Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Mixed Methods Preaching web site at www.mixedmethodspreaching.com (the “Web Site”). This Online Privacy Statement (the “Privacy Policy”) only applies to information collected online at www.mixedmethodspreaching.com and www.cts.edu. This Privacy Policy describes the information that we collect on the Web Site from visitors, as well as how that information is used.
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we provide a link to the Privacy Policy on every page. For more information regarding privacy and to help you determine where to get further assistance, students, faculty, staff, and other users in the Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) community are directed to the CTS Internet and Computer Usage Policies.
Information Collected Online
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
A variety of information is collected from visitors on our Web Site. This data is not personally identifiable and is collected automatically via the use of cookies (see the Cookies section below) and other standard web technology. Automatically-collected information may include: the operating system on your computer, the type of web browser you are using, your IP address, and the links you followed to enter and leave the Web Site. Non-personally identifiable information is used to help improve the site by enabling us to discover and address the needs of our site visitors. This includes making our Web Site accessible to the wide variety of Web browsers and operating systems used to access the Web Site. - Personally Identifiable Information.
Personally identifiable information is collected when visitors complete forms online such as event registration, a request for information or contact from us, or when visitors contact CTS or designated programs. Information is collected based on what visitors to the Web Site provide.
Privacy of Children
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The Web Site is not intended to or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13.
Personal Health Information
The Web Site is not intended to or designed to solicit personal health information. We do not collect personal health information.
How We Use Information Collected Online
Non-personally identifiable information collected online is used to help us better design our Web Site so that it continues to meet visitor needs. Personally identifiable information collected through the site by means of visitor submission is used for the purpose of responding to said submission. This includes activities such as evaluating visitor applications and responding to requests for information. We do not share personal information with third parties, apart from vendors who must utilize the information to perform necessary duties (e.g. credit card authorization). CTS may disclose personally identifiable information based on a good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to conform to or comply with the law or that such disclosure is necessary to protect Web Site visitors or the general public.
Security of Information
Financial transactions submitted through www.mixedmethodspreaching.com are performed through a third party supplier, EventBrite. Please read the EventBrite Privacy Policy and EventBrite Security. CTS financial transactions are not processed through this site. To learn more about the CTS Privacy Policy and Security, please visit CTS Privacy.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information stored by your web browser on behalf of a web site and returned to the Web Site on request. The Web Site may use cookies for two purposes: to carry data about a visitors current session at the Web Site from one web page to the next, and to identify a visitor to the Web Site between visits. If visitors prefer not to receive cookies they can be turned off in the browser. The browser may also be configured to prompt the user before automatically accepting a new cookie. Some pages may not function properly if cookies are turned off. Unless otherwise notified on this Web Site, we will not store data within cookies for any other purpose.
Retention/Access to Personal Information
We retain personally identifiable information for as long as the information is relevant to our business purposes or until you request that we remove the data. At your request, we will use reasonable efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and to revise, update or replace information that you inform us is in error. Please contact us to request access.
Linking
Within the Web Site there are links to non-CTS web sites. When a visitor follows a link to a third-party web site, the visitor leaves the Web Site and will no longer will be subject to our Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of non-CTS web sites, and such links are not intended to be an endorsement of those sites or their content.
International Visitors
If a user visits this Web Site from a location outside the United States, the Web Site connection will be routed through servers located in the United States. Any information provided by international visitors will be processed and maintained on our Web server and other systems located within the United States.
Policy Changes
The information contained in this Privacy Policy explains the Internet privacy policy and practices that CTS has adopted for its official Web pages. This Privacy Policy shall not be construed as a contractual promise.
CTS reserves the right to amend this policy at any time. Should there be a material change to our information collection and use practices, it will be applied only to information collected from that point forward. In such an instance, CTS will update this Privacy Policy.
Opt-Out
To provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. You can access information about the add-on at this link.
You can unsubscribe from receiving emails from us filling out this form.
Questions/Contact Us
If you have questions about the Web Site, the collection of information that occurs on the Web Site, or this Privacy Policy, please contact the Christian Theological Seminary Help Desk at (317) 931-2385. You may also send an email to helpdesk@cts.edu .
