Terms of Use; Disclaimers; Privacy Policy

In visiting the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” web site, you are hereby notified that the following policies, disclaimers, and terms of use are in effect. Your online session at the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site means that you have accepted these policies and agree with them.

Minors. The “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site is not lawfully accessible to persons under the age of 18 or who are otherwise covered by the provisions of the Child Online Privacy Act of 1998 (COPA).  If you are under the age of 18 you must leave this site  immediately.  Fraudulent use of this website may make you subject to civil or criminal  sanctions. Because of the nature of the World Wide Web, the "Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney" Web Site cannot prohibit minors from visiting this site. The "Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney" Web Site must rely on parents, guardians and those responsible for supervising children and teenagers to decide which materials are appropriate for such children and teenagers to view and/or purchase.  Parents and guardians are encouraged to read our Privacy Policy set forth herein.

Reasonable precautions. Reasonableprecautions are also taken to ensure that the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site is free of viruses, adware, spyware and other intrusive and unauthorized programs (collectively, "intrusive programs"). In the event that such programs invade the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site, all reasonable efforts will be made to remove such intrusive programs and the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” are not liable for any damages and intrusive program installations that may affect any visitor to the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site or any email recipient of electronic transmissions from the .com domain. The “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”, does not engage in the practice of using spyware, adware or other intrusive programs to view and/or gather data about its visitors. Web visitors are encouraged to ensure that their computer systems are updated with appropriative anti-virus, anti-adware and other protective software programs.

Spam; Phishing. Any electronic communications emanating from the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” is not “spam”. If you believe you have received spam (unauthorized commercial email) from the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site, please forward the offending email, with the header intact, to whiting@frontiernet.net, so that the appropriate authorities may be notified and appropriate action taken. Similarly, the practice of "phishing," which is highly illegal, has victimized many unsuspecting victims using the Internet. "Phishing" refers to the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a web site where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, which the legitimate organization already has. The web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information. If you receive any email you believe is not sent from the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”, do not reply to the email. Instead, forward the email to whiting@frontiernet.net so that appropriate legal actions may be taken.

No Endorsement of Third Parties. The “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site contains links to third party web sites for informational purposes as a convenience to visitors to the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web site. In providing these links, the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”, does not necessarily endorse the content of said third party web sites, nor does it provide an endorsement, express or implied, of the services or products offered by such linked third parties.

Copyright . All content included on the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” Web Site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”, or its content suppliers, and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Graphic images are expressly licensed through their provider, LegalTech, and IStockPhoto, and may not be copied or downloaded under any circumstances. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney” and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

Privacy Policy

The following is a privacy policy for the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”:

Our homepage on the Internet is located at http://www.votewhiting.com

You may contact us by United States mail at:
Michael B. Whiting
Post Office Box 1788
St. Johns, Arizona 85936 United States
You may contact us by e-mail at whiting@frontiernet.net.

You may also contact us by phone (928) 245-6360.

Voluntary Data Collection. The “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”  Web Site contains contact forms for the campaign newsletter, donations and volunteering.   Additionally, a weblog (commonly referred to as a "blog") contains forms in which visitors can voluntarily submit comments. All information submitted via these forms must be submitted on a voluntary basis, by the computer user visiting the contact page. The following data is collected from the contact pages:

* Name

* Email Address

* P.O. Box Address

* Verification that the user is not a minor and, if contributing, eligibility to donate

* Telephone number

* IP address (to track fraudulent queries)

* Campaign endorsements and quotations 

Financial information such as credit or debit card numbers voluntarily submitted by visitors for campaign donations is not collected by the "Committee To Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney."  Such information is processed by Paypal, an FDIC-insured third party processor, and neither the "Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney" web site agents nor Committee staff will receive such financial information.  Electronically submitted information will be stored for election purposes ONLY. It will not be sold or shared with any other person or organization. Please read our notice above regarding spam and phishing.  Information for the donation contact page and the volunteer contact page are each processed through industry standard secure processing (as set forth on each form).  Newsletter signups include a double opt-in feature to prevent spam.  Subscribers to the newsletter may unsubscribe at any time by clicking a link contained within the electronic newsletter mailing.

Anonymous and Involuntary Data Collection. When visiting web sites certain information about you and your computer can sometimes be collected. This section explains what information the “Committee to Elect Michael B. Whiting for Apache County Attorney”, collects, and how it is used

Please note that all of the involuntary data collection outlined below is ANONYMOUS meaning that only the IP is recorded and not your personal data:

Click-Stream Data.  Virtually all web sites collect click-stream data. This data includes information such as which page was accessed, the time of the access, IP of the visitor etc. This information is typically stored in web access logs.

HTTP Protocol Information. This includes information such as the referring page, browser type, operating system etc.

User's Resource Interaction. Exist pages and how long a visitor remained on a page, which buttons were clicked, etc., are stored in the server logs.

Search Terms. Search terms used on search engines or within the Web Site by visitors to the Web Site.

The involuntary, non-personal data collected on our Web server is used for technical administration.

~ Last amended March 19, 2008