Deaf Institute maintains this web site as a service to its members and visitors. The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use set forth below govern your use of this web site, and by using the web site you agree to be bound by them. Therefore, please ready the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use carefully before you use this web site. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please do not use this web site.
PRIVACY POLICY (Last updated on October 6, 2009)
Log Files
Like most web sites, this web site logs your IP address, browser type, hits on particular pages and other general traffic information. This information is not linked to personally identifiable information and you remain anonymous.
Use of Personal Information
If you give us personal information, including for purposes of submitting a testimony, signing up for a newsletter, contacting the church or purchasing items from our online bookstore, we will not share that information with any third party, except to the extent necessary to complete transactions or if we believe that it is appropriate to share such information in order to comply with the law, to enforce or apply the Privacy Policy or Terms of Use or to protect the rights, property or safety of the web site, any user of the site, Deaf Institute or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliated organizations.
Use of Photographs
Deaf Institute will use candid photos of various activities on its web site from time to time. A person not wanting their photos depicted (or those of their children) should so inform the office.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a file that is sent from a web server to your web browser and placed on your computer. When you initially visit the web site we create a cookie for your computer and then use it to track your clicks as you go through the site. There is no personal information stored within the cookie itself and we cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information about you or from your computer. While your activity may be tracked while you are at our web site, we do not use cookies to track your activity before or after you leave the site. We use cookies to keep your style preferences for the layout of the site, to track items you put into your shopping cart from our online bookstore and to maintain an active connection for our administrators on the database. We also use cookies if users specify that they want the site to "store" their login information.
Posting of Personal Information
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example, in a posted testimony, on a message board or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. By disclosing personal information online, you may make that information available to others who will use it to send you unsolicited messages or for other purposes you may not desire or intend.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
While our web site is not subject to COPPA, we love children and understand that it is very important to maintain their privacy. Therefore, our policy is that we will not knowingly collect, use or distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information from any child under 13 years old without verifiable parental consent and not knowingly allow any child under 13 years old to publicly post or distribute personally identifiable information without verifiable parental consent.
TERMS OF USE (Updated on October 6, 2009)
Trademarks and Copyrights; All Rights Reserved
Deaf Institute reserves all of its rights under and does not grant any express or implied rights to you or any other user of the web site under any trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property law, except as provided below with regard to the use of downloaded messages. This web site and all of the text, graphics, pictures, audio messages, video materials, down-loadable materials and all other materials and content on the web site are copyrighted by and are the property of Deaf Institute. You may not use them in any manner without the express written consent of Deaf Institute.
Testimonies, Message Boards and other Posted Information
Any testimony or other information that you submit for posting on our web site (a "testimony") is subject to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. You cannot submit defamatory, obscene or otherwise harmful or offensive information or materials or information or materials that violate or infringe upon intellectual property rights or other rights. Children under 13 years old cannot submit a testimony without verifiable parental consent. By submitting a testimony you agree and warrant to Deaf Institute that your testimony meets all of the conditions for submission. Your testimony may be reviewed by one or more of our staff members or other individuals before it is published, and we have the right to edit your testimony before it is published. We have the right to publish any testimony on our web site and to use it in any other form or in any other materials, including without limitation promotional and other marketing-related materials. We also have the right not to publish any testimony or to remove it from the web site or other media at any time and for any reason without notice. Notwithstanding the above, Deaf Institute expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties through this web site, including without limitation any testimony published on the web site. Testimonies do not necessarily reflect the views of Deaf Institute or its agents or affiliated organizations.
Disclaimer of Warranties
All materials and other content of this web site or accessible from this web site are provided on an "as is" basis and Deaf Institute expressly disclaims any express or implied warranties or conditions of any kind, including without limitation any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use, title or non-infringement.
Limitation of Liability
By using this web site you agree that Deaf Institute and each of its directors, officers, employees, other agents and affiliated organizations shall not be liable to you for any damage of any kind arising from or related to the use of this web site or any web site for which a link is provided on this site.
Applicable Law
Use of this web site and any claim or dispute arising from or related to use of this web site is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to any rule or principle regarding conflicts of laws. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any such claim or dispute shall be in the state and federal courts for Cincinnati, Ohio.
Links To External Web Sites
Links to other sites on our web site are owned and operated by third party vendors and other third parties (the "External Sites"). Deaf Institute is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any External Site. Please understand that by providing you with a link, Deaf Institute does not endorse the content of this web site or present it as representative of the views, attitude, or disposition of Deaf Institute.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, you can send an email to the offices or write us at 3515 Warsaw Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45205.