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RELIGIOUSNET.COM PRIVACY STATEMENT
This confirms that
ReligiousNet.Com follows the privacy practices of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. This privacy
statement discloses these privacy practices for http://www.ReligiousNet.com .
This site has agreed to notify you of:
1. What personally identifiable
information of yours or third party personally identification is collected from
you through the web site
2. The organization collecting
the information
3. How the information is used
4. With whom the information may
be shared
5. What choices are available to
you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
6. The kind of security
procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of
information under ReligiousNet.Com control
7. How you can correct any
inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection and Use
ReligiousNet.Com is the sole
owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or
rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in
this statement. ReligiousNet.Com collects information from our users at several
different points on our website.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must
provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial
information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is
used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If we have trouble
processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the
user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any
personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie
on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once,
thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may
still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited
in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to
participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take
place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our
users to enhance the experience on our site.
Some of our business partners use
cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to
or control over these cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person.
We use an outside shipping
company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for
goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use
personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We partner with another party to
provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will
share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party
to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to
use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing
these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we at
ReligiousNet.Com are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site
requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these
surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice
whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include
contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic
information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to
notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for
purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When
users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form
asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or
social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with
the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page,
such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as
Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed
to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
While we use SSL encryption to
protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to
protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the
sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only
employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to
personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected
screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter
their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL
employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every
quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified
and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do
to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we
store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment,
behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about
the security at our website, you can send an email to
security@religiousnet.com.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products,
services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of
our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
Choice/Opt-out
Users of our site are always
notified in case their information is being collected by any outside parties.
We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should
proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post a notification of those changes on our Homepage so
our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use
personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at
the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will
have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different
manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under
which the information was collected.
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