Privacy Policy for Website and App Access

Ownership

This site is owned and operated by Teen Hope Ministries (herein “THM”).

How Information is Collected

On some THM mobile apps, web pages or websites, you may be asked to provide certain personal information for ministry-related purposes or to make ministry contributions. We do not collect personal information without your knowledge; however, we do allow you to provide personal information that will help us serve your request. We will only ask for the information that will help us
facilitate your request. When you provide any such information, you are acknowledging your consent to our use of such information to better serve you and others visiting the THM network.

We employ a tool called FaceBook Pixel to use beacons and tracking pixels to collect tracking data (no names, or other personal information) to register information such as the number of visits to a particular site and the type of information our visitors view. This information is used to update our users on products and services in which they have already expressed an interest.

How Information is Used

THM uses information you provide to better serve your requests. We do not sell, lease or rent your confidential information to others. However, we may need to provide personal information as may be required by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, search warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request, to enforce our terms of use or to protect the safety and security of our visitors and our sites.

Security

To safeguard and secure the information we collect online, THM has applied appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorized access and maintain data accuracy.

• We use secure server software (SSL) that encrypts the information you input before you send it to us. All of the data is protected against unauthorized access, as indicated by the secure icon on your browser.
• The Site also employs website firewall and malware scanning services to protect the site from unauthorized access.
• All credit card transactions are processed through an external PCI compliant payment gateway provider, PAYPAL or NEONCRM.com, and are not stored or processed on our Site.
• THM does not store Personal Identifiable Information on this website.

We will do our best to protect your personal information but we cannot guarantee the security of your information which is transmitted to our website or to other website, applications and services via an internet or similar connection. If you have created a user profile to access certain
areas of our website, applications or services please keep this password safe. In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur: We will notify you via email within 7 business days.

Third-Party Disclosure

THM does not disclose any personal information we collect from our websites to third parties excepting those assisting us and under our direction and control. We do use this aggregate information, which is not personally identifiable, to give us demographic information about the entire THM Network audience in order to improve our service and ministry through our entire series of information and products.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site. THM partners with technology providers in order to deliver the best possible online secure experience to visitors. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Privacy Policies of these providers by following the links below:

• https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
• https://www.neoncrm.com/security-privacy/

Other websites owned or operated by third parties may contain different privacy policies and practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other person, entity, organization, or website to or from which the Site links or is linked. Users are strongly encouraged to read and regularly
review posted privacy policies on all websites, whether or not owned by us or affiliated with the site.

Links to Other Sites

The THM Network may, from time to time, provide links to other sites not owned or controlled by Teen Hope Ministries. In some cases, THM has contracted other vendors to manage a specific function such as THM’s online store or donor giving. No assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that THM is connected with, operates or controls these websites.  The privacy and data collection practices on linked websites are entirely separate from the THM Network and are not covered by this privacy policy.

Site Access — Commercial Use

Your personal use and access of this site does not allow you to download or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the prior express written consent of Teen Hope Ministries. You may not commercially use or otherwise exploit for any commercial purpose, the contents of the THM Network, including images, content or photographs or any derivative use of the THM Network. You may not download or copy any of the information on this network for the benefit of another; or use any data mining, robots or similar data-gathering and extraction
tools. You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit or otherwise exploit any portion of this network for any commercial purpose without the prior express written consent of Teen Hope Ministries. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademarks or logos, photographs, content or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout or form) of the THM Network without prior express written consent. You may not use meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any names or trademarks or logos contained in the THM Network without the prior express written consent of Teen Hope Ministries. You may not create a hyperlink to the home page or any internal page of the THM Network without the prior express written permission of Teen Hope Ministries. Contact [email protected] for permissions information.

Site Modification

Teen Hope Ministries reserves the right to make changes to the THM Network, Policies and Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these policies or conditions shall be deemed invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

School Non-Affiliation Statement

The use of a school name within the THM Network that references a local Teen Hope Ministries ministry is not intended to imply any affiliation between Teen Hope Ministries or its ministries and the school or school district (public or private). Teen Hope Ministries groups are often formed according to the school or schools where kids attend. The use of any school name on the THM Network is only intended to assist kids, parents and adults to easily locate communities where Teen Hope Ministries ministry exists. If you are a school administrator, you can find out more about Teen Hope Ministries.

Conditions of Use

Teen Hope Ministries provides the services described on the THM Network as information to visitors interested in learning more about the ministry outreach of Teen Hope Ministries. By visiting this and other THM sites, you are accepting these conditions. Solicitations of any kind made to Teen Hope Ministries staff or volunteers whose contact information may be found on this website, area websites or mobile apps are strictly prohibited.

Limitation of Liability

Teen Hope Ministries makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the operation of any sites in the THM Network or the information, content, materials or products included therein. You expressly agree that your use of the THM Network is at your sole risk. Teen Hope Ministries will not be liable for any damages of any kind, arising from the use of the THM Network, including, but not limited to, failure of any sites in the THM Network to perform, error or omission or interruption of availability on the THM Network, computer viruses or line failure, inaccurate information or advice; nor any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.

Copyright and Trademarks

All websites and web pages and their content contained in the THM Network are the property of Teen Hope Ministries, and all content contained therein is protected by United States, local and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Teen Hope Ministries holds all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights contained within the THM Network. Teen Hope Ministries also holds all rights in applications, text, graphics, design elements, audio, music and all other materials that it originates or uses within the THM Network.

You may not reproduce, upload, post, transmit, forward, copy download or distribute any information contained on the THM Network. This restriction also applies to information accessed at other sites through links to the THM Network. However, Teen Hope Ministries does allow users of its network to print out or download parts of the text and images for their own personal, noncommercial purposes under the restrictions provided herein and otherwise applicable.

Teen Hope Ministries’ trade names, trademarks, brands and service marks, including those marks indicated on the THM Network are the sole and exclusive property of THM, including, without limitation, designs, logos, page headers, button icons and scripts (“Marks”). Teen Hope Ministries’ Marks and branding may not be used without express written permission in connection with or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among the public, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Teen Hope Ministries. All other trademarks not owned by Teen Hope Ministries that appear on the THM Network are the property of their respective owners.

Domain names and trademarks of other sites, or that are contained in information that users access at other sites, belong solely to their respective owners. The appearance of domain names, trademarks and other information on these sites does not imply that Teen Hope Ministries is affiliated with, endorses or sponsors the owners of these items.

For More Information

If you have any questions or comments related to this Privacy Policy and Conditions of Use or any content found on the Teen Hope Ministries network, please contact us at 507-288-4567.

Children’s Privacy Policy

The THM Network consists of informational sites for supporters, parents and children about Teen Hope Ministries. One specific goal of the network is to provide information to children, ages 11 and up, who participate in or are interested in the various Teen Hope Ministries activities. It is our intention to provide a safe, fun environment where children may explore Teen Hope Ministries, their own Teen Hope Ministries club and other Teen Hope Ministries activities.

We care about your privacy and we take great care to safeguard your personal information. We do not require our users to supply us with any personal information. We never condition a child’s participation in an activity on the child’s disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity. All personally identifiable information we do collect can only be accessed by authorized Teen Hope Ministries staff, and only those people who require access may see this information. We preserve the confidentiality, security and integrity of that information. Upon your request, we will provide you with information as to all of the personal information we have regarding you and your child and we will not share this information with any third parties. As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we may modify our practices periodically. However, we will treat all personal
information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information is collected. You will be notified and your consent will be requested should there be any material changes in the collection, use, or disclosure practices to which you have previously agreed.

The THM Network is designed to comply with the requirement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) guidelines for websites gathering identifiable information from children.

Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself (your name, address, email address, other information) to us or anyone else over the Internet. Personal information may be requested when using the following features:

• Email Comments – Some websites within the THM Network have a page on which children may send an email with comments to Teen Hope Ministries. Information gathered from these email comments are only for the internal use of Teen Hope Ministries. If sample comments are posted on the website, then no identifiable information is ever included.
• Cookies – The THM Network uses a software technology called “cookies” that helps us track non-personal aggregate data about who visits our site. This helps us keep track of the number of visitors to our site and allows us to gauge the areas that are of the most interest to our members. Thecookies do not contain any personally identifiable information and are not linked to any personally identifiable information.

Third-Party Disclosure

Teen Hope Ministries does not disclose any personal information we collect from our websites to third parties. We do use this aggregate information, which is not personally identifiable, to give us demographic information about the entire THM Network audience in order to improve our ministry and service through our entire series of information and products.

Links to Other Sites

The Teen Hope Ministries network may, from time to time, provide links to other sites not owned or controlled by THM. In some cases, THM has contracted other vendors to manage a specific function such as Teen Hope Ministries’ online store or donor giving. No assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that THM is connected with, operates or controls these websites.
Users who agree to link to these sites are alerted that they are leaving the THM Network before they are linked to the other site. The privacy and data collection practices on linked websites are entirely separate from the THM Network and are not covered by this privacy policy.

Kids are encouraged to ask their parents’ permission before linking to these sites or giving out any information. Parents are encouraged to become actively involved in the sites their kids visit, and to monitor their time spent there and to check their privacy policies as well.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments related to this Children’s Privacy Policy or any content found on the Teen Hope Ministries network, please contact the Teen Hope Ministries, [email protected] or call 507-288-4567.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or this Site, you may contact us at [email protected] or 507-288-4567.