Lords Message Pty Ltd (“ We ” or “ Our ” or “ Us ”) will protect the privacy of your personal information in line with both our high corporate values and the National Privacy Principles of the Australian Government's Privacy Act, 1988 (as amended).
Version
August 2007 . We may change the Terms of this Policy in any way at any time without giving you notice. You are responsible to check these Terms periodically for changes. If you use our website (“ Site ”) after we have changed these Terms, you are bound by the changes (whether or not you are aware of them).
Our core privacy principles
The privacy of your personal information is important and you are entitled to have it respected. We have systems and procedures in place to protect the way we handle that information. We will ensure that:
• you control what information you put in your profile and how and with whom you share that information;
• we will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes;
• we will not share your contact information with another user, without your consent; and
• we will use all industry standard protocols and technology to secure any sensitive information that you provide.
Collection of information
We will collect your personal information fairly, lawfully, non-intrusively and directly from you.
Before you can use this Site you must complete the registration process. You will be asked to provide the following contact information: first name, last name, email address, country, and password.
You will also be asked to provide additional personal information including: personal website url, age, gender, relationship status, hometown, current city, current zip, occupation, company you work for, school you attend or did attend and your church name and website. This information is not mandatory but will assist other users to find and communicate with you and each other and to use the Site's special features.
Our use of your information
We:
• may share aggregated (ie that does not identify a person) demographic and other statistical information (e.g. IP address, browser type, the number of users who visit a particular linked site or other usage patterns) with third parties for advertising and promotional purposes, for security and monitoring purposes, and generally to manage the Site, track usage and improve our services ;
• may give your personal information to third parties for advertising and promotional purposes, but only [if you have expressly authorised that disclosure/ on the condition that they keep it confidential?] ;
• may use your email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding our services (unless you e-mail us a request not to send notifications of this type);
• may share your personal information with consultants and affiliates for internal business purposes, but only on the condition that they keep it confidential;
• will provide your full name, mailing address, and email address to an unaffiliated third party that manages our mailing list and prepares communications with users of our Site, but only on the condition that they keep it confidential;
• will disclose your personal information as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency or external administration, in which case your personal information would be transferred as one of our business assets;
• will disclose your personal information for public interest purposes (such as law enforcement, or for public health and safety or the protection of public revenue). In that case we cannot be responsible for how external organisations and individuals will treat that information ;
• will not disclose your full name to other users, unless YOU choose to make your profile name your full name;
• may retain any data you provide to us in an email or other inquiry, for the purpose of tracking the types of questions that we receive.
Site special features
Our Site's special features include; social networking and adding friends, email, inspiring stories or testimonies, blogs, live chat and private chat rooms, discussion groups, newsletters, ezine, iPrayer, media board, message board, notice board.
It is up to you as a member as to what information you wish to disclose to other members through these special features. It is up to members to activate their privacy settings. It is up to members to discern what information that they post anywhere on the website.
Cookies
We may use “cookies” to store certain information from your browser. A cookie is the industry standard for a small data file that is sent to your browser and stored on your hard drive. It memorises your Internet address and other information. Cookies help us to determine your service and product preferences and configure our Site to improve your user experience. We can, for example, use them to customise your future visits to our Site and any advertising material that may be sent to you.
Your browser is probably automatically set to accept cookies. However you can configure it to refuse to accept cookies, but this may restrict our Site functionality for you.
We may allow third party Site advertisers to set and access their cookies on your computer. Their use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. You will need to read them. We are not responsible for them and you should not assume that we approve or endorse them.
We will not use cookies or any other method to collect sensitive information that you do not wish to provide to us.
Data security
We will take all reasonable steps to protect your password, transmissions and your other personal information we hold from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure, and you provide your personal information to us at your own risk. We are not responsible for breach of security (whether through system failure or otherwise) that may lead to any data in the Site being compromised, accessed or used by any unauthorised person.
Links
Our Site may contain links to other websites. These are for your convenience. If you access a link you will need to read that website's privacy policy. We are not responsible for it and you should not assume that we approve or endorse it.
Public forums
If you voluntarily post personal information to any chat room, weblog, message board or other public forum, it can be accessed by the general public. You should exercise caution. People can use the public forum to send you unsolicited communication.
Correcting, updating or removing information
You may modify or remove any of your personal information at any time by following the procedure outlined in the Site. You may also send us an email if you have any suggestions to improve these Terms.
Opting-out
If you do not want to receive updates or notifications about our services please tell us and we will respect your wishes. We always give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving future updates or notifications .
Enquiries and concerns
Please address any enquiries or concerns to our Privacy Manager by email, post or phone. We guarantee you will receive a prompt, courteous and responsible response. If you are not satisfied with it, you may send a complaint at any time to the Office of the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner.
Children's Privacy
We comply with the requirements of the USA Children's Online Privacy Protection Act . Our Site is not directed to children under 13. We will not knowingly allow children under 13 to register or remain registered as a user and we will not knowingly collect or use any personal information from children under 13. We rely on users to be truthful in telling us their age and we are not in a position to investigate whether they have been truthful. If we become aware that we have collected any personal information from children under 13, we will promptly delete that information from our database.
Governing law
We operate this Site from New South Wales, Australia. Even though you may be accessing this Site from some other place (whether in Australia or another country), the laws of New South Wales, Australia govern these Terms. Those laws also include applicable Commonwealth of Australia laws.
You agree that the Court system of New South Wales, Australia has exclusive jurisdiction in relation to all matters concerning these Terms and this Site. This means that if you or we make a claim against each other, you will not object to having that claim determined solely by an appropriate Court in New South Wales, Australia.
If you are not in New South Wales, Australia, you must also comply with any relevant local law.