Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to the www.adoptionjourney.org and Bethany Christian Services and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Bethany Christian Services include www.adoptionjourney.org and The Adoption Journey Project. The Adoption Journey Project website is an adoption resource site. By using the The Adoption Journey Project website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
The Adoption Journey Project may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name. The Adoption Journey Project may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your gender. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Adoption Journey Project. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the The Adoption Journey Project website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Adoption Journey Project's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
The Adoption Journey Project encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from The Adoption Journey Project so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Adoption Journey Project is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the The Adoption Journey Project website.
Use of your Personal Information
The Adoption Journey Project collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
The Adoption Journey Project may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Adoption Journey Project and its affiliates. The Adoption Journey Project may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
The Adoption Journey Project may sell, rent, or lease customer information to third parties for the following reasons: to connect you with appropriate resources and organizations that may provide assistance with your questions about adoption or to improve the interaction with our website. The initial partner organizations involved with The Adoption Journey project include: Bethany Christian Services, Lifeline Children's Services and Lifesong for Orphans.
The Adoption Journey Project may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. The Adoption Journey Project may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Adoption Journey Project, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The Adoption Journey Project may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within The Adoption Journey Project, in order to determine what The Adoption Journey Project services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Adoption Journey Project to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
The Adoption Journey Project will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Adoption Journey Project or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Adoption Journey Project; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Adoption Journey Project, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The The Adoption Journey Project website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The Adoption Journey Project pages, or register with The Adoption Journey Project site or services, a cookie helps The Adoption Journey Project to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The Adoption Journey Project website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the The Adoption Journey Project features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the The Adoption Journey Project services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
The Adoption Journey Project secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
Children Under Thirteen
The Adoption Journey Project does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from The Adoption Journey Project by contacting us here: Email: questions@adoptionjourney.org
Changes to this Statement
The Adoption Journey Project will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect organization and customer feedback. The Adoption Journey Project encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The Adoption Journey Project is protecting your information.
Contact Information
The Adoption Journey Project welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Adoption Journey Project has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Adoption Journey Project at:
Bethany Christian Services
901 Eastern Av NE, PO Box 294
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501
Email Address:
questions@adoptionjourney.org
Telephone number:
616-224-7550
Effective as of November 1, 2011