Last Updated: [July 31, 2025]
American Patriots Incorporated, a legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, doing business as the American Dream Rail Legacy Project (“American Patriots Inc.,” “American Dream Rail,” “ADR,” “the Project,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you visit our website at [https://www.americandreamrail.org] (the “Site”) or otherwise interact with any of our services.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our data collection and processing
practices, you may contact us at:
Email : contact@AmericanDreamRail.com
Address: 555 NE 34th Street, Miami, FL 33127
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected by us from any source in connection with the provision of our services, including, but not limited to, information collected through our primary websites (collectively, the “Sites”), any mobile or other websites operated by us, software applications provided by us for use on or through computers and mobile devices (the “Apps”), and through our various service offerings, including petitions, forms, advocacy initiatives, publications, newsletters, memberships, webinars, conference calls, electronic letters (“e-letters”), blogs, books, electronic communications, widgets, conferences, and events (collectively with the Sites and Apps, the “Services”).
This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal information collected in connection with our internal employment or human resources activities.
By accessing or using any of our Services, or by voluntarily providing personal information to us, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the terms of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy carefully before submitting any personal information or using our Services.
1. Information Collection
When you use our Services, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This information may include, but is not limited to, your full name, telephone number, email address, address, and any other information you choose to submit. Such personal information may be collected in various contexts, including, without limitation, when you sign a petition, schedule a call, subscribe to our email list or newsletter, create an account, register for a webinar, contact us directly, or otherwise engage with us for any purpose.
We may also collect technical information relating to your interactions with us and our Services. Such information may include, without limitation, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, cookie identifiers, device identifiers, device information, browser type, timestamps of visits, pages accessed, and other usage activities on the Services. We may employ cookies, similar technologies, and analytical tools to gather
such information for marketing, performance analysis, and other purposes. For additional details regarding our collection and use of such technical information, as well as the choices available to you, please refer to Section IV , “Cookies & Analytics,” of this Privacy Policy.
When you access or use our website, we may request your consent to access certain device functions, including but not limited to location information. Such information may be used solely to provide or enhance the Services offered to you. If you choose to deny or revoke permission for us to access these functions, you may do so through the settings available on your mobile device or browser. Please be advised that restricting access to these features may limit the functionality of certain aspects of the Site.
We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16. If you’re under 16, please do not provide any information.
2. How We Use Your Information3. We may use the personal information we collect for any lawful purpose, including but not limited to the following:
- To maintain, operate, customize, and improve our Services, including for analytical and performance measurement purposes
- To provide and enhance our current Services, as well as any Services we may develop in the future;
- To respond to your inquiries or contact you as requested
- To process petitions, advocacy initiatives, and related activities (including, without limitation, promoting our nine-point plan for rail and trucking reform);
- To send you updates, promotional materials, and marketing communications that may be of interest to you
- To comply with applicable legal obligations and to maintain the security and integrity of our Services; and/or
- For any other purpose for which you have provided your consent, or any other purpose disclosed to you at the time of data collection.
How We Share Your Information
We may disclose or share the information we collect with other parties, including the following:
- Third-party service providers and vendors who perform functions or services on our behalf, including but not limited to email service providers and analytics providers;
- Partners involved in petition campaigns or advocacy initiatives, only with your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of data collection
- In connection with a non-profit transition, such as a sale, merger, reorganization, acquisition, or other transfer of all or part of our assets;
- As required by applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, governmental inquiry, or other legal process, or as necessary to protect our rights, property, or the rights of third parties
- With your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of data collection or sharing.
We do not sell your data, nor do we disclose it for the purposes of targeted advertising, aligning with our commitment to transparency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may share anonymized or aggregated data without restriction. Any future services, including but not limited to GDPcoin and 3PL partnerships, shall be governed by their respective and separate privacy policies.
4. Cookies & Analytics
We utilize cookies and analytics tools, including but not limited to Google Analytics, as well as services provided by other third parties, to collect data regarding your use of our Services over time. Such data collection is solely for non-advertising purposes, including the improvement of service performance, analytics, and marketing efforts.
We do not engage in interest-based advertising nor do we share your data for the purpose of targeted advertising.
You may disable cookies through your browser settings; however, please be advised that certain features of the website may not function as intended if all cookies are disabled. For further information regarding how Google Analytics collects and processes data when you use our Services, please refer to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners. To opt out of Google Analytics, you may visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. Additional information is available in our Cookie Policy.
5. Third-Party Links
Our Services may contain links to websites or applications operated by third parties, including but not limited to social media platforms. Such third-party websites and applications are independent from us and are governed by their own privacy policies, over which we exercise no control. We disclaim any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites and applications.
We strongly encourage you to review the applicable privacy policies and terms of use of any third-party websites or applications prior to interacting with them, in order to understand how your personal information may be collected, used, and disclosed.
Your interactions with, and use of, such third-party features, websites, or services aregoverned solely by the privacy policies and terms established by those third parties, and not by us.
6. Your Choices
If you no longer wish to receive newsletters or marketing-related communications from us, you may unsubscribe from our email distribution list at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included in such emails or by contacting us directly at contact@AmericanDreamRail.com. Please allow up to ten (10) business days for your opt-out request to be processed. Following your opt-out, we may continue to send you non-promotional communications, including but not limited to administrative messages, petition updates, or responses to inquiries you have submitted. To the extent that you receive push notifications from any of our Services, you may disable such notifications at the device level through your device’s settings.
You may disable cookies through your browser settings or opt out of analytics as described in Section 4 of this Privacy Policy. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
For information regarding your privacy rights, including rights of access and deletion, please refer to Section 7 of this Privacy Policy.
7. U.S. Privacy Rights
This section contains disclosures required under certain U.S. state data privacy laws. The rights set forth below apply to residents of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws, such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Texas, and Virginia, regardless of whether particular state laws apply to us currently and notwithstanding the fact that certain state laws may not be applicable. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify, update, or discontinue this section or any portion thereof at any time. We further reserve the right to limit the availability of the rights described herein to residents of states where such rights are legally mandated and enforceable.
A. Personal Information We Collect or MaintainWithin the preceding twelve (12) months, we have collected or maintained the following categories of personal information concerning users located in the United States.
| Categories of Personal Information | Disclosed to the following categories of third parties: | Shared for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising or Sold |
| Personal and Online Identifiers including but not limited to Name, email address, phone number, IP address and unique online identifiers. | – Data analytics providers; – Operating systems and platforms; – Advocacy partners (e.g., petition campaign platforms, with consent) – Service providers like email platforms – Marketing data companies; and – Social networks – Legal authorities (if required by law) | None |
Internet or other Electronic Network Activity information such as website usage, browser type, device information | – Data analytics providers; – Operating systems and platforms; – Advocacy partners (e.g., petition campaign platforms, with consent) – Service providers like email platforms – Marketing data companies – Social networks – Legal authorities (if required by law) | None |
Voluntary Submissions such as messages, petition comments | – Service providers (e.g., email or form processing platforms) – Advocacy partners (e.g., petition campaigns, with consent) – Legal authorities (if required by law) | None |
| Geolocation information | – Data analytics providers; – Operating systems and platforms; – Advocacy partners (e.g., petition campaign platforms, with consent) – Service providers like email platforms – Marketing data companies – Social networks – Legal authorities (if required by law) | None |
| Inferences drawn from the above information about your predicted characteristics and preferences | – Data analytics providers; – Operating systems and platforms; – Advocacy partners (e.g., petition campaign platforms, with consent) – Service providers like email platforms – Marketing data companies – Social networks – Legal authorities (if required by law) | None |
Categories of Sources
We may collect personal information from the following categories of sources:
- You / Consumers (ex through petition forms and contact forms)
- Data analytics providers
- Third-party data providers
- Operating systems and platforms, and
- Advocacy partners (eg. petition campaigns)
B. Why We Collect, Use and Share Personal Information
We may use and share data for variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, the following:
- To support advocacy efforts, including the processing of petitions and the promotion of rail and trucking reform initiatives
- To operate, maintain, debug, and enhance the functionality and performance of our Services
- For analytics purposes, such as understanding user behavior, usage trends, and improving website performance;
- To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests;
- For security purposes, including the detection, prevention, and investigation of fraud, misuse, or other illegal or unauthorized activities;
- For internal research and development efforts aimed at technological innovation and improvement;
- To support internal operations and business functions necessary to deliver and maintain our Services.
We do not sell data or share for targeted advertising.
C. Retention of Personal Information
All categories of personal information described herein are retained by us and/or our service providers only for as long as necessary to fulfill the specific purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Once we no longer have a legitimate business or legal purpose to retain your personal information, or upon your request for deletion (subject to certain exceptions under applicable law), we will securely delete or anonymize such information from our systems and records. We will also direct our service providers to take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize your personal information, thereby ensuring that you can no longer be identified from such data.
D. Your Rights
You have the right to:
I. Know
You have the right to request and obtain the following information regarding your personal data:
- The categories of personal information we collect, maintain and share
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, provided in a portable and readily usable format
- The categories of sources from which we have collected your personal information
- The categories of purposes for which we have collected your personal information
- The categories of personal information we have disclosed, along with the categories of persons or third parties to whom it was disclosed.
- The length of time for which we intend to retain each category of personal information, or if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine the retention period.
II. Correct
You have the right to request the correction of any inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
III. Access
You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in a portable and readily usable format.
IV . Delete
You have the right to request the deletion of the personal information we have collected from or about you, subject to certain exceptions as permitted or required by applicable law.
V . Opt-Out
You may opt out of our use of your personal data for the purpose of sending updates, including newsletters and marketing communications, via email or other communication channels, as well as for analytics and service improvement purposes. Please be advised that opting out of certain data uses may limit or prevent our ability to provide you with specific services that rely on such data processing.
VI. Non-Discrimination
You have the right to receive equal service when exercising the privacy rights conferred to you under relevant state law.
To exercise any of the rights described above, please submit your request along with any required verification information to [contact@americandreamrail.org] or via our contact form. We will respond to your request within forty-five (45) days (per CCPA).
E. Verification Process and Required Information
We may require you to provide your name, email address, or other relevant information to verify your identity and to accurately process the scope of your request. Please note that you are not required to have an account with us to submit a request or to have such request fulfilled.
F. Appeals
If we deny your request, you may appeal our decision within sixty (60) days of receipt of our response by submitting an appeal via our Contact Form. Should your appeal also be denied, we will provide you with information regarding alternative methods to contact the Attorney General’s office in your state for the purpose of filing a complaint or addressing any concerns you may have.
G. Authorized Agents
You may designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. In such cases, we require written and signed authorization evidencing the agent’s authority to act on your behalf. For certain types of requests, including but not limited to requests to delete, access, know, or correct personal information, you may also be required to verify your identity directly with us and confirm that you have authorized the agent to make the request.
These verification and authorization requirements shall not apply if the authorized agent possesses a valid power of attorney under applicable law or if the requests are submitted through an opt-out preference signal or comparable technology.
Additionally, legal guardians, conservators, or other authorized representatives may submit requests under this section on behalf of individuals who are subject to guardianship, conservatorship, or other legally recognized protective arrangements.
8. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, process, or share the personal information of individuals under the age of sixteen (16), and our website and Services are not intended for or directed toward children under the age of sixteen (16). If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the age of sixteen (16), we will take prompt and appropriate steps to delete such information from our systems.
9. International Users
We are based in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be advised that your personal information will be processed and stored in the United States, which may not provide equivalent privacy laws as in your home country.
Your information will be collected, processed, and transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable U.S. laws. If you have any questions regarding your privacy rights or the handling of your personal information, you may contact us at [contact@AmericanDreamRail.com].
10. Data Security
We have implemented reasonable and appropriate safeguards to protect the personal data we collect against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These safeguards include contractual, administrative, physical, and technical measures. Technical protections may include, but are not limited to, the use of firewalls, encryption technologies, and other security protocols, where appropriate.
Please be advised that, while we endeavor to maintain the security and integrity of our website and systems, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is entirely secure. As such, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality or security of any communications or materials transmitted to or from American Patriots Inc dba American Dream Rail Legacy Project.
In the event of a data breach involving your personal information, we will provide notice as required by applicable law.
11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may revise or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on this page, accompanied by an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed of any updates.
Your continued use of our website or Services following the posting of any modifications shall constitute your acknowledgment of, and agreement to, the revised Privacy Policy.
12. Questions
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, you may contact us at contact@americandreamrail.org or through the contact information provided above.
