Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy discloses the general privacy practices
for The Layman Online,
www.layman.org
(the "Site").
The Layman Online is committed to respecting the privacy
rights of visitors to its web site. While visiting the Site,
we may ask you to register and/or provide information that
personally identifies you ("Personal Information")
for purposes of interacting with the Site. To further the
protection of your Personal Information, The Layman Online has
adopted a set of information management guidelines (outlined
below) which serve as the basis for our user relationships.
These guidelines have been developed with the recognition
that Internet technologies are rapidly evolving, and that
underlying business models are still not established.
Accordingly, guidelines are subject to change. Any such
changes will be posted on this page. Please see the Effective
Date stated at the conclusion of this Policy.
Information
Collected:
Personal Information: The only way we would learn your
Personal Information is if you specifically submit that
information to us, for example, through a request for
addition, deletion, or change to our regular mailing list,
purchase of our resources, donation, or letter to the editor,
etc.
IP Addresses: The Layman Online does log IP addresses,
or the location of your computer on the Internet, for
aggregate data tracking, systems administration and
troubleshooting purposes.
By tracking usage, we can best determine what features of the
Site best serve the users. We never give out information to
others about individual usage. However, we do provide our
aggregate information about our users, such as "2,000
people viewed our page today."
Use of Personal
Information
We do not release personal information about you as an
individual to third parties. The Layman Online may match
aggregate (statistical) user information with third party
data. Also, The Layman Online discloses aggregate user
statistics in order to describe our services to potential
donors, other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
Additionally, The Layman Online will use reasonable efforts to
ensure that only our employees with a "need to know"
will have access to your information.
This Privacy Policy addresses the use and dissemination of
information that we collect from you. To the extent that you
disclose information to other parties, whether through, for
example, on-line auctions, chat rooms, personal ads, or the
like, or through other web sites throughout the Internet,
different policies may apply. Since The Layman Online does not
control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject
to the privacy customs and policies, if any, of that third
party, and The Layman Online is not responsible for the use or
dissemination of private information by that third party.
Links to Other
Materials
If any link is offered connecting you to a third party web
site, it is as an accommodation to the respective third party
site owner and without charge. Third party sites linked to and
from the Site are not under the control of The Layman Online.
The Layman Online shall have no responsibilities or
liabilities whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of
any such linked site or any link or linking program at any
time. The Layman Online does not endorse companies (or related
products or services) to or from which the Site is linked. If
you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to
the Site, you do so at your own risk. The Layman Online hereby
disclaims any rights to trademarks, service marks, trade
names, logos, copyrights, patents, domain names or other
intellectual property interests of third parties.
Children's Privacy
The Layman Online cares about the safety of children and
their use of the Internet. Therefore, in accordance with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will
never knowingly request or solicit personally identifiable
information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior
verifiable parental consent. In the event that we receive
actual knowledge that we have collected such personal
information without the requisite and verifiable parental
consent, we will delete that information from our database as
quickly as is practical.
Effective Date and
Changes
This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 15, 2000. The
Layman Online reserves the right to modify the terms of this
policy at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a
change notice to this page. Your continued use of the Site
following our posting of a change notice will constitute
binding acceptance of those changes.