Plain-English Privacy Policy
Welcome to CCIS! Here on the left you'll find our plain-english privacy policy and the corresponding legal policy on the right.
We last updated this policy January 1, 2023.
Legal Privacy Policy
Date of Last Revision: January 1, 2023.
Welcome to the web site (the "Site") of CCIS Church Management Software, Inc. ( "CCIS", "we", "us" and/or "our"). This Site is operated by CCIS and has been created to provide information about our company and its content and related services (together with the Site, the "Service(s)") to our Service visitors ("you", "your"). This Privacy Policy sets forth CCIS's policy with respect to information including personally identifiable data ("Personal Data") and other information that is collected from visitors to the Site and Services.
Third-Party Payment Processor
We use a third party payment processor, Stripe, for all payments. CCIS does not store credit card details and instead relies on Stripe for this.
We use a third party payment processor to process payments made to us. In connection with the processing of such payments, we do not retain any personally identifiable information or any financial information such as credit card numbers. Rather, all such information is provided directly to our third party processor, Paypal, whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy, which may be viewed at
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
https://stripe.com/privacy
Information We Collect
We ask for certain information like your name, email address, timezone, and account credentials to use CCIS. We use this information to run CCIS and other things mentioned in this Privacy policy (like logging and analytics).
For your convienence, we use cookies so you don't have to log in every time you visit our website.
When you interact with us through the Services, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:
Personal Data That You Provide Through the Services: We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you contact us with inquiries, respond to one of our surveys, register for access to the CCIS Shield or use certain CCIS Services. Wherever CCIS collects Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy.
By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to the Services, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of CCIS and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States.
Cookies: In operating the Services, we may use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Services gives to your browser when you access the Services. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Services and help us analyze Services usage more accurately. For instance, our Services may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Services without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Services. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a "help" section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Services's features.
Aggregated Personal Data: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of CCIS Shield, CCIS often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and CCIS will not share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. CCIS will not disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
We will keep any information that you provide to us until such time as you delete your account with the CCIS Shield.
Our Disclosure of Your Personal/Organizational Data and Other Information
We don't sell your personal/organizational data. If we work with partners or contractors, they may have limited access to your personal data but only so much to do their job.
If we sell the company, personal/organizational data may be included in the transfer.
You can visit the Services without providing any Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any personal/organizational data, you may not be able to use certain CCIS Shield Services.
CCIS is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your personal/organizational data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, personal/organizational data may be part of the transferred assets. Related Companies: We may also share your personal/organizational data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: CCIS, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.
Legal Requirements: CCIS may disclose your personal/organizational data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of CCIS, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.
Exclusions
This privacy policy only applies to private information we collect. If you post information in a public place, like our support forums, this is public information and can be shared and reproduced.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal/organizational data collected by CCIS other than personal/organizational data collected through the CCIS Shield. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to CCIS through the CCIS Shield or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Services, such as bulletin boards (collectively, "Public Areas"), any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, "Unsolicited Information"). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and CCIS shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.
Links to Other Web Sites
CCIS may operate servers across the world and they are controlled from offices in the United States. You are responsible for compliance with any local laws that may affect you, geographically speaking.
This Privacy Policy applies only to the CCIS Shield. The Services may contain links to other web sites not operated or controlled by CCIS (the "Third-Party Sites"). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third-Party Sites. The links from the Services do not imply that CCIS endorses or has reviewed the Third-Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.
Security
We take many steps to ensure your private information and account credentials are safe, including encryption and requiring two-factor authentication for our staff. To this end, if you find a security problem, contact us and we will fix it immediately. Keep in mind, emails and communications with us are not encrypted.
CCIS takes reasonable steps to protect the personal/organizational data provided via the Services from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, email sent to or from the Services may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any personal/organizational data to CCIS via the Internet.
Changes to CCIS's Privacy Policy
If anything changes in our privacy policy, we will let you know at least 14 days ahead of time via this website or an email.
The Services and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for CCIS to make changes to this Privacy Policy. CCIS reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time. If we do this, we will post the changes to this Privacy Policy on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. We will also notify you, either through the Service user interface, in an email notification or through other reasonable means. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any personal/organizational data. Any such changes will become effective no earlier than fourteen (14) days after they are posted, except that changes addressing new functions of the Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Service after the date any such changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.
Other Terms; Contacting CCIS
We also have a set of terms and conditions.
Got questions? We want to hear from you! Contact us at support@ccissoftware.com.
Your access to and use of the Services is subject to the Terms of Service at http://ccissoftware.com/terms/
To keep your Personal Data accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Services. Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Zapier's Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Services.
All disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction located in Nashville, Tennessee, and each party irrevocably consents to such personal jurisdiction and waives all objections to this venue.
You may contact us as follows: support@ccissoftware.com.
