Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy outlines our practices for collection, use and disclosure of the information
that you provide to us when you use the Site. By using this Site, you agree that your use of the
Site is governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. From time to time, we may
update this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically check this Site for updates. Your
continued use of the Site affirms your agreement to any changes we make to this Privacy Policy.
Please note the distinction between our privacy practices in connection with your visit to the Site
and our Terms of Service.
Information Collected and How It Is Collected
Voluntary Information: We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us
including, but not limited to your name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number, mobile
number and geographic location. You may provide this information when you request
information, register, make a purchase or for other purposes. We may also collect demographic
information such as gender, date of birth, occupation, employer name and zip code. In limited
circumstances, we may collect payment information such as credit card numbers where needed
to complete a requested service or transaction.
By requesting information on your mobile phone, we may obtain the following information from
you in connection with our SMS service: your cell phone number, your carrier’s name and the
date, time and content of your messages, as well as other information that you provide. We will
use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Automatically Generated Information: We may also collect non-personally identifiable
information that is generated automatically while you are visiting the Site or elsewhere on the
Internet when our advertisements are served, also known as log files. This data includes, but is
not limited to, information such as IP address, web pages visited before and after visiting the
Site, date and time, domain type, type of mobile device you use, your device’s unique ID, web
pages you view and links you click on within the Site and interactions with our advertisements
delivered by us or advertisements delivered by a third party advertising technology vendor. This
type of information may be collected using different types of technologies, such as cookies and
pixels. An IP address, for example, is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to
identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit the Site, we may view
the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We use this information to
determine the general physical location of the device and understand from what regions of the
world the Site visitors come. We also may use your non-personally identifiable information to
enhance the Site.
All Site users remain anonymous unless they choose to give us their personal information. You
may elect not to allow us to collect and use this non-personally identifiable data as part of our
Service by following the Opt-Out procedures described below.
Cookies and Other Technologies
Overview: We may use cookies and other technologies to obtain certain types of information
when your web browser accesses the Site or visits a website in our network. Cookies are small
pieces of information that are stored by your browser. Cookies help us improve your experience
on the Site, however, if you wish to block, erase or be warned of the use of cookies, please refer
to the paragraph below entitled Disabling Cookies or to your browser manufacturer. When you
view a video on our Sites, a third party may also set a ‘flash cookie’ on your computer. Since
removing and rejecting browser cookies may not remove or reject flash cookies, you will also
need to visit: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security to delete or disable flash
cookies. Rejecting or removing browser or flash cookies may affect certain features of our Sites.
This website may use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site, which uses
cookies.
Cookies are used to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in
an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website
(including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate
visitors’ use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Magnuson
for House.
Google Analytics collects information anonymously. Google will not associate your IP address
with any other data held by Google. Neither Magnuson for House nor Google will link, or seek
to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data
gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source unless you
explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website. It reports website trends
without identifying individual visitors. You can opt-out of Google Analytics without affecting
how you visit the Site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google
Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page.
We may use other companies to set cookies on the Site and advertisements and gather cookie
information for us. In some cases, we may also use another company to operate web servers or
process credit card purchases for the Site. The Site may use cookies and other technology to
speed navigation and keep track of items and to gather anonymous traffic data that we may use to
enhance the Site, our Services, marketing and other internal purposes. If you select ‘remember
me’ on your computer when logging on to the Site, Magnuson for House will set a persistent
cookie to store your username and password so that you do not have to enter it more than once. It
also allows us to send confirmations, receipts, updates, alerts and support and administrative
messages and to otherwise facilitate your use of and our administration and operation of the Site.
The persistent cookie also enables Magnuson for House to track and target the interests of users
to enhance the experience on the Site. The persistent cookie is removed when you uncheck the
‘remember me’ checkbox.
Disabling Cookies: The ‘Help’ portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to
prevent your browser from accepting cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you
receive cookies and how to disable cookies altogether. Note that if you reject or block cookies, it
may affect your ability to enjoy the full functionality and experience of the Site.
Web Beacons: Pages of the Site [and our e-mails] may contain small electronic files known as
web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit
Magnuson for House, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-
mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain
website content and verifying system and server integrity).
INFORMATION USE AND SHARING
Use of Personal Information: If we do receive your personal information, we will only use it for
the purposes described where it is collected or otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. We
may share this information outside of Magnuson for House if: (1) you authorize us to do so; (2)
it is necessary to allow our service providers or agents to provide products or services for us; (3)
it is necessary in order to provide our products or services to you (and contacting you when
necessary); (4) subject to applicable contractual or legal restrictions, it is necessary to disclose to
entities that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other entities with whom we have
joint marketing agreements; (5) subject to applicable contractual or legal restrictions, it is
necessary in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Magnuson for
House or the merger of Magnuson for House into another entity or any consolidation, share
exchange, combination, reorganization, or like transaction in which Magnuson for House is not
the survivor; (6) it is necessary in connection with other business purposes including, without
limitation, responding to your inquiries or requests for information or services, customer care,
service quality, business management and operation, risk assessment, security, fraud and crime
prevention/detection, monitoring, research and analysis, marketing, customer purchasing
preferences and trends, dispute resolution, credit checking and debt collection; (7) it is necessary
to disclose in order to protect or defend our rights or property or those of our users; (8) it is
necessary to disclose in order to protect the personal safety of our users or the public; (9) it is
necessary for us to provide it to our attorneys, accountants, regulators, auditors or other advisors;
or (10) otherwise as we are required or permitted by law or required to comply with legal process
served upon us, our agents, representatives or our affiliates. We may also aggregate your
personal information with the information of others and may disclose such information in
aggregate form for marketing and promotional purposes in a way that would not identify you
individually. There will be no data sharing with third parties through the short code program for
their marketing purposes.
Use of Non-Personally Identifiable Information: Magnuson for House or our service providers
or agents that provide services for us may use non-personally identifiable information as part of
the Services to better tailor advertisements and other content in an effort to create a more
relevant experience for each person that visits the Site or elsewhere on the Internet. This non-
personally identifiable information may also be used to predict responses to advertisements, to
help determine which ads perform best and which content is most appropriate for different
individuals, to measure and optimize the effectiveness of advertisements and to provide
aggregate reporting to our service providers or agents and for our and their internal purposes.
We use various website analytics tools and technologies regarding activities on the Site that
require storage of web session data. The overall aim of these tools is to aid in making the Site
easy to use, to proactively identify and correct error conditions and to provide more relevant
advertising and content to you. These tools and technologies are also used to assist Site visitors
who report problems in the use of the Site. Stored web session data is used in accordance with
this Privacy Policy.
Third Party Use of Cookies: We use cookies to compile aggregate non-personally identifiable
data about Site traffic and Site interaction so that we can offer better Site experiences and tools in
the future. We may also share non-personally identifiable information with companies such as
agencies, ad networks or exchanges to enable them to analyze user behaviors or to customize the
ads that you encounter.
CONTESTS, SWEEPSTAKES AND OTHER PROMOTIONS: On the Site, you may wish to
participate in contests and other promotions that we may offer from time to time. Through these
promotions, you may choose to participate in activities such as sharing information found on the
Site with others and sending e-mail invitations. In connection with any contests and other
promotions that we may offer from time to time via the Site, we use the information you provide
to administer the contests and other promotions. Subject to applicable contractual or legal
restrictions, we also may use the information to communicate with you, or the other people you
select, about our products and services or our service providers or agents’ partners may use such
information to communicate with you about the contests and other promotions or their products
and services. If you choose to participate in these promotions, and are eligible to do so, we may
ask you for information such as your name, e-mail address, date of birth and telephone number.
Official Contest Rules will accompany any contest sponsored by Magnuson for House.
THIRD PARTY FEATURES
Third Party Links: For your convenience, we may include or offer third party offers, products or
services on the Site. Third party vendors may use cookies or other technologies to serve ads on
other web sites based on your visit to this Site and other web sites on the Internet. We cannot be
responsible for the privacy practices of any web sites or pages not under our control and we do
not endorse any of these web sites or pages, the services or products described or offered on such
sites or pages or any of the content contained on those sites or pages. Nonetheless, we seek to
protect the integrity of the Site and welcome any feedback about these web sites.
Social Media Platforms and Web sites: Any information, communications, or material of any
type or nature that you submit to the Site (including, but not limited to any of our pages
contained on a social media platform or web site such as Facebook or X) by e-mail,
posting, messaging, uploading, downloading or otherwise (collectively, a ‘Submission’), is done
at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other
users of any social media platform or website and we are therefore not responsible for any
content or Submissions contained on such sites and platforms. By visiting any of our pages or
web sites that are contained on a social media platform or web site, you are representing and
warranting to us that you have reviewed the applicable privacy policy and terms of use of such
platform or web site and that you will abide by all such provisions contained therein.
Additionally, in the event that we offer a message board or any other interactive or social-type
feature on a web site administered directly by us, please be aware that these areas may allow you
to publicly post, and share with other users, certain messages, content, or other information (e.g.,
stories, pictures, ingredients, tips, etc.). Although we may take certain precautions to protect
those who use these areas of one of our web sites, we encourage you to be wary of giving out
any personal information in such public forums. The information you post can be collected and
used by people you don’t know. We cannot guarantee the privacy and safety of these areas and
are therefore not responsible for any information you choose to post. Your use of these features is
fully at your own risk.
E-MAIL SIGNUPS
E-mail: We appreciate your questions and comments about the Site and services and welcome
your e-mails and questions submitted to the Site. We will share your messages with those within
our organization who are most capable of addressing the issues contained in your message. We
may archive your message for a certain period of time or discard it, but your e-mail address and
message will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Submitting your e-mail: Submitting your address anywhere on the Site may result in your e-mail
address being added to the Magnuson for House e-mail list. You may unsubscribe to Magnuson
for House e-mails at any time by opting out of e-mail subscriptions with the ‘unsubscribe’ link
included in each e-mail. Your e-mail address will be removed from our marketing list. Please
allow us a reasonable period of time to satisfy your request, as some promotions may already be
in process.
Suggesting the Site to a Friend: If you elect to use any feature that includes suggesting a page to
a friend or to inform a friend about the Site or solicit donations or pledges or otherwise
communicate, Magnuson for House may ask for your friend’s name and e-mail address. The
Site may automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the Site or
otherwise provide the information requested by you. Magnuson for House will store and use
this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Your friend may contact Magnuson for
House to request the removal of this information from our database.
SECURITY
We employ and maintain technology and security measures designed to protect your personal
information. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure.
As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security
of any information you transmit to us or receive from us.
OPT OUT
Overview: We may use non-personally identifiable information to provide more relevant
advertising and content. If you’d like to stop the Site from collecting certain types of information
that provide more tailored online ads and messages to you, please click here. If you elect to opt
out of this type of advertising, we will place a cookie on your computer to flag that we should
not collect data to tailor advertising to your browser. If you delete your cookies, install a new
browser, or use a different computer, you may need to revisit this page to opt out.
CHILDREN
We strongly encourage parents and guardians to regularly monitor and supervise their children’s
online activities. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
DONATIONS
When you make a contribution to Magnuson for House, South Carolina law requires us to
obtain some or all of the following information: name, mailing address, employer, occupation
and amount of contribution. South Carolina law requires us to report this information to the
appropriate Ethics Committee/Commission if an individual’s contributions aggregate in excess of
$100 in an election cycle. Any credit card information provided is only used to immediately
process your donation. All contributions made to the Site are considered final unless the donation
is not in compliance with federal election law and/or Federal Election Commission regulations.
All purchases from the online store are considered contributions to Magnuson for House.
SPECIAL STATEMENT FOR JOB APPLICANTS
Any personal information that you provide to us when applying for a career position with
Magnuson for House will be used solely to consider and act upon your application. We may
retain your personal information for a period of time, but only for as long as necessary for such
purposes or as otherwise required by law. We may disclose your personal information to our
agents for the purpose of evaluating your qualifications for the particular position for which you
applied, for other available positions or as otherwise required by law. We may also disclose your
personal information to third parties hired by us to collect, maintain, and analyze candidates for
career positions or as otherwise required by law.
VISITING THE SITE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
If you are visiting the Site from outside of the United States of America, please be aware that
your information may be transferred to, stored or processed in the United States, where our
servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the
United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, but
please be assured that we take steps to protect your privacy. By using the Site, you understand
that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we
share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
CONTACT US
Please contact us if you have questions about our Privacy Policy at