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BASS is committed to maintaining your trust and confidence.
The following online privacy policy is to protect and secure the personal information you provide to our ministry online.
Copyright
All content on this website is Copyright 2004 BASS.
Awareness
BASS provides this online policy to make sure you are aware of our security
practices and to inform you of the way your information is collected and
used. We also provide you with the opportunity to remove your name from
our mailing list, if you desire to do so.
Information we collect
There are different ways in which we collect information from visitors
on our Web site:
- From persons interested in requesting information or materials from our organization; and
- From our online registrations
- From our online donations
The online information that we collect includes name, address, city, state, zip, telephone number, e-mail address, and, in the case of online giving, credit card number and expiration date. In order to continuously improve your service and tailor our subsequent communications to you, we may also ask you to provide us with enough information regarding your demographics, comments, professional interests, and contact preferences.
How is the information used
BASS uses your information to understand your needs and provide you with
better service. We may use your information to complete a transaction,
issue you an income tax receipt for a donation, or to personalize our
Web site for you. If you so desire, we may also use this information to
update you on ministry projects and activities. Credit card numbers are
used only for donation or payment processing and are not retained for
any other purposes. We also provide you the opportunity to remove your
name from our mailing list, if you desire to do so. Please review the
corresponding section of this privacy policy below.
No sharing of personal information
BASS never sells, rents, leases, or exchanges your personal information
with other organizations. BASS assures you that the identity of all who
contact us through this Web site will be kept confidential. Use of personal
information will be limited to the internal purposes of BASS and only
to further the ministry activities and purposes of BASS.
Security
BASS is committed to ensuring the security of your personal information.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the
proper use of information, we have established and implemented appropriate
physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online. BASS uses Internet Encryption Software,
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Protocol when collecting or transferring sensitive
data such as credit card information. Any information you enter is encrypted
at your browser, sent over the public Internet in encrypted form, then
de-encrypted at our server. Once we receive your credit card information,
it is accessible only to a small number of trusted BASS staff who have
been specially trained in processing this information.
Removing your name from our mailing list
Our Web site gives you the opportunity to remove your name from our mailing
list so that you do not receive any future communications from our ministry.
If you desire to remove your name, you can automatically remove your email address from our database.
If you determine that information in our database is inaccurate or it has changed, you may modify the previously provided information by sending an e-mail to info@bassconvention.org.
Contacting Us
If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please send
us an e-mail at info@bassconvention.org.