Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://www.arkweb.org/, and ARK Software (Awana Record Keeping Software) and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to ARK Software include https://www.arkweb.org/. The ARK Software website is a product information and purchase website. By using the ARK Software website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information:

ARK Software does not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) sending us an email message; (c) submitting your credit card or other payment information when making payments; or (d) operating our software. We track clients who have purchased our software based on their email when the download application updates or installs from the website so we can monitor unauthorized access to these functions. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

ARK Software does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.

ARK Software may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or to provide customer. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to ARK Software and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

ARK Software may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on ARK Software or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ARK Software; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of ARK Software, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by ARK Software. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used to provide general statistics regarding use of ARK Software’ website.

Links

This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or 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 any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

ARK Software secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. ARK Software uses the following methods for this purpose:

• SSL Protocol
• 3 levels of authentication to be used.

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

•  Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any other entity or person in direct relation to our ministry to delete your personal information from their records.
• Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Thirteen

ARK Software does not collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen through our website. Our Ark Software does collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen within the software databases. We do not monitor or share this information for any reason.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, ARK Software may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotions, alerts, confirmations, surveys, newsletters, updates, and/or other general communication.

Changes to this Statement

ARK Software reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

ARK Software welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that ARK Software has not adhered to this Statement, please contact ARK Software at:

ArkWeb
15231 County Road 173 N
Kilgore, TX 75662

Email Address: dharding@techteam.org

Effective as of November 6, 2023