PRIVACY, CONTENT & COPYRIGHT STATEMENT:
To tell the truth friends, I'm really not interested in boring everyone to tears or frightening them with a big, technical privacy statement, but some people ask and are genuinely concerned about this information so I gladly post it for those interested... so let's get the formalities taken care of. TruthForFree.com (formerly The Prayer Shack) knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting TruthForFree.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy & Content Notice. Disclaimers and guidelines for using the material on this site (i.e. content printing & distribution) appear at the bottom of this page (please scroll down).
What Personal Information About Visitors Does TruthForFree.com Gather?
TruthForFree.com is a personal website that has no vested interest in collecting personal information from those who browse the site.
Information You Give Us: The only data we receive is the information you personally choose to give us (i.e. messages sent via our contact page, which is sent directly to our e-mail box and is NEVER sold or distributed in any way without your permission or as may be required by law in case of emergencies, also any comments or selections you might submit in the way of answering surveys or signing our guestbook - the old Prayer Shack site used a third party guestbook service that allowed your information, such as e-mail addresses, to be removed from the immediate control and discretion of the Prayer Shack. This has since been changed and we use a local guestbook program to insure that your personal contact information is seen only by us; the only exception to this being that your e-mail, if submitted, is displayed with your guestbook entry on our site.).
Automatic Information: We may receive certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we may use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses the TruthForFree.com website. Basically the information pertains only to the type of browser you are using to view the site, the date and time you visited our page, the length of time you browsed our site, what search engine referred you to our site, etc. This information is used merely as statistical data to get an idea of what kind of traffic is coming to the site. It contains nothing personal. This helps us to customize features for your enjoyment.
Information from Other Sources: We may personally use and recommend the use of programs, such as ICQ, that enable you to chat with us live on the Web. Such programs are downloaded at the user's discretion and are not the responsibility or in the control of TruthForFree.com. It is possible that such programs may extract personal data. This data is not received by or used by TruthForFree.com. It is also possible that other websites that visitors arrive at via a link from our site may collect other information. Such possibilites are not known to us or monitored in any way. Generally speaking, we obtain absolutely NO information from visitors to our site other that what may be specified in this privacy notice.
The one source accessible from TruthForFree.com that may have other privacy policies in use beyond our control is the Prayer Request Submission page. This page is essentially a guestbook powered by a third party company (we hope to change this option in the near future and eliminate the concern). It is recommended that you observe any privacy statements the thrid party site may offer.
What About Cookies?
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that may be transferred to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features. Cookies may be used to help personalize various aspects of your visit or in connection with our music or book store (once it is active).
Does TruthForFree.com Share the Information It Receives?
Information about our visitors involves only a very minor part of our service to the viewing public; in fact, other than the retrieval of e-mails and guestbook entries, we have no need of our visitors personal information and we certainly are not in the business of selling it to others. That is our promise! We share visitor information only as is required through our affiliate programs such as our book and music store and as may be required by law. Details are described below:
Affiliated Businesses We Do Not Control: We work closely with our affiliated businesses, an example of which is Amazon.com, CDNow, and Christian Book Distributors, which we use as our book and music sources. You can tell when another business is involved in your transactions, and we share customer information related to those transactions with that business.
Site Provider: To our knowledge, freeservers.com does not extract any information from our visitors. We pay for the express use of server space and features provided by freeservers.com. We are thus far very pleased with the quality of service we have received through this company and do not perceive there to be any unethical or concerning practices associated with this company.
Protection of TruthForFree.com: We release personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; however, as has been previously stated, the only information we receive that could be released is information that has been specifically designated to TruthForFree.com (e.g. through e-mail, etc.).
With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information. This site does not imploy any kind of "spyware" or "adaware" technology to target, annoy or extract any information from our visitors. Your information is completely safe with us!
What Choices Do I Have?
As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of such TruthForFree.com site features as the guestbook, prayer requests submission page, and Book or Music Store.
If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please contact us via the information provided on the site and we will respect your request and remove you from our e-mail lists or address book. (If you do not want to receive any legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice, those notices will still govern your use of the TruthForFree.com site, and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.)
If you are concerned about cookies and do not want to use them, simply disable the option in the security settings of your browser. Note, however, that some features of this site may be affected by such choices. There are products available that offer anonymous browsing. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its own Web site, Site Seeing on the Internet.
Children:
TruthForFree.com does not sell products for purchase by children. Products available through our affiliate book and music stores are intended to be purchased by adults. If you are under 18, you may use these affiliate programs only with involvement of a parent or guardian.
This site absolutely does not contain any pornographic or other material that may be considered inappropriate for children; however, we recommend that parents involve themselves in the browsing activities of their children and determin what sources may or may not be felt as appropriate viewing by their children. Our intent with this site is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. If, as a parent, you have any questions about the purpose or content on this site, please contact the site webmaster. We are rated with a number of services that help to insure safe browsing for families and children. God bless you!
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:
TruthForFree.com (formerly The Prayer Shack) is a not-for-profit, non-commercial, personal website intended for the purpose of sharing information freely in the hope that readers may be encouraged in their faith, become more centrally focused on Jesus Christ, and strengthened in their alertness to false teachings which may be present in organized religion today. TruthForFree.com presents the articles and information contained within under the caution that the reader make responsible, personal choices to use spiritual discernment, study the Word of God and verify facts on their own before making conclusions. Simply because we have one or several articles by a particular Christian author or organization on this site does not mean we necessarily agree with everything, or even anything else, that person or organization believes. We are not responsible for errors and omissions on neighboring websites that may be referenced from this site. To the best of our knowledge, all information presented on this website is honestly conveyed and contains no misinformation but is not guaranteed and should be independently verrified. Any questions concerning content should be immediately shared with the webmaster for investigation. We appreciate your assistance in this.
TruthForFree.com, The Prayer Shack and design logos are trademarks owned by TruthForFree.com & The Prayer Shack, Pasco, WA. Other site graphics are either used by permission or assumed to be in the public domain. If you see an image that you think should not be here, please contact the webmaster at info@truthforfree.com. Thank you.
FAIR USE NOTICE: While many Christian writers do allow faithful reproduction of their work with all due credit, most of the other articles on this site has the specific permission of the author to use their work. However there is some copyrighted material on this site, the use of which has not always been specifically or directly authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in an effort to our efforts to advance understanding of Christian issues. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml (also, for your convenience, this section of the law is printed below as well). If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond "fair use", you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. TruthForFree.com is not responsible for misuse of content by visitors of this website.
United States Code
TITLE 17 | CHAPTER 1 | § 107
§ 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Release date: 2005-08-01
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
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