Here is the United Council of Christian Fraternities & Sororities web site privacy policy. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy in print and online. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes the personally identifiable information we gather about you.

Corporation website does not solicit any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. Accordingly, children under 13 years old may be restricted from participating in certain activities and transactions on corporation website (including any and all related websites). Corporation website works with (and may provide links to) third party sites that offer features described on corporation website (e.g., other fraternities and sororities, chat rooms, message boards, vendors, registration for conferences). Such third parties may permit children under the age of 13 to register for these features on their sites in accordance with their respective privacy policies and are themselves responsible for ensuring that their sites comply with applicable laws. However, corporation website does not knowingly obtain, retain or use information from anyone who indicates that they are under 13 years old.

Please read this Policy for an explanation of how we will treat your personal information. By using any print reporting or site within corporation website, including any of the Official licensed Sites of the United Council of Christian Fraternities and Sororities, you consent to the collection and use of personal information as outlined in this Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use our site(s) or report to the national office. Your use of any print reporting or site within corporation site indicates your acceptance of such Policy and of the collection and use of your personal information in accordance herewith.

If we make any material changes to the Policy, those changes will be posted here so that you are always aware of what personal information is collected, how that information is used, and under what circumstances that information may be disclosed. Since this Policy may change from time to time, you should check back periodically. Your continued use of print reporting or corporation site following the posting of changes to the Policy will signal your acceptance of such changes.
 
 

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Policy, please contact our webmaster.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through print or site;
2. The organization collecting the information;
3. How the information is used;
4. With whom the information may be shared;
5. Special policies applicable to the Member Center;
6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
7. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control; and
8. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through print or site

As stated above, print reporting or corporation site does not solicit any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.

Print reporting or site does not collect personally identifiable information such as name and e-mail address unless you voluntarily provide that information during registration for various features (e.g., site registration, newsletters, prayer requests, praise reports, purchases on the Member Center, etc.). Information required to participate in such features may vary but will typically include your first and last name; address including city, state, zip code and country; complete date of birth; and e-mail address; and, in the case of making purchases, a credit card number and expiration date. You may also be requested to provide a member name and password for certain features.

2. The organization collecting the information

The print reporting and site and any and all related web sites are operated by the office of the United Council of Christian Fraternities and Sororities. Please contact the webmaster for more information.

3. How the information is used

We will use your information to provide you with services you have requested or products you have purchased (e.g., e-mail newsletters, online orders). In addition, print reporting and corporation website and its affiliates may use information provided by you or information obtained through third parties to offer better targeted products and services to you. We use targeting to customize and enhance your online experience on the site. A corporation site user may change or update his or her personal information at any time by visiting the registration area.

Corporation site uses "cookie" technology. Cookies are pieces of information transferred to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Such technology is an industry standard and is used by most major Web sites. In order to effectively use the site and some of its features (e.g., site registration, online store), your browser must accept cookies.

Users should be aware that corporation site cannot control the use of cookies (or the resulting use of information obtained from cookies) by advertisers or third parties that host or provide data, content and services for corporation site. If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept cookies; however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g., site registration) available on corporation site.

Corporation site and print reporting tracks certain general usage pattern information, such as what pages people visit within the corporation site network. Corporation site may log users' IP addresses (the group of four numbers separated by periods, such as 123.45.64.89, that identifies a particular host computer) for the purposes of system administration, site tracking and collecting and reporting aggregate usage information.

From time to time, corporation site may solicit your opinion to determine your preferences and dislikes in order to provide you with a better product. These surveys are always optional to the user and your decision not to participate in a survey will not affect your status as an corporation site user.

4. With whom the information may be shared

Corporation site or print reporting will not disclose personally identifiable information about you to others, except in accordance with this Policy or as authorized by you at the time the information is collected.

Corporation site may engage third parties to perform certain services in connection with the operation of aspects of corporation site. Except as noted in the section entitled “special policies applicable to the “online store” below, these service providers who have access to your personally identifiable information are authorized to use this information only in a manner consistent with this Policy.

Corporation site or print reporting may share your personally identifiable information within the corporation’s family of businesses – including our retail operations – as well as our affiliates, such as other religious organizations.

In addition, corporation has several partners that can offer valuable products and services to our members. From time to time, corporation may share or provide non-identifiable aggregated information to these partners, and, in addition, corporation may provide them with mailing address and other information so that they may extend offers to you. Corporation will not disclose your e-mail address to these partners, unless you have consented to receiving information, special offers or promotions from third parties via e-mail. Your information may also be provided to a company that acquires all or substantially all of corporation’s assets or in a merger or acquisition, in which case, you will be notified of such transaction and advised of any change in the applicable privacy policy.

While corporation is careful in choosing its partners and advertisers, we are only responsible for content on our own sites and for use of your personally identifiable information by us. All third parties associated with corporation (including, but not limited to, advertisers, sponsors and other Internet sites) with whom we share information have independent privacy and data collection practices. Corporation does not control this collection of information and is neither responsible nor liable for their policies or actions.

5. Special policies applicable to the online store

The practices described in this section apply only to information gathered through the online store, and do not reflect practices with respect to information gathered elsewhere on corporation site. At the online store, if you register or order products, you may provide the following types of personally identifiable information about yourself (or about others, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient): name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and credit card information.

6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information

You are not required to receive any e-mail communications from corporation that you do not wish to receive. During the registration process, you will have the option to sign up to receive newsletters, selected sponsor offers, discounts and other promotions by e-mail. Users will receive such e-mails as a result of their use of corporation only with their consent (e.g., through opt-in boxes). If, after you choose to receive such information, you wish to discontinue receiving these e-mails, you may change your preferences by visiting the registration area or by indicating your preference by following the instructions that may be provided within the e-mails received. If a member name and password are required to access the feature, you will need to provide such information to update your registration preferences.

You may request to be removed from our mailing lists by writing to us at 6419 York Road,Baltimore, MD 21212. Attn: United Council of Christian Fraternities and Sororities Headquarters.

7. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control

Corporation site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under its control. The servers for corporation site are stored in a physically secure and climate controlled off-site facility. Beyond the physical protection of the servers, we protect against data loss by backing up data, performing consistency checks, and restricting access to information on our servers. When receiving financial information (e.g., credit card number, credit card expiration date) for completing online transactions, our site uses SSL or "Secure Sockets Layer", an industry standard security protocol. In addition, only those trained employees needed to carry out our business functions will be authorized to have access to information on individual corporation site customers.

It is important to remember that whatever you transmit or disclose online can be collected and used by others or unlawfully intercepted by third parties. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. In addition, we may disclose information to law enforcement or other government officials and if asked to disclose it by subpoena, court order or other legal process.

Your site membership account will be password protected. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. At no time will any corporation employee ask for your password via e-mail. If you ever receive such an inquiry, please notify corporation immediately at national_mog@hotmail.com. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your member names, passwords and/or other account information.

Any information voluntarily disclosed by users and posted on our site (on message boards and/or in chat areas) may be viewed and used by others. If users post personal information that is accessible to the public online, the user does so at his or her own risk. Users accept that they may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

8. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information

You will also have the option to correct any inaccuracies in your site membership account or other registration by returning to the registration area and updating your profile and preferences. If a member name and password are required to access the feature, you will need to provide such information to update your registration information. If you have forgotten your password, you may obtain it by visiting the registration area and requesting that a hint be sent to you at the e-mail address you originally provided during registration.

LAST UPDATED: January 16, 2007
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