations that are each engaged in the same mission of defending the rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, including First Amendment freedoms, equality, privacy rights, and fundamental fairness. Learn more about the Union and Foundation and the different activities carried on by each organization.
Online Privacy Statement & Information You Voluntarily Submit to the ACLU of Utah Site
Please review our ACLU of Utah Online Privacy Statement, which is part of this User Agreement and describes how we handle any personally identifying information about ACLU of Utah Site users, including information you provide directly to the ACLU of Utah Site. By providing such information, you hereby acknowledge and agree to ACLU of Utah's treatment of such information as described in the Online Privacy Statement.
Copyright
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Automatically Permitted Distribution
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All distributed copies, whether of text or non-text materials, must display the following copyright notice:
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Governing Law
This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Utah applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the Utah and Salt Lake County and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
American Civil Liberties Union of Utah] (“Union”) and the ACLU of Utah Foundation (“Foundation”) (collectively, "ACLU of Utah," “we,” “our,” “us”) are committed to protecting the personal information that you provide and entrust to us when using our websites.
This Online Privacy Statement describes how we treat data collected during your visit to ACLU of Utah’s “Site”. The ACLU of Utah Site consists of our website at www.acluutah.org, including all web pages whose domain name contains [affiliate domain].org and www.[affiliate domain].org, or which are operated by the ACLU of Utah and link to this privacy policy. For information on the data practices applicable to the nationwide People Power program operated by the American Civil Liberties Union, please see that section below.
To be clear, this is not the online privacy statement for websites operated by the ACLU of Utah that do not contain these domain names and do not link to this online privacy statement. Those websites have site-specific privacy terms, which are posted on those sites.
This privacy statement does not apply to websites that the ACLU of Utah does not operate where an ACLU of Utah entity has a presence, such as ACLU of Utah pages on Facebook.
Finally, this is not the online privacy statement for the websites of other ACLU local/state affiliate organizations (collectively, “Affiliates”) or the national organizations: the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. (collectively, “National”). In all of those cases, site-specific privacy terms apply, and are posted accordingly. Please note, however, that this Privacy Statement provides for ACLU of Utah to share data collected on our Site with all of our affiliated organizations, including other state/local Affiliates and both National organizations, for use consistent with this Privacy Statement, which is described in more detail below, and that you may also be redirected to the website of one of our affiliated organizations when interacting with our Site.
The Internet, generally speaking, is not currently a private place. As you visit websites, use search engines, and conduct business on the Internet, many different companies and organizations are gathering information about your online behavior by tracking your searches, visits, and transactions, and then matching that data with other information about you or leveraging algorithms to predict your behavior. There are some things you can do to prevent your information from being collected. We encourage you to read our Easy Steps Everyone Can Take to Protect Their Digital Privacy to help protect your privacy online.
Like most websites, our Sites collect and process a range of data about their visitors to enable full functionality of the website and to deliver requested services. We take many steps to protect your privacy when you visit our websites. How and when we do so is explained below.
In order to advance our advocacy and outreach programs, and to provide you with a better experience when interacting with the ACLU of Utah, we rely on data collected from our supporters. Data collected includes information that you provide directly and web data that may be automatically received and recorded by us from your browser. This section outlines what data is collected, as well as information on how we use collected data.
Certain pages on the Site may invite you to share personally identifying information, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, payment information (e.g., credit card information to complete a transaction), or other information you provide when submitting an application. Sharing this information will allow you to make a donation, make a purchase in our online store, join our email list, sign a petition, register for an event or volunteer shift, send us a message or feedback, or to participate in other similar online activities.
We may automatically receive and record information from your browser when you visit our Sites. The information that we collect with these automated methods may include your IP address, cookie information, browser type, system type, and the referring URL.
In addition, if you sign up for our email list, we may send you an email that includes an embedded image to track open rates or URLs that allow us to track click-rates.
We may also use cookies to improve website performance, to remember user preferences and settings, and to collect analytic data. By “cookies” we mean small files placed on to your device by websites you visit. “Cookies” may also refer to local storage, which is a mechanism similar to cookies where the information is stored within your web browser. In some instances, we place these cookies ourselves. In other instances, we allow outside service providers to place these cookies, but only if those providers abide by our requirements described below under “How We Work with Service Providers.”
You can learn How to Disable Cookies in the section on Your Choices below.
Our Sites are connected in a variety of ways to content hosted by third parties, including links to social media sites, links to other sites, and embedded media. When you access this content, including content that loads when you browse on the www.acluutah.org domain, third party content hosts may place tracking devices (e.g. cookies or pixels) on your computer, access existing tracking devices that were set when you previously visited other websites, or otherwise gather information about you as you access their content.
When you click on links to third party websites, including social media sites, you will leave our Site. To learn about how those third parties treat the data they collect through tracking devices and otherwise, see their respective online privacy policies and other posted guidance.
When you view embedded media, such as videos, that are hosted on other platforms, such as YouTube, but viewable directly through the buttons we provide, you will remain on our Site, but you will be visiting these third party’s web environments. In these instances, we make clear that you are viewing external content when you click on links or buttons.
We may use your data to:
To perform each of these functions, we may share your information with Service Providers that support our operations. For an understanding of how your data is shared with those vendors, please see “How We Work with Service Providers” below.
This section provides additional information on some special circumstances where we may use or share your data with other organizations. We believe you should have choice regarding these activities and have included information on how you can choose whether your data is used for these practices in the section Communication Preferences below. For an understanding of how your data is shared with those vendors, please see “How We Work with Service Providers” below. These additional uses are:
To enable us to provide the most relevant information on our activities, we may share your personal information with communications platforms, such as Facebook and Mother Jones, including to deliver our content to you or to identify other people who may enjoy our content.
We may also share ACLU of Utah supporter information with organizations that display our advertisements or petitions to their subscribers. This practice helps us engage in effective fundraising and advocacy operations and enables our teams to communicate more effectively with known supporters.
Importantly, we want you to have the opportunity to learn about these practices and give you the opportunity to opt out of them. For additional information on with whom we share your data—which may include name, zip code, email address, and other information—for delivering targeted content on non-ACLU of Utah platforms, please see this list of service providers that support us in delivering targeted content on non-ACLU of Utah platforms. If you do not wish to have your data shared with these service providers, please let us know by completing our Communication Preferences form. Additional information on how to change your communication preferences is outlined in the section on Communication Preferences below.
We sometimes allow other like-minded, non-partisan organizations to contact our supporters who have chosen to share their information with us. Working with other organizations in this way, either on a rental basis, in an exchange, or through a data sharing co-op, is critical to maintaining a strong membership base by allowing us to lower costs while reaching the widest possible audience. Data shared on a rental basis or in an exchange is done on a one-time use basis. A data sharing co-op aggregates and models data from multiple organizations to identify individuals that might be interested in hearing from co-op members. When we leave the data sharing co-op, our data is removed from the co-op data model.
In order to protect your privacy, list sharing agreements are conducted through secure and confidential arrangements in which the external organization does not directly receive information about you. Communications generated from list sharing agreements are carried out by a third-party service provider, who keeps your information confidential. The other organization learns information about you only if you choose to respond to the third-party communication. If you do not wish us to make information about you available for this type of communication, please let us know by completing our Communication Preferences form. Additional information on how to change your communication preferences is outlined in the section on Communication Preferences below.
We work and share your data with our ACLU of Utah affiliated organizations around the United States, including National and other Affiliate organizations, to create a cohesive experience for our supporters and members. Our Affiliates and National are bound to use the data that we provide them no more broadly than as would be allowed under this Online Privacy Statement, and with regard to their own operations.
We work with a variety of service providers who help us undertake the activities outlined in “Our Data Collection Methods,” including processing data; facilitating the operation of our site; supporting our fundraising, marketing, communications, and advocacy programs; and delivering messages to you on other platforms. For example, service providers may help us analyze traffic on our site, process credit card transactions, or facilitate activities such as the collection and delivery of petition signatures or surveys.
To the extent that any service provider has access to personally identifiable data about you, (1) it is transmitted by us to that service provider in a secure manner (please see Security Measures and Data Transmission below for more information on our security practices) and (2) we require that service provider to promise to keep that data confidential and use it only for the purpose of carrying out the functions we have engaged it to perform.
We allow some service providers to compile and use certain aggregated data for other purposes once it has been anonymized. This may include, for example, analyzing anonymized data in order to assess donor trends across organizations over time, or allowing a service provider to take aggregated and anonymized data about activity on our Site, and using that data for other purposes such as improvement of their products or benchmarking for their other clients. But we won’t agree to that unless we are confident, in each instance, that the data won’t be recombined with other information to create any record about you as an identifiable individual.
Additionally, we may share your data with service providers to deliver targeted content to you on non-ACLU of Utah platforms, as described in the above section “Additional Uses.” Data shared with these service providers are transmitted in a secure manner (as described below under “Security Measures and Data Transmission”), and additionally hashed to improve privacy (hashing data refers to the practice of scrambling data in a pre-defined manner to make it more difficult to recognize). As we have limited ability to perform detailed reviews of these service providers’ security practices, and the service providers’ terms are subject to change without notice, we rely on publicly posted information to ensure their data practices meet our standards. We review these terms on a quarterly basis to ensure they have not changed their assurances.
We may also disclose your data if we are required to do so by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, a court order, or government reporting obligations.
If we determine we are required by law to disclose your data and if we are legally permitted to do so, we will provide you with notice of the request prior to making the disclosure to give you an opportunity to object to the disclosure. We will not provide such notice, however, if the disclosure is pursuant to our regular government reporting obligations, such as financial disclosures required for tax law compliance.
We have taken physical, electronic, and administrative measures to safeguard the information we collect. We work to ensure data accuracy and protect against unauthorized access to, and improper use of, information we collect online.
Information that can be readily linked to you personally, such as your name and address, is stored by us on servers subject to security safeguards. Additionally, all data transmitted to and from our website, including credit card numbers, are encrypted in transit.
We require our service providers to whom we transfer your information to agree to take reasonable security measures in the handling and storage of your data. For service providers with access to particularly sensitive information, we may also undergo a more intensive assessment of their platforms and security practices to verify their commitments to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of data in their possession. We may also hash data in order to improve privacy. This is true when sharing data to deliver targeted content on non-ACLU of Utah platforms.
Consistent with these practices, we attempt to transmit emails to you using opportunistic Transport Layer Security (TLS). If your email provider does not accept our initial attempt to transmit using TLS, your message will be sent in plain text, which is not secure.
If you join the People Power volunteer program, some of the service providers who operate tools for that program may require broader rights to retain and use information about you. They may also have their own approach to data security and data transmission. We do not generally impose our data security standards or perform security assessments of those service providers.
People Power is the National American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.’s nationwide program for enrolling and organizing volunteers, which you may join or engage with when interacting with our Sites. When you indicate you wish to join People Power, information about you may be passed through a variety of digital tools, such as tools for sending emails, scheduling events, and allowing volunteers to communicate with one another.
In the People Power context, each of the tools we use has its own privacy rules, determined by the individual service provider. In some instances, you will know what those tools are. For example, if you are using a texting or scheduling tool, it will be clear to you which service providers have been engaged to provide those tools, and you can learn about how those service providers will treat your data by reviewing their respectively posted privacy statement. In other cases, it may not be clear to you what service providers are supporting the People Power program; for example, the service provider we are using to store your information. For more information about what tools are used to support this program, you may reach out to the National People Power team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Also, please be aware that some of the service providers supporting the People Power program may use tracking devices (e.g. cookies and pixels), or otherwise automatically collect information about you. Some may use information about you for purposes other than those of People Power, or disclose information about you to other parties.
To be clear: if you join People Power and are otherwise an ACLU of Utah supporter, this section outlines the manner in which the information you provide to the People Power program will be treated in connection with the program. If you do not want your information to be used in the manner outlined in this section, click on the “Unsubscribe” link in the footer of any People Power email to opt out of the program. Additional information on how to change your communication preferences is outlined in the section on Communication Preferences below.
If you wish to update personal information or change your communication preferences, you may contact us to update our records.
You have the following options to do this:
Complete our Communication Preferences form to change your communications preferences for information you shared with us previously for the following:
If you have any other questions regarding this Privacy Statement or our data practices, you can reach our Data Protection and Governance Lead by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To provide you with maximum choice in deciding what data is collected about you, we have designed our website to work perfectly fine without cookies. If you would like to minimize the information about you collected by us and third party content hosts, please see the below instructions for blocking and purging cookies. Please note disabling cookies on your browser may impact the operability of other sites you visit.
Procedure When We Update This Statement
Our privacy statement may change from time to time. We will post privacy statement changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice on our website.
To update your Voluntarily Submitted Data or to make corrections, you can do so by using our User Preference Page, or by sending us the update via postal mail sent to ACLU of Utah, 355 North 3000 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84103.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Statement or our data collection practices or to request that we delete your Voluntarily Submitted Data, you can email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or send us your questions or comments via postal mail sent to ACLU of Utah, 355 North 3000 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84103.