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Privacy Policy
Greetings from
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene and welcome to our site! We extend the following
information to assure you, our guest, that we are concerned about and
respect your privacy while visiting our Web site. Michigan District Church
of the Nazarene will never sell, lease or rent your confidential
information. We will always endeavor to take steps to assure that any
information you provide to us will remain secure. We want you to feel safe
in your online experience while visiting our site. We therefore request
that you take a moment to review the following valuable information.
Collection of
Information
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene does not collect personal
information without your knowledge during your visit to our Web sites.
However, Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene does at times ask that you provide us with
personal information while online. The type of information we collect
typically, but not always, corresponds directly with the service you
request. For instance, you can make donations, when requested you can
offer your thoughts, opinions, prayers, concerns, ideas, personal
experiences, questions and/or suggestions to our resources, contests, or
television and/or radio broadcasts, or you can request that a resource be
sent to you directly from our Online Resource Center. As a visitor, the
personal information you provide may also be used to improve the usability
of, and information available on, our sites. In other words, at times we
will ask you for more information, beyond just your name and contact
information, than is needed to facilitate our response to your specific
request. Your provision of such additional information is your
acknowledgement that you consent to our use of such information to better
serve you, our visitor, and others coming to our sites. As always, your
name and address will never be shared with third parties. We also have a
Privacy Policy for Children that parents may be interested in
reviewing.
Security
Our Web site's ecommerce system uses SSL encryption to protect sensitive
data transmissions from your computer to our Web site. You are able to see
when the SSL encryption is active either by the "padlock" icon at the
bottom of your browser's window or by a blue line around the window. In
certain areas, password protection is used to protect your privacy and
security.
Changes
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene reserves the right to make
changes to this privacy policy at any time and requests that you review
this policy for updates.
Questions or
Suggestions
Please direct all questions or comments regarding this privacy policy to
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene at (269) 649-4380 or write us at
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene, Vicksburg, Michigan 49097-9300.
This Web site
may provide links to external Web sites maintained by individuals or
organizations external to
Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene. Once you access information that links
you to another Web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the Web
site containing the information you have linked to.
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER WEBSITE:
Cookies
A small piece of data that a website can store on your system is referred
to as a "cookie." Cookies are often used to enhance your online
experience. Many browsers recognize when a cookie has been sent to your
computer and will give you the option to refuse or allow it. Within the
Online Resource Center, we use two different cookies. Below are details
regarding how these two cookies are used by our web site. Please be aware
that we do not use cookies to track a user's navigation through our Web
site.
Account
Registration
When you request a resource we require that you provide us certain
information that allows us to complete your transaction. This information
is used to create a unique account within our Online Resource Center.
Following account registration, a "cookie" is used to automatically
identify you as a registered user when you are browsing the Online
Resource Center (you have the option of declining this cookie during
account registration if desired).
Shopping Cart
Identification
The Shopping Cart Identification "cookie" allows the Online Resource
Center to connect you to your active shopping cart. This cookie is set to
expire whenever you exit your current browser session.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
We have taken
every effort to design our Web sites to be useful, informative, helpful,
honest and fun. Hopefully we’ve accomplished that — and would ask that you
let us know if you’d like to see improvements or changes that would make
it even easier for you to find the information you need and want.
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene exists to bring our community closer to each other
and to our Creator. Our sites are based on a set of foundational
Christian beliefs which you may want to review. We make no apologies
for holding a Judeo-Christian perspective of marriage, family and the
value of life and children. Thanks for your openness to respectfully
consider our viewpoints. We appreciate your courtesy! To find out
more about our organization, please visit
About Us.
All we ask is that
you agree to abide by the following Terms and Conditions. Take a few
minutes to look them over because by using our sites you automatically
agree to them. Naturally, if you don’t agree, please do not use the sites.
We reserve the right to make any modifications that we deem necessary at
any time. Please continue to check these terms to see what those changes
may be! Your continued use of the
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene Web sites means that you accept those changes.
THANKS AGAIN FOR
VISITING!
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Restrictions on
Use of Our Online Materials
All Online
Materials on the Michigan District Church of the Nazarene sites,
including, without limitation, text, software, names, logos, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, images, photos, illustrations, audio clips,
video clips, and music are copyrighted intellectual property. All usage
rights are owned and controlled by
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene. You, the visitor, may download Online Materials for
non-commercial, personal use only provided you 1) retain all copyright,
trademark and propriety notices, 2) you make no modifications to the
materials, 3) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an
association with any of our products, services, events or brands, and 4)
you do not download quantities of materials to a database, server, or
personal computer for reuse for commercial purposes. You may not, however,
copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute Online
Materials in any way or for any other purpose unless you get our written
permission first. Neither may you add, delete, distort or misrepresent any
content on the
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene sites. Any attempts to modify any Online Material, or to
defeat or circumvent our security features are prohibited.
Everything you
download, any software, plus all files, all images incorporated in or
generated by the software, and all data accompanying it, is considered
licensed to you by Michigan District Church of the Nazarene or third-party
licensors for your personal, non-commercial home use only. We do not
transfer title of the software to you. That means that we retain full and
complete title to the software and to all of the associated
intellectual-property rights. You’re not allowed to redistribute or sell
the material or to reverse-engineer, disassemble or otherwise convert it
to any other form that people can use.
Submitting Your
Online Material to Us
All
remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, comments, or other information that
you send to Michigan District Church of the Nazarene through our sites
(other than information we promise to protect under our
Privacy Policy), becomes and remains our property, even if this
agreement is later terminated.
That means that we
don’t have to treat any such submission as confidential. You can’t sue us
for using ideas you submit. If we use them, or anything like them, we
don’t have to pay you or anyone else for them. We will have the exclusive
ownership of all present and future rights to submissions of any kind. We
can use them for any purpose we deem appropriate to our Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene mission, without compensating you or anyone else
for them.
You acknowledge
that you are responsible for any submission you make. This means that you
(and not we) have full responsibility for the message, including its
legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
Information
about Health
Information accessible on this site is not intended to substitute for
professional medical advice and information. Information provided is
general in nature and may be helpful to some people but not others,
depending upon their personal medical needs. This is why you should always
consult with your personal physician prior to changing or undertaking a
new diet, exercise program or following advice designed for general
audiences only. Your physician is typically best able to evaluate whether
or not a specific health suggestion or potential course of treatment is
best for you. Advance consultation with your physician is especially
important if you are under eighteen (18), pregnant, nursing a baby, or
have health problems. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay
to seek it because of something you may have read on this site.
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Limitation of
Liability
MICHIGAN
DISTRICT CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR
INJURY THAT ACCOMPANY OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF ANY OF ITS SITES.
THESE INCLUDE (BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO) DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY:
-
USE OF (OR
INABILITY TO USE) THE SITES
-
USE OF (OR
INABILITY TO USE) ANY SITE TO WHICH YOU HYPERLINK FROM OUR SITES
-
FAILURE OF OUR
SITES TO PERFORM IN THE MANNER YOU EXPECTED OR DESIRED
-
ERROR ON OUR SITES
-
OMISSION ON OUR
SITES
-
INTERRUPTION OF
AVAILABILITY OF OUR SITES
-
DEFECT ON OUR SITES
-
DELAY IN OPERATION
OR TRANSMISSION OF OUR SITES
-
COMPUTER VIRUS OR
LINE FAILURE
-
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE
ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING:
-
DAMAGES INTENDED TO
COMPENSATE SOMEONE DIRECTLY FOR A LOSS OR INJURY
-
DAMAGES REASONABLY
EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN LEGAL TERMS AS
"CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.")
-
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
DAMAGES AND EXPENSES RESULTING DIRECTLY FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN
LEGAL TERMS AS "INCIDENTAL DAMAGES.")
WE ARE NOT LIABLE
EVEN IF WE’VE BEEN NEGLIGENT OR IF OUR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR BOTH.
EXCEPTION: CERTAIN
STATE LAWS MAY NOT ALLOW US TO LIMIT OR EXCLUDE LIABILITY FOR THESE
"INCIDENTAL" OR "CONSEQUENTIAL" DAMAGES. IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE
STATES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT APPLY WHICH WOULD MEAN
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECOVER THESE TYPES OF DAMAGES.
HOWEVER, IN ANY
EVENT, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, INJURIES, AND CLAIMS
OF ANY AND EVERY KIND (WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARE CLAIMED UNDER THE TERMS OF
A CONTRACT, OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER WRONGFUL
CONDUCT, OR THEY’RE CLAIMED UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY) WILL NOT BE
GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS OUR SITES.
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Links to Other Sites
We sometimes provide
referrals to and links to other World Wide Web sites from our sites. Such
a link should not be seen as an endorsement, approval or agreement with
any information or resources offered at sites you can access through our
sites. If in doubt, always check the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
address provided in your WWW browser to see if you are still in a Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene-operated site or have moved to another
site. Michigan District Church of the Nazarene is not responsible for the
content or practices of third party sites that may be linked to our sites.
When Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene provides links or references to other Web sites, no
inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be
inferred that Michigan District Church of the Nazarene is connected with,
operates or controls these Web sites. Any approved link must not represent
in any way, either explicitly or by implication, that you have received
the endorsement, sponsorship or support of any Michigan District Church of
the Nazarene site or endorsement, sponsorship or support of the ministry
of Michigan District Church of the Nazarene, including its respective
employees, agents or directors.
Monitoring
Online Postings
Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene shall have the right to monitor and review
the content of any discussions, chats, forums, postings, transmissions and
bulletin boards, although Michigan District Church of the Nazarene is not
under legal obligation to do so. As a Christian organization we uphold
specific foundational beliefs. We expect visitors to our sites, and anyone
using our communication tools to adhere to a sense of decency and decorum
that we deem appropriate. We are the sole authority on questions of
appropriateness. Naturally, Michigan District Church of the Nazarene
assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of an
online posting. However, we do specifically prohibit you or any visitor
from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, obscene,
scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any
material that could constitute or encourage what could be considered a
criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any
law. Michigan District Church of the Nazarene will fully cooperate with
authorities or court orders requesting details of criminal postings.
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit,
refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on any
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene web site. Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene shall have the right to remove any material that it
determines to be in violation of these provisions or otherwise
objectionable.
In addition,
children 12 and under are not authorized to post messages or participate
in Forums on any Michigan District Church of the Nazarene Web site unless
the site has been specifically designed for them and all appropriate
parental notification and approval devices have been complied with fully.
For more information see our
Privacy Policy.
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Termination of
This Agreement
This
agreement is effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate
this agreement at any time, by destroying all materials obtained from all
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene Web sites, along with all related
documentation and all copies and installations. Michigan District Church
of the Nazarene may terminate this agreement at any time and without
notice to you, if, in its sole judgment, you breach any term or condition
of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials. In
addition, by providing material on our Web sites, we do not in any way
promise that the materials will remain available to you. And Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene is entitled to terminate all or any part
of any of its Web sites without notice to you.
Jurisdiction and
Other Points to Consider
Unless otherwise specified, the Online Materials on our sites are
presented to provide information about the resources of
Michigan
District
Church
of the Nazarene. The ministry of Michigan District Church of the Nazarene
was organized under the laws of California, in the United States of
America. If you use our sites from locations outside of the United States,
you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. These
Terms of Use, and the agreement they create, shall be governed by and
interpreted according to the laws of the State of
Colorado
(without applying the state’s conflict-of-law principles.) If any
provision of this agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, it will
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene may modify these Terms of Use,
and the agreement they create, at any time, simply by updating this
posting and without notice to you. This is the ENTIRE agreement regarding
all the matters that have been discussed.
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