The Boston Church of Christ (“BCC”) is committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the BCC web site, Bostoncoc.org, and its family of regional and related ministry web sites (Collectively, the “Website”), and governs data collection and usage. By using the Website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information
BCC may collect personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, and/or telephone number. BCC also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by BCC. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by BCC for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Website public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: BCC does not read any of your private online communications. BCC encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from BCC so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. BCC is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the Website and BCC family of web sites.

Use of your Personal Information
BCC may collect and use your personal information to operate the Website and deliver the services you have requested. BCC also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from BCC and its affiliates. BCC may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. BCC does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. BCC 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 not transferred to the external party. In addition, BCC may share data with trusted partners to help us 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 BCC, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. BCC does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. BCC may keep track of the web sites and pages our users visit within BCC, in order to determine what BCC services are the most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content and advertising to users whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. BCC web sites 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 BCC or the Website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of BCC; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of BCC, or the public.

Use of Cookies
The Website uses "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 Website pages, or register with the Website for services, a cookie helps BCC to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as addresses, and so on. When you return to the Website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Website 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 Website services or web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information
BCC secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, which is protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Changes to this Statement BCC will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy. BCC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how BCC is protecting your information.

Contact Information
BCC welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that BCC has not adhered to this Statement, please contact BCC by email or by regular mail at 300 5TH Avenue, 5TH Floor, Waltham, Ma 02451, attention: Joe Gattozzi. Once notified, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.