{"id":49,"date":"2021-09-10T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacc.dougreid.co\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:57:39","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaccfoundation.org\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIVACY POLICY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e9decd&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;80px||80px||true|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; 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We value your trust and want to assure you that we will always strive to be responsible in our management of your personal information.<\/p>\n<p>We provide this Privacy Policy to make you aware of our privacy practices and to inform you about the way your information is collected and used. We commit that any activity we engage in with your information is ultimately for the greater purpose of helping to create avenues of Christian based care andcomfort for those who are struggling with their mental health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The AACC Foundation operates this website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the AACC Foundation website.<\/p>\n<p>If you choose to visit this site, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible here, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a better experience while using our website, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOG DATA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer\u2019s Internet Protocol (\u201cIP\u201d) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COOKIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer\u2019s hard drive.Our website uses these \u201ccookies\u201d to collect information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SERVICE PROVIDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:\uf0b7To facilitate our service;\uf0b7To provide the service on our behalf;\uf0b7To perform service-related services; or\uf0b7To assist us in analyzing how our service is used.We want to inform our service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECURITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. 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