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Privacy Policy
RESOURCE SERVICE MINISTRIES dba HopeWorks PRIVACY POLICY
Resource Service Ministries (“RSM”) values your right to privacy on the World Wide Web. Following is a detailed description of the Privacy Policy for the RSM website. However, RSM is not responsible for the privacy practices of any website that is linked to the RSM website. This Privacy Policy is subject to change.
Personally Identifiable Information
The “personally identifiable information” we collect on our website includes, but is not limited to, first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone and fax number, and email address. RSM does not collect personally identifiable information unless it is voluntarily and knowingly given to us. Instances where users voluntarily give personally identifiable information to us include online inquiries, donations, requests for information or to be added to our mailing list. It is not necessary to register on the RSM site to gain access to most of the information available on the site.
RSM does not sell, rent, share or disclose your personally identifiable information with or to other organizations. You may amend your personally identifiable information or change the purpose for which it was sent to us (i.e., cancel your subscription to our newsletter or remove yourself from our mailing list) at any time.
You do have the option to participate in our community forum which is hosted by Facebook. This information may be or is accessible by the general public and is being disclosed at the user’s own risk. All information collected by Facebook is subject to its privacy policy, which can be viewed on Facebook’s website.
How is the Personal Information Used?
Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your personally identifiable information private and will not share it with third parties unless such disclosure is necessary and permitted by applicable law to: (a) comply with legal process (such as a court order) or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; (b) protect our rights or property; (c) enforce any terms and conditions of use or agreements applicable to our website and that incorporate this Privacy Policy by reference; (d) protect the interest of users of our website, other than you, or any other person; or (e) operate or conduct maintenance and repair of our services or equipment, as authorized by law.
The information you provide to us in the contact us form, including any information and views included, will be used to present our website and its contents to you, to provide you with information that you request from us, to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it, and to have a way of contacting you in the future regarding the activities and services of RSM and its affiliates.
How Is My Personally Identifiable Information Safeguarded?
We make every reasonable effort to ensure that personal information is accurate and complete. We rely on individuals to notify us if there is a change to their personal information that may affect their relationship with our organization.
We protect personal information in a manner appropriate for the sensitivity of the information. We use appropriate security measures when destroying personal information, including shredding paper records and permanently deleting electronic records.
We make every reasonable effort to prevent any loss, misuse, disclosure or modification of personal information, as well as any unauthorized access to personal information.
Accessing and Amending Your Personal Information
If after providing this information to us, you decide at some point that you no longer wish to be contacted regarding the benefits and services we provide, you can simply contact us by e-mail and stop the use of your personal information in this manner.
Aggregate Information
In addition to the information provided to us by our visitors, as you navigate through and interact with our website, we may automatically collect certain information about you and your actions and patterns, including total number of visitors, most visited sections, peak traffic times, browser versions utilized, referring websites, search engines used, etc. We use this information to improve the quality of the RSM site for our audience. The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not identify any individual. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies, flash cookies, and/or web beacons. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
Links to Other Sites
Because much of our site is information-driven, we frequently provide links to other websites which contain information and resources that our visitors may find useful. These sites operate independently of RSM and have established their own privacy and security practices. We encourage you to independently review the privacy policy of any site you visit.
Parents and Children Under the Age of 18
If you are under the age of 18, be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself to this site or to anyone over the Internet. RSM recommends as a general matter that parents accompany children under the age of 18 when using content on the Internet and that you carefully review this Privacy Policy before any personal information about children is provided to the site.
Updates to Privacy Policy
Periodically, RSM may make changes to its Privacy Policy or alter the functionality of the website. This statement is updated accordingly when such changes occur, so we encourage you to check back periodically for the latest information on privacy practices.
User Agreement
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact RSM. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you may not use the site.
Terms of Use
TERMS OF USE
Welcome to the Resource Service Ministries (“RSM”) dba HopeWorks website. The RSM website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the RSM website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. All information we collect on this website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
Modification of Terms of Use
RSM reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the RSM website is offered at any time.
Links to Third Party Sites
The RSM website may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of RSM and RSM is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. RSM is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. RSM is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by RSM of the site or any association with its operators.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the RSM website, you warrant to RSM that you will not use the RSM website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the RSM website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the RSM website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the RSM website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the RSM websites.
Materials Provided to RSM or Posted on any RSM Website
RSM does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to RSM (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any RSM website or its associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting RSM, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. RSM is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in RSM's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that the RSM website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER RSM NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH RSM MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER RSM NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH RSM REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
RSM HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL RSM, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Termination/Access Restriction
RSM reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the RSM website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, U.S.A. and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Fulton County, Georgia, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the RSM website. Use of the RSM website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and RSM as a result of this agreement or use of the RSM website. RSM's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of RSM's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the RSM website or information provided to or gathered by RSM with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and RSM with respect to the RSM website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and RSM with respect to the RSM website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent an d subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.
Copyright and Trademark Notices
The website and its entire contents, feature and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by RSM, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
These Terms of Use permit you to use the website for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our website.
The RSM name, RSM’s logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of RSM or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of RSM. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this website are the trademarks of their respective owners.