This policy is effective as of July 6, 2009.
EPGM.org Principles
EPGM's Social Network was built to make it easy to share information with your fellow mission workers, as well as friends and family of mission workers to support them in their cause. We understand you may not want everyone in the world to have the information you share on our network; which is why we give you control of your information. Our privacy settings allow you the option to make your profile private, so that it is only available to your friends, if you choose.
EPGM Online Network Privacy Policy
EPGM's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using this network, located at www.epgm.org.
By using or accessing the EPGM Online Network, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The Information We Collect
When you visit EPGM's Online Network you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact within the network and static website pages.
When you register with EPGM.org, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your address, your gender, your diocese, parish and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter EPGM's Online Network, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to the network. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use EPGM's Online Network, you can set up your personal profile, form relationships, send messages, perform searches and queries as well as post blogs of your mission work. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features in the future.
You post User Content on the Site at your own risk. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Network. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on EPGM's Online Network is a violation of the EPGM.org Terms of Service and should be reported by use of our Contact Page (link located at the bottom of every page).
If you choose to use our invitation service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for information needed to send the invitation, such as your friend's email address. We will send your friend an email in your name inviting him or her to visit the site.
By using EPGM's Online Network, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Children Under Age 13
EPGM.org does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for EPGM's Online Network, or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on EPGM.org. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us through our Contact Page.
Children Between the Ages of 13 and 18
We recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.
Use of Information Obtained by EPGM
When you register with EPGM.org, you create your own profile and privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the networks specified in your privacy settings to enable you to connect with other people on the EPGM Online Network. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered on our networ that we think you may find valuable.
Profile information is used by EPGM primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by your privacy settings. In some cases where your privacy settings permit it (e.g., posting comments on your page), other EPGM Online Network users may be able to add to your profile.
Profile information you submit to us will be available to users of EPGM's Online Network who are also members of the network. Your name and profile picture thumbnail will be available in search results across the EPGM Online Network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third party search engines. This is primarily so your friends can find you and send a friend request. People who see your name in searches will not be able to access your profile information unless they are your 'friend', or your profile privacy is set to 'public'.
EPGM.org may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service. For instance, if a friend sends you a new message, or someone posts a comment about you you may receive an email alerting you to that fact if you checked this option.
Sharing Your Information with Third Parties
We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you. For example:
- Your News Feed and comments may aggregate the information you provide and make it available to your friends and network members according to your privacy settings.
- Unlike most sites on the Web, EPGM.org limits access to site information by third party search engine "crawlers" (e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask). EPGM.org takes action to block access by these engines to personal information beyond your name, profile picture, and limited aggregated data about your profile. Blogs set to 'private' cannot be found in search engines.
- We may be required to disclose user information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the Online Network service or using EPGM's name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
When you use EPGM's Online Network, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos or other information, may be shared with other users in accordance with the privacy settings you select. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photosor other items , this information may become publicly available.
Links
EPGM.org contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by EPGM.org.
Changing or Removing Information
Access and control over most personal information on EPGM's Social Network is readily available through the profile editing tools. Network users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to deactivate their EPGM Social Network account may do so on the Account Settings page.
Security
EPGM.org takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or your password), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). Because email is not recognized as secure communications, we request that you not send private information to us by email. If you have any questions about the security of EPGM's Social Network, please contact us through our Contact Page.
Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions
Your use of EPGM.org, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you through our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
Contacting EPGM
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please use the Contact EPGM form.