Privacy Policy & Conditions of Use
Revision November 24, 2017
PRIVACY POLICY FOR WEBSITE AND APP ACCESS
Ownership
This site is owned and operated by Youth For Christ USA, Inc. (herein “YFC”).
How Information is Collected
On some Youth For Christ mobile apps, web pages or websites (including all Youth For Christ local, regional, divisional, and national websites and the Youth For Christ Mobile Apps, which are hereinafter referred to as “the Youth For Christ Network” or the “YFC Network”), you may be asked to provide certain personal information for ministry-related purposes or to make ministry contributions. We do not collect personal information without your knowledge; however, we do allow you to provide personal information that will help us serve your request (for instance, you can give feedback or make donations on the Youth For Christ network). We will only ask for the information that will help us facilitate your request. When you provide any such information, you are acknowledging your consent to our use of such information to better serve you and others visiting the Youth For Christ network.
We employ a tool called Facebook Pixel to use beacons and tracking pixels to collect tracking data (no names, or other personal information) to register information such as the number of visits to a particular site and the type of information our visitors view. This information is used to update our users on products and services in which they have already expressed an interest.
How Information is Used
Youth For Christ uses information you provide to better serve your requests. We do not sell, lease or rent your confidential information to others. However, we may need to provide personal information as may be required by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, search warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request, to enforce our terms of use or to protect the safety and security of our visitors and our sites.
Security
To safeguard and secure the information we collect online, Youth For Christ has applied appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorized access and maintain data accuracy. Internet encryption software, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, is utilized to protect sensitive data transmissions with banking or credit card information. The padlock icon in the bottom of your browser’s window or a blue line around the window signifies that a site is secure. Sometimes password protection is used to protect your privacy and security.
Third-Party Disclosure
Youth For Christ does not disclose any personal information we collect from our websites to third parties excepting those assisting us and under our direction and control. We do use this aggregate information, which is not personally identifiable, to give us demographic information about the entire YFC Network audience in order to improve our service and ministry through our entire series of information and products.
Links to Other Sites
The YFC Network may, from time to time, provide links to other sites not owned or controlled by Youth For Christ. In some cases, Youth For Christ has contracted other vendors to manage a specific function such as Youth For Christ’s online store or donor giving. No assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that Youth For Christ is connected with, operates or controls these websites. Users who agree to link to these sites are alerted that they are leaving the YFC Network before they are linked to the other site. The privacy and data collection practices on linked websites are entirely separate from the YFC Network and are not covered by this privacy policy.
Site Access — Commercial Use
Your personal use and access of this site does not allow you to download or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the prior express written consent of Youth For Christ. You may not commercially use or otherwise exploit for any commercial purpose, the contents of the YFC Network, including images, content or photographs or any derivative use of the YFC Network. You may not download or copy any of the information on this network for the benefit of another; or use any data mining, robots or similar data-gathering and extraction tools. You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit or otherwise exploit any portion of this network for any commercial purpose without the prior express written consent of Youth For Christ.
You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademarks or logos, photographs, content or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout or form) of the YFC Network without prior express written consent. You may not use meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any names or trademarks or logos contained in the YFC Network without the prior express written consent of Youth For Christ. You may not create a hyperlink to the home page or any internal page of the YFC Network without the prior express written permission of Youth For Christ. Contact sharedservices@yfc.net for permissions information.
Site Modification
Youth For Christ reserves the right to make changes to the YFC Network, policies and Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these policies or conditions shall be deemed invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.
School Non-Affiliation Statement
The use of a school name within the YFC Network that references a local Youth For Christ ministry is not intended to imply any affiliation between Youth For Christ or its ministries and the school or school district (public or private). Youth For Christ and their national ministry groups are often formed according to the school or schools where kids attend. The use of any school name on the YFC Network is only intended to assist kids, parents and adults to easily locate communities where Youth For Christ ministry exists. If you are a school administrator, you can find out more about Youth For Christ.
Privacy Policy for Medical Information
For Youth For Christ’s privacy practices regarding how medical information received from you is used and disclosed can be accessed at riskmanagement@yfc.net.
Conditions of Use
Youth For Christ provides the services described on the YFC Network as information to visitors interested in learning more about the ministry outreach of Youth For Christ. By visiting this and other YFC sites, you are accepting these conditions.
Solicitations of any kind made to Youth For Christ staff or volunteers whose contact information may be found on this website, area websites or mobile apps are strictly prohibited.
Limitation of Liability
Youth For Christ makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the operation of any sites in the YFC Network or the information, content, materials or products included therein. You expressly agree that your use of the YFC Network is at your sole risk.
Youth For Christ will not be liable for any damages of any kind, arising from the use of the YFC Network, including, but not limited to, failure of any sites in the YFC Network to perform, error or omission or interruption of availability on the YFC Network, computer viruses or line failure, inaccurate information or advice; nor any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.
Copyright and Trademarks
All websites and web pages and their content contained in the YFC Network are the property of Youth For Christ, and all content contained therein is protected by United States, local and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Youth For Christ holds all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights contained within the YFC Network. Youth For Christ also holds all rights in applications, text, graphics, design elements, audio, music and all other materials that it originates or uses within the YFC Network.
You may not reproduce, upload, post, transmit, forward, copy download or distribute any information contained on the YFC Network. This restriction also applies to information accessed at other sites through links to the YFC Network. However, Youth For Christ does allow users of its network to print out or download parts of the text and images for their own personal, noncommercial purposes under the restrictions provided herein and otherwise applicable.
Youth For Christ’s trade names, trademarks, brands and service marks, including those marks indicated on the YFC Network are the sole and exclusive property of Youth For Christ, including, without limitation, designs, logos, page headers, button icons and scripts (“Marks”). Youth For Christ’s Marks and branding may not be used without express written permission in connection with or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among the public, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Youth For Christ. All other trademarks not owned by Youth For Christ that appear on the YFC Network are the property of their respective owners.
Domain names and trademarks of other sites, or that are contained in information that users access at other sites, belong solely to their respective owners. The appearance of domain names, trademarks and other information on these sites does not imply that Youth For Christ is affiliated with, endorses or sponsors the owners of these items. Contact sharedservices@yfc.net for permissions information.
For More Information
If you have any questions or comments related to this Privacy Policy and Conditions of Use or any content found on the Youth For Christ network, please contact us at 303-843-9000.
Children’s Privacy Policy
The YFC Network consists of informational sites for supporters, parents and children about Youth For Christ. One specific goal of the network is to provide information to children, ages 11 and up, who participate in or are interested in the various Youth For Christ activities. It is our intention to provide a safe, fun environment where children may explore Youth For Christ, their own Youth For Christ club and other Youth For Christ activities.
We care about your privacy and we take great care to safeguard your personal information. We do not require our users to supply us with any personal information. We never condition a child’s participation in an activity on the child’s disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity. All personally identifiable information we do collect can only be accessed by authorized Youth For Christ staff, and only those people who require access may see this information. We preserve the confidentiality, security and integrity of that information. Upon your request, we will provide you with information as to all of the personal information we have regarding you and your child and we will not share this information with any third parties. As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we may modify our practices periodically. However, we will treat all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information is collected. You will be notified and your consent will be requested should there be any material changes in the collection, use or disclosure practices to which you have previously agreed.
The YFC Network is designed to comply with the requirement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) guidelines for websites gathering identifiable information from children.
Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself (your name, address, email address, other information) to us or anyone else over the Internet.
Personal information may be requested when using the following features:
Email Comments Some websites within the YFC Network have a page on which children may send an email with comments to Youth For Christ. Information gathered from these email comments are only for the internal use of Youth For Christ. If sample comments are posted on the website, then no identifiable information is ever included.
Cookies The YFC Network uses a software technology called “cookies” that helps us track non-personal aggregate data about who visits our site. This helps us keep track of the number of visitors to our site and allows us to gauge the areas that are of the most interest to our members. The cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information and are not linked to any personally identifiable information.
Third-Party Disclosure
Youth For Christ does not disclose any personal information we collect from our websites to third parties. We do use this aggregate information, which is not personally identifiable, to give us demographic information about the entire YFC Network audience in order to improve our ministry and service through our entire series of information and products.
Links to Other Sites
The Youth For Christ network may, from time to time, provide links to other sites not owned or controlled by Youth For Christ. In some cases Youth For Christ has contracted other vendors to manage a specific function such as Youth For Christ’s online store or donor giving. No assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that Youth For Christ is connected with, operates or controls these websites. Users who agree to link to these sites are alerted that they are leaving the YFC Network before they are linked to the other site. The privacy and data collection practices on linked websites are entirely separate from the YFC Network and are not covered by this privacy policy.
Kids are encouraged to ask their parents’ permission before linking to these sites or giving out any information. Parents are encouraged to become actively involved in the sites their kids visit, and to monitor their time spent there and to check their privacy policies as well.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments related to this Children’s Privacy Policy or any content found on the Youth For Christ network, please contact the Youth For Christ webmaster at helpdesk@yfc.net.
Contacting the Website
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or this Site, you may contact us at 303-843-9000. The Youth For Christ webmaster can be contacted at helpdesk@yfc.net.