At Lutheran Women's Missionary League, we know privacy is important to you. It is also vital to our business. This Privacy Policy describes the types of "Personal Information" (information that is identifiable to a particular person) that we collect in connection with products and services offered through the website at http://www.lwml.org (the "Site"), and explains how we safeguard your privacy as a user of those products and services. For more details on what your rights and obligations are when using the products and services offered on the Site, please refer to the Terms & Conditions found on the Site.
What Types of Personal Information We Collect
The Personal Information that LWML collects from or about you may include:
- Contact Information such as name, postal address, and e-mail address;
- Information to help verify your identity and authenticate your access to your information, products and services at the Site, including a password, secret question and secret answer.
How We Collect Your Information
LWML may collect Personal Information about you from the following sources:
Your enrollment form.
Your use of the Site and the products and services offered through it, including data transmitted to www.lwml.org through cell phones and other mobile devices; Other sources, as allowed by law.
Cookies and Other Related Issues
When you visit the Site, we receive certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring website addresses. This data does not identify you uniquely. However, it is used to assist in "authenticating" who you are when you access the Site.
We may also receive additional information about your visit to the Site, including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions you take in connection with the Site and the products and services offered through it. This data is used to make the site design more efficient.
Like most websites, the Site also uses "cookies," which are small text files placed on your computer by the web server when you visit the Site. Most such cookies are "session" cookies that are only used for a specific period during which you are on the Site (such as when you are going through the authentication process or using webchat), but a few are "persistent" cookies that stay on your hard drive and are read by the web server when you return to the site. The Site uses cookies to store your preferences and other information on your computer in order to save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information and to display your personalized content on your later visits to the Site. Cookies cannot and will not be used to deliver or run programs on your computer. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, if you choose to decline cookies, you will not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of the Site that depend on cookies.
How We May Use and Disclose Your Personal Information
LWML treats your Personal Information as confidential. LWML does not sell or rent your Personal Information. LWML does not share your Personal Information in a manner that differs from what is described in this Privacy Policy without your prior consent. We may use and disclose your Personal Information for the following purposes, including limited disclosures to nonaffiliated third-party service providers performing services on our behalf, and to certain other non-affiliated entities as described below:
- To complete transactions and render products and services authorized by you;
- To send you information about additional products and services that have been or will be offered through the Site by LWML and others; although you may opt out of receiving commercial email marketing messages from LWML by following the opt-out processes described in those messages;
- As otherwise authorized by you.
Access to Your Information
You may review and update the Personal Information maintained about you in the "My Account" section of the Site at any time to ensure that it is accurate and up-to-date.
How We Keep Your Information Secure
To ensure that your Personal Information remains confidential, LWML uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to transmit and receive your Personal Information in an encrypted form.
Additionally, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to your Personal Information. We update and test our technology frequently to improve these protections and to ensure the integrity of your Personal Information.
LWML has policies and procedures that limit employee access to your Personal Information to those with a business reason to have such information. We educate our employees about the importance of confidentiality and customer privacy, and we take appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce our privacy practices.
Protection for Former Customers
We treat the Personal Information of our former customers with the same care and respect as that of our current customers.
Compliance with Applicable Laws
LWML complies with applicable laws and regulations pertaining to information about you, including U.S. federal laws pertaining to "nonpublic personal information" and "consumer report information." LWML uses and discloses those types of information only as permitted by applicable law and described in this Privacy Policy.
Keeping Up to Date with Our Privacy Policy
The most current Privacy Policy is kept posted on the Site. For a printed copy of the most current Privacy Policy you may contact us by mail, by telephone, or by e-mail at the addresses listed below.
Contacting Us
At LWML, your privacy and the protection of your Personal Information are central to our business. Our products and services are developed with your privacy and security as a priority. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us in one of the following ways:
In writing:
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
P.O. Box 411993
St. Louis, MO 63141-1993
Phone: 1-800-252-5965
Fax: 1-314-268-1532
E-mail: catalog@lwml.org
