IDC Privacy Policy

Interfaith Disability Connection (“IDC,” “us” or “we”), a program of the Bobby Dodd Institute, is the owner or operator of the www.interfaithdisability.org web site (“Web Site”).  IDC respects your privacy and has adopted this policy (“Policy”) to inform you of how we collect, use, disclose and protect your Personal Information on this Web Site.  “Personal information” is personally identifiable information about an individual person, as more particularly described under applicable privacy laws.  By using the Web Site, you agree to the terms contained in this Policy. 
ATTENTION: If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use our Web Site. 

This Policy notifies you of:

• Personal Information Collected Through our Web Site
• Our Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information
• Choices You Have Regarding Collection, Use and Distribution of your Personal Information
• Security Procedures
• Your Ability to Access, Review and Change Your Personal Information.

Updates and Changes.   We may update the Policy on this Web Site from time to time.  It is your obligation to review this Policy from time to time and to review updates that are posted on the Web Site.  By continuing to use the Web Site, you agree to this Policy and any updates.

Policy Scope.  This Policy applies to the Web Site only and does not necessarily reflect practices with respect to information gathered through other sites that we, or associated divisions or organizations of the Bobby Dodd Institute, operate or the collection of information through off-line means.  The Policy does not apply to practices of companies whose sites may be linked to the Web Site or accessed through this Web Site (“Linked Sites”). For access to the privacy policies of those Linked Sites, please refer to the policies provided on those sites.

Consent to Processing and Transfers of Information.   The servers that make the Web Site available and that store the information that is collected are located in the United States of America (“USA”).  This Site is intended only for use in the USA.  If you are located outside the USA, please note that the information you provide will be transferred to the USA or other countries which may not provide the same level of legal data protection as the country from which you access the Web Site. By using the Web Site and submitting Personal Information to IDC, you consent to such transfers and the processing by IDC of such information as described in this Policy and authorize this practice. 

What Personal Information is Collected.
IDC collects Personal Information when you request information from IDC, subscribe for a membership, purchase merchandise from, or make donations to, the Web Site, or otherwise provide information to participate in the services and offerings on the Web Site. On such occasions, the Personal Information collected by or on behalf of IDC may include, without limitation: your name, email address, address, zip code, telephone number, related information concerning your interests, and other demographic information (e.g. age or denomination), as applicable.  If you elect to open a membership account, we require your name, billing address, shipping address, email address and telephone number to open that membership account for you.  We may also facilitate the collection of credit card or debit card information in connection with the opening of a membership account for you and the purchase of any products or related services or donations made through the Web Site. We may also ask some additional optional questions to help us better serve you.

IDC also collects Personal Information during promotions, surveys and other Web Site registration. In addition, Personal Information is collected in certain portions of the Web Site in which guests specifically and knowingly provide such information along with content submissions, community postings (i.e., blogs or bulletin boards) or suggestions. IDC may use such content and information for editorial and feedback purposes and for those other purposes as provided on the Web Site and in the Web Site Terms of Use [insert link] and the Submission Terms and Conditions [insert link].

Non-Personal Information.  We may collect certain non-personally identifiable information automatically when you visit the pages of the Web Site.  This information may include, but is not limited to, records information from server logs found on your browser, your IP address and the type of web browser you are using to access the Web Site.  This automatically collected information provides us with information regarding the use of the Web Site. We may aggregate and use and share certain non-personally identifiable information and statistical information with our marketing partners or other third parties for research or marketing purposes. 

Our Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information.

Business Uses.  IDC uses the Personal Information you provide to us (i) to verify at login that a user is a registered member, if applicable; (ii) to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested or process donations; (iii) to send order and shipping confirmations; (iv) contact you regarding your Web Site membership account and to provide customer service and respond to your requests and inquiries; (v) to protect you, and us, against error and fraud and for archival purposes; and (vi) for fulfillment of promotions and Web Site community offerings to you. In addition, we may use your Personal Information to customize content that we present to you, to contact you concerning special events, e-newsletters and new service and product offerings.   You may also be asked on our Web Site whether you wish to receive information from third parties.  Upon your consent, IDC and/or such third parties may use the Personal Information you provide to contact you consistent with the consent you provided.

Service Providers and Vendors.  We also share certain Personal Information we collect about you with third parties who perform services for us or with whom we contract for the purposes described in this Policy.  For example, we may use third parties to host our Web Site, operate certain of its features, send e mails, print or send mailings, authorize and process your payments, provide customer service, analyze data and assist in fulfilling your orders.  These third-party service providers are given the Personal Information that they need to perform their designated functions and we do not authorize them to use or disclose your Personal Information for any other purpose.

Affiliated Organizations. We may share your Personal Information among our affiliated organizations of the Bobby Dodd Institute.  They may use this Personal Information to offer products and services to you consistent with the purposes identified in this Policy. 

IDC will not share, sell or rent your Personal Information to any third party except as provided in this Privacy Policy or if IDC is required by law to disclose the Personal Information, including to respond to a subpoena, court orders or other legal process requiring such disclosure.

Choices You Have. The provision of Personal Information through this Web Site is voluntary.  No person (of any age) is required to provide us with the Personal Information we request. If you do not wish to provide your Personal Information, you are free not to do so. Your provision of requested Personal Information to us through our Web Site or other means is presumed by us to be voluntary and with your consent to the uses described herein. However, in some cases, only persons who provide the requested Personal Information will be able to establish a membership account, order products and services or otherwise participate in the Web Site activities and offerings. 

General Audience Website.  The Web Site is considered a general audience site and is not intended to be used by children.    IDC is concerned about the privacy of young children and does not seek to collect Personal Information from persons under the age of 13.  We offer our services and membership to our Web Site for use by adults.  If you are under 13, you may use the Web Site only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.  No information should be submitted to or posted at this Web Site by children 13 years of age or under without their parent's or guardian's consent.
 
Use of Cookies.  What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web Site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes while at the site. Cookies make web-surfing easier by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences for you. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and you'll find cookies at most major web sites.  IDC does not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is the information shared with any third parties. IDC does not use cookies to identify individuals or to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie.

Cookies help make IDC better by showing us how and when guests use the Web Site. They do not, however, gather user specific information about persons who use the We Site. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, it is possible that some areas of the Web site will not function properly if you do so.

Security.  We employ various security measures designed to help protect the Personal Information that we collect about you.  We have instituted software firewalls to protect our servers and network.  IDC maintains Personal Information provided by you to IDC in a secure database using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology while that information is in the possession of IDC.  Unfortunately, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and therefore we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any such information. You can help us to protect your Personal Information by (i) not sharing your password or other account information with others, (ii) using a secure web browser, and (iii) changing your password frequently.

Managing Your Information.  You have the right to request corrections to your Personal Information we have collected via the Web Site.  You may also “opt-out” of receiving certain types of communication from us.  However, you will not be able to opt-out of receiving all types of communication, such as service announcements and administrative messages, as these types of communications are a necessary part of your membership account. You can make such a request or a related inquiry by contacting us using our contact information as provided below.  Please note that modification of your account status will not stop communications (i) that are generated before IDC can accomplish the modification of the status of your Personal Information or (ii) from third parties with whom IDC may have already shared your information, as permitted under this Policy. IDC also reserves the right to retain any Personal Information reasonably necessary to appropriately document its business activities and for archival and record retention purposes.  We will store your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. 

Questions about our Policy.
If you have any questions regarding your privacy or the Policy, you can send a request with any further questions to our Customer Service Department by mail at:
IDC Privacy Policy
Attn: Mark Crenshaw
2120 Marietta Blvd., NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
678.365.0071
mark.crenshaw@bobbydodd.org