Privacy Policy

The world would be a far better place if the Golden Rule was adhered to more frequently. Especially when it comes to matters of privacy, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is seldom practiced in our modern, business-oriented culture — where names, addresses, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, household income levels, and a host of other valuable items of personal information are routinely bought and sold.

Never fear, you won't encounter any of that here! No personal information of any kind will be either solicited or recorded. When it comes to petition-signing, however, the situation is a little more complex and merits a more detailed explanation.

Petition-signing will not be handled within the confines of this site, but will be outsourced to an online petition service that is appropriately named PetitionOnline.com. We chose their service for several reasons, but mainly because of the strong precautions they take against privacy violations. If you take a look at some of the signatures for our Special Session on Iraq petition, you will see that only names, comments, states, ZIP Codes, and political party preferences show up. Your Email address, though required to validate your signature, will not be available to us unless you specifically request it — which we strongly discourage. Once again, all that we will have access to is what everyone else can see: your name, comments, state, ZIP Code, and political party.

If you have any further concerns about privacy issues, please refer to the detailed privacy explanation at Petition Online.