Privacy Policy
Womenofestherministries.org is the legal website for Women of Esther Ministries, a 501c3 charitable organization with no denominational affiliations. The Board, employees, third party vendors, and consultants who professionally oversee and/or support Women of Esther Ministries are purposeful and intentional in their commitments to fostering a positive experience for those who choose to visit it’s website. Part of the manifestation of this commitment to our website visitors is the protection of their privacy and responding to their requests about personal information in the most transparent, respectful, and timely manner possible. The following sections articulate how we collect, maintain, store, and disseminate data via our websites, and our practices regarding personally identifiable information.
As with any legal documentation, Women of Esther Ministries highly encourages each person who interacts with our organization via its’ websites and social media pages to completely read and fully understand your rights as expressed by this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, and other related materials. Use of and/or accessing this website constitutes your consent and agree to the Terms of Usage and Privacy Policies of this site, as well as the collection, use, and retention of the data listed in this Privacy Policy. Women of Esther Ministries reserves the right to at any time, and without further notice, change this Privacy Policy simply by posting said changes on the it’s sites. Any change is effective upon posting.
Copyright and Use of Materials
All materials and information posted on this site are the legal property of Women of Esther Ministries, and/or other legal entities and individuals. Therefore, the reproduction, reverse engineering, cloning, mimicking, distribution, redistribution, redirection, modification, phishing, or generation of all or any part of the materials found on this site by present or as not yet discovered technology is expressly prohibited, unless authorized by Women of Esther Ministries, its affiliates, contractors, consultants, or other legal owners. All other rights reserved.
With regard to “Branding”, all logos, trademarks, patented, or copyrighted materials displayed or noted on this website may not be used in whole or in part in connection with any advertising, promotion, campaign, nor event, without expressed prior written permission from Women of Esther Ministries (subject to any prior established rights of the material’s other legal owners).
Hyperlinks, Redirects, and Usage
Although Women of Esther Ministries does not disavow its responsibilities for the content of its’ website, use of this website or clicking on any links which may redirect you from the content of our website, shall create an automatic indemnification on your behalf in favor of Women of Esther Ministries. Women of Esther Ministries shall not be held liable with regard to any affects and effects from such action (including loss of data, introduction of viruses, exposure of data, damage to equipment, loss of revenue, offensive materials, et cetera) with regard to your being directed away from our website. We strongly encourage you to read the “Privacy Policy” of any site you are redirected to before interacting with any site(s).
In addition, by using this website, you agree to indemnify and forever hold harmless Women of Esther Ministries, its’ partners, contractors, consultants, board, employees, and associates as it relates to the ability to use or not use our website. We make no express claims or purported claims, recommendations, or offers of any type of support with regard to use of this website or suitability of the contents therein. Under no circumstances shall any of the parties listed in this section be liable for any type of damages that result from your using, or being unable to use, our website.
Use of “Cookies”
Our website makes use of industry standard technological “cookies” to augment and enrich your experience when interacting with our site. Cookies are pieces of information and small files that websites transfer to your computing browser for record-keeping, data assimilation, saving your passwords if required on our site, possible personal preferences, and some forms of advertising. If you are prompted by our website to enable “cookies on your machine”; but elect not to do so, it is possible that certain parts or aspects our website may not function properly when you interact with them.
DO NOT TRACK NOTICE: - (“DNT”) Is a privacy preference that you can set in your web browser. We do not track the users of our site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser initiated DNT signals.
Women of Esther Ministries website primarily uses (but is not limited to) the following types of “cookies”:
Ø Functional cookies – Are used to remember the selections you make or create on our website with regard to possible future visits.
Ø Analytical cookies – Are utilized to help us improve the functionality and interactions of our website by providing feedback on which parts of the site you accessed, for how long, et cetera.
Ø Third Party cookies – These types of cookies are used to direct you to other sites which we may use to collect donations, reporting, and contact information.
Protection of your Data
Women of Esther Ministries utilizes SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and 256-bit data encryption technology on its’ websites to protect your privacy and information. While we make and will continue to the best of our abilities to foster an environment of data security at the highest levels, no form of security is foolproof, thus the possibility of breach or harm is still present. Transmission of any data via the internet or world wide web is not 100% secure and carries with it an innate risk. Given the ongoing level of advancements in data technology and cybercrimes, we can not be held liable for any loss, breach, or corruption of data beyond what is reasonably practical.
Website Intent and Children’s Clause
In harmony with Women of Esther Ministries values and commitment to help protect minors, to avoid the appearance of any impropriety, and to fully legally comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA - which was passed in 1998 restricting websites from tracking data on children under 13), the minimum age for use of this website is 14 or as applicable by governing law. Women of Esther Ministries, its board, employees, and associates Do not and are not allowed to knowingly collect or use personal data from a child under 13 years of age. If we learn that we may have inadvertently collected data from or on a child under 13 years of age from our websites, the data will be deleted as soon as possible. In addition, if a child under 13 years of age has provided us with data, their parent or legal guardian may contact our organization. Please send all correspondence to the address listed in this policy and mark it as “COPPA Request”.
Information We Do Collect
1. Your contact information is captured as you entered your information into our website (i.e.: Name, address, location, phone numbers, email, organizational affiliations, et cetera).
2. Donation information (i.e.: Country, card username, card number, expiration date, security code, card billing address, contact phone number, and email). Credit card numbers are used only for donations and are not retained for other purposes.
3. Shipping information for any thank you items (i.e.: Donor name, organization/affiliations, complete address, et cetera).
4. How individuals heard about Women of Esther Ministries.
5. Donor initiated comments, suggestions, outreaches (such as volunteer information), et cetera.
6. Request information for ministry materials (i.e.: Newsletters, email addresses, social media contact information).
7. Your Internet Protocol (IP) Address: We collect the number that is numerically assigned to your computer when you connect to the internet. Use of this number helps our organization to streamline our services, analyze system problems, support network protocols, do trend analysis, assimilate and correlate higher level data to tailor our site to user needs, and facilitate the delivery of appropriate materials on our site. This data is not connected to any personally identifiable information.
8. Hardware and Software General Data: Our system may from time to time capture the general type of device, operating system, and communication protocols used by users of our site in order to help provide the best possible services to users. Such higher-level data would include the general type of operating system (Windows or Mac), mobile versus non-mobile devices, et cetera.
9. Website Interface Data: Our system monitors and captures data related to number of clicks on individual hyperlinks/data, content viewed, duration data, general locations, and other statistical data as needed. This information is in no way connected to any personal identifying data.
10. Third Party Vendors and Aggregate Accumulations: Third party vendors may provide your data to our organization in the process of delivering services to us or to you on our behalf. Such parties may include the third-party providers utilized for donations (i.e.: PayPal, et cetera) and Social Media platforms that are utilized by our organization. In addition we may data mine our resources and combine offline collected data with online collected data (including supplied third party data) for internal purposes and compliance. Women of Esther Ministries does not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to other organization, nor do we allow other groups to preview your personal information. Your donor information and identity will be kept confidential. The utilization of donor information is limited to our organization, and may be at times accessed by third party providers, contractors, and consultants on a limited basis as it pertains to supporting the organization’s internal purposes (i.e. reporting, forecasting, trend analysis et cetera.), ministry activities, and fund-raising endeavors. At such times, prior to being able to access your data, these third party providers, consultants, and contractors must sign a confidentiality agreement to protect your information, demonstrate satisfactory safety procedures to guard your information, and agree not to retain any aspects of your data upon successful conclusion of business endeavors between their organization and Women of Esther Ministries.
Women of Esther Ministries does reserve the right surrender your information as an exception to our stated policies in situations in which the law requires it, if it is requested in legal proceedings, to prove and/or protect our organization’s legal rights, and to new management in the event of merger or absorption of this organization by another entity.
Your data will only be held until the completion of the task for which the data was collected, unless utilized for internal statistical and reporting analysis, or to comply with legal recommendations and mandates as applied by law.
Contact Information
Removing Your Name from Our Mailing List: It is our desire not to send unwanted mail or email to our donors. If you should desire for any reason to have your information removed from our donor base, emails, and/or mailing list, we invite you to contact us at (all request must be in writing):
Women of Esther Ministries
Attention: Compliance and Contact Officer
1016 West Jackson Blvd. – Suite #321
Chicago, IL 60607
312-493-5674
COPPA Inquiries: If you believe that we may have possibly collected data on a child under 13, please forward all inquiries to (all request must be in writing):
Women of Esther Ministries
Attention: COPPA and Privacy Policy Officer
1016 West Jackson Blvd. – Suite #321
Chicago, IL 60607
312-493-5674
General Inquiries: For media request, interviews, and the general convenience of our patrons who prefer writing, please forward all written correspondence to:
Women of Esther Ministries
Attention: General Mailbox Department
1016 West Jackson Blvd. – Suite #321
Chicago, IL 60607
312-493-5674
Donations
All donations to Women of Esther ministries are final with the exception of technology and processing errors. If any donation gifts are made available, damaged or defective products may be exchanged for a replacement.
Women of Esther Ministries
1016 West Jackson Blvd #321 Chicago, IL 60607
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