Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation (hereinafter Salt + Light Media), is committed to protecting the privacy of all of its website visitors and users in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy explains how Salt + Light Media treats personally identifiable information and non-personal information that is collected in connection with your activities on or incidental to our website(s).
This Privacy Policy also explains how you can ask questions about our privacy practices and review and update your personal information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Please note that Salt + Light Media will periodically update the terms of this Policy. You are urged to check back from time to time to appraise yourself of these changes.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
In the course of operating our website(s), we may collect Personal Information and Non-Personal Information.Personal Information is collected by us when you choose to provide it to us when registering to do so on our website. Examples of this is when you choose to subscribe to our email list, receive an invitation from Salt + Light Media to participate in a promotion or choose to receive a Salt + Light Media newsletter. Also, if you choose to contact us either via telephone or email, we may keep a record of that phone call and/or correspondence. This is a non-exhaustive list.
We may also receive Personal Information from our business partners and other third parties. We will only receive such information if you have provided consent for them to share the information with us.
Please note that business contact information such as the name, title, business address, email address or telephone number of a business or professional person is not considered Personal Information.
If you donate to Salt + Light Media, some of your personal information is required for us to process your donation. We collect your name, address(es), phone number, email address, and payment information. Your personal information is stored on a third party secured server.
If you purchase a product from our online store, we will collect some of your personal information that is required to process your order. In that regard, we collect your name, billing address, mailing address, phone number, email address, and payment information. This information is used to complete your order. We may store your telephone number to contact you further should there be a problem with your order or for another business related purpose.
We may also collect "Non-Personal Information". Non-Personal Information is anonymous. It is anonymous because the end user is not specifically identified. Examples of this include, but not limited to, your IP Address, your web browser version or your operating system. We also may obtain information about which website you have come from or have visited next. We also aggregate information, such as, but not limited to, the number of visitors and average time spent on our website.
Non-Personal Information is collected or derived by us in the course of operating our website. Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser, or stored on a “Cookie”, occurs when you choose to visit our website Salt + Light Media does not actively collect Personal Information from children. We are committed to protecting the privacy of children and we do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If a personal information has been collected inadvertently, the guardian of the minor may contact us for the purpose of deleting this information.
OUR USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information may be used by us for the following purposes:a. Providing you with information you have requested from us. We may, from time to time, use your Personal Information to contact you about changes or enhancements related to Salt + Light Media;
B. Salt + Light Media may send you materials via email about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. If you no longer want to subscribe to our emailed materials, you may do so by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of the particular email. It typically takes 5 business days for complete removal.
c. If you enter a contest or other promotion offered on our website, or social media accounts controlled by us, we may use your name and certain other information to administer the promotion, such as contacting, announcing and promoting the results of the contest.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will not sell your Personal Information to anyone without your prior explicit consent.We will only disclose your Personal Information to third parties under the following circumstance:
a. Where you have specifically given us your consent to disclose your Personal Information for a designated purpose;
b. To those who are acting on our behalf as our agents, suppliers or service providers, solely to enable us to more efficiently manage our website and related services.
c. As required by law. Salt + Light Media may disclose information to law enforcement agencies exercising the proper function of their duties. This also includes any legitimate order of any court, quasi-judicial body with authority to compel the production of information.
d. In connection with any Salt + Light Media corporate restructuring, sale or any other corporate function, provided that the Personal Information disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our website may contain links to other websites and services. While we try to link only to sites and services that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we cannot say for sure if this is the case. As such, Salt + Light Media is not responsible whatsoever for the content of, or the privacy practices employed by, other third party entities and their websites.SECURITY
The protection of your Personal Information is important to us, and we take steps to protect Personal Information.If we obtain your credit card information, we employ third party payment processors using industry standard encryption technology.
While we will take all necessary steps to safeguard your Personal Information and privacy, Salt + Light Media cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us. Salt + Light Media will not be responsible whatsoever for the inadvertent disclosure of your Personal Information or theft of your Personal Information. Consequently, Salt + Light Media, its affiliates, related companies and arm's length companies and any directors, officers, employees, agents do not represent, warrant or guarantee that your Personal Information will be protected against misuse, loss or modification. We do not accept liability for the security of a user's Personal Information.
ACCESSING AND CHANGING ACCOUNT INFORMATION
If you are unsure whether we have a record containing any of your Personal Information and would like to confirm the same, please send an email indicating all email addresses that you may have given us. We will endeavour to respond to you within 5 business days and correct any errors.If you decide at any time that you do not want to receive any email materials to which you have subscribed, you may choose to unsubscribe to these emails by following the instructions at the end of the message. Alternatively, you can contact us by email or by phone. We will endeavour to respond to you within 5 business days.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy please email us at [email protected]
OUR USE OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
Non-Personal Information is collected in the course of operating our website.Non-Personal Information is used to monitor and improve the operation of our websites, to analyse characteristics and the behaviour of our visitors. We also monitor our visitors' demographics. This is to analyze how to use our resources. Please note that no Personal Information is disclosed.
IP ADDRESSES
An IP Address is a unique number that can identify a computer or access point. Your web browser will generally send your IP address as you access a website. Please note that this is not considered Personal Information.When you visit our website, your browser automatically provides our computers with your IP Address, to which our computers will send the requested information. Each such request is logged by our computers with information that includes the IP Address of the computer that requested the page. It is stored by our computers, as needed, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy;
Please note that we may use your IP Address to display more appropriate and relevant content, based on your geographic area. Aggregate information derived from IP Addresses may be used to quantify how many visitors from a particular region visited our site.
COOKIES
Salt + Light Media may use cookies to calculate website usage and improve the operation and performance of our content/website. Cookies also allow us to preferences for you so that you will not have to re-enter them the next time you visit. No Personal Information will be disclosed.Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can change your browser settings to either notify you when you have received a Cookie, or to refuse to accept cookies completely. Please take note, that while we do not require you to use cookies,certain content may not not function well if you set your browser to not accept cookies.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS and reCAPTCHA
Salt + Light Media uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google’s policies and terms can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacyWe implement Google's Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect our site from spam and abuse. Use of this service is subject to Google's privacy policy and terms.