Privacy Statement for the International Council of Webmasters

International Council of Webmasters has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: International Council of Webmasters

Registration Forms

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information, specifically, name, e-mail address, and IACK, CDA, or DOI affiliation by council, assembly, or circle name and number.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. International Council of Webmasters is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of Web sites other than this site.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Sections of the website containing member data and ICW internal information are password protected.

Age Guidelines

We care about children and young adults and understand that they have special privacy needs. ICW Membership will be restricted to practicing Catholics who are a bonifide member of one or more recognized social order of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights, its auxiliaries and youth organization, plus other Catholic organizations such as the Catholic Daughters of America, Daughters of Isabella, etc, or spouse of such a member.  Since membership as early as 10 years (males), and 15 year and older female Catholics into the various orders and affiliates is accepted, we have adopted the following privacy policy regarding visitors to our website below the age of 18:

  1. We will NOT collect, use, or list on our member directories any personally identifiable information without prior verifiable parental consent.

  2. We will NOT give young adults access to unmonitored chat rooms, message boards, email accounts, or other services that would give them the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without prior verifiable parental consent

  3. When verifiable parental consent is not obtained, we will only use the online contact information (such as email) to:

    1. Respond directly to the young adult's request on a one-time basis and not use that information to re-contact the him or her for other purposes.

    2. Request the name or online contact information of a parent for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing parental notification.

    3. Respond more than once directly to a specific request from a young adult (such as in the case where the young adult requests a newsletter subscription) and not used to re-contact the young adult for other purposes. We will use our best efforts to provide parental notification, which will include the nature and intended use as well as an opportunity for the parent to prevent the use of the information and participation in the activity.

  4. We will NOT entice any potential member to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the stated activities of the ICW, to wit:  mentoring and assisting others in website construction, receipt of mentoring and assistance in website construction, and site evaluations for award consideration.

  5. We will provide the parent a description of the specific types of a personally identifiable information collected from their child upon request. We will allow the parent to refuse further use or future online collection of personally identifiable information and provide a way for a parent to obtain any personally identifiable information collected from their child.

  6. We will provide notice to young adults in age appropriate terms of what personally identifiable information is to be collected.

  7. We will NOT provide any links to Web sites that are unsuitable for family or children.

  8. We will encourage children and young adults to get their parent's permission before sharing personal information online.

Choice/Opt-Out

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Data Quality/Access

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.  You can send email to

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, contact: 

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