Privacy Policy
Pax
Christi USA respects the privacy interests and preferences of our donors and
website visitors. We are committed to full transparency in outlining what
information we collect about donors and visitors, how it is used and how you
can opt-out of those programs (online or by traditional communications) if you
so choose.
Personal
contact information we collect and what we do with it
When you
are making a donation, purchasing a product, or subscribing regular dues,
contributing to our online website Pax Christi USA asks you for personal
contact information such as your name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail
address. We may use this contact information to provide you with a receipt or
financial report; to contact you to clarify or obtain additional information
about an order you placed, a donation you made; or to send you additional
information about Pax Christi USA.
If you
make a donation, we may contact you on occasion to offer you an opportunity to
make another gift, or to inform you of promotions involving third-party
sponsors that will directly benefit Pax Christi USA.. You will always have
opportunity to opt-out of future communication from us.
Personal
billing information we collect and what we do with it
In
addition to personal contact information, we ask for billing information, such
as your billing address and credit card number, when you make a donation or
purchase a product. We use secure servers to gather and process your billing
information. These secure servers are bound by our site policies. Your billing
information is not share with any other organization, and your credit card
number is not retained once your transaction has been authorized and processed.
Financial
transactions and our secure server
All
transactions use an encrypted channel, take place on secure servers and occur
in real time. No financial data, such as your credit card number, is
transferred via a less-secure channel, such as encrypted e-mail, or processing.
Moreover, once your transaction has been completed, your credit card number is
not retained.
How to
view or change your information
If you do
not wish to participate in our list or exchange activities, or if you wish to
modify the frequency of future communications from Pax Christi foundation,
Please write to us at our headquarters or e-mail address below.
Also, with
exception of credit card number, which are not retained, you can view and
request to all the information you have given us, including any mailing lists
you may be on, by contacting us.
Normal
browsing
Pax
Christi USA does not collect any personally identifying information from you
when you visit our website unless you choose to provide such information to us.
You can
browse the Pax Christi USA website without telling us who you are or revealing
any information about yourself. The information we gather during normal
browsing comes from two sources: (1) Standard server logs collect information
such as the IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type,
operating system and information like the site that referred you to us, the
files you downloaded, the pages you visited and the dates/time of those visits;
and (2) if you have come into the website from one of one of our newsletters or
from a site that has requested a link, we will ask your browser to accept a
“cookie” (defined below) that carries a general marketing source code with you
as you browse through the website, in order to help us match referring sites to
donations made. This cookie does not capture or hold any information personally
identifying about you, and is deleted when you end your session by leaving our
website or closing your browser.
Our
privacy policy is subject to change from time to time. Any changes to this
privacy Policy will be posted on this Web page, and we will mark the link to
our updated privacy policy on the home page of this website to note the date of
any changes so that you will always know what information we collect, how we
use it and what choices you have.