PRIVACY STATEMENT

Our Commitment to You
The Bible Resource Center is an interactive content exchange sponsored by the American Bible Society and the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship. Because we, the staff of the Bible Resource Center, want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we are publishing our official stance on protecting your private information during your visits to www.bibleresourcecenter.org. We encourage you to provide as much personal information - or as little - as you feel comfortable providing. We are also very committed to the safety of children online. Please read over our Note to Adults regarding our commitment to keeping children safe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement or your use of the BibleResourceCenter.com Web site, please contact by email brcinfo@bibleresourcecenter.org or call toll-free 1-888-596-6296 during normal business hours: 9am-5pm, Eastern. You may also write to:

Bible Resource Center
1865 Broadway
3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10023

Information Collection and Use

Information Collection
The American Bible Society is the sole owner of the information collected on www.BibleResourceCenter.com. The American Bible Society collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Registration
In order to use the membership areas located in the Research and Translations Centers of this Web site, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name, address and email address) as well as payment information. We use this information to offer events and services included with membership and to contact you about information on our site for which you have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as, username and password), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

Information Use

Profile
We store information that we collect through log files and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site, and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile with other third parties.

Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyze user movement. See the Profile section below.

Communications from the Site

Special Offers and Updates
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.

Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.

Product & Research Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature. Users may opt-out of these communications. Please see our Choice and Opt-out section.

Member Services
We communicate with members on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with your wishes.

Sharing

Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We DO NOT Share Personal Information with Third Parties.

Business Transitions
In the event the American Bible Society goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another organization, or selling a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via prominent notice on our Web site for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users’ personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.

Choice/Opt-out
You are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for information. For example, our order form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism so users who buy a product from us, but don’t want any marketing material, can keep their email address off of our lists.

Users who no longer wish to receive our communications may opt-out of receiving them by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us brcinfo@bibleresourcecenter.org. You may also contact us at email or postal mail to opt-out.

Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether or not they should proceed with services that require an outside party.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that www.bibleresourcecenter.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites, including other American Bible Society websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests.  Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.  The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as zip code).  Contact information will be used [shared with the contest [survey] sponsors] to notify the winners and award prizes.  Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.  Users’ personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use users’ personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information.  When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line. If you have any questions about security on our website, please contact us at brcinfo@bibleresourcecenter.org .

Supplementation of Information
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.

Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information. This can usually be done by emailing our Customer Support at brcinfo@bibleresourcecenter.org. Or by, contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information at bottom of page.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.  We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Phone: 1-888-596-6296 during normal business hours: 9am-5pm, Eastern
Email brcinfo@bibleresourcecenter.org
Postal Address: Bible Resource Center
1865 Broadway
3rd FL.
New York, NY 10023