535 LLC ("535," "we," "us," or "our") operates 535, a digital news platform covering the lawmakers, legislation, and lobbyists that drive Congress. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website or interact with our services.
By using 535, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Newsletter and Alert Subscriptions
When you subscribe to our newsletter or sign up for interview alerts, we collect your email address. We use this solely to send you the content you requested. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every email.
Contact Form
When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message. We use this information only to respond to your inquiry.
Cookies and Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This service collects data such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This data is aggregated and used to improve our content and user experience.
We may also use cookies — small text files stored on your device — to support site functionality and analytics. You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. Note that disabling cookies may affect certain features of the site.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
Google Analytics — We use Google Analytics to measure site traffic and usage. Google may use the data it collects in accordance with its own privacy policy, available at google.com/policies/privacy. You can opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Gravity Forms — Our contact form is powered by Gravity Forms. Form submissions are stored on our WordPress platform and are not shared with third parties.
WordPress.com / Automattic — Our website is hosted on the WordPress.com platform. Automattic may collect certain technical data in connection with hosting our site. See Automattic's privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy for details.
YouTube — Some of our interview content is embedded from YouTube. When you interact with embedded YouTube videos, Google/YouTube may collect data pursuant to their privacy policy.
We retain contact form submissions and subscriber email addresses for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, or as required by law. You may request deletion of your information at any time by contacting us.
535 is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
535 links to third-party news sources, publications, and external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies independently.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, please contact us at:
535 LLC
Washington, D.C.
info@535.news
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