How we
handle the information we gather when you visit our web site
The Church at Northern Virginia (CNV) will collect and store only the following information about you: The name of
the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e., erols.com, if you are
connecting from an Erols account, or harvard.edu if you are connecting from
Harvard University's domain); the date and time you access our site; the item
you requested from the server; and the Internet address of the web site from
which you linked directly to our site. If your browser accepts cookies we may
use a cookie to determine if you are a repeat or new visitor, or to understand
how many different visitors come to our sites. When we examine this data, it is
always presented in an aggregate form. Except as outlined in the
Security section at the bottom of this document, we do
not track or look at individuals' usage behavior.
If you
identify yourself by sending an E-mail:
When you send us personally-identifying information, (e.g., in an electronic
mail message containing a question or comment), or by filling out a form that
E-mails us this information, we use this information to respond to your request.
We may also forward your E-mail to other CNV members, who are better able to
answer your questions.
We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personally-identifying
information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such
information to us. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, or as
otherwise required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any
outside parties.
Links to
other sites:
The documents posted on this Website may contain hypertext links or pointers
to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations.
These links and pointers are provided for visitors' convenience. CNV does not
control or guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any linked
information from non-CNV sites.
The inclusion of links or pointers to Web sites is not intended to assign
importance to those sites or the information contained therein, nor is it
intended to endorse or recommend any views expressed, or products or services
offered on these sites.
Personalization:
Some CNV sites allow you to personalize them, either by selecting sets of
content to place on a web page or by clicking on an icon indicating a desire for
a certain kind of content. In some cases, you are asked to "register" in order
to get this personalized content. If you provide personally-identifying
information when registering for personalized content, that information is only
used to deliver the content to you. The information is never shared with any
third party.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available
to all users, CNV webservers employ industry-standard methods to monitor network
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or
otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change
information on CNV servers are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law,
including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information
Infrastructure Protection Act.
In the specific context of this security monitoring, there is no expectation
of privacy. However, only in the case of actual law enforcement investigations,
will we attempt to identify individual users or their usage habits.
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