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privacy policy
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The Bottom Line...
Personal information (such as name, address, e-mail address)
that you entrust to Growthtrac will never be shared with
any third party without your explicit permission to do
so.
Additionally, we will not send you unsolicited e-mail.
We will only send e-mail to those who have requested such
e-mail through our opt-in process.
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The Growthtrac Toolbar
The Growthtrac Toolbar is free from spam, adware, spyware and
tracking. When you download the toolbar, your personal information
— email address, name — is optional. There is no cost
to the user and no purchase is necessary. You
can uninstall or turn off the toolbar at any time.
Online Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the
users of our sites.
This privacy policy will advise you about how we protect your
personal information, and about what choices you have concerning
our use of such information. Please read this policy carefully.
We may need to change this policy from time to time in order
to address new issues and reflect changes on our sites. We will
post those changes here so that you will always know what information
we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we
will disclose that information to anyone. Please refer back
to this policy regularly.
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy,
please contact us.
Scope of Privacy Policy
This policy applies to your use of all of the sites and services
owned or operated by Growthtrac Ministries, and affiliated companies,
including companies controlled by Growthtrac Ministries. (collectively
"we," "us," or "our"), including
Growthtrac.com and any other site that we may own or operate
currently or in the future (collectively, the "Sites").
Unless we say otherwise, all references to the Sites in this
policy include all such sites. This policy does not apply to
your use of unaffiliated sites to which any of the Sites only
link. This policy covers only information collected on the Sites
and does not cover any information collected offline by us.
Personal Identification Information
We may request personal identification information from you
in connection with your use of, or participation in, membership
registration at Growthtrac.com, our contests, sweepstakes, games,
surveys, forums, subscription registrations, content submissions,
chats, bulletin boards, discussion groups, requests for suggestions,
visitors' requests for free products or services or additional
information (including via email to us), and in connection with
other activities, services or resources we make available on
any of our sites. In all of these cases, we will collect personal
identification information from you only if you voluntarily
submit such information to us. We will never intentionally disclose
any personal identification information about you as an individual
user (such as, for example, your full name, street address,
telephone number or e-mail address) to any third party without
having received your permission.
If you do provide us with personal information for any of these
activities, we may use it to conduct the activity. We may also
use cookie technology (discussed in detail below) to improve
your experience of these activities, including to remember your
preferences, customize the content and advertisements that you
see or authenticate your access to your personal information.
In addition, in the event your personally identifiable information
is requested as part of our surveys or polls, such personally
identifiable information may be added to your registration information).
We may also contact you to confirm your registration and about
your account status (for example, when a child enters a new
age group to which different policies apply), and regarding
changes to the Sites' Terms and Conditions
and this Privacy Policy.
If you give us your permission, we may also use personal identification
information for internal or external marketing and promotional
purposes. On occasion, for example, we may send you e-mails
to introduce a product or service that we think might be of
interest to the users of our sites. For us to obtain your permission
to send you this information, we will give you an opportunity
to "opt-in" at the time our request for your personal
information is made. If you do "opt-in," you may choose
to "opt-out" at any time, even after you have provided
personal information, by following the procedures set forth
below at the end of this Privacy Policy. Please note, however,
that under certain circumstances, if you initially do not choose
to "opt-in," or if you later "opt-out,"
you may not be eligible for certain benefits for which a name,
e-mail address, telephone number or other personal identification
information is needed.
We have the following exceptions to these policies: We will
release specific information about you or your account to comply
with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant,
subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific
information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted
breach of the security of the Sites, or a physical or property
threat to you or others. We may also transfer user information,
including personally identifiable information, in connection
with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of related
assets or corporate division or other fundamental corporate
change.
Please note that if you give out personal information online
—for example, on one of our public forums such as a message
board or chat room, folder, chat IM feature — that information
can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive
to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security
of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information
at your own risk.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses
of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You
agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your
registration or password.
Our Commitment To Data Security (online purchases)
On our pages, you may order products, subscriptions and memberships.
We do not not collect or store personal information related
to the purchase transaction (credit card number, expiration
date, checking account information, etc).
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.
Please see our payment processor's Privacy
Policy.
Non-Personal Identification Information
We collect non-personal identification information through the
use of:
"Cookie" technology: A "cookie" is
an element of data that a web site can send to your browser,
which may then store it on your system.
Read more about cookies.
"IP address tracking": An IP address is a number
that is assigned to your computer when you are on the Internet.
When you request pages from our Sites, our servers log your
IP address.
"Web beacons": A Web beacon, or "clear
gif", is a small graphic image on a webpage or web-based
document that a web site can use to determine information about
a user.
Non-personal identification information might include the browser
you use, the type of computer, technical information about your
means of connection to our site-such as the operating systems
and the Internet service providers utilized, and other similar
information. Our systems may also automatically gather information
about the areas you visit and search terms you utilize on our
sites and about the links you may select from within our site
to other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online.
We use such information to administer the site and, in the aggregate,
to understand how our users as a group use the services and
resources provided on our sites. This way we know which areas
of our sites are favorites of our users, which areas need improvement,
and what technologies are being used so that we may continually
improve our sites.
We may share this aggregate statistical information with our
partners, suppliers and other third parties, but we will not
share any individual names, personal navigational or other personal
information. For example, we may use a third-party advertising
company to serve ads when you visit our Sites. We may share
demographic and preference information with this company to
allow them to display appropriate advertisements for you.
Some of our advertisers may display ads on our sites which solicit
or contain technology to collect information about our users
for the advertisers, but we will not permit such advertisers
to collect any personal information from our users within our
sites.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser
to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
If you do so, please note that some parts of the Sites, such
as message boards, chats, shopping, contests and game areas,
may not function properly.
The Sites are P3P enabled. P3P is a standardized set of multiple-choice
questions which cover the major aspects of a Web site's privacy
policies and which, taken together, present a clear snapshot
of how a site handles users' personal information. P3P-enabled
Web sites make this information available in a standard, machine-readable
format that P3P enabled browsers can "read" automatically
and compare to the user's own set of privacy preferences. For
example, Internet Explorer 6 requires third parties that set
cookies to deliver P3P compact cookie policies with their cookies.
IE6's default setting will test whether a cookie collects personal
information and allows an opt-out. IE6 users may change their
privacy level to a higher or lower level than the default setting.
P3P was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a
worldwide web standards setting organization.
Links To Other Sites
Users will find advertising or other content on our sites that
link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers,
sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control
the contents or links that appear on these sites. In addition,
these sites or services, including their contents and links,
may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have
their own privacy policies and customer service policies, or
no policy (policies) at all. We encourage you to review the
privacy policies of any third party sites or services before
providing any of them with your personal information.
Security Policy
Protecting your privacy and your information is a top priority.
We have taken careful measures to secure both your information
and our physical premises. We exercise great care in providing
safe transmission of your information from your PC to our servers
(unless sent by a means outside of our control, such as e-mail).
Access To/Correction of Information
If you would like to review any personal information we have
retained about you in our database, please contact
us via email. for this information. To help us address your
request, please specify which information you wish to review.
Once you have reviewed this information, at your request we
will correct personal information about you that you state is
erroneous. To request such a correction, please contact
us via email. You should be aware, however, that it is not
always possible to completely remove or modify information in
our databases and servers although we will always make reasonable
efforts to do so upon your request.
Choice/Opt-Out
If you "opt-in" to receive information from us or
others, you can change your mind later. If at any time you would
like to stop receiving such information or opt-out of a feature,
you can contact us via
email stating your preference. To help us address your request,
please specify the feature from which you wish to opt out. You
should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to
completely remove or modify information in our databases and
servers although we will always make reasonable efforts to do
so upon your request.
Optionally, to opt-out of a Growthtrac feature, visit our Member
Center.
Consent to Transfer
The Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located
in the European Union or elsewhere outside of the United States,
please be aware that any information you provide to us will
be transferred to the United States. By using our Web Site,
participating in any of our services and/or providing us with
your information, you consent to this transfer.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using any of the Sites, you signify your acceptance of our
Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do
not use our sites. Your continued use of the Sites following
the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept
those changes.
(Last modified on May 2008.)
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