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Gum Point Church Ministries is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Gum Point Church Ministries Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Gum Point Church Ministries website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Gum Point Church Ministries collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Gum Point Church Ministries also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Gum Point Church Ministries. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Gum Point Church Ministries for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Gum Point Church Ministries Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Gum Point Church Ministries public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Gum Point Church Ministries does not read any of your private online communications.

Gum Point Church Ministries encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Gum Point Church Ministries so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Gum Point Church Ministries is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Gum Point Church Ministries and Gum Point Church Ministries family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Gum Point Church Ministries collects and uses your personal information to operate the Gum Point Church Ministries Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Gum Point Church Ministries also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Gum Point Church Ministries and its affiliates. Gum Point Church Ministries may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Gum Point Church Ministries does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Gum Point Church Ministries may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Gum Point Church Ministries may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Gum Point Church Ministries, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Gum Point Church Ministries does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Gum Point Church Ministries keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Gum Point Church Ministries, in order to determine what Gum Point Church Ministries services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Gum Point Church Ministries to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Gum Point Church Ministries Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Gum Point Church Ministries or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Gum Point Church Ministries; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Gum Point Church Ministries, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Gum Point Church Ministries Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Gum Point Church Ministries pages, or register with Gum Point Church Ministries site or services, a cookie helps Gum Point Church Ministries to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Gum Point Church Ministries Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Gum Point Church Ministries features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Gum Point Church Ministries services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Gum Point Church Ministries secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Gum Point Church Ministries secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Gum Point Church Ministries will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Gum Point Church Ministries encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Gum Point Church Ministries is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Gum Point Church Ministries welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Gum Point Church Ministries has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Gum Point Church Ministries at admin@gumpoint.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.