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Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter or fill out a form, including grant applications.

When registering on our site or contacting us, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, alternate contact information, or church affiliation. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

If you join or post to our Facebook group, we and other group members may have access to whatever information is part of your public profile.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

- To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

- To send periodic emails
The email address you provide for contact or subscriptions will only be used to reply to your inquiry or send you the subscription items.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

- To collect information for the proper distribution of grants and similar awards.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. This means that we keep track of which features are the most popular and thereby make it more useful to our visitors.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

We compile periodic reports for Committee members and the United Methodist Church concerning the number of contacts, general information about the nature of inquiries, and similar information. These reports do not contain any personal information.

Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on September 1, 2011

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

On-line: www.umcdhm.org
E-mail: thudspeth@llumc.org
Patricia Magyar, 475 Riverside Drive, 15th floor
New York, New York 10115
United States
212-870-3871

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