Web Site Security and Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. We hope the following statement will help you understand how Christar collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information you provide to our ministry on our Web site.Information we collect
Information is collected on our Web site:
1. From persons interested in our organization and ministries
2. From online donors
The
online information that we collect includes your name, address, city,
state, postal code, telephone number, e-mail address, and in the
case of online giving, a third-party collects your credit card number
and expiration date. When inquiring concerning
ministry opportunities, we may also ask you to provide information
about your education, interests, and Christian service experiences.
Security
Christar is committed to the security of your personal information.
To prevent unauthorized access, we have established and implemented
appropriate physical and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online. Christar uses Internet Encryption
Software, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Protocol when providing or transferring
information
you submit. Any information you enter is encrypted at your browser,
sent over the public Internet in encrypted form, and then de-encrypted
at our server. Once we receive your information, it is accessible only
to a small number of Christar
staff who have been especially trained in processing this information.
Information is not left online.
Christar has used appropriate industry
standard procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal
information, such as firewall, encryption, token authentication, application
proxies, monitoring technology, and adaptive analysis of network traffic
to
track abuse of our network and its data.
However, no data transmitted over the Internet can be 100% secure.
As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information,
Christar cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit
to us and you do so at your own risk.
How the information is used
Christar uses your information to understand your needs and desires.
We may use your information to contact you regarding missionary
service or to issue you an income tax receipt for a donation. Credit
card numbers are used only for your designated purposes or payment
processing and are not retained for any other purposes.
Personal information sharing
Christar never sells, rents, leases, or exchanges your personal information
with any other organization. Christar assures you that the identity
of all who contact us through this Web site will be kept confidential.
Use of personal information will be limited to the internal purposes
of Christar and its affiliates and only to further the ministry activities
and purposes of Christar.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data stored on the user’s computer.
We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie
is temporary and expires when you leave our Web site or close your
web browser. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you leave
our Web site. Cookies are used to enhance your online experience and
help us
improve the useability of, and information available on, our Web site.
Changes To The Privacy Policy/Contacting Us
By providing Christar with your personal information, you agree to
accept this privacy policy and are aware that the privacy policy of
Christar may change from time
to time. Christar reserves the right to change this policy at its sole
discretion. We strongly advise you to revisit this online document
periodically. We also welcome any feedback from you; please email us
at info@christar.org if you
have any comments regarding the information or improvements
that can be made to this privacy policy.