PRIVACY POLICY

The Father’s Heart Child Care Ministries and our related entities appreciate that privacy is very important. The Father’s Heart has adopted this Privacy Policy as we recognize the right of people to keep their personal information private. This Privacy Policy covers The Father’s Heart’s treatment of personally identifiable information that we collect or hold.

1. The information we collect
The Father’s Heart will collect general information about you, such as your name, address, and contact details so we can contact you. We may also collect this and other types of personal information during the course of dealing with you, for example when you register for conferences, events or as a member of a team, and when you participate in The Father’s Heart activities or complete other forms. Where practical, the purpose for which we collect personal information will be made clear at the time of collection. If you do not provide us with certain information we may be unable to provide you with access to some of our services or the assistance you have requested.

Users can generally visit the The Father’s Heart website without revealing who they are or other personal information unless they fill out a form or register with us. The Father’s Heart will not collect any personal information about visitors to the website except when they knowingly provide it.

2. How we use your information
The Father’s Heart will not rent, sell or lease your personal information to others. The Father’s Heart will use the personal information we collect for the purpose disclosed at the time of collection, or otherwise as set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not use your personal information for any other purpose without first seeking your consent, unless authorized or required by law. We will only use and disclose your personal information as follows:
(a) to establish and maintain your involvement with The Father’s Heart, including providing you with newsletters;
(b) to provide the products or services you have requested from The Father’s Heart;
(c) to answer your inquiry;
(d) to register you for events, conferences or promotions;
(e) to assist us to make The Father’s Heart services and products more valuable to our community;
(f) for direct promotion of products or services and to keep you informed of new developments we believe may be of interest to you; and
(g) to third parties where we have retained those third parties to assist us to operate The Father’s Heart and provide the products or services you have requested, such as religious education instructors, catering and event coordinators, promotions companies, transport providers, health care providers, website hosts and IT consultants, and our professional advisers such as consultants, lawyers and accountants. In some circumstances we may need to disclose sensitive information about you to third parties as part of the services you have requested;

3. Access to your information
You can request access to the personal information that The Father’s Heart holds about you by contacting The Father’s Heart. We will provide you with access to your personal information unless we are legally authorized to refuse your request. We may charge a reasonable amount for providing access.

If you wish to change personal information that is out of date or inaccurate at any time please contact us. After notice from you, we will take reasonable steps to correct any of your information which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you wish to have your personal information deleted please let us know and we will delete that information wherever practicable. We may refuse your request to access, amend or delete your personal information in certain circumstances. If we do refuse your request, we will provide you with a reason for our decision and, in the case of amendment, we will note with your personal information that you have disputed its accuracy.

4. Security
The Father’s Heart will take reasonable steps to keep secure any personal information which we hold and to keep this information accurate and up to date. Personal information is stored in a secure server or secure files.

The Internet is not a secure method of transmitting information. Accordingly, The Father’s Heart cannot accept responsibility for the security of information you send to or receive from us over the Internet or for any unauthorized access or use of that information.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Father’s Heart may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by having the amended version available on our website at www.The Father’s Heart.com. We suggest that you visit our website regularly to keep up to date with any changes.

6. Contacting us
If you would like any further information, or have any queries, problems or complaints relating to The Father’s Heart’s Privacy Policy or our information handling practices in general, please contact us by filling out the form on the contacts page, calling or writing to a The Father’s Heart office address near you on the contacts page.

COPYRIGHT:

1. Restrictions
All information and or content provided by The Father’s Heart website is protected by copyright laws and is owned by The Father’s Heart. This information and or content includes, but is not limited to, graphics, images, photographs, audio clips, video clips, text, articles, and the The Father’s Heart logo. You may not publish, modify, copy, distribute, sell, transfer, or reproduce in any way the material on this website without prior written permission from The Father’s Heart.

In line with The Father’s Heart Child Protection Policy, the use of personal information and/or images of the individuals within our care, is prohibited.

You may not, without the permission of The Father’s Heart, mirror or frame any material which is contained on this website. The Father’s Heart, also prohibits unauthorized links to the site and reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames. This site may contain links that will let you access other websites that are not under the control of The Father’s Heart. The links are only provided as a convenience, and The Father’s Heart does not endorse any of these sites. The Father’s Heart assumes no responsibility or liability for any material that may be accessed on other websites reached through this site, nor does The Father’s Heart make any representation regarding the quality of any product or service contained at any such site.

The Father’s Heart has no responsibility or liability for any material on other websites that may contain links to this site. The unauthorized use of any of the material contained on this website may violate certain copyright laws, trademark laws, communications regulations and statutes, and laws concerning privacy and publicity.

2. Acceptance of Terms of Use
The use of The Father’s Heart website is subject to the terms of use as defined and governed by this copyright policy, which constitutes a legal binding agreement between you and The Father’s Heart. By using this website you hereby acknowledge that you have read, understood, and are in agreement to be bound by the terms of use as defined and governed by this policy.