Internet Policy
Internet Policy & Disclaimer
Thank you for reading our Internet Policy. This website is owned and operated by the Diocese of Portland. It is intended to provide information to visitors to our site.
You may contact us at the following postal address, phone number:
Diocese of Portland
510 Ocean Ave
Portland, ME 04103Telephone: 207-773-6471
Copyright Information
All materials posted on this site are owned by the Diocese of Portland or its licensors and subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights of the Diocese of Portland and/or its licensors. All rights are reserved.
The names, trademarks, service marks, and logos of the Diocese of Portland appearing on this site may not be used in any advertising or publicity without the Diocese of Portland's prior express written permission.
Information Accuracy
The Diocese of Portland makes every effort to present correct and accurate information. However, the Diocese of Portland makes no representation or warranty concerning the accuracy of this information. To report any website inaccuracies or for questions about the Diocese of Portland Internet Policy, contact us using the information above.
Links to Third Party Sites
This website contains some hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than the Diocese of Portland. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. The Diocese of Portland does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents. The inclusion of hyperlinks to other websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on these websites or any association with their operators.
Privacy
The Diocese of Portland respects and attempts to protect the privacy of our visitors. At our site, personal, identifiable information is collected from individuals only voluntarily and knowingly.
1. Collection of Information
"Personally identifiable information" is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. It includes, for example a person's name, street address, email address, fax number, or telephone number. We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you through our web site, unless you voluntarily use our site to send us an e-mail message (such as through our comments and questions page) or fill out an online registration form, such as the registration form for online giving or our e-mail news blast service. The online giving service is operated on our behalf by an outside vendor (Logos Online); any personally identifiable information submitted through that service is governed by the vendor’s Privacy Policy. Our use of personally identifiable information submitted through the online giving service, to the extent it is available to us, is governed by this Policy
For the purpose of improving our web site content, we do collect aggregate information about what pages of the web site are visited. No names, e-mail addresses, or other personally identifiable information is collected in this manner.
2. Cookies
We do not place Internet cookies on visitors’ hard drives. A cookie is a small amount of data that often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser.
3. Use of Information Collected
Any personally identifiable information you submit through the website is used for the stated purpose for its submission, and otherwise solely by the Diocese of Portland for internal purposes, such as editorial and feedback purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes, for a statistical analysis of users’ behavior, or for content improvement. Names, postal and e-mail addresses, and phone numbers collected may be added to our databases and used for future communications regarding web site updates, new services, or upcoming events.
4. Disclosure of Personally Identifying Information
We may disclose your personally identifying information collected as described above only (i) with your authorization, or (ii) to individuals and organizations who need to have access to such information in connection with our provision of services to you (such as sharing information with the provider of our online giving service). We will not share, rent, sell or otherwise disclose personally identifying information to third parties for commercial purposes. We reserve the right to release information as required by any governmental or law enforcement agency or under a court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
5. Opt-Out Right
Visitors may opt out of having their identifying information collected or used to send communications. To opt out, visitors must contact us via postal mail or e-mail, or by accessing their account online through the use of their username and password.
6. Access to and Ability to Correct Identifying Information
Visitors may modify, correct, change, or update their personal records or cause their personal records to be removed from our database via postal mail or e-mail, or by accessing their on-line giving account online through the use of their username and password. We will send personal records only to the e-mail or postal mail address on file for the visitor name associated with it.
7. Collection of Identifying Information from Children
We do not attempt to collect identifying information from children. Identifying information sent to us, such as a registration or e-mail, which appears to be from a child, is deleted. We cannot always determine if the sender is a child.
8. Security
While we have instituted security measures to protect the information and systems that we maintain, we cannot guarantee that all transmissions to and from our websites are secure. Personal, identifying information submitted through registration forms for online giving are encrypted using SSL technology. Other communications that you send, such as e-mails, may be subject to interception. If your communication includes personal information that you do not wish to provide electronically, please contact us by postal mail or telephone.
Restriction of Liability
The Diocese of Portland will not be liable for any damages or injury arising from your use of the website, including but not limited to, those resulting from any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure. The Diocese of Portland will not be liable for any damages or injury, including but not limited to, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this site or a site which is linked to this site, even if there is negligence on the part of the Diocese of Portland or an authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or both. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you to the extent that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. The Diocese of Portland's total liability to you for all losses, damages, and causes of action in contract, tort (including without limitation, negligence), or otherwise will not be greater than the amount you paid to access this site.
Disclaimer
The materials on this site are provided "AS IS" and without warranties of any kind either expressed or implied, to the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law. The Diocese of Portland does not warrant that the functions contained in the material will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. The Diocese of Portland does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use of or the result of the use of the material in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, without notice, by posting the new or revised privacy policy at this location http://www.portlanddiocese.org
