Church of Notre Dame is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Church of Notre Dame site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Church of Notre Dame site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Church of Notre Dame collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Church of Notre Dame also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Church of Notre Dame. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Church of Notre Dame for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Church of Notre Dame site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Church of Notre Dame public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Church of Notre Dame does not read any of your private online communications.

Church of Notre Dame encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Church of Notre Dame so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Church of Notre Dame is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Church of Notre Dame and Church of Notre Dame family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Church of Notre Dame collects and uses your personal information to operate the Church of Notre Dame Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Church of Notre Dame also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Church of Notre Dame and its affiliates. Church of Notre Dame may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Church of Notre Dame does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Church of Notre Dame may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Church of Notre Dame may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Church of Notre Dame, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Church of Notre Dame does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Church of Notre Dame keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Church of Notre Dame, in order to determine what Church of Notre Dame services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Church of Notre Dame to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Church of Notre Dame Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Church of Notre Dame or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Church of Notre Dame; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Church of Notre Dame, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Church of Notre Dame Web site 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.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Church of Notre Dame pages, or register with Church of Notre Dame site or services, a cookie helps Church of Notre Dame to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Church of Notre Dame Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Church of Notre Dame features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. 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 Church of Notre Dame services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Church of Notre Dame secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Church of Notre Dame secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Church of Notre Dame will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Church of Notre Dame encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Church of Notre Dame is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Church of Notre Dame welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Church of Notre Dame has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Church of Notre Dame at [email protected]. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.