Last Updated: Aug 3, 2016

This is our “Privacy Policy” which sets out the policy which governs our use of information you provide in connection with the National Bible Bowl website. The terms “you” and “your” refer to all individuals or entities accessing this website. The terms “we,” “us,” “our,” or “BibleBowl” refer to National Bible Bowl.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date set out above. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes in our Privacy Policy will be effective immediately. If you are a regular visitor to this website, we recommend that you check this Privacy Policy on a regular basis. By using the website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use this website.

Privacy Statement

We respect the privacy of your information. We provide this explanation about our online information practices as a show of our commitment to protect your privacy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit this website and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

On this website.

  • In e-mail, text and other electronic messages between you and this website, including on forms you fill out online.
  • If and when available, through mobile or desktop applications you download from this website, which provide dedicated non-browser- based interaction between you and this website.
  • When you interact with our applications on social media or third-party applications, websites and services, if those applications or advertising including links to this policy or of information from social media or third parties.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by BibleBowl or any third party; or
  • any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our website. By accessing or using this website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

The Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Personally Identifiable Information. At our website, we only collect personally identifiable information from individuals that they provide to us voluntarily. This means we do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our website. BibleBowl only gathers personally identifiable data through our website, such as names, addresses, zip/postal codes, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. Once collected, we may combine this information with other information collected from external sources.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information. We may automatically collect certain technical information from your computer such as your Internet service provider, your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, the pages viewed, the pages viewed immediately before and after accessing the website, and the search terms entered to get to our site. This information allows us to improve and customize our services. We and our service providers may collect this information using “cookies,” which are small text files that many websites save on your computer, or similar technologies. See the section on “Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies” below for more information.

Information Posted by Visitors. At some time, we may make available through the website services such as message boards to which you are able to post information, photos, images and other materials. Please note that any information, photos, images or materials you disclose through such services, through social media or otherwise on the website becomes public information, and may be available to visitors to the website all over the world and to the general public. In addition, when you choose to make a posting on such services, certain personal data will be available for other users to view. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose personal data, or any other information, on the website. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY PERSONAL DATA YOU VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies. As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data, and the resources that you access and use on the website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time (behavioral tracking), however we do not track your activities across third-party websites, other than third party websites related to products or services which are provided through our website.

As we do not track activity across third party websites (except if branded as, or part of providing products or services through, one of our websites), “do not track” settings are generally not applicable; we do track actions on our website.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and may include personal information. In addition, we may maintain statistical data, or associate it, with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our website according to your individual needs.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. 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.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of our website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Third-party Websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites. These linked websites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any such linked website or any link contained in any linked website. We provide such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the website does not imply endorsement of the linked website by BibleBowl. If you provide any personal data through any such third-party website, your transaction will occur on the third party’s website (not this website) and the personal data you provide will be collected by and controlled by the privacy policy of that third party. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any third parties. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR INFORMATION PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES.

Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We use and Disclosure Your Information.

The Way We Use Information

This Privacy Statement governs use of the information that you provide to us through the website. It does not govern the manner in which we may use information obtained from other sources (such as public records) or from you by means other than this website. We and other entities that we are involved in, or provide support for, the operation of this website or other purposes use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information on programs, services or products.
  • For you to register for events, promotions, contests, sweepstakes or services.
  • For fundraising activities.
  • For membership activities, if applicable.
  • To process online transactions, purchases, registrations, donations or participation in programs.
  • To provide you with information that may be targeted to your interests.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
  • To notify you about changes to our website or any items that we may offer through it.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our website.
  • To improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site usage, to improve our content and product offerings, and to customize our site’s content, layout and services.
  • To request additional information from you for various purposes.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information if provided to us to contact you about our own and third-party services and products that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, you can opt out of receiving this information by so indicating in your registration/preferences file or by notifying us.

We may also use or disclose information to resolve disputes, investigate problems or enforce our Terms of Use. At times, we may review status or activity of multiple users to do so. We may disclose or access information whenever we believe in good faith that the law so requires or if we otherwise consider it necessary to do so to maintain service and improve our services. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to manage our website and to enhance our site based on the usage pattern we receive.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To our affiliates.
  • To further participate in our programs or in connection with fundraising or promotions.
  • To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, such as registering for an event or entering a contest.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • To a successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other transfer of some or all of the assets or rights of BibleBowl or any related entity, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by BibleBowl about our website users is among the assets transferred.
  • With the consent of the person providing the information.
  • We may also disclose your personal information:
  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of BibleBowl, our participants or others. This includes exchanging information with other organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Children’s Privacy

BibleBowl is committed to providing a safe and secure experience for children who visit our site. We will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior parental consent. With parental consent, we may collect information from children under the age of 13 such as: name, address, email address, account information, and user generated content. This information allows us to fulfill a requested transaction and facilitate participation in online programs, keep records, undertake certain marketing activities or to otherwise customize or enhance the website experience for children.

Regardless of what information is displayed, parents can revoke their consent and ask that information about their children be deleted from the site by contacting our offices. To do this or to review personally identifiable information collected from children, we must verify the identity of the requesting parent. When a parent revokes consent, we will stop collecting, using or disclosing information from that child. To respect the privacy of parents, information collected and used for the sole purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing notice is not maintained in retrievable form by the site if parental consent is not obtained after a reasonable time.

The information collected from or about children under the age of 13 or otherwise may be collected by or shared with the child’s team or sponsor of an event or contest.

Submissions

We welcome children to learn more about our organization and, where appropriate if provided, participate in polls and surveys, as well as submit comments, writings and other submissions for posting on our website. We encourage this be done only with their parent’s knowledge and supervision. We also encourage children to use an alias, first name, nickname, initials or other alternative to full names or screen names which correspond with an email address for any activities which will involve public posting. We encourage parents to check and monitor their children’s use of email and other online activities regularly.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • Promotional Offers from BibleBowl. If you do not wish to have your e-mail address/contact information used to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt out by so indicating in your registration/preferences file or by notifying us. This opt out does not apply to information provided to us as a result of registration, a contest, promotion, product purchase or other transactions.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative on its website.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us.

How You Can Update, Correct or Delete Your Information

To update, correct or delete this information, you can contact us.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. If we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by e-mail to the primary e-mail address specified in your registration information if any has been established and/or through a notice on the website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. If information has been collected, you are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to- date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Third Party Practices

The Privacy Policy of an advertiser or promotional service appearing at our site may differ from ours. We encourage you to read that policy before responding to any offer.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us.