Effective Date: 06/11/2024
The In Trust Center for Theological Schools (“In Trust Center”) understands the importance of your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies when you visit any websites owned and operated by In Trust Center, including our website at intrust.org (the “Website”), interact with us on or offline, attend our events, provide donations to us, or use any and all of our products and services (collectively, our “Services”). Our Privacy Policy describes our collection of information during your interactions withour Services, and the rights and choices you have regarding your information.
By using our Services, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Use.
I. Information Collection
When operating our Services, In Trust Center collects data, including Personal Data about you. The types of information we collect depends on your level of engagement with the Services. “Personal Data” means information that can reasonably be linked to a particular individual.
Sources of Information Collection. We collect information from a variety of sources, including directly from you and your interactions with our Services. We may also obtain information about you from other sources, including through third-party services.
The information we may collect includes:
Identifiers. We collect identifiers when you interact with our Services through visiting our Website, creating and using an account, or otherwise voluntarily providing it to us. This includes:
• Name
• Address
• Phone number
• Email
Communications Information. We collect information within messages we exchange when you communicate with us. This includes:
• Information in support requests
• Questions and feedback
• Survey responses
• Other information you provide
Browsing Information. We use cookies and other embedded tracking technology like web beacons which automatically collect users’ browsing information when they use our Website. You will find other parties’ trackers on our Website. Other parties like our analytics and advertising partners place code with cookies or web beacons embedded in them. These are called third-party cookies. Some third-party cookies are used to track a particular user’s activity across the Internet. This includes:
• IP address
• Browser type
• Browser settings
• Device ID
• Operating system
• Cookie ID
• Browsing history
Social Media Information. We may collect this information automatically when you share information through social media widgets on our Services. This includes:
• Profile picture
• Social media contact information
Financial Information. Third parties collect financial information on our behalf when you sign up for our Services or make any donations or payments to us. This includes:
• Debit or credit card information
• Billing address
II. Use of Information
In Trust Center uses data for a variety of purposes, as described below. We use the information we obtain about you to:
• Manage Our Organization and Provide Our Services. In Trust Center uses information and Personal Data to maintain user accounts, provide Services, facilitate usage of the Services, and complete necessary tasks to manage our business and provide our Services.
• Manage Job Applicants. In Trust Center uses information and Personal Data to process and review job applications.
• Facilitate Purchases and Donations. In Trust Center uses information and Personal Data to provide customers with information about donations, or other requested material, and to process payments and donations.
• Conduct Research and Improve Our Organization. In Trust Center uses information and Personal Data to conduct research, such as questionnaires and surveys, and to analyze and enhance our marketing communication strategies.
• Communicate. In Trust Center uses information and Personal Data to communicate important information, including delivering notices to you about the use of our Services.
• Protect Our Organization. In Trust Center uses information and Personal Data to protect against fraud, unauthorized transactions, and other liabilities, and to secure our Services by identifying potential hackers and unauthorized users.
• Ensure Security and Efficiency and to Comply with the Law. We may use information and Personal Data for other purposes with your consent or where permitted by law, for example to comply with applicable legal requirements, court orders, legal proceedings, document requests, industry standards, and our internal policies.
III. Disclosure of Personal Data
We may disclose your information and Personal Data in the following ways and circumstances:
• Your consent. In Trust Center will not disclose your information and Personal Data to others without your consent, except as specified in this Privacy Policy.
• Our Service Providers and Vendors. We transfer all or a portion of your information and Personal Data to our service providers who help us deliver our products and services to you and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. These service providers are required by contract or law to only use or disclose the information as necessary to perform services on our behalf or as otherwise required by law.
• Merger, Acquisition, Change in Ownership, or Reorganization. Information and Personal Data we have collected may be disclosed to a third party in the event of a merger, transfer of ownership or assets, bankruptcy, or other corporate reorganization.
• Data Analytics. We share your information and Personal Data with analytics service providers such as Google. Google may combine your browsing information, including information from your use of our Website, to generate interest-based advertisements. Google’s data collection is governed by their own privacy policy, found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• When Legally Permitted or Required to Do So. In Trust Center may disclose without your prior consent any data or Personal data about you or your use of our Services, if we believe disclosure is necessary or required by law. In Trust Center may disclose without your prior consent any information about you or your use of our Website, if we believe disclosure is necessary, including to:
o Protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of In Trust Center, employees, other users of the Website, or the public;
o Enforce the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy;
o Respond to a legally valid request from a competent governmental authority;
o Respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties;
o Correspond with law enforcement agencies, if we are required to do so; and
o Satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request.
IV. Use of Cookies
We use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies through your web browser. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the In Trust Center services or websites you visit.
V. Your Privacy Options
In Trust Center gives you options to access, edit, or remove certain information, as well as choices about how we contact you. In Trust is an organization operating in Delaware. As such, Delaware residents are given certain rights related to their Personal Data. Although some of these options apply generally, certain options will only apply to limited individuals or circumstances. Delaware residents, and others if allowable by law, may exercise the following rights and choices:
• Right to Know and Access. You may have the right to know whether In Trust Center processes your Personal Data, or request access to the Personal Data we have collected about you.
• Right to Correction. You may request correction of Personal Data that we hold about you. This right allows you to request that In Trust Center correct incomplete or inaccurate data In Trust Center holds about you.
• Right to Deletion. You may have the right to request deletion of the Personal Data that we hold about you. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which we will tell you about, if applicable, at the time of your request.
• Right to Opt Out. You have the right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Data for the purposes of targeted advertising, sales, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. Please note that In Trust Center does not engage in these activities at this time.
• Right to Portability. You have the right to ask In Trust Center to provide you with your Personal Data in a machine-readable format.
• Right to Consent to the Processing of Sensitive Data. We will ask your consent before we process your sensitive Personal Data.
The exact scope of these rights may vary. To exercise any of these rights please contact us at the information provided below.
To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, follow the instructions provided in our communication denying your request.
VI. Exercising Your Privacy Options
To exercise any of the above options, you may contact us at:
100 W 10th St, Suite 703
Wilmington, DE 19801-6614
Phone: (302) 654-7770
webmaster@intrust.org
Please include your email address, full name, and specific information about your request(s). If you would like to update or correct your email address, work address, or other Personal Data with us, please include specific details about the information you wish to have updated or corrected.
Messaging and Newsletter Communications. You may control how you receive certain types of communications by unsubscribing within the body of the communication. Note that some messages are required, service-related messages such as transaction confirmation messages, legal notices, or updates.
Do Not Track Signals. CalOPPA requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals. DNT is a privacy preference you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your webpage visits collected across websites when you have not interacted with that service on the page. For details, including how to turn on DNT, see here. Because there currently isn’t an industry or legal standard recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we don’t respond to them at this time.
VII. Third Party Websites
This Privacy Policy applies only to our Services. Our Website may contain links to other websites including those that permit online transactions. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors, or other third parties we link to from our Website. In Trust Center does not endorse, approve, or certify these other websites, and we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of the information contained on those websites. You should check the applicable privacy policy of the Website sponsor when linking to other websites.
VIII. Information Retention
In Trust Center uses several criteria to determine how long we should keep categories of Personal Data. We will retain your Personal data for the time period reasonably necessary to achieve the business purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Please understand that residual copies of the Personal Data can be stored in locations or formats that make complete erasure extremely difficult. The best way to ensure you control your information is to give us only the Personal data that you are completely comfortable sharing with us.
IX. Security
In Trust Center takes reasonable steps to secure your Personal Data. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to ensure that Personal data is stored and processed responsibly. However, no internet transmission is ever fully secure, and we cannot guarantee that information transmitted via our Website will remain confidential at all times.
X. Age Restrictions
In Trust Center takes children’s privacy seriously. By accepting the Privacy Policy through your use of our Services, you certify that you are at least 18 years of age or submitting Personal Data to us with the consent of a parent or guardian. If we find that a minor has submitted any information to us without parental consent, we will delete it immediately upon discovery.
XI. Changes to Privacy Policy
We may update or change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the changes on our Website and software, and will indicate the effective date. Your continued use of services after the changes are effective constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy.
XII. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at: webmaster@intrust.org.
100 W 10th St, Suite 703
Wilmington, DE 19801-6614
Phone: (302) 654-7770