Introduction

 What is a privacy policy? 

Internet privacy and Internet security is not the same thing. Modern technologies including encryption methods govern how information is kept secure over the Internet. Privacy, on the other hand, is a simple matter of honesty on the part of website operators who ask for or otherwise receive information from their visitors/customers and honesty on the part of the customers providing the information.  

Our online Ministries have this privacy policy openly accessible from the home page. It fully discloses the ways we use now, and may intend to use in the future, any personal data we collect from you including visitor/customer names, email addresses, consumer preferences, etc.

Why we have a privacy policy?

Aside from the primary reason of simply being honest with your visitors/customers there is an added reason for those engaged in selling products or services online. We have seen a dramatic increase in news reporting in the area of identity theft. This in large part accounts for polls that for years continue to show almost half of all online shoppers are more concerned about the security of their personal data and how it is used than they are about the security of their credit card transactions. People who have never bought online are even more concerned about privacy violations.

Benefits of a positive Privacy Policy

1. Increase online sales
2. Boost confidence in the company
3. Reduce the opportunity for receiving false customer information by prominently displaying a privacy statement on the Web site so folks know there are safeguards in place for both parties.
4. Build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.

Because Christian Ministries And Services International and its associated ministries want to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, we have committed to publicly disclose our information practices.

Privacy Policy

What we disclose:

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 Christian Ministries And Services International or our ministries. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the sites webmaster. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact Christian Ministries And Services International by e-mail to resolve your concerns. privacy@christmas-intl.org

Information Collection and Use

Christian Ministries And Services International 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. Christian Ministries And Services International collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Registration

To use this Web site, you must first complete the registration form. During registration you are required to give your contact information (such as name, e-mail address, company, company size, and ZIP code). This information is used to contact you about the services on our site for which you expressed interest. It is optional for you to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as Social Security number), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

Ordering

We request information from you on our order form. Here you must provide contact information (name and shipping address) and financial information (credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with you.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive containing information about you. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, you would not have to enter a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If you reject the cookie, you may still use our site without any drawbacks. Cookies also enable us to track and target your interests to enhance your experience on our site.

Some of our business partners (for example, advertisers) may use cookies on our site. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

We use both session cookies (cookies which expire upon your exiting our site) and non-session cookies (cookies which do not expire as you exit our site; in our case they last seven days). The only 3rd-party cookies served on our site may be from our advertisers. These cookies are of both the session and non-session type.

Log Files

In log files we collect your IP address, referring site URL, time, and date.

We use IP addresses, etc. to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. 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 outside shipping companies 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 both online quoting vendors and online shopping vendors to provide specific services. When you sign 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, such as e-mail and postal address or phone number, except for the purpose of providing these services.

Outside Links

This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Christian Ministries And Services International and/or our affiliated ministries, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you 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.

Newsletters

If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and e-mail address.

Polls, Surveys and Feedback Forms

From time to time, our site requests information from users via Polls, Surveys and Feedback Forms. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address) and demographic information (such as ZIP code and age). 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 our site.

Referrals

If you elect to use our referral service to inform a friend about our site, we ask you for the friend's name and e-mail address. Christian Ministries And Services International  and/or our affiliated ministries will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting him/her to visit the site. Christian Ministries And Services International and/or our affiliated ministries stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time e-mail. The friend may contact Christian Ministries And Services International and/or our affiliated ministries at admin@crosswaywebs.com  to request the removal of this information from our database.

Discussion Forums and Live Help

Christian Ministries And Services International and/or our affiliated ministries  hosts discussion forums, where you can post your opinions and read the opinions of others. The information disclosed in the public view is limited to the participant's username, posted comment, and date of posting.

Security

This Web site takes every precaution to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Web site, your information is protected both online and off-line.

When our order form asks you to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or Social Security number), that information is encrypted and protected with the best encryption technologies in the industry -- SSL and PCP.

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 unlocked, or open, when you are just 'surfing.'  ALWAYS check this to make sure when sending encrypted data.

While we use 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 staff who need information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information

Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up to date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.

If you have any questions about the security at our Web sites, please send an e-mail to the sites webmaster or security@ecrossway.com

Supplementation of Information

In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation to you, it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd-party sources.

Credit Check: For example, to determine if your proposed use of a credit card is valid, we may use your name and address to request a credit validation. Once we have determined the card use is valid this document is destroyed.

ID and Business Verification: We may use information from a third party to verify users' identities or authenticate your business to maintain the integrity of Christian Ministries And Services International and/or our affiliated ministries.

Special Offers

We send all new members a welcoming e-mail to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and newsletters. Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see choice/opt-out below.

Site and Service Updates

We also send you site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to unsubscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with you to provide requested services and address issues relating to your account via e-mail or phone.

Correction/Updating Personal Information:

If your personally identifiable information changes, like your ZIP code, or if you no longer desire our service, we will provide a way to correct, update, or remove your personal data online.

Choice/Opt-out

You are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information.

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletters or promotional materials from our partners, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the unsubscribe links in the e-mail.

You are always notified when your information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so you can make an informed choice as to whether you should proceed with services that require an outside party.

Disclaimer

Christian Ministries And Services International does not accredit other ministries or individuals’ websites. The sites hosted by  Crosswaywebs.com are required to acknowledge agreement with our Statement of Faith and Beliefs. Full disclosure and agreement to these terms is a matter of honesty. Should you find a site that does not conform to our Statement of Faith and Beliefs, please notify admin@crosswaywebs.com of the site concerned.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the sites webmaster. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact Christian Ministries And Services International by e-mail to resolve your concerns. admin@christmas-intl.org

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to a court order or comply with a legal process served on our Web site. We will provide prior notification of such requests) either by e-mail or written notice.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Privacy Page so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances 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 you by e-mail.

We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. You can choose not to have your information used with the understanding that certain information is required to receive services such as registration information.

We always welcome your questions and comments about our privacy policy.

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