PRIVACY POLICY

Our Privacy Policy is to protect and secure the personal information you provide to our ministry online
Balkans Partners Inc. is committed to maintaining your trust and confidence. The following Privacy Policy is to protect and secure the personal information you provide to our ministry online.

AWARENESS
Balkans Partners Inc. provides this Privacy Policy to make sure you are aware of our security practices and to inform you of the way your information is collected and used. We also provide you with the opportunity to remove your name from our mailing list, if you desire to do so.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT
There are two different ways in which we collect information from visitors on our Web site:
1. From people interested in requesting information or materials from our organization.
2. From our online donations.
The online information that we collect includes: name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, e-mail address, and in the case of online giving: credit card number and expiration date. In order to continuously improve your service and tailor our subsequent communications to you, we may also ask you to provide us with additional information regarding your demographics, comments, professional interests, and contact preferences.

HOW THE INFORMATION IS USED
Balkans Partners Inc. uses your information to understand your needs and also provide you with better service. We may use your information to complete a transaction, issue you a tax income receipt for a donation, or to personalize our Web site for you. If you so desire, we may also use this information to update you on ministry projects and activities. Credit card numbers are used only for donation or payment processing and are not retained for any other purposes. We also provide you the opportunity to remove your name from our mailing list, if you desire to do so. Please review the corresponding section of this Privacy Policy below.

NO SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Balkans Partners Inc. never sells, rents, leases, or exchanges your personal information with other organizations. The identity of all who BECOME A PARTNER through this Web site will be kept confidential. Use of personal information, will be limited to the internal purposes of Balkans Partners Inc. and only to further our ministry activities and purposes.

SECURITY
Balkans Partners Inc.is committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the proper use of information, we have established and implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Balkans Partners Inc. uses Internet Encryption Software, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Protocol when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information. Any information you enter is encrypted at your browser, sent over the public Internet in encrypted form, then de-encrypted at our server.

REMOVING YOUR NAME FROM OUR MAILING LIST
Our Web site gives you the opportunity to remove your name from our mailing list so that you do not receive any future communications from our ministry. If you desire to remove your name, use our BECOME A PARTNER form.
If you determine that information in our database is inaccurate or it has changed, you may modify the previous provided information by using our BECOME A PARTNER form.

CONTACTING US
If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please use our BECOME A PARTNER form.