Privacy Policy

Citizens for a Better Seguin
BetterSeguin.org
Effective Date: June 6, 2026

Citizens for a Better Seguin respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share information when you visit BetterSeguin.org, sign up for updates, volunteer, donate, contact us, or otherwise interact with our organization.

Citizens for a Better Seguin is a grassroots civic advocacy organization focused on issues affecting the City of Seguin and Guadalupe County.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information you voluntarily provide to us, including:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Mailing address
  • Volunteer interests
  • Donation information
  • Event registration information
  • Comments, messages, survey responses, or issue preferences you submit
  • Any other information you choose to provide through our website, forms, email, text messages, or social media

Because we are an advocacy organization, information you choose to provide may reveal your views about public issues, local government, candidates, elected officials, or community concerns. Please do not submit information you do not want us to receive or use for advocacy-related purposes.

2. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect basic technical information such as:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of visit
  • Referring website
  • General website usage information

We may use cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies to understand website traffic, improve our website, measure outreach effectiveness, and support advertising or advocacy communications.

You may be able to disable cookies through your browser settings, but some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information we collect to:

  • Communicate with you about local issues, meetings, events, petitions, public comments, and advocacy efforts
  • Respond to your questions or requests
  • Process volunteer signups
  • Process donations or pledges
  • Send newsletters, email updates, text messages, or action alerts
  • Organize grassroots outreach
  • Improve our website and communications
  • Maintain records required for legal, tax, financial, or compliance purposes
  • Protect the security and integrity of our website and organization
  • Comply with applicable laws, regulations, subpoenas, court orders, or government requests

4. Donations and Payment Information

If you make a donation, payment information may be processed by a third-party payment processor. We do not intend to store full credit card numbers on our website servers.

Donation information may be used for recordkeeping, compliance, financial reporting, and communication with donors. Certain donation-related information may be disclosed if required by applicable tax, campaign finance, election, or reporting laws.

Donations to a 501(c)(4) organization are generally not tax-deductible as charitable contributions. Please consult your tax advisor for guidance.

5. Email Communications

If you sign up for email updates, we may send you newsletters, announcements, event notices, donation requests, or advocacy alerts.

You may unsubscribe from email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly.

6. Text Messages and Phone Calls

If you provide your phone number, you consent to receive calls or text messages from Citizens for a Better Seguin, including messages related to events, volunteer opportunities, public meetings, advocacy alerts, and organizational updates.

Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary.

You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP. You may request help by replying HELP or contacting us directly.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties except as necessary to provide messaging services, comply with law, or protect our rights.

7. Sharing Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with:

  • Website hosting providers
  • Email, text messaging, and communications vendors
  • Donation processing vendors
  • Data management or volunteer management service providers
  • Consultants, contractors, or volunteers helping with our advocacy work
  • Legal, accounting, compliance, or professional advisors
  • Government agencies, courts, or regulators if required by law

We may also share information when necessary to protect our organization, website, supporters, volunteers, or the public.

8. Public Submissions

If you submit comments, testimonials, public statements, petition language, photos, videos, or other content to us, we may use, publish, quote, excerpt, or share that content for advocacy, educational, promotional, or organizational purposes unless you clearly tell us not to.

Please do not submit private, sensitive, or confidential information through public forms, social media, or comment sections.

9. Social Media and Third-Party Websites

Our website may link to third-party websites, social media platforms, donation processors, video platforms, email tools, or other services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of those third-party websites or services.

Your interactions with platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Google, payment processors, or email providers are governed by those platforms’ own privacy policies.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to help protect personal information. However, no website, database, email system, or online service can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

You should use caution when submitting information online.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

12. Your Choices

You may contact us to:

  • Update your contact information
  • Ask us to remove you from our email or text lists
  • Ask what personal information we may have about you
  • Request that we delete certain information, subject to legal, compliance, or recordkeeping obligations
  • Opt out of future communications

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

13. Texas Privacy Notice

Texas residents may have certain rights under applicable privacy laws, depending on the type of information collected and how it is used. These rights may include the ability to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of certain personal data, and to opt out of certain types of data processing.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information below.

14. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including communication, volunteer coordination, donation records, compliance, legal obligations, dispute resolution, and organizational records.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date above. Continued use of our website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

16. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, please contact:

Citizens for a Better Seguin
Website: BetterSeguin.org
Email: info@adminPhone: (830) 800-0380