Privacy Policy

Updated: 10 September 2008

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com is created to provide Would Jesus Discriminate? Campaign Program information and to provide a space for local Would Jesus Discriminate? Campaigns to promote their campaigns online. We are a program of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) (www.mccchurch.org) and this website is designed and maintained by MCC staff. The office responsible for the upkeep of WouldJesusDiscriminate.com is MCC Online Services, Melanie Martinez, Director.

We maintain three main site areas at WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, 1) Main Program Site, 2) Main WJD? Blog and 3) Free WJD? Local Campaign Blogs. For all users of our website in any area, WouldJesusDiscriminate.com gives you control of your information. We do not share user, subscriber or blogger information with any outside company.

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com’s Privacy Policy

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com’s Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, located at www.WouldJesusDiscriminate.com and its directly associated domains (collectively, "WouldJesusDiscriminate.com" or "Main Website")

By using or accessing WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, contact our staff at webmanager@wouldjesusdiscriminate.com.

The Information We Collect

When you visit WouldJesusDiscriminate.com you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.

When you register with WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name and your email address.

When you enter WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all WouldJesusDiscriminate.com visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID to make it easier for you to login when you come back to WouldJesusDiscriminate.com. You may choose to have your system remember your password as well. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.

When you use WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, you may set up your personal profile in order to comment on blog postings on the Main WJD? Blog. If you are a local campaign leader, you may also sign up to lead a free campaign blog and enter additional user information.

When posting to either the Main WJD? Blog or any Free WJD? Local Campaign Blog, you post on the Site at your own risk. All blog posts and comments should apply to a WJD? Campaign or the WJD? Campaign Program. Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on WouldJesusDiscriminate.com is a violation of the WouldJesusDiscriminate.com Terms of Service and should be reported to Webmanager@wouldjesusdiscriminate.com.

If you choose to use our “Tell-a-Friend” service to tell a friend about our site on select forms, we will ask you for information needed to send the invitation, such as your friend’s email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email or instant message inviting him or her to visit the site. WouldJesusDiscriminate.com stores this information to send this one-time invitation, to register a friend connection if your invitation is accepted, and to track the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at Webmanager@wouldjesusdiscriminate.com to request that we remove this information from our database.

By using WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.

Children Under Age 13

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for WouldJesusDiscriminate.com or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on WouldJesusDiscriminate.com. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at Webmanager@wouldjesusdiscriminate.com.

Children Between the Ages of 13 and 18

We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

Use of Information Obtained by WouldJesusDiscriminate.com

When you register with WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, you create your own profile and privacy settings. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by WouldJesusDiscriminate.com that we think you may find valuable.

Profile information is used by WouldJesusDiscriminate.com primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by your privacy settings.

Sharing Your Information with Third Parties

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com does not share your personal information with anyone. That said, you are responsible for any personal information shared through a blog posting or on comments. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photos, videos, or other items , this information may become publicly available. Do NOT post personal information about another person in comments available to the World Wide Web.

Important note to Free WJD? Blog owners: Do NOT post personal information about campaign participants including names, emails, phone numbers, PHOTOS, videos or any other identifying information without the person’s expressed permission in writing. WouldJesusDiscriminate.com reserves the right to follow up on any posting content and request permission you received in writing. WouldJesusDiscriminate.com also reserves the right to delete any blog post or comment which reveals personal information of which no permission to post can be/has been obtained.

Links

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by WouldJesusDiscriminate.com.

Changing or Removing Information

Access and control over most personal information on WouldJesusDiscriminate.com is readily available through the administrative portal for users. WouldJesusDiscriminate.com users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Some information is required to maintain an account on WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, including Name and Email address. Information will be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to deactivate their WouldJesusDiscriminate.com account may do so on the Profile page.

Security

WouldJesusDiscriminate.com does NOT currently make use of secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption on our website. Please make note that your information is only as secure as your internet firewall and connection. If you have any questions about the security of WouldJesusDiscriminate.com Web Site, please contact us at webmanager@wouldjesusdiscriminate.com.

Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions

Your use of WouldJesusDiscriminate.com, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy’s new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at webmanager@wouldjesusdiscriminate.com .

You may also contact us at:

The Would Jesus Discriminate? Campaign Program
c/o Metropolitan Community Churches
PO Box 1374
Abilene, TX 79604