Privacy
Privacy Notice
The Texas First Pledge is a program of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM Inc.), a Texas nonprofit corporation exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(4). This notice explains how this site, taketexasback.com, collects and uses information. The Texas Nationalist Movement's full privacy policy at tnm.me/privacy governs the broader framework; this page is the program-specific summary.
What we collect
Pledge submissions. When a candidate or officeholder signs the pledge, we collect their name, email address, optional phone number, the office sought or held, district or place, party, election year, and any campaign links they choose to provide.
Automatically. Standard server and security logs (such as IP address, device and browser information, and pages viewed), and a bot-protection check provided by Cloudflare Turnstile on our forms.
The pledge is a permanent public record
Signing the Texas First Pledge is a public act. Once a submission is reviewed and published, the signer's name, office, district, party, pledge date, and any campaign links appear on the public roster, and that record is permanent. If a signer later disavows the pledge, breaks it, withdraws, or is deceased, that is recorded as a dated annotation on the record. The signature itself is not quietly removed, so that voters can see and rely on the record.
Contact details stay private.Email addresses and phone numbers are used only to operate and steward the program. They are never published on the public roster and are not sold, rented, or shared for any third party's own purposes.
How we use information
- To publish and maintain the public roster of pledge signers.
- To verify, review, and steward signers, and to contact them about the program.
- To operate, secure, and improve the site.
- To comply with applicable law.
Your choices
You may request correction or deletion of your private contact details at any time. Because the public pledge record is a political record of a public act, requests to erase the public record itself are generally declined; status changes are annotated rather than deleted. Public-figure information published from your submission and from public sources is part of that record.
Sharing and service providers
We use service providers to operate the site, including hosting and security (Cloudflare) and the Texas Nationalist Movement's pledge data system. They act on our behalf under confidentiality obligations. We do not sell or rent pledge-signer contact information.
Cookies and similar technologies
This site uses minimal cookies and local storage, for essential security (including the Turnstile bot check) and to remember your light or dark theme preference. We do not engage in cross-context behavioral advertising on this site.
Bot protection (Cloudflare Turnstile)
We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our forms and pages from automated abuse, spam, and bots. Turnstile runs a lightweight check that may process technical signals from your browser and device to distinguish human visitors from automated traffic; it is designed not to be used for cross-site tracking or advertising. Your interaction with Turnstile is also governed by the Cloudflare Turnstile Privacy Addendum and Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
Children
The site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13, and signers are candidates or officeholders.
Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, including encryption in transit, to protect information. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Contact
For any privacy question or request, contact the Texas Nationalist Movement Privacy Office at privacy@tnm.me.