Privacy policy

This policy informs you of the policies of CCIS Church Management Software (hereafter, “CCIS”) and its parent company, Salem Communications Corporation, and its subsidiary entities (collectively, “Salem”), concerning the collection, use and disclosure of personal information from this Salem-related website. Because we may gather certain types of information about our users, we want to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of that information. At CCIS we understand that your privacy is important to you and that, although we may need to collect information about you to provide you with some of our products and services, you may not want us to disclose that information to others. Accordingly, what follows is a description of how we gather and use information about you (collectively, “Your Information”).

Please note that by visiting this website, you consent to the collection of Your Information by CCIS as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

1. General Terms of CCIS’s Disclosure
Generally, CCIS does not sell, trade, or rent Your Information to others. However, CCIS may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, traffic patterns, and related website Information to third-party vendors. Typically, these statistics will include no personally identifying Information. However, CCIS may release Your Information when we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with the law; (ii) to protect the rights, property or safety of CCIS, our users, or others; (iii) to enforce or apply the Terms of Use applicable to this website; or (iv) to enforce contest, sweepstakes, promotions, or game rules. Furthermore, we may give some or all of Your Information to third-party vendors who assist us in fulfilling some of the functions of this website. Finally, we may provide Your Information to third parties if you authorize us to do so.

2. Description of the Information We Collect and its Uses
Registration Data
Registration Data is voluntary information provided directly by you that enables you to receive optional access to certain services or site areas. This data may include personally identifiable information such as your name, age, email address, address, zip code, or telephone number. Registration Data may also include preference information such as user names and passwords. We may also use it to create a user profile and determine whether you desire receipt of newsletters, promotions, and the like. Here are some of the ways we might use Registration Data: 

• To deliver services that you request or purchase, such as newsletters, special offers, message boards, forums, etc.;
• To help us create and deliver the content that is most relevant to you;
• To alert you to news, events, contests, etc. if you so request;
• To allow you entrance into restricted areas of the site, as appropriate;
• To send you information about CCIS, Salem, or sister companies;

To send you information about this website and other websites in the Salem family;

• To compile statistics and conduct basic research;
• To give to third parties, who may send you promotional material.

Surveys
On occasion, CCIS or Salem will post optional, voluntary Surveys in which we request personal information. We appreciate your participation in our Surveys, but the choice is entirely yours -- you will never be required to answer any Surveys that we may conduct. If you do elect to participate, please understand that CCIS or Salem may use the information which you provide, and that we may share it with third parties. If we ask for optional information, we may mark it with an asterisk (*) or otherwise notify you so that you can skip that portion if you want. This list should give you an idea of why we administer Surveys:

• To help us create and deliver the content that is most relevant to you;
• To send you information about CCIS, Salem, and this website;
• To give to our content partners, who may send you promotional material;
• To give to our advertisers, who may send you information about their products and services;
• To share in aggregate form with our partners and advertisers;
• To compile statistics and conduct basic research;
• To give to third parties, who may send you promotional material.

Contests and Sweepstakes
From time to time CCIS runs voluntary Contests and Sweepstakes in which we ask for personally identifiable information such as your name, age, email address, or telephone number. We need this information to fully determine your eligibility for the Contest and to notify you of a win. Sometimes we may request additional information such as your gender, marital status and income level. Here are some of the ways we might use the information that we collect:

• To determine whether you are eligible for the Contest;
• To notify you if you are a winner;
• To send you information about CCIS, Salem, and this website;
• To help us create and deliver the content that is most relevant to you;
• To give to third parties, who may send you promotional materials;
• To give to advertisers, who may send you information about their products and services;
• To share in aggregate form with our partners and advertisers;
• To compile statistics and conduct basic research.

Special Offers
From time-to-time, CCIS, Salem, and its affiliated entities are able to provide you with Special Offers of products and services. In order to provide these Offers, we need to gather personally identifiable information from you such as your name, age, email address and telephone number. Your acceptance of these Offers is completely voluntary; however, please provide the full and correct information requested, because if you do not correctly enter the required information, you may not receive the product or service being offered. We will use Your Information collected for Special Offers in the following manners:

• To ensure proper delivery of the product or service;
• To view statistics and conduct basic research;
• To send you information about CCIS, Salem, and this website;
• To give to select parties on our site, who may send you promotional material;
• To give to select radio stations, who may send you promotional material;
• To give to third parties, who may send you promotional material;
• To share in aggregate form with our partners and advertisers.

On-line Commerce Services
This website may offer shopping and other On-line Commerce Services, which may be offered by CCIS, Salem, or by a firm that operates a store under contract with us. If our website offers such Services, you will use a customer order form to request information, products, and services. The order form will ask you to give us contact information (like name or email address), financial information (like bank account or credit card numbers), and demographic information (like zip code or age).

We will use the financial information that you provide to bill you for products and services. By giving our website your credit card and related personal information, you are authorizing our store to give that information to the merchant and to the credit card company in order to confirm and fulfill your order. We will use contact information from the order form to fulfill your orders, and we may also use it to get in touch with you when necessary. We will not otherwise retain, use or distribute your financial Information without your express, prior approval. Furthermore, any and all of our On-line Commerce Services will be administered over a secured network link. It is your responsibility to ensure that any data you enter for the purpose of participating in On-line Commerce Services is correct and secured by this method.

Confirmed Opt-in
Salem acquires no personal or registration data about our users except what you explicitly and voluntarily provide (i.e., Opt-in). We reserve the right to use this information specifically for the purposes related to your registration in addition to any other purpose set forth in this Privacy Policy.

If You Contact Us
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive from you. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will not use your address for any other purpose.

Feedback Data
Feedback Data is voluntary information (such as success stories) provided directly by you for the purposes of assessing the products or services provided through the CCIS or Salem sites. There are areas on sites owned by CCIS and Salem which allow you to submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in these areas becomes the property of the collecting entity, and we reserve the right to use this information for the purposes of marketing, quality control, or to contact you for further information.

Usage (Log) Data
CCIS also gathers and analyzes Usage or Log Data that includes (i) your IP (Internet protocol) address assigned by your ISP (Internet service provider), (ii) the type of operating system you are using on your computer, and (iii) the type of web browser you are using to view our website. CCIS management uses Usage or Log Data to help diagnose problems with sites and to optimize server performance. This information also allows us to evaluate user traffic patterns into, out from, and within our website. These uses, however, do not allow us to connect your IP address with your personal identity.

Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that your Web browser stores on your computer's hard drive. From time to time our website may place Cookies on your computer’s hard drive that enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide you with certain features. Cookies also provide information about your Internet usage, which helps us to compile demographic and statistical information about visitors who are utilizing our website. Our Cookies may contain personally identifying information. Most Internet browsers automatically accept Cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent automatic acceptance of Cookies.

Changing Your Registration Information
You may correct, update, deactivate, or delete your registration data by contacting our member services in the following ways:

• By mail: CCIS Church Management Software
  Attn: Website Registration 
  4245 N. Ocoee Street Ste 4 
  Cleveland, TN 37312
• By email: webmaster@ccissoftware.com
• By fax: 423-614-5191

Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Any information you disclose in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. We cannot safeguard the privacy of any such information you choose to disclose on-line in this manner and you should do so carefully and at your own risk. Please refer to ______________________________________for additional information about the terms of service applicable to Salem’s public forums.

Sale of Our Company
CCIS may include any information we collect through this website in our customer information database. This database is considered an asset owned by CCIS, and, by extension, by Salem. As in any business venture, the sale of Salem is always a possibility, either as an entire corporate entity or through an asset sale that may include our customer information database. Should another entity ever purchase or acquire CCIS, Salem, or its assets, all information contained in our customer information database will be considered a transferred asset and become the property of the purchasing or acquiring entity.

Links to Other Sites
When you visit a Salem website like CCIS, you may be linked to outside websites. This includes links to sites operated by advertisers, sponsors, and partners that may use Salem's logo as part of an agreement with Salem. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. These other sites may be developed by people over whom Salem exercises no control and, as such, are not subject to the Salem Privacy Policy. Salem is not responsible for the Privacy Policies of these other websites, nor for the use of any information that these sites may collect.

Information Sharing With Third Parties
From time to time we may enter into a special relationship with another company that is not owned by Salem to provide additional features at this website. These special relationships may include “powered by” partners, business partners, sponsors, and co-branded sites (referred to here as “co-branded pages”). You should look for a specific privacy statement on any such co-branded page. Any of Your Information that you provide when signing up at one of those co-branded pages may be shared with our third party partner. You should also check the partner’s website for information regarding its privacy policies.

Also, the nature of some features of our site may require that we share some part of Your Information with persons or companies outside of the Salem corporate enterprise. This type of sharing may occur if you fill out a form on a Salem Website that enables you, via our site, to ask questions of persons or entities that are not part of the Salem enterprise. By responding to those features of the site, whether by email or direct entry of information on our website, you are consenting to the transfer of the elected information to such persons or entities.

Children's Privacy
Because the safety of children is very important to us, CCIS will not knowingly accept personal information from children under the age of 13 without first obtaining written parental consent. A parent can give such consent by filling out and signing the Salem Parental Consent Form and returning it to us at the contact point listed below. If a parent wishes to refuse collection or use of their child's information by CCIS, that parent should contact us to request deletion of their child's account.

If you have any questions or comments regarding children’s privacy at CCIS or Salem, or if you would like to submit a signed Parental Consent Form, please contact:

• By mail: CCIS Church Management Software
  Attn: Children's Privacy Dept. 
  4245 N Ocoee Street Ste 4 
  Cleveland, TN 37312
• By email: webmaster@ccissoftware.com
• By fax: 423-614-5191

Information Security
The security and confidentiality of Your Information is extremely important to us. Accordingly, we take appropriate security measures to protect against the unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of data. This includes the use of encryption technology to ensure that Your Information is protected. Please understand, however, that despite our best efforts no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

Your California Privacy Rights
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Salem or CCIS Software who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to support@ccissoftware.com or write us at:

CCIS Software
Attn: California Privacy Rights
4245 N. Ocoee Street Ste 4
Cleveland, TN  37312

Leased Content
No third-party licensor shall have any liability for the accuracy or completeness of information or services provided as leased content via this website, or for any component thereof, or for delays, inaccuracies, omissions, or other defects within it, nor for any claims or losses arising therefrom or occasioned thereby, including, without limitation, any lost profits, indirect, special, or consequential damages. Any such third party licensor will have exclusive proprietary rights from the information received via the Content Leasing Service (hereafter referred to as, “the Service”).
No customer, end-user, or visitor shall use or permit anyone to use the information provided through the Service for any unlawful or unauthorized purpose. No customer, end-user, or visitor may authorize or furnish such information to any person or firm for reuse or retransmission without prior written approval of the source of such information.

Provision of the information on the Service is subject to termination in the event that any agreement between a third party licensor and a provider of information distributed through the Service is terminated in accordance with its terms. Any third party licensor and its subsidiaries, affiliates, information providers, and content partners shall have no liability for investment decisions based on the information provided hereby.

General Information
This Policy and the Terms of Use for this website shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, as it is applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within such state, without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree that any cause of action that you or CCIS brings to enforce this Policy and/or the Terms of Use, or in connection with any matters related to this Salem website and/or the Privacy Policy, shall be brought only in either the state or Federal courts located in Nashville, Tennessee. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Tennessee for any cause of action arising out of this Policy.
If any provision of this Policy, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid or becomes unenforceable for any reason including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, then such provision shall be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that matches, as closely as possible, the original provision; and the other provisions of this Policy shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of either party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this Policy shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Policy and the Terms of Use for this website are the entire agreement between you and CCIS with respect to the use of this CCIS website and shall not be modified except in writing, signed by an authorized representative of CCIS.

If you have any questions concerning this Policy, you may send them by email to webmaster@ccissoftware.com You must send any official correspondence via postal mail to our office:

CCIS Church Management Software
Attn: Internet Privacy Dept. 
4245 N Ocoee Street Ste 4 
Cleveland, TN 37312
European Union and Other Foreign Nations

This CCIS website is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of United States of America and is intended for the enjoyment of residents of the United States. CCIS makes no representation that this website is governed by or operated in accordance with the laws of other nations. By using this website and submitting any personal information, visitors from outside of the United States acknowledge the this site is subject to U.S. law, consent to the transfer of personal data to the U.S., and waive any claims that may arise under their own national laws.

In Summary
We understand your privacy is important to you. Please note, however, that CCIS or Salem may use Your Information and may disclose it to select third-party vendors as described in the above provisions.
Your Consent and Changes to this Policy

By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of Your Information by CCIS or Salem as set forth in this Privacy Policy. Additionally, your visit to the CCIS website and any dispute over privacy are subject to this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use applicable to this website.

CCIS or Salem may at any time amend, modify, restate, or revise this Privacy Policy by updating this posting. Therefore, you should periodically visit this page to view the current Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.