Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation (Shalem) understands that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy.

Shalem will not sell, share or rent the information collected on this web site to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Shalem collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Shalem uses a Statistics program to record logs of IP addresses (a unique number assigned to every computer on the Internet) in order to improve security, analyze trends, and administer the site. We track your movement within the site, the web pages from which you were referred, times you access our web site, and the types of browser you use. We use this information in the aggregate and do not link it to you personally. We promise to take measures to protect all the personal information you provide at all times.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data text file, which a Web site stores on your computer's hard drive (if your Web browser permits) and that can later be retrieved to identify you to that Web site.

Shalem.org Cookies: Our cookies store randomly assigned user identification numbers, your first name to welcome you back to our site. The cookies make your use of the site easier, allow you to retrieve an earlier shopping cart, make the site run more smoothly and help us to maintain a secure site. You will be unable to shop on our site without your browser set to accept cookies.

Website Analysis Agent Cookies: We may use a third party to analyze what our visitors find to be most interesting on our site. To do that, they will place a cookie on your computer with a randomly assigned unique number in order to track the pages you view on our site, along with other Non-Personally Identifiable Information.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Shalem is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Notice applies solely to information collected by the Shalem Web site.

Newsletter

If user wishes to subscribe to Shalem’s newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address.

Surveys

From time to time our site may request information from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry. We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off you’re your account when finished using a shared computer and close the browser window.

Correction/Updating Personal Information

If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by emailing us at info@shalem.org.

Notification of Changes

Our business changes constantly, and this Privacy Notice may also change. If we decide to change our privacy policy we will post changes on our homepage, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

Newsletters and Promotional E-mails

We offer a newsletter, the Shalem News, in print form as well as an e-mail newsletter. We also send promotional e-mails periodically notifying you of upcoming events and other news about Shalem in which we feel you might be interested. You may "opt-out," or unsubscribe from our print and/or e-newsletters and promotional e-mails by following any unsubscribe instructions in any e-mail or newsletter you receive from us, or by sending an e-mail to info@shalem.org. After doing so, if you have opted out of receiving all newsletters, all promotional emails or all personalized on-line ads, you will not receive future promotional e-mails or newsletters (as applicable) unless you subsequently notify us otherwise.