| The following is a statement of the Moody Bible Institute's (MBI) general policies for the use of visitor information collected through our web sites. Some areas may have specific policies regarding the privacy of user provided information and may contain exceptions to this statement. Consult the statement posted under that web page for the appropriate information.
Our Commitment To Privacy Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. The Information We Collect: This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Moody Bible Institute website, unless otherwise posted. On some pages, you may order products, register for conferences, make requests, and register/subscribe to receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:
On some pages, you may submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift subscription and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
Additionally, we collect certain information in our server log files, whether or not you send us a request, in order for us to maintain and improve the performance of our web servers. This information includes the IP address, type of browser, the page you were refered from, the page you are visiting, and the time of the visit. We also collect the same information when you receive an error page. No personal information is contained in these logs. We do use statistical software to analyze our logs to obtain aggregate values on how many times a page is viewed, total number of visitors by country, browser popularity, and other similar totals. Kids and Teens Please, be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself to us or anyone else online or over the Internet. If you are under the age of 13, you must obtain permission from your parents. They simply need to send us an email indicating their approval of your participation in any of the services/resources which require the collection of personal information on our web site. Parents Any information collected by Moody Bible Institute from children/teens is used only for the purpose of delivering the requested service/materials. If you have a question, or would like to review or delete your child’s information please contact us via e-mail to the webadmin or write to us at: The Way We Use Information: We use the information you provide about yourself when using an online form only to complete that contact. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete/resolve that contact (i.e. verifying credit authorization or sending a package through a postal/delivery system). We use the information you provide about someone else when placing a request only to mail the materials and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that request. We offer gift-subscriptions or co-registrations by which you can request a service or item for another person. Information you provide to us to create an alternate user is only used for that purpose, and it is only disclosed to the person receiving the service/item. We use return e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties. Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. Our Commitment To Data Security To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. How You Can Correct Your Information You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request via e-mail or postal-mail that credibly shows error. Third-Parties Links to third party web sites on the site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the MBI site. MBI has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or their privacy policy. Thus, MBI does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so at your own risk. How To Contact Us Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, send us an e-mail at webadmin@moody.edu. Moody Bible Institute Information Systems 820 N. LaSalle Blvd Chicago, Illinois 60610-3284 |