Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

JPCross Ministries (“JPCross Ministries,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to upholding your personal information and your right to privacy. Our privacy policy is described below. In the following, we explain to you in a clear way what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our website.

 

Type of Information Collected 

We only collect and store personal contact information when it is supplied by the party who interacts with us. The kind of information we collect typically includes name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, payment information, and login data. No Credit card information will be collected at any time. 

The system may also gather information about the areas visited on jpcross.org, as well as the IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website and other technical information that is used to connect. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information. This information is used to personalize the users experience as well as to prevent fraudulent activity, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

As most businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. Please read Cookie Policy below. 

 

Use of Collected Information 

We use the information collected in the following ways.

  • We may use your personal information to send you new feature, product, and service information and/or information about changes to our Terms and Conditions, and Policies.

  • We may use your information to process your donations/ gifts and also to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the website.

  • We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our website.

  • We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our website safe and secure (i.e., fraud monitoring and prevention).

  • We may use your information for other reasons, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our communications and to evaluate and improve our website. 

 

Sharing Your Collected Information

JPCross Ministries does not sell or trade any personal information to third parties. However, we may employ other companies and individuals to conduct operations on our behalf. These operations may include hosting or operating the website, analyzing data, providing customer service, mailing resource samples and/or managing payments. These other companies will have access to the Information only as necessary to perform their functions and to the extent permitted by law.

 

Cookie Policy 

JPCross Ministries may use technologies such as “cookies” and other similar tracking technologies including tags and scripts to help it understand user behavior, measure the effectiveness of web searches and to customize. This information collected by cookies is treated as anonymous information. However, to the extent that Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar identifiers are considered personal information by local law, or when anonymous information is combined with personal information, JPCross Ministries also treats these identifiers as personal information. 

To browse without cookies, the browser can be configured to reject all cookies or manually turn off select cookies. 

 

Safeguards of Collected Information

JPCross Ministries has implemented a variety of commercially reasonable security measures to maintain the safety of personal information. 

However, please also note that no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Even though we do our best to protect your collected information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. Therefore, only access the services within a secure environment and take special care in deciding what information you send to us.

 

Updating or Removing Personal Information 

JPCross Ministries provides an account dashboard feature on its website that allows the user to modify and/or remove personal information. This page can be accessed by clicking on the “My Account” link at the top right of most pages. All the information within your profile is secure and accessible only by the user or by limited staff.

 

Use of Email Address

The users email address is used to create and identify their account on jpcross.org. The email address may also be used by JPCross Ministries to correspond and keep the user updated with ministry news and other information including any changes to the web site. The user may opt-out of receiving such email by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link that appears on the bottom of any email and following a few simple instructions. This can also be done by mailing JPCross Ministries directly and requesting removal from email list to:

 

JPCross Ministries, Inc.
P.O Box 522
North Attleboro, MA 02760 

 

California Residents

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided above. 

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the website. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided above, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

 

Privacy policy for offline donors

The same privacy terms outlined above applies to offline donors. JPCross Ministries collects and stores personal contact information only when the party supplies it. This is ordinarily for the purpose of creating an account, processing a transaction, or requesting to receive updates and to communicate with the donor. Credit card information will never be stored. 

JPCross Ministries does not trade, sell or share any personal information to third parties.

 

User Consent 

The user acknowledges that this Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Conditions, and using this site signifies assent to JPCross Ministries Privacy Policy. JPCross Ministries reserves the right to change the Terms of Conditions, including this Privacy Policy at any time, without advanced notice. If there is a change to this Privacy Policy, this will be posted on this page so that the user is always aware of what information is collected, and how it is used and when it may be shared.