PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR
www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com
This privacy statement discloses
the privacy practices for
http://www.churchworlddirect.com/
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, contact:
Wayne Luttrell
Email:
waynel@trimediaonline.com
Phone: 800-874-4062
6152 Overton Ridge Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76132
What personally identifiable
information does Tri Media Marketing collect from me?
Tri Media Marketing collects information in several ways from different parts of
our network of web sites.
Some personal information is gathered when you register. During registration, Tri
Media Marketing asks for your name, postal address, email address, zip code, church
affiliation, church position, and areas of personal interests. The more information
you volunteer (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to customize
your CWD experience.
In addition to registration we may ask you for personal information at other times,
including (but not limited to) when you enter a sweepstakes, contest or promotion
sponsored by Tri Media Marketing and/or our many partners; when you make a purchase
using our partner's sites; when you submit a listing for a web site; and when you
report a problem with one of our sites or services. If you contact Tri Media Marketing
we may keep a record of that correspondence. Tri Media Marketing also occasionally
asks users to complete surveys that we use for research purposes. Wherever Tri Media
Marketing collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to
this Privacy Policy on that page.
Tri Media Marketing is the sole owner of the information collected on this site.
We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from
what is disclosed in this statement. We will share personal information you give
us with our partners so that they can provide the information, goods or services
you request. Tri Media Marketing collects information from our users at several
different points on our website.
Who collects information
on www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com?
One of the main reasons visitors come to www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com
is because we serve as the middle-man connecting them to suppliers who provide goods
or services to churches and church leaders.
Our partners and advertisers allow us to share information with you and, as you
request, provide them with information so they can give more detailed data, or contact
you directly.
In addition our advertisers tell us the type of audience they want to reach (for
example, pastors in certain states). Tri Media Marketing takes the advertisement
and displays it to users meeting those criteria. In this process, the advertiser
never has access to individual account information and only Tri Media Marketing
has access to individuals' accounts. This kind of advertisement targeting is done
with banner ads as well as promotional email through Tri Media Marketing. You will
only receive special offers via email from Tri Media Marketing if you have indicated
in your account preferences that you would like to receive them. You can change
your account preferences at any time.
At an individual's requests, we will forward their contact information to an advertiser
so the advertiser can contact them with additional information about their products
and/or services.
What is the registration
process?
In order to use this website, a user must first complete the registration form.
During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as
name, mailing address, phone number, and email address). This information is used
to contact the user about the services (whether ours or our clients') on our site
for which they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic
information (such as church income level and gender), and unique identifiers are
encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
We request information from the user on our registration form. Here a user must
provide contact information (like name and shipping address) in order to use our
website. This information is used to fill customer's requests for information. If
we have trouble processing a request, this contact information is used to get in
touch with the user.
How does Tri Media use the
information it collects on www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com?
There are two kinds of information Tri Media Marketing gathers through www.churchworlddirect.com
and www.cwd.com. First, information you share with us through your registration,
and second, information we gather while you navigate our website. The information
you share with us that is necessary to fulfill the orders or request you ask of
us, we will share with our partner companies so you can receive their materials,
goods, or services. The other information will be gathered and combined with other
www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com visitors and shared as a group with advertisers,
clients, and partners so they may be able to offer you goods and services more attuned
to your desires. This data is aggregated to display facts like "27% of our pastors
visiting our site went to the lighting page."
Occasionally Tri Media Marketing also does research on our users' demographics,
interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us upon registration,
during a promotion, from our server log files or from surveys. We do this to better
understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated
basis. Tri Media Marketing may share this aggregated data with advertisers or business
partners.
Under confidentiality agreements, Tri Media Marketing may match user information
with third party data. Also, Tri Media Marketing discloses aggregated user statistics
(for example, 59% of our users are pastors) in order to describe our services to
current and prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for
other lawful purposes.
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual
person.
If you request information about any of the goods or services provided by our clients
on our site, we will share your basic shipping information with them so they can
properly provide your request. We do not collect, so cannot share, information like
Social Security numbers or credit card numbers with anyone. Some of our clients
may request that information in order to bill you for their goods or services. You
may choose to provide that information to them. To share that information is at
your discretion.
At other times on our site, we partner with another party to provide specific services.
When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact
information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except
for the purpose of providing these services.
What are cookies? Does Tri
Media use them on www.cwd.com?
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information
about the user. Cookies are used on our site to tailor content for each user that
visits our site. They are used to maintain the location that you are at within the
website, so that when you return again you are returned to the same position. For
instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user might not have to log in a password
more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. A second use might be to
ensure settings preferred by the user are respected. If a user rejects the cookie,
they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be
limited in some functionality in some areas of our site. For example, the user will
not be able to participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly drawings
that take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of
our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Tri Media Marketing may also use cookies to measure certain traffic patterns, which
areas of Tri Media's network of web sites you have visited, and your visiting patterns
in the aggregate. We use this research to understand how our users' habits are similar
or different from one another so that we can make each new experience on www.cwd.com
a better one. We may use this information to better personalize the content, banners,
and promotions that you and other users will see on our sites.
Advertising networks that serve ads onto Tri Media Marketing may also use their
own cookies.
Tri Media Marketing also collects IP addresses for system administration and to
report aggregate information to our advertisers. In addition, Tri Media Marketing
Mail includes IP addresses in outgoing mail message headers. We use IP addresses
to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are usually not easily linked
to personally identifiable information.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers).
However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
What about links to other
pages?
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we at TRI MEDIA
MARKETING are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
How will signing up for your
Newsletter, surveys or contests effect my privacy?
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information
such as name and email address.
From time-to-time, our site requests information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user
therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information
requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and
demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will
be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used
for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
In addition, if you win one of our contests, we may ask you for a letter of confirmation
that you have received the prizes or reward offered in the contest. We will keep
that information on file, and may use that in the future on our websites, in our
advertising and to prove that we do give away the prizes we say we give away.
How secure is www.churchworlddirect.com
and www.cwd.com ?
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users
submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both
online and off-line.
Your Tri Media Marketing Profile is password-protected so that you and only you
have access to this personal information. You may edit your personal information
by using your Tri Media Marketing ID and password.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Tri Media Marketing
will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited
email. Any time you leave your computer for a prolonged period, or are using someone
else's computer to access www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com under your account
sign-in, please remember to sign out of your Tri Media session and close your browser
window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access
your personal information and correspondence.
No data transmission service over the Internet or any network that uses wireless
components (as most phone lines do) can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result,
while we strive to protect your personal information, Tri Media Marketing cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our
online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Some miscellaneous information.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this website to enhance its ability to tailor the site to an individual's
preference, we combine information about the purchasing habits of users with similar
information from our client partners, to create a personalized user profile. When
a user makes a purchase from any of these companies, the companies collect and share
that purchase information with us so we can tailor the site to our users' preferences.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established
members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals,
and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option
to not receive these types of communications. Please see our choice and opt-out
below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able
to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information
about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and
in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If you wish, when you enter the www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com website,
you can correct, update or remove any personal data provided to us that may have
changed from your last visit. This can usually be done at the member information
page or by emailing our Customer Support.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their information used
for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the
information. For example, our order form has an 'opt-out' mechanism so users who
order information from us, but don't want any marketing material other that what
they have ordered, can keep their email address off of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from
our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by using the unsubscribe
link in the email or email us at webmaster@cwd.com.
Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected
by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to
whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage
so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was
collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as
to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use
information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was
collected.
Some final thoughts on privacy.
Please remember that once personal information is shared with someone else, it can
never be totally private again. Anytime you disclose information, whether to Tri
Media's www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com, or to another site on message
boards, through email, in chat areas, or in any other manner, that information can
be collected and used by others. And if can be retrieved by someone else, you may
receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Tri Media Marketing and
www.churchworlddirect.com and www.cwd.com have security procedures and privacy guides
in place, but in the end, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever
you're online.
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal
information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action
is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal
process served on our Web site.