Privacy
Policy
Amazing
Grace Church & Ministries is committed to respecting and protecting your
privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe
online experience. The following statement explains the Ministries’ policy
regarding any personal information you may supply on the Ministries Web site.
This privacy policy also discloses how the Ministry collects, protects, uses,
and shares information gathered about you on the Ministries Web site. This
Statement of Privacy applies to the Ministries Web site and governs data
collection and usage. By using the Ministries Web site, you signify your
acceptance of the terms of the Ministries’ privacy policy.
Collection
of Your Personal Information
You can
use the Ministries Web site without divulging any personally identifiable
information, including your e-mail address. This Web site does not collect
personally identifiable information about you, such as your e-mail address,
name, home or work address, or telephone number, except when you specifically
provide such information on a voluntary basis, such as when registering at the
Ministries Web site, or requesting material from it. When possible, the
Ministries also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique
to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and
favorites.
There is
also information about your computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by the Ministries. This information can include your IP
address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring Web site
addresses. This information is used by the Ministries for the operation of the
service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics
regarding how the Ministries Web site is used. The Ministries uses such
identifiable information collected to continually improve the content of its
Web site and to offer its visitors products and services that best meet their
preferences, needs, or desires. In so using this information, the Ministries is
able to refine their Web site and enhance the benefits it offers.
Please
keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through the Ministries’ public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by other users outside the control
of the Ministries. Please be advised that the Ministries cannot interfere with
or otherwise limit the use of such personal information when provided on public
forums. Note: the Ministries does not read any of your private online
communications.
The
Ministries encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites to
which you choose to link from the Ministries so you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use, and share your information. The Ministries are not
responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside
the Ministries and the Ministries’ family of Web sites.
Use of
Your Personal Information
The
Ministries collects and uses your personal information to operate the
Ministries Web site and deliver the services you have requested. The Ministries
also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other
products or services available from the Ministries and its affiliates. The
Ministries may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your
opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
In the
ordinary course of its operations, the Ministries does not sell, rent, or lease
its customer lists to third parties. There are occasions in which the
Ministries might undertake one of these activities, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Privacy Policy. The Ministries may, from time to time,
contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering
that may be of interest to you. In addition, the Ministries may retain the
services of a third party vendor to assist it as it attempts to determine
whether an individual desires to be retained on the Ministries’ mailing list or
whether that individual might be better served by another service or entity. Be
assured that in those cases, your unique personally identifiable information
(e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is never transferred to the third
party. In addition, the Ministries may share data with trusted partners to help
it perform statistical analyses, send you e-mail or postal mail, provide
customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are
prohibited from using your personal information in any way or for any purpose
except to provide these services to the Ministries, and they are required to at
all times maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The
Ministries does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as
race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
The
Ministries keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
the Ministries in order to determine which of the Ministries’ services are most
popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
the Ministries to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area and for no other purpose.
Please be
advised that the Ministries Web sites will only disclose your personal
information without notice if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law
or comply with legal process served on the Ministries or the site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of the Ministries; or (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Ministries or the
public.
Use of
Cookies
The
Ministries Web site uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web
page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your
computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can be read only by a Web
server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of
the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you
time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the Ministries’ pages or
register with the Ministries’ site or services, a cookie helps the Ministries
recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This allows the
Ministries to deliver messages and material more specific to your needs and to
simplify the process of recording your personal information, such as your
billing address, shipping address, and so on. When you return to the same
Ministries Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved
so you can easily use the Ministries’ features that you customized.
You have
the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline
cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to
fully experience the many valuable interactive features of the Ministries’
services or Web sites you visit.
Security
of Your Personal Information
The
Ministries makes every effort to secure your personal information from
unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Ministries protects the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled,
secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to
other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes
to This Statement
The
Ministries will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. The Ministries encourages you to periodically
review this statement to be informed of how the Ministries is protecting your
right to privacy and your information.
Contact
Information
The
Ministries welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you
believe that the Ministries has not adhered to this statement, please contact
the Ministries at info@amazinggraceministry.org. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
