The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia (“The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia”) operates https://scnova.org/ and may operate other websites. It is The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s visitors use its website. From time to time, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged-in users and for users leaving comments on https://scnova.org/ blogs/sites. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia only discloses logged-in user and commentor IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commentor IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s websites choose to interact with The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia in ways that require The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at https://scnova.org/ to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s behalf or to provide services available at The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside your home country; by using The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia website and have supplied your email address, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia may occasionally email you to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia uses cookies to help The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia identify and track visitors, their usage of The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia website, and their website access preferences. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Disclaimer
The information provided on https://scnova.org/ (“the Site”) by The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia is for general guidance only. All information on the Site is provided solely for informational purposes; however, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy or reliability of any information or content on the Site.
General Disclaimer
The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia shall not have any liability to you for any loss or damages of any kind incurred as a result of the information provided on the Site. Your use of the Site and your reliance on any information found at https://scnova.org/ is at your own risk. While we attempt to ensure that the information found in the Site is accurate, under no circumstance shall The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia be held responsible for any errors or omissions resulting from the use of the Site. The Site cannot and does not contain professional advice. The information is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice. We encourage you to consult with the professionals at The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia in Vienna, VA before taking action based on any information provided by the Site.
External Links Disclaimer
The Site may contain outbound links to other websites belonging to or originating from third-party websites. Such external links are not checked for accuracy or reliability by The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia. Under no circumstance shall The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia be held responsible for the loss or damage occurring as a result of misinformation provided by a third party, or as a result of interacting with or purchasing from said third party.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia’s sole discretion. The Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a https://scnova.org/ account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.