Heritage Fellowship Church maintains this website as a service to its members and guests. The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use set forth below govern your use of this website, and by using the website you agree to be bound by them. Therefore, please read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use carefully before you use this website. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please do not use this website. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered through this website and do not necessarily reflect our practices with respect to information gathered through other means.
PRIVACY POLICY
We are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. Heritage Fellowship Church adheres to the highest standards of ethical practices in all of our operations and is dedicated to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website.
Log Files
Like most websites, this website 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
We collect and store personal information from you that you enter onto the website. For instance, we take your e-mail address when you sign up for a newsletter and we take information for online giving. If you give us personal information, 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 website, any user of the site, Heritage Fellowship Church or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliated organizations.
Cookies
We never use or install spyware on your computer, nor do we use spyware to retrieve information from your computer. Like many websites, however, we use "cookies", which are files stored on your computer's hard drive by your browser. 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 website 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 website, 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 website 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.
Security
We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Personal information collected by our website is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. In many instances, such as in the case of credit card numbers and all on-line purchases, your personal information is encrypted before you conduct your transaction. Only those employees who need access to your personal information are allowed access. To protect the security of your financial information during transmission, we use software that encrypts any financial information you input. While we try our best to safeguard your personal information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Links To or From Another Website?
This website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered through these other websites. These other sites may also send their own cookies to you, collect your data or solicit your personal information. Always be aware of where you end up. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other websites. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave this website and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that you visit.
Changes to This Policy
As our website continues to develop, we may add new services and features to our website. In the event that these additions affect our Privacy Policy, this document will be updated appropriately. We will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. We do, however, recommend that you read this Privacy Policy each time you use our website in case you missed our notice of changes to the Privacy Policy.
Opt-Out and Correction Procedures
You may always opt-out of receiving future e-mail messages and newsletters. We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about you. You also will have an opportunity to change these selections by following the "unsubscribe" or "preference center" instructions contained in the promotional emails we send you. We also permit you to correct or update personal information that you have previously provided to us.
More Questions?
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the Webmaster.
TERMS OF USE
Trademarks and Copyrights; All Rights Reserved
Heritage Fellowship Church reserves all of its rights under and does not grant any express or implied rights to you or any other user of the website under any trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property law, except as provided below with regard to the use of downloaded messages. This website and all of the text, graphics, pictures, audio messages, video materials, downloadable materials and all other materials and content on the website are copyrighted by and are the property of Heritage Fellowship Church. You may not use them in any manner without the express written consent of Heritage Fellowship Church. Heritage Fellowship ChurchTM are trademarks of Heritage Fellowship Church of Reston, Virginia.
Testimonies, Message Boards and other Posted Information
Any testimony or other information that you submit for posting on our website (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 Heritage Fellowship Church 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 website 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 website or other media at any time and for any reason without notice. Testimony may not represent the views of Heritage Fellowship Church or any individual associated with Heritage Fellowship Church, and we do not control this Testimony. In no event shall you represent or suggest, directly or indirectly, Heritage Fellowship Church's endorsement of certain Testimony. Heritage Fellowship Church does not vouch for the accuracy or credibility of any Testimony on our website, and does not take any responsibility or assume any liability for any actions you may take as a result of reading Testimony on our website. Through your use of the website, you may be exposed to Testimony or other content that you may find offensive, objectionable, harmful, inaccurate or deceptive. You assume all associated risks. In addition to any remedies that we may have at law or in equity, if we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have violated or are likely to violate the foregoing prohibitions, we may take any action we deem necessary to cure or prevent the violation, including without limitation, the immediate removal of the related materials from this website. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order or subpoena requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting such materials. Notwithstanding the above, Heritage Fellowship Church expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties through this website, including without limitation any testimony published on the website. Testimonies do not necessarily reflect the views of Heritage Fellowship Church or its agents or affiliated organizations.
Use of Downloaded Messages
We are glad to make our sermons and other messages available for download free of charge. However, your right to use downloaded messages is limited. A message downloaded from our website is only for personal use, and can only be used on the computer or other device onto which it was downloaded and cannot be duplicated or distributed in any way. If you would like to share one of our messages with a friend, you can either have your friend download the message from our website or purchase a CD to give to your friend.
Accuracy of Information
We attempt to ensure that information on this website is complete, accurate and current. Despite our efforts, the information on this website may occasionally be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. We make no representation as to the completeness, accuracy or currency of any information on this website.
Disclaimer of Warranties
All materials and other content of this website or accessible from this website are provided on an "as-is" basis and Heritage Fellowship Church expressly disclaims any express of 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 website you agree that Heritage Fellowship Church 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 ot the use of this website or any website for which a link is provided on this website.
Applicable Law
Use of this website and any claim or dispute arising from or related to use of this website is governed by the laws of the State of Virginia, 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 Fairfax County, Virginia.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, you can send an email to the church offices, or contact us at:
Heritage Fellowship Church
2501 Fox Mill Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
Access and Interference
You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the website for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site or any activities conducted on the website; or (iii) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the website.
Force Majeure
Neither Heritage Fellowship Church nor you shall be responsible for damages or for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts or occurrences beyond their reasonable control, including, without limitation: fire, lightning, explosion, power surge or failure, water, acts of God, war, revolution, civil commotion or acts of civil or military authorities or public enemies: any law, order, regulation, ordinance, or requirement of any government or legal body or any representative of any such government or legal body; or labor unrest, including without limitation, strikes, slowdowns, picketing, or boycotts; inability to secure raw materials, transportation facilities, fuel or energy shortages, or acts or omissions of other common carriers.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY OR AMEND THE TERMS OF OUR TERMS OF SERVICE FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES TO THESE TERMS WILL MEAN YOU ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES.