Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

We welcome you as a visitor to the EncouragedGirl.com web site. We extend the following information to you, our guest, in an effort to assure you that we are concerned about and respect your privacy.

EncouragedGirl.com will never sell, lease or rent your confidential information to a third party. We will always endeavor to take steps to assure that any information you provide to us will remain secure. We want you to feel safe in your online experience while visiting our site. We therefore request that you take a moment to review the following valuable information before you proceed.

This web site may provide links to external web sites maintained by individuals or organizations external to EncouragedGirl.com. Once you access information that links you to another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the web site containing the information you have linked to.

ON-LINE POSTINGS

EncouragedGirl.com shall have the right to monitor and review the content of any discussions, chats, forums, postings, transmissions and bulletin boards, although EncouragedGirl.com is not under legal obligation to do so. As a Christian-based website, we uphold specific foundational beliefs. We expect visitors to our site, and anyone using our communication tools to adhere to a sense of decency and decorum that we deem appropriate. We are the sole authority on questions of appropriateness. Naturally, EncouragedGirl.com assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of an online posting.

However, we do specifically prohibit you or any visitor from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material. Further, EncouragedGirl.com reserves the right to modify or remove content that it deems to be in violation of these provisions or otherwise objectionable. Everything on the web site appears solely at our discretion. Upon submission of any comment, chat content, bulletin board contribution or other posting, you are granting EncouragedGirl.com a license to use, modify or delete said content.

USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

EncouragedGirl.com does not collect personal information without your knowledge during your visit to our Web site. However, EncouragedGirl.com does at times ask that you provide us with personal information while online. For instance, as an active member of EncouragedGirl.com you may be asked to offer your thoughts, opinions, prayers, concerns, ideas, personal experiences, questions and/or suggestions about any given subject.

As a visitor, the personal information you provide may also be used to improve the usability of, and information available on, our site. In other words, at times we will ask you for more information, beyond just your name and contact information, than is needed to facilitate our response to your specific request. Your provision of such additional information is your acknowledgement that you consent to our use of such information to better serve you, our visitor, and others coming to our site.

NEWSLETTER

If you subscribe to our newsletter/product updates it will be sent to you at no charge for as long as you wish to receive it. If, at any time, you want to unsubscribe, simply  click on "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the newsletter.

SECURE SERVERS

Some partner information is supplied to the company which processes your credit card purchases. All order information you provide to us and all information contained in your “Shopping Account” is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a widely used coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt or scramble data before you send it to us. Transactions will not be permitted if your browser does not accept SSL encryption. Only authorized personnel from EncouragedGirl.com or its partners can decode this information and such personnel will only do so in accordance with our or their Privacy Policy.

IP ADDRESSES

When you connect to our website, we record your IP addresses and information on the type of operating system (i.e. Windows XP) and browser software you are using (i.e. AOL, Internet Explorer, Firefox). This helps us to diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. Your IP address is also used to help gather aggregated demographic information.

LINKS

We sometimes provide referrals to and links to other World Wide Web sites from our site. Such a link should not be seen as an endorsement, approval or agreement with any information or resources offered at sites you can access through our site. EncouragedGirl.com is not responsible for the content or practices of third party sites that may be linked to our sites. When EncouragedGirl.com provides links or references to other Web sites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that EncouragedGirl.com is connected with, operates or controls these Web sites.