Privacy Policy

ChurchJobs.net is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to our Web site. By using a ChurchJobs.net Web site, you consent to the policies and practices described in this Statement.

ChurchJobs.net may sometimes contain links to other Web sites over which we have no control. ChurchJobs.net is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web sites to which you choose to link from a ChurchJobs.net Web site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to the information we collect on a ChurchJobs.net Web site, and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.

Collection and Retention of Information

In some areas of our Web sites, ChurchJobs.net requests or may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, contact information, and any other information from which your identity is discernible. In other areas, ChurchJobs.net collects or may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, preferences, gender, interests and favorites. Sometimes we collect or may collect a combination of the two types of information. Examples of areas on ChurchJobs.net websites where we collect personal or combined personal and demographic data are pages where you can open a MyChurchJobs.net account, sign up to use a service, post a resume, or purchase a product.

When you purchase a job listing or resume listing from us, Paypal asks for your credit card number and billing address. We do not have access to this data and do not store a copy of it. Paypal has their own privacy policy that you agree to when you use their service.

We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site, such as what areas you visit and what services you access.We may also collect information like your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.

Since we believe that managing your career is a life-long process, we retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you as long as your accont is active, in an effort to make your repeat use with us more efficient, practical, and relevant. You can correct or update your MyChurchJobs.net account profile and resume at any time. You can also delete your resume from our online database or close your MyChurchJobs.net account at any time, in which event we will remove all our copies of your resume and MyChurchJobs.net account profile information except for an archival copy which is not accessible on the Internet.

Use of Information by ChurchJobs.net

We use the information we gather on a ChurchJobs.net Web site, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the ChurchJobs.net Web site.

We have an area where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in this area becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success stories) for marketing purposes or contact you for further information.

Disclosure of Information to Others

We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of a ChurchJobs.net Web site (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set forth in the following four subparagraphs.

  • We may disclose such information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like for ChurchJobs.net to recommend your resume to potential employers we will forward your resume to them.
  • We may disclose such information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.
  • We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of ChurchJobs.net or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
  • We may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of ChurchJobs.net's business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

ChurchJobs.net may also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to each of its Web sites (for example, the number of visitors to ChurchJobs.net's Diversity area) with its clients, partners and other third parties so that they may understand the kinds of visitors to ChurchJobs.net's site and how those visitors use the site.

Since ChurchJobs.net is a jobs/career site, we give you the option of putting your resume in our database. The information that you put in your resume will be viewed by ChurchJobs.net users if you ask us to make it public, or if you ask us to forward it for you.

We attempt to limit access to our searchable resume database (or copies thereof) only to employers who setup an account with ChurchJobs.net, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. We are not responsible for the use made of resumes by third parties who access such resumes while they are in our searchable database. You may remove your resume from our searchable database at any time. However, employers may have retained a copy of your resume in their own files or databases. We are not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of resumes in these instances.

Updating Your Information

You may review, correct, update or change your MyChurchJobs.net account profile information at any time. Simply log into your MyChurchJobs.net account, go to your Account Profile, review your account information and, if you wish, edit it with the options provided.

Children

ChurchJobs.net is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Security

ChurchJobs.net has implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

When you place an order online at ChurchJobs.net, your credit card information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") protocol. SSL makes it difficult for your credit card information to be intercepted or stolen while being transmitted. ChurchJobs.net uses a Paypal to process its credit card transactions. For further information on this company's privacy and security practices, please see their web site.

Use of Cookies

ChurchJobs.net uses "cookies" to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize ChurchJobs.net pages, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site experience. When you return to the ChurchJobs.net site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.

Changes to Privacy Statement

By using our Web sites, you consent to the collection and use of information by ChurchJobs.net as specified above. If we decide to change our Privacy Statement for ChurchJobs.net, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it.

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