Privacy Policy

PortableSermons.com is a joint effort and service of Vault Multimedia and Spenlen Media. This privacy policy describes how PortableSermons.com treats personal information of our members who registered for a PortableSermons.com account.

What This Privacy Policy Covers

  • This privacy policy pertains to the use of the PortableSermons.com web site at http://portablesermons.com/
  • This privacy policy covers how PortableSermons.com treats personal information that PortableSermons.com collects and receives. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number.
  • Children under 13 are not permitted to use the PortableSermons.com service, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for children's use of the site.

Information Collection and How it is used

General Information

  • PortableSermons.com collects personal information when you register with PortableSermons.com to use PortableSermons.com services or to post content on PortableSermons.com.
  • When you register we ask for your email address and certain optional information such as your name, email address, church information, etc.
  • If you would like to obtain a paid ("Pro") account, we will ask for your billing address, phone number, and credit card information.
  • PortableSermons.com automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie, and the page of file you request.
  • PortableSermons.com uses this information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting. We do not share any information with any other parties, unless required by law.

IP Addresses

IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in our log files as well as in our user registration databases when you register with PortableSermons.com.

IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:

  • To diagnose or service technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
  • To estimate the total number of users visiting PortableSermons.com from specific geographical regions.
  • To make sure that people are not voting for themselves or friends during contests or promotions.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.

  • You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.
  • If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use PortableSermons.com products or services that require you to "sign in."
  • PortableSermons.com uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
    • Access your information when you "sign in".
    • Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using PortableSermons.com's services.
    • Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
    • Conduct research to improve PortableSermons.com's content and services.
  • PortableSermons.com uses Google analytics to track usage and statistics. We may use other outside services to aide us in our endeavors to improve services. Other entities' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Other entities do not have access to PortableSermons.com's cookies.

Editing and Deleting Account Information. Security.

  • You can change your PortableSermons.com Account Information, at any time.
  • We may send you certain communications relating to the PortableSermons.com service, such as service announcements and administrative messages, that are considered part of your PortableSermons.com account.
  • You can delete your PortableSermons.com account at any time from your account page; however, please note that your uploaded content, identification, billing and contact information may remain in PortableSermons.com's records for some period.
  • We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
  • Your PortableSermons.com Account Information is password-protected.
  • In certain areas, PortableSermons.com uses SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

PortableSermons.com may update this policy at any time for any reason. If there are any significant changes to how we handle personal information we will inform you next time you log in to your PortableSermons.com account and require your agreement to the new terms.

If you have questions or suggestions please contact us at: support@portablesermons.com or Vault Multimedia, 1658 Sweetgrass Lane, Lincoln, CA 95648.

(These terms of service were inspired by Flickr.)

Privacy Policy last updated on 2007-01-23 15:45:21