ICAA Website Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how the International Christian Accrediting Association uses and protects any information that you give ICAA when you use this website (https://icaa.us).

ICAA is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

ICAA may change this policy by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from June 1, 2016.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • name and job title
  • contact information including email address
  • other information relevant to member surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you better services, in particular for the following reasons:

  • Reporting as required by ICAA policies for ICAA membership/accreditation and/or entities to whom ICAA is required to report.
  • Internal record keeping.
  • Improving our products and services.
  • Periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, using your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
  • Using the information to customize the website according to your interests.
  • Providing your information to our third party partners (e.g. Oral Roberts University, Bob Jones University Press, etc.) for marketing or promotional purposes.

We will never sell your information.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.  However, though the security of your personal information is important to us, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.  While we strive to use acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We may use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We would only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Social Media platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website participates on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate/engage upon them with due care and caution with regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website will not ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and will encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact ICAA through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platform. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

We will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.