The privacy of our visitors at ChristianKindred.com is very important to us.  The following is information on the types of personal information we receive and collect and how we safeguard your information when you use and visit ChristianKindred.com.  We never sell, rent, lease, or give away your personal information to third parties.

Please read this privacy policy in its entirety before you use the site or submit personal information.  By using the site, you agree to the policy and practices described here.

Log Files

Like most websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (Internet Protocol) address, your ISP (Internet Service Provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site, and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons

ChristianKindred.com may use cookies and tracking technology – which are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the site, and understanding how visitors use the site.  Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology; however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information.

ChristianKindred.com also uses third party advertisements to support our site.  Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.   This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

DoubleClick DART cookies

We may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements).  This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”).  The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (for example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Chicago, you may see Chicago hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey).  DART uses “non-personally identifiable information.”  It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers.  You can opt-out of ad serving on all sites that use this advertising by visiting Dart Ad-Serving and Search Cookie Opt Out.

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security.  However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites.  This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program.  Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

Data Security Commitment

At ChristianKindred.com the owner and authorized staff of this site are dedicated to keeping your personally identifiable information confidential and secure.  We do not share your personally identifiable information with any third party for marketing purposes.  However, we may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation.  We may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; or, (2) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or, (3) investigating fraud which has already taken place.

RSS and Email Subscriptions

This website records information about how people access our RSS feeds, but does not collect any personally identifying information from or about our RSS subscribers.  This website’s feed services collect the e-mail addresses of individuals that subscribe to our RSS feed via e-mail.  Individual information about subscribers to this website’s feed is held in strict confidence; we will not release or disclose any specific subscriber information under any circumstances, unless required by law.  Aggregated information stripped of any personally identifiable information may be disclosed.  If you have subscribed to ChristianKindred.com emails or newsletters, you will always have the option to opt out of future mailings.

Comments

Each commenter is responsible for any and all comments he/she submits to this website.  We retain the right to edit or remove comments at our discretion.  Unacceptable and inappropriate comments include but are not limited to: comments containing profanity, self promotion, harrassment, threats, or spam.

If you would like to provide your site URL we will be happy to publish it with your comment(s).  E-mail addresses are required with the submission of comments but we will not disclose them.   These would only be published in the event that the commenter deliberately does so him/herself by entering the e-mail address in the main comment box in addition to the box clearly labeled for the e-mail address.

External Links

ChristianKindred.com contains links to other websites not owned by the owner of this website.  We will not, and cannot, control how your personal information is used on other websites.  Consult the privacy policies of the linked websites to see how they use your information.

Privacy Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy you may contact us.

We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

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