Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church ("TELCZ") has adopted a set of Privacy Principles applicable to all of www.telcz.org. TELCZ has implemented those Principles in this Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use and share personally identifiable information ("PII") we obtain from and about individuals located in the U.S., both online and off-line.
www.telcz.org is a general audience web site, and does not knowingly collect PII from children under 13 years of age.
From time to time TELCZ may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect industry initiatives or changes in the law, our PII collection and use practices, the features of our web sites or technology. If we make revisions that change the way we collect or use your PII, those changes will be posted in the Privacy Policy and the effective date will be noted at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. Therefore, you should review it periodically so that you are up to date on our most current policies and practices. If TELCZ materially changes its practices regarding collection or use of your PII, your PII will continue to be governed by the Policy under which it was collected unless you have been provided notice of and have not objected to the change.
COLLECTION: COLLECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ("PII")
General. We collect personally identifiable information ("PII" -- that is, information such as your full name, email address, mailing address or telephone number) only in order to create or enhance our relationship with you. When we collect PII from you, it is because you voluntarily submit the information to us in order to participate in activities like sweepstakes, contests, games, surveys, forums, subscription registrations, chats or bulletin boards, in connection with content or suggestions you submit to us or because you want us to furnish you with products, services or information. We may also obtain
PII from third parties.
Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information that the web site places on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies remember information about your activities on our site(s) and enable us to make your visits to our site more enjoyable. For example, cookies can store your password for easy logon to a site you have previously visited, can save your preferences for a personalized home page or can track the items you have placed in your "shopping cart" during a visit to our online store. Information about your activities on this site and other non-personally identifiable information about you may also be used to limit the online ads you encounter to those we believe are consistent with your interests.
Third party advertisements displayed on this site may also contain cookies set by Internet advertising companies or advertisers. We do not control these advertiser cookies and visitors to our web site should check the privacy policy of the Internet advertising company or advertiser to see whether and how it uses cookies (see "Notice" below for more information on third party advertisements).
We may use cookies and similar tools to relate your use of our web site to PII obtained from you or a reputable third party. For example, if you’ve asked us to provide you information about our upcoming products or promotions, cookie and/or click stream data about your activities on our web site may allow us to limit the materials we provide you to items we think you will find interesting, based on your prior online activities and preferences. However, if we wish to combine your personal and cookie and click stream information in this manner, we will obtain your express affirmative consent.
You can program your computer to warn you each time a cookie is being sent or to refuse cookies completely. However, without cookies you will not have access to certain features on this web site, such as interactive "polling" and posting to the message boards (forums).
NOTICE: We Will Provide You with Notice About Our PII Collection Practices
When you voluntarily provide PII to this web site, we will make sure you are informed about who is collecting the information, how and why the information is being collected and the types of uses we will make of the information.
At the time you provide your PII, we will notify you of your options regarding our use of PII, including whether we will share it with outside companies (See “Choice” below). This Policy describes the types of other companies that may want to send you information about their products and services and therefore may want to share your personal information, provided you have given us permission to do so (see "Use" below).
Sometimes we collect personally identifiable information from consumers in manual format or off-line, such as a post card or subscription form. Providing detailed notice in those situations often proves impractical, so consumers will instead be provided with a short notice that describes how to obtain the full text of this Policy and other relevant information from us.
Once you’ve left this site via a link or by clicking on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser site to determine how they will handle any PII they collect from you.
This web site may also be linked to sites operated by companies affiliated with TELCZ. Visitors to these affiliated sites should still refer to their separate privacy policies and practices, which may differ in some respects from this Policy.
Some of the advertisements that appear on this web site are delivered to you by national Internet advertising and application companies such as Google and Amazon. These companies ultilize certain technologies to deliver advertisements and marketing messages and to collect anonymous information about your visit to our site(s), including information about the banner ads they display, any cookies they place on your computer and your IP address.
CHOICE: We Will Provide You with Choices About the Use of Your PII
We will not use the PII you provide to us for purposes different from the purpose for which it was submitted or share your PII with third parties that are not affiliated with us, unless we obtain your permission.
USE: Our Use of PII
We will use your PII provided under this Policy in a manner that is consistent with this Policy. If We obtains PII from a third party, our use of that information is governed by this Policy.
We may share your PII with companies that are affiliated with us. Provided you have given us permission, We may also share your PII with advertisers and business partners that are not affiliated with us, but would like to send you information about their products and services. For example, some of the companies who supply prizes for our contests may have special offers or promotions that might be of interest to our visitors. However, you will always have the opportunity to instruct us not to share your information with third parties when PII is collected. Moreover, we will never share your credit card information with third parties except those we use to perform tasks (such as order fulfillment and payment processing) required to complete purchases you make through our web site.
Our employees, agents and contractors must have a legitimate business reason to obtain access to your PII. We may share your PII with outside contractors or agents who help us manage our information activities (i.e., sweepstakes administration, order fulfillment, statistical analyses) but they may only use your PII to provide us with a specific service and not for any other purpose.
We may also enter into agreements with outside companies that possess the technology that allows us to customize the advertising and marketing messages you receive on our web sites. Your non-PII and click stream data about your activities on our sites may be shared with these companies so this customization can be accomplished. These companies will not share your information with any third party or use it for any other purposes. Anonymous click stream and demographic information may also be shared with our advertisers and business partners.
There may be instances when we may disclose PII without providing you with a choice in order to protect the legal rights of TELCZ, other companies (such as Simon & Schuster), agents and contractors; to protect the safety and security of visitors to our web site; to protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or to comply with the law or legal process. In addition, if we sell all or part of this business or makes a sale or transfer of assets or we are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, we may transfer your PII to a third party as part of that transaction.
SECURITY: We Protect the Security of PII
We use reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures to safeguard PII in its possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification. In addition, we use reasonable methods to make sure that PII is accurate, up-to-date and appropriately complete. Passwords and other sensitive information stored by this site are encrypted both in transit and when stored within this site's online databases.
ACCESS: How to Access, Correct or Delete Your PII
If you are a registered user of this web site, you can view your user preferences by logging in to the message boards on this site.
If for any reason you wish to stop all future communications from us, you need only delete your account on the message boards.
Welcome to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church web site at telcz.org ("Site") which is owned by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church ("TELCZ").
TELCZ has created this Site for your personal enjoyment, entertainment and education. However, you are only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials contained in the Site (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws, and to these Terms of Use which constitute an Agreement between you and TELCZ. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and save them. If you do not agree with them, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding, or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator.
TELCZ reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without notice at any time. It is therefore important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
If you become aware of misuse of this Site by any person, please contact the Site Administrator with your concerns.
Access and Use
All materials contained in this Site are protected by international trademark and copyright laws and must only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. This means that you may only view or download material from this Site for your own use and you must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices attached to the downloaded material.
The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), publication, modification, copying or transmission of material from this Site is STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you have obtained the prior written consent of TELCZ or unless it is expressly permitted by this Site. The material covered by this prohibition includes, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio or video material or stills from audiovisual material available on this Site. The use of materials from this Site on any other web site or networked computer environment is similarly prohibited.
Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this Site can be made by contacting TELCZ.
The Site may provide you with the chance to upload or provide messages, photos, videos, clips, ideas, feedback, comments or other content (“Content”). You understand and agree that TELCZ has the right in his sole discretion, but not the obligation, to monitor, edit, and remove any posted Content, and assumes no liability for any such Content. You warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to such Content, that it is accurate, and that its use does not violate these terms and will not injure any person or entity. You further agree not to upload, post or otherwise make available Content that is protected by a third party’s copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the third party owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringements on third party rights resulting from your submission of such Content.
You agree that your uploading and/or transmittal of Content does not violate any of the provisions set forth under the “Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms” section of these terms. If you upload or transmit Content, you grant to TELCZ a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, create derivative works (including products) from, distribute, and display such Content, in whole or in part, throughout the world in all media. You grant to TELCZ the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such Content.
You agree that any Content that you submit shall be considered non-proprietary and non-confidential. TELCZ shall have no obligations of any kind with respect to any Content and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and/or distribute any Content for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation. You also agree that TELCZ shall be free to use any ideas, concepts or techniques embodied in the Content for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, producing, developing and marketing news stories, shows, content of any kind, products or services incorporating such ideas, concepts, or techniques, without attribution. In addition, you hereby waive all moral rights you may have in any materials uploaded or sent to us by you.
Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms
You are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages and other materials (which include uploading files, inputting data or any other materials or engaging in any form of communication in connection with this Site) (collectively "Messages") to bulletin boards, chat rooms or other public areas within, or in connection with, this Site (collectively "Forums"). However, TELCZ accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from such Messages. In addition, children under the age of 13 are not authorized to post messages or participate in forums on this site.
TELCZ does not endorse and has no control over the content of Messages submitted by others to Forums. Messages submitted to Forums are not necessarily reviewed by TELCZ prior to posting and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of TELCZ. TELCZ makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the content of the Messages in the Forums or the accuracy and reliability of any Messages and other materials in the Forums. Nonetheless, TELCZ reserves the right to prevent you from submitting Materials to Forums and to edit, restrict or remove such Messages for any reason at any time.
TELCZ assumes no responsibility for actively monitoring Forums for inappropriate Messages. If at any time TELCZ chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Forums, TELCZ nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content of the Messages, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Messages, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any Message. In submitting Messages to Forums, you agree to strictly limit yourself to discussions about the subject matter for which the Forums are intended. You agree that TELCZ accepts no liability whatsoever if it determines to prevent your Messages from being submitted or if it edits, restricts or removes your Messages. You also agree to permit any other user of this Site to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that other user's personal use and not to restrict or inhibit the use of the Site by any other person.
You agree that you will not submit Messages to Forums that:
• are unlawful, threatening, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent including any communication that constitutes (or encourages conduct that would constitute) a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any local, state, national or international law;
• violate the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person. By submitting Messages to Forums, you represent to TELCZ that you are the rightful owner of such material or that you have first obtained permission to submit the material from the rightful owner;
• improperly assume or claim the identity, characteristics or qualifications of another person
• are for purposes of spamming
• contain any virus or other harmful component
• are libelous, or an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or any other third party rights; or
• are for commercial purposes or contain advertising or are intended to solicit a person to buy or sell services or to make donations.
You agree that any Message whatsoever submitted by you becomes the property of TELCZ and may be used, copied, sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as TELCZ sees fit.
You agree to release TELCZ from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from your use of Forums. If at any time you are not happy with the Forums or object to any material within Forums, your sole remedy is to cease using them.
RSS Feeds
TELCZ offers free headlines for personal, non-commercial use via Really Simple Syndication (“RSS”). RSS is an XML-based format for easily sharing news headlines and summaries for use in your favorite news readers and Web logs (blogs). The feeds include links back to the Site for the full article, and they update automatically.
To use RSS, you will need a special RSS news reader or aggregator that will allow you to collect and display the RSS content. TELCZ does not provide the required news reader or aggregator. There are many different news readers available, many for free. Most news readers are applications that you download and install. Others are web-based services you sign up for that work inside your browser.
These Terms of Use and TELCZ’s Privacy Policy govern your use of RSS. Any uses of RSS not granted herein are strictly prohibited. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, the incorporation of advertising or the placement of advertising associated with or targeted at the content of the RSS. You may not edit or modify the RSS feeds in any manner whatsoever. RSS feeds may be used only with platforms with a functional link which takes the viewer directly to the full article on the Site. You may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or any other content between the RSS link and the applicable article on the Site. TELCZ retains all ownership and other rights in the RSS content and in any and all TELCZ logos and trademarks used in connection with RSS feeds. If you provide attribution using a graphic, you must use the appropriate TELCZ logo incorporated into the RSS content or feed.
TELCZ reserves the right to cease offering any or all of the RSS feeds at any time or to require you to cease distributing any or all of the feeds at any time for any reason. TELCZ assumes no liability for your activities in connection with the RSS feeds or for your use of the feeds in connection with your web site.
Unsolicited Submissions
TELCZ does not knowingly accept unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of scripts, story lines, articles, fan fiction, characters, drawings, information, suggestions, ideas or concepts. TELCZ's policy is to simply delete any such submission without reading it or forwarding it to other TELCZ staff. Therefore, any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in any TELCZ creative work including, without limitation, a film, series, story, title or concept would be purely coincidental.
If unsolicited submissions are sent to TELCZ via this Site, however, these submissions become the property of TELCZ and may be used, copied, sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as TELCZ sees fit. You agree that you are not entitled to any compensation, credit or notice whatsoever and that by sending an unsolicited submission you waive the right to make any claim against TELCZ, its parents or affiliates relating to unsolicited submissions, including, without limitation, unfair competition, breach of implied contract or breach of confidentiality.
Linked Sites and Advertising
In establishing hypertext links, you must not represent in any way, expressly or by implication, that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of this Site or TELCZ, including its respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders.
If TELCZ has provided links or pointers to other web sites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be implied that TELCZ is connected with, operates or controls these web sites.
TELCZ is not responsible for the content or practices of third party web sites that may be linked to this Site. This Site may also be linked to other web sites operated by companies affiliated or connected with TELCZ. When visiting other web sites, however, you should refer to each such web site's individual "Terms of Use" and not rely on this Agreement.
TELCZ takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Site, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers.
Disclaimer of Liability and Warranties
While TELCZ does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you use this Site and rely on material contained in this Site at your own risk.
The Site, and all materials in this Site, are provided "as is" and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without limitation, that TELCZ DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions contained in the materials in the Site will be uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error free or reliable.
You acknowledge that TELCZ and third party content providers, their parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, ARE NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft, destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network.
You acknowledge that TELCZ is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person.
You acknowledge that TELCZ and third party content providers are not liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, in connection with or arising from your use or from your inability to use the Site.
With respect to any Content provided by users or other submissions, TELCZ is merely a distributor of such Content. TELCZ is not responsible for any Content submitted by users or other third parties, including their opinions, judgments, advice, statements, services or other information provided. TELCZ shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any reliance upon such information obtained through the Web site. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any Content.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless TELCZ from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your failure to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties.
Termination
TELCZ reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if TELCZ decides at its sole discretion that you have breached this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or regulation or you have engaged in conduct that TELCZ considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable.
Copyright Infringement
If you believe that any material contained in this Site infringes your copyright, you should notify TELCZ of your copyright infringement claim.
Other
This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Trademarks
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod cross and all related logos are trademarks of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and are used by permission; and all other trademarks, service marks and trade names used on the Site are the property of their
respective owners. No copyright infringement is intended.
