Online Privacy Policy
Waiting Room Ministry
Mailing Address
(480) 650-9340
Waiting Room Ministry is a nonprofit
Christian organization whose mission is to empower the Church to respond to the
grief and confusion families face when impacted by homosexuality. This is accomplished through a variety of
programs that focus on the needs of families and the people ministering to
them.
Waiting Room Ministry is committed
to respecting your privacy and protecting the personal information you share
with us. We have developed this privacy policy to inform our web site visitors what
personal information we may collect from you when you visit our web site, how
we use that information, and the choices you have regarding our use of the
information including your ability to review and correct the information. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy
Policy, we do not disclose any personally identifiable information about you to
any third party without your permission, unless we believe in good faith that
we are required to do so by law. We may
share aggregated information about our web visitors with third parties, such as
churches, Christian organizations, and donors, for the purpose of education and
to support the need for this ministry. This
policy applies only to users accessing our web site from the
This policy may change from time
to time to reflect changes on our site.
We will post those changes here so you will be updated to know what
information we gather, how we might use the information, and whether we will
disclose that information to anyone.
Please refer back to this policy regularly.
Scope
of Privacy Policy
This policy applies only to your
use of the sites and services owned or operated by Waiting Room Ministry. Unless stated otherwise, all references to
the Sites in this policy are limited to waitingroomministry.org. This policy does not apply to your use of unaffiliated
or third party sites to which any of the Waiting Room Sites only link. This policy covers only information collected
on the Waiting Room Ministry Sites and does not cover any information collected
offline by us.
Duty
to Warn
In accordance with
1.
Suspicion or knowledge of the
physical or sexual abuse or neglect of a minor child.
2.
Suspicion or knowledge of the
danger to a third party.
3.
Suspicion
or knowledge of suicide of a person seeking advice from Waiting Room Ministry.
Our Commitment to Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of children and adolescents is especially
important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our
website from those we actually know are under 18. Waiting Room Ministry Sites are not intended
for children under the age of 18. We
will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children
under 18. We strongly urge parents and guardians
to participate in their children’s online activities and use parental control
or other web filtering technology to supervise children’s access to the web. If parent(s) need resources to help their
child, the parent should contact Waiting Room Ministry.
By using the Waiting Room Ministry Site, you agree to abide
by these restrictions, and not to help anyone avoid these restrictions. If you disagree, please discontinue using the
Waiting Room Ministry Sites.
Information
Collected
On the Waiting Room Ministry
website, you can provide contact information for ministry-related purposes,
order resources, or make ministry contributions. Here are the types of personal information
that we collect:
How
Information is Used
Waiting Room Ministry uses your
information to understand your needs and provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help
you complete a transaction, communicate back to you, update you on ministry
happenings, and to personalize our website for you. Credit card numbers are used only for
donation or payment processing and are not retained for other purposes. We use the comments you offer to provide you
with information requested, and we take seriously each recommendation as to how
we might improve communication and the programs we offer.
No
Sharing of Personal Information
Waiting
Room Ministry will not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to other
organizations. We assure you that the
identity of all who contact us through our web site will be kept
confidential. Use of personal
information will be limited to the internal purposes of Waiting Room Ministry
and only to further the ministry activities and purposes of Waiting Room
Ministry.
Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure
the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information
we collect online.
How You Can Access or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that
we collect online and maintain by contacting us at info@WaitingRoomMinistry.org. We use
this procedure to better safeguard your information.
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable
information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable
steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Cookies
From time to time, we may send a
“cookie” to your computer. A cookie is a
small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored
on your computer’s hard drive. Once
placed onto your machine, the cookie will allow the website to “recognize” you
as a unique individual. A cookie can’t
read data off your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to recognize you when you
return to our sites, or to identify which areas of our network of websites you
have visited (i.e., e-commerce sites, etc).
We may use this information to better personalize the content you see on
our sites.
Many websites place cookies on
your hard drive. You can choose whether
to accept cookies by changing the setting of your browser. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show
you when a cookie is being sent. If you
choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other
websites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
Removing
Your Name from our Mailing List
Our website gives you the
opportunity to remove your name from our mailing list so that you do not
receive any future communications from our ministry. If you desire to remove your name, you can
send us an email at info@WaitingRoomMinistry.org.
Contacting
Us
If you have comments or questions about our
privacy policy, please send us an email at info@WaitingRoomMinistry.org.
Privacy Policy
Created October 2009
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