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» Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices of First
Baptist Church of Defiance Ohio. The purpose of this website is
to demonstrate the church's commitment to your privacy and has
agreed to disclose our information practices. This website has
agreed to notify provide notification of:
1. Our commitment to protecting the privacy of children,
2. The collection of personally identifiable information,
whether yours or a third party, through the website,
3. The manner in which the information will be used and with
whom the information may be shared,
4. Available choices regarding collection, use and distribution
of the information,
5. Security procedures that are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of information under our control,
6. The process to correct any inaccuracies in the information or
to remove your information from our database,
7. Our statement regarding changes to the Privacy Policy, and
8. Our contact information.
1. Children's Privacy
First Baptist Defiance is committed to protecting the privacy
needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take
an active role in their children's online activities and
interests. The First Baptist Defiance website is not intended
for children under the age of 13. First Baptist Defiance does
not knowingly collect information from children under the age of
13 and First Baptist Defiance does not target its website to
children under 13.
2. Information Collection and Use
First Baptist Defiance is the sole owner of the information
collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this
information to others in any manner not disclosed in this
Privacy Policy. First Baptist Defiance collects information from
our visitors at several different points on our website.
As a general policy no personally identifiable information, such
as a visitor's name, address, e-mail address, telephone number
or credit card information (Personal Information) is
automatically collected on our website. Such information is
collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted by an
individual, and First Baptist Defiance uses such information
only for the purpose for which the information was submitted,
unless other uses are disclosed in this Privacy Policy or at the
time of collection.
First Baptist Defiance maintains reasonable and appropriate
safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of such
information in our possession. We do not sell, trade or rent
personally identifiable information to third parties. We reserve
the right to monitor traffic patterns and website usage.
This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware
that First Baptist Defiance is not responsible for the privacy
practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware
that when they leave our site they should read the privacy
statements of each and every website that collects personally
identifiable information. This Privacy policy applies solely to
the information collected by this website.
3. Use of Personal Information
We use collected Personal Information for several general
purposes, which include: (a) to fulfill your requests for
certain products and services and to personalize your experience
on our website, (b) to inform you of events, special offers or
other information we think you'd like to hear about, and (c) to
better understand your needs and to provide you with a better
website. We may also use your Personal Information to send you
publications and event information if you have elected to
receive such communications. It may be necessary for First
Baptist Defiance to disclose personally identifiable information
if required by subpoena, search warrant or other legal process,
or in the case of immanent physical harm to a user or to others.
4. Choice/Opt-Out
Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or
not to accept them and how to remove them. If you prefer not to
accept a cookie, your web browser may be set to issue a warning
before accepting cookies. All cookies may be refused by turning
them off in your web browser. Please note that if you choose to
not have your browser accept cookies from this website, you will
not be able to access the site. Our site requires cookies, but
at no time will we store Personal Information in a cookie.
5. Security of Your Personal Information
When submitting sensitive data like credit card information, we
use 128-bit secure server technology to protect the information.
The secure server software (SSL) encrypts the input information
before it is sent to us. All of the data is protected against
unauthorized access, as indicated by the secure icon on your
browser.
Access to certain content on our website will require a username
and password. Failure to provide the required Personal
Information will prevent access to these pages. By accessing and
using our protected and secured pages of the site, you agree (a)
to maintain the confidentiality of the username and password you
have selected to access this site and (b) to consent to our
Terms and Conditions of Use Policy. We strictly protect the
security of your Personal Information and honor your choices for
its intended use.
We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized
access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We have in
place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures
to safeguard and secure information collected online. These
procedures include the use of encryption when collecting or
transferring sensitive data such as credit card information and
password-controlled servers with limited access. However, we
would like to remind our website users that the Internet is not
a secure environment and technology is no substitute for common
sense. For this reason, we strongly urge each user (a) to keep
login names, passwords and credit card information as
confidential and (b) to change passwords when this access
information may have become compromised.
Furthermore, we recommend that our users (a) communicate over
secure channels wherever possible, (b) disable the automatic
login features found in some browsers and (c) empty browser
caches regularly.
6. Correction of Personal Information and Removal from Our
Database
You are solely responsible for maintaining and ensuring the
accuracy of your Personal Information in our database. Please
use the profile tool which is provided on the site when you need
to update your information.
If you would like to permanently remove your Personal
Information from our database, please contact us.
7. Changes to This Policy
First Baptist Defiance may change this Privacy Policy without
notice. This Privacy Policy is not intended to and does not
create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of
any party.
8. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please
contact us. We welcome your questions and suggestions about our
Privacy Policy.
Revised Feb. 4, 2006
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