Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 02/23/2017
At Josiah Venture, your privacy is of utmost importance. This privacy policy applies to the website https://www.emsreg.eu and web based Event Management System (EMS), owned and operated by Josiah Venture (“We”,“Us”). This privacy policy describes how we collect and use the personal information you provide on our web site and EMS platform. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
1. Data Collected through the EMS Service
Our Clients may ask you for various types of personal information, (including but not limited to the categories listed in section 2 of this policy), depending on their needs. Josiah Venture collects information under the direction of its Clients and works with its Clients to help them provide notice to their users concerning the purpose for which their personal information is collected.
An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, delete inaccurate data or request they no longer be contacted, should direct his or her query to the Josiah Venture EMS account holder they interact with directly, (the data controller). We may transfer personal information to companies that help us provide our service. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the service agreements with our Clients.
If the Client requests that we remove the data on their behalf, we will respond to their request within 30 days.
We will retain your information and the information we process on behalf of clients, for as long as those accounts are active or as needed to provide services. We will retain and use information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Co-Branding
Josiah Venture co-brands with organizations who share common mission and vision, as well as churches that perform events and activities with Josiah Venture. PII may only be passed between these partners if permission has been given by the owner of the data. An individual who seeks to have their PII deleted or to restrict sharing of this information can contact the Josiah Venture EMS account holder they interact with directly or can contact office@josiahventure.com.
2. Information Collection and Use
In the course of using our website and EMSplatform, we may collect the following personal information from you:
- Contact Information such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number
- Unique Identifiers such as user name, account number, password
- Demographic information such as age, education, and gender
- Passport Information
We use this information to:
- Send you requested information
- Confirm your participation at an event
- Send you information about upcoming events
- Respond to customer service requests
- Administer your account
- Respond to your questions and concerns
- Improve our Web site
- Conduct research and analysis
- Display content based upon your interests
3. Information Sharing
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. This includes donor information that is collected both online and offline.
Service Providers
We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as processing your payment when you make a donation or pay for an event. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
Legal Disclaimer
We may also disclose your personal information:
- In certain situations, Josiah Venture may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
- as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process
- when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request
- if Josiah Venture is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information,
- to any other third party with your prior consent to do so
4. User Access and Choice
Upon request Josiah Venture will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. If your personally information changes, or if you no longer desire our services, you may correct, update, amend, ask to have it removed from a public forum, directory or testimonial on our site or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page (if you are an EMS account holder), by emailing our Customer Support atoffice@josiahventure.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active, as needed to provide you services and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
5. Tracking Technologies / Cookies
Josiah Venture and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website or service.
Analytics / Log Files
As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personal information.
Advertising
We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this website and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
6. Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at office@josiahventure.com
7. Additional Information
Links to 3rd Party Sites
Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Josiah Venture. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.
Blog / Forum
Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at office@josiahventure.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Testimonials
We display personal testimonials of satisfied users on our site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at office@josiahventure.com
Changes To This Policy
We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
8. Contact Us
office@josiahventure.com
Josiah Venture
P.O. Box 4317
Wheaton, IL 60189-4317
Phone: (630) 221.9332