CWM

Privacy Policy

Friday, 01 February 2008 12:23

The Council for World Mission (CWM) respects your right to privacy. CWM will only collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us and will only disclose it or use it for purposes as disclosed in this privacy policy or as disclosed by us at the time information is requested from you.

Personal Information

When you visit our website, CWM does not automatically collect any information that could personally identify you. Personal information includes your name, street address, email address, billing information, credit card number and expiration date, and any other personally identifying information you may provide. Your personal information is only collected when you voluntarily submit it, for example, when subscribe to our newsletter or email updates.

Any personal information received from you will be retained by CWM and will not be sold, transferred or otherwise disclosed to any third party, unless such disclosure is required by law or court order.

Technical Information and Traffic Data

Each time you come to the CWM website, our web server (like most on the web) collects some basic technical information, including your IP address, your domain name, referral data (for example, the address of the last URL you were at before clicking through to our website) and browser and platform type ("technical information"). We may use this technical information to improve our website and make it more responsive to our visitors (see "Cookies" below). The technical information provided by our server is not linked to any of your personal information.

We also count, track, and aggregate your activity on the website into our analysis of general traffic flows at the site, allowing us to identify broad demographics about who uses the CWM website ("traffic data"). This traffic data is kept anonymously so that any such information does not personally identify you. We may share this traffic data with others. For example, we may report to third parties, such as the press, that a certain number of our volunteers come from a specific geographic area.

Cookies

A "Cookie" is a short line of text stored on your computer by a website to differentiate between one anonymous visitor and another. We only use Cookies for the limited purpose of counting the number of anonymous visitors to our site; we do not collect or store any personal information about you using Cookies.

How We Use Your Information

Our website provides a variety of opportunities for your involvement with the CWM services and features. These opportunities and the ways in which your Personal Information is used, as expressly permitted by you upon your voluntary submission of such, are described below.

• Sign Up for CWM News
  To receive CWM News emails, you must submit your email address and a user name of your choice. You will then start receiving email updates on a regular basis. You can unsubscribe from CWM News emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in each email or by visiting the CWM News sign-up page.
• Request Publications
  To receive publications from CWM you will need to supply your name and address.

Except for the circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, CWM will not otherwise use or disclose your personal information to third parties unless we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorised use of the CWM website; or (4) to protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.

Security

CWM uses all reasonable security safeguards to protect the information obtained against such risks as loss or unauthorised access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure by storing it on secure servers, which cannot be accessed over the Internet.

Public Posting

This policy does not protect information you may post to any online public forum within our website.

Unsubscribe and Data Removal Policies

If you would like to unsubscribe from any of the CWM website services and features as described in this privacy policy, please follow the instructions within each listing or at the bottom of the emails you receive once signed up for the CWM News service or feature.

Correction of Information

Where necessary, you may correct or update any Personal Information that you have provided to us by following the instructions at the sign-up page for each of the services or features described above or by following the instructions listed on the emails you receive from us.

Other Sites

This site contains many links to other sites on the web. We cannot control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies for these websites before you submit any personal information.

Your Consent

By accessing and using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If CWM revises its privacy policy, we will post the changes on our website. In the event you do not consent to these revisions, you may discontinue use of our website, or unsubscribe to our services or features.

Any Questions?

If you have any further questions or concerns about CWM's privacy policy and use of personal Information, please contact us.