4 Minute Bible Study Privacy Policy

 

Brief Overview

Here’s a summary of what you can expect to find in our Privacy Policy, which covers our products and services:

Making your experience personal.

When you create a 4MBS account or use any one of our applications or sites, the information we collect is for the purpose of offering a more personalized Bible experience.

How we use your data.

The Privacy Policy clearly outlines the types of data we collect from your activity, and how we use that information to enhance your 4MBS experience. We do not share your personally identifiable data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks.

Your privacy protected.

When you see stats we share and celebrate about Bible Study engagement around the world, we make sure to analyze the data in a way that protects your privacy. When this information is published, it is only in an aggregated form that does not disclose your personally identifiable information. In addition, we implement industry standard security safeguards designed to protect your data.

It’s your experience.

Our Privacy Policy makes it clear what rights you have when using 4MBS, including accessing, sharing, changing and deleting your personal data. We also address how data collection technologies help provide functionality and insight to help you fully engage with 4MBS and the Bible.

 

Privacy Policy

Last modified on January, 2019

Definitions

To make this document easier to read, we’re going to use some shorthand throughout. For example, when we say 4MBS we’re talking about:

• The 4MBS mobile application
• The 4MBS website

4MBS products are owned and operated by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry which we’ll refer to as “us,” or “we” throughout this policy. We may at some point allow use of 4MBS by unregistered users, which we’ll call “Visitor.”  At the moment, we only allow registered users, or “Members.” When we refer to both in this policy, we’ll use the term “Users” or “you.”

Accepting the Terms

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully because it discusses how we will collect, use, share and process your personal information, and by accessing the 4MBS you agree to this Privacy Policy and its terms and consent to having your data transferred to and processed in the United States. Your use of 4MBS is also governed by our Terms of Use. Please read those terms carefully as well.

We welcome any questions or comments you may have about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices. If you have any questions or comments, you may contact us at: moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com.

How We Use Your Information

We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for their advertising purposes. We use data that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, as follows:

1. To provide you with 4MBS, and any other information, products, or services that you request from us;
2. As described in this Privacy Policy;
3. To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
4. To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use;
5. In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
6. For any other purpose with your consent.

Your ability to access 4MBS is not contingent on you providing us with your personal information and you may decline to submit personal information to us, however, that may prohibit us from providing you with certain 4MBS services and/or functionality.

Facilitating Your Use of 4MBS

We use your personal data to authorize your Membership access to 4MBS if you are a Member. We also use your personal data to provide certain functionality of 4MBS depending on the functionality you use and choose and the personal data you agree to provide. We use the data that we have about you to provide, improve, and personalize 4MBS, including with the help of automated technologies discussed in this policy and the inferences that we make from information we collect.

Groups

4MBS will allow you to communicate and connect with other 4MBS users to share Bible verses, messages and other content. We also enable communications between you and others through 4MBS, including, for example, messages between Members. It is your choice whether to communicate or connect with another Member. We will use data about you to help you connect and communicate and share content with other 4MBS users. This includes personal information you provide to us and individuals with which you communicate. We may also use contact information from your mobile device should you grant permission to 4MBS to access the same.

Recommendations

We use the data we have about you and inferences we make from that data to recommend certain content and functionality as well as additional products and services offered through 4MBS. For example, based upon a Bible Plan you complete, we may suggest additional Bible Plans to you. We may contact you through push notification, email, or in-app messages to discuss these recommendations, how to use 4MBS, and other 4MBS news messages. You may unsubscribe to these messages via the unsubscribe link in emails providing these messages. You can also tailor your notification settings in 4MBS applications or by visiting fourminutebiblestudy???settings.

Service-Related Messages

We may use your information to contact you about account, security, legal and other service-related issues. We will do this through in-app messages, push notifications and/or email. Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from us, including security and legal notices.

Analytics and Performance

We desire to see Bible engagement increase throughout the world. We use the personal data available to us to observe social, economic, and geographic trends as they pertain to the studies. In some cases, we work with trusted third parties to perform this research, under controls that are designed to protect your privacy. We publish or allow others to publish our insights but only in an aggregated form that does not disclose your personally identifiable information. For example we may use your data to generate statistics about overall usage of 4MBS worldwide and in specific countries and geographic regions.

We use de-identified and aggregate user data to market 4MBS, including communications that promote 4MBS membership and network growth, such as celebrating the total number of 4MBS mobile installs. We use data, including user provided personal information, aggregations of user data, data collected through use of 4MBS (such as reading plan completions), public feedback and information inferred from this data to conduct internal research and development in order to provide a better overall 4MBS experience, measure the performance of 4MBS and increase use of 4MBS and its features. This is done by making changes to 4MBS that are generally available, as well as sending users messages through 4MBS suggesting 4MBS functionality and content.

Polls and Surveys

Polls and surveys are sometimes conducted by us through 4MBS. You are not obligated to respond to polls or surveys, and you have choices about the information you provide.

Security and Technical Issues

We use the data (which can include your communications) to investigate, respond to and resolve complaints, legal, security and technical issues concerning 4MBS. We use your data and communications if we think it is necessary for security purposes or to investigate possible fraud or violations of law or our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy and/or attempts to harm others.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Information You Provide to Us

Membership allows us to tailor 4MBS to be a more personalized experienced. To become a Member, you are required to create an account and provide certain information such as your name and email address, which will be associated with your Member account.

Beyond this required information, you have choices about whether to provide additional information to be associated with your Member account. We collect personal data from you when you provide, post, or upload it to 4MBS. You do not have to provide such information; however, if you do not, it may limit our ability to personalize 4MBS and your ability to use 4MBS to its fullest extent.

If you choose to link 4MBS with other websites, applications, and services or profiles you have with third party applications, you will provide the personal data stored on those applications to 4MBS and 4MBS Ministry. For example, you may start a new 4MBS Membership account by linking your Facebook account to 4MBS, providing personal information you have opted to share through Facebook to 4MBS Ministry. You may revoke the link with such accounts and third party applications by modifying your settings with those applications. In addition, when you grant access to your contacts on your device for the purpose of friend suggestions, notification of when a contact joins, or sending an invite to 4MBS, that information is stored on our servers for the purpose of offering you this functionality.

Sensitive Data

By downloading and using 4MBS, we do not assume that you are of any particular religious denomination or are expressing to us any particular religious belief; we merely assume that you are interested in the Bible. We do not require that users provide such beliefs to us or provide any other sensitive data such as race, ethnicity, philosophical beliefs, or physical or mental health to create or maintain a 4MBS Member account. It is your choice whether to provide such sensitive information should it be an option to do so. If you choose to provide any sensitive information, it may be used by 4MBS Ministry to create a more personalized 4MBS experience like other non-sensitive information you provide. In any event, 4MBS Ministry will only process sensitive data you provide to us for 4MBS Ministry’s legitimate activities on your behalf and will not disclose this information without your express consent. We will maintain your information subject to appropriate safeguards discussed in this policy and otherwise provided by 4MBS Ministry. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us at moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com.

Use For Other Services

We may combine the information you submit under your account with information you provide us through other 4MBS Ministry services and products as well as inferences we make from this information to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of all services and products provided to you by 4MBS Ministry.

Your Posts and Contributions.

When 4MBS allows you to provide information to be published, distributed, or displayed, we refer to that as “posted,” which can be on public areas of 4MBS, websites you access through 4MBS or transmitted to other users of 4MBS or third parties, all of which we’ll call “User Contributions.” For example, these include activities such as creating a Note, making a comment on a friend’s post, or creating a Verse Image.

Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in a public manner whether through collaborative postings, social media, message boards, or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others. User Contributions are posted and transmitted at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users or third parties with whom you choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons, nor do we accept any liability associated with your User Contributions.

Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

Service Use. We log usage data when you use 4MBS, including when you view or click on content, browser type, browser language, perform a search or request, the date and time of your request, install an update, seek new functionality, or use one or more tools offered through 4MBS. We use log-ins, device information internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, and cookies and similar technologies to identify you and log your use.

Cookies and Other Similar Technologies. We use cookies and similar technologies (for example, web beacons, pixels, tags and device identifiers) to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across the different applications of 4MBS and devices. Cookies and similar technologies help to facilitate the best possible user experience of 4MBS as they allow us recognize you and maintain your user preferences from session to session, help us keep your account safe, and generally improve the functionality of the products and services offered through 4MBS. They also help us ensure that Member information is used in association with the correct Member account. Importantly, we do not use cookies or similar technologies to facilitate interest-based ads from third parties.

Although most internet browsers accept cookies and the like by default, you can control these types of technology through your browser settings and similar tools and agree to refuse all cookies altogether. If you refuse to accept cookies and similar technologies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser or smartphone, you may be unable to access certain parts of 4MBS, prohibiting us from delivering the full capability of 4MBS and preventing the use of certain features and services that require these technologies.

By agreeing to our Privacy Policy, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy. If you use 4MBS without changing your browser or device settings to disable cookies, we'll assume that you consent to receive all cookies provided through 4MBS.

Device ID and Location. When you access or leave 4MBS, we receive the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to next. We also get information about your IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, and/or ISP or your mobile carrier. We also receive data from your devices and networks, including location data. If you use 4MBS from a mobile device, that device will send us data about your device and GPS location based on your phone settings and access you have granted 4MBS.

We use this information to provide a tailored 4MBS experience for you and to communicate with you more effectively. The information is also collected to determine the aggregate number of unique devices using 4MBS and/or parts of 4MBS, track total usage, and analyze usage data to improve 4MBS functionality for all Members and Visitors. We may combine this information with information from third parties to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our service.

We do not share any of your personally identifiable information along with your device identification or location without your explicit permission. When required by your device operating system or internet browser, we will ask you to opt-in before we use GPS or other tools to identify your precise location. However, we may automatically collect certain details of your use of 4MBS, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or through 4MBS. We may collect information about your computer and mobile device and internet connection, including the mobile device’s unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information. If you do not want us to collect this information you should cease use of 4MBS.

Your Communications Directly To Us. We collect information about you when you send, receive, or engage with messages with us, including when you submit personal information or requests by emailing moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com and through the website FourMinuteBobleStudy.com. We retain those communications to process your inquiries, respond to your requests, and improve our services.

Personal Information. We may tie information we do collect automatically as described above to personal information you provide to us to tailor 4MBS to you and make suggestions about 4MBS services and functionality as described above. 4MBS Ministry is consistently seeking new and improved ways to offer 4MBS and increase Bible engagement. As we improve 4MBS, this may mean the collection of new data or new ways to use data. Because 4MBS is dynamic, and we continuously seek to offer new features, we may require the collection of new information. If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we use your data, we will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy.

Third-party Information Collection

This Privacy Policy applies only to sites and apps that are owned and operated by 4MBS Ministry. Please keep in mind that 4MBS may contain links to other websites or apps. You are responsible for reviewing the privacy statements and policies of those other websites you choose to link to or from 4MBS, so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and store your information. We are not responsible for the privacy statements, policies or content of other websites or apps, including websites you link to or from 4MBS. Websites containing co-branding (referencing our name and a third party’s name) contain content delivered by the third party and not us.

4MBS Ministry cannot regulate other sites, content, or applications linked or provided from within 4MBS and our various web sites and services. Some content or applications, including partner offers, on or in 4MBS may be served by third-parties, including content providers, application providers, analytics companies, your mobile device manufacturer, and your mobile service provider. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) targeted content. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Disclosure of Your Information

Disclosure on Your Behalf

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to fulfill our obligations under our Terms of Use, the purpose for which you provide it, for any other purpose you request when you provide the information, or for any other purpose for which we have your consent.

Disclosure by You

When you share information through 4MBS, that information is viewable by you and by anyone else you chose to share it with. If you give access to your 4MBS account to other applications and services, based on your approval, those services would then have access to your shared information. The use, collection and protection of your data by such third party services is subject to those third parties’ policies.

Internal Disclosure

We will share your personal data internally within 4MBS Ministry to help combine the personal information covered across the different aspects of 4MBS and our other products and services to help provide services to you in a manner that is personalized and useful to you and others. For example, we can personalize potential services to recommend to you using cookies or similar technologies that track what functionality you have already opted to receive.

Disclosure to Our Service Providers

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to contractors, service providers and other third parties we use solely to support our mission (such as cloud hosting, maintenance, analysis, audit, payments, fraud detection, communication, and development). For example, some of the 4MBS platforms used to send emails and notifications are built and managed by third parties, so some of your information is sent securely to those services to provide such functionality. They will have access to your information as reasonably necessary to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.

Legal Process

It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (2) enforce our agreements with you; (3) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (4) protect the security or integrity of 4MBS; or (5) exercise or protect the rights and safety of 4MBS Ministry, our Members and/or Visitors, personnel, or others. We attempt to notify Members about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand.

4MBS Content Providers

Our ability to provide different versions of the Bible in different languages is a result of and subject to agreements among us and certain Bible societies and publishers, which we’ll call “4MBS Content Providers.” 4MBS Content Provider agreements allow us to provide 4MBS users the ability to download certain Bible text for offline use on the condition that we provide 4MBS Content Providers the user’s name, email address, and country for future communications. As a result, in order to provide this optional functionality, we must provide your name, email address and country to the pertinent 4MBS Content Provider, which may contact you for other purposes. We only share this information with the 4MBS Content Provider for the offline version you request, we do so on a confidential basis, and only if the 4MBS Content Provider agrees to keep the information we share about you confidential. No other personal information of yours will be shared with any 4MBS Content Providers. When you choose to download a version for offline use, you will receive a prompt as a reminder of these terms, which you must agree to at that time in order to continue with your download. No information will be shared until you grant approval, which will then give you access to download that offline version. Your interactions with any 4MBS Content Providers is solely among you and that 4MBS Content Provider.

Your Rights to Deleting, Accessing and Correcting Your Information

For personal data that we have about you, you have the following rights:

• Deletion. You may ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data. Please note that doing so may limit your ability to use certain functionality of 4MBS. Please note that an email address is required to have a Member account.
• Correction/Modification: You may edit some of your personal data through your account or ask us to change, update, or fix your data in certain cases, including if it’s inaccurate.
• Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data (for example, if we have no legal right to keep using it) or to limit our use of it (for example, if your personal data is inaccurate or unlawfully held).
• Right to Access and/or Take Your Data: You can ask us for a copy of your personal data you provided to us.

To make these or any other requests with respect to your personal information, you may send us an e-mail to moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com. We ask that individuals making requests identify themselves and identify the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before we process any requests. We may decline to process requests if we cannot verify the requestor's identity, if we believe the request will jeopardize the privacy of others, if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect, or for a similar legitimate purpose. In any case, where we provide information access, deletion or correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

If you choose to close your account or ask that we modify or delete some or all of your personal information, we will retain your personal data if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our Terms of Use or fulfill any others requests from you (for example, to opt-out of further messages or for a copy of your data).

Use of 4MBS in time will include several functions, including selection of Bible studies, creating bookmarks, highlighting, creating notes and moments concerning scripture, searching the Bible based on an emoji or keyword, saving and sharing certain verses and creating images from certain Biblical text. Unless you have included personally-identifiable information in content created with this functionality (such as a personal image or address or first and last name), content created with this functionality is not considered personal data by 4MBS Ministry, as it generally concerns Bible text and content and not any one user specifically. As a result, 4MBS Ministry reserves the right to maintain this information, including inferences made with this information after deletion of an account. For example, while we will delete your email address if your account is deleted, we will maintain and reserve the right to use and share what Bible pages were bookmarked, highlighted, etc. by you in a manner that does not identify you personally. We will also retain our aggregate count of the number to total 4MBS applications downloaded which would include the fact of you downloading 4MBS without maintaining personal information associated with that account.

We have no control of information you have shared with others through 4MBS after you close your account or asked to delete information or attempted to delete your account yourself. Your information and content you have shared may continue to be displayed in the services of others (for example, search engine results) until they refresh their cache.

Notice to California Residents – California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident and have provided us with personal information, California law requires that we provide you with a summary of your privacy rights under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”) and the California Business and Professions Code. As required by the Act, we will provide you with the categories of personally identifiable information that we collect through 4MBS and the categories of third party persons or entities with whom such personally identifiable information may be shared for direct marketing purposes at your request. California law requires us to inform you, at your request, (1) the categories of personally identifiable information we collect and what third parties we share that information with; (2) the names and addresses of those third parties; and (3) examples of the products marketed by those companies. The Act further requires us to allow you to control who we can and cannot share that information with. To obtain this information, please send a request to moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com and include the phrase “California Privacy Request” in the subject line. When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and what personally identifiable information you do not want us to share with third parties. Please allow thirty (30) days for a response. Also, please note that there is no charge for controlling the sharing of your personally identifiable information or requesting this notice.

Security and Protection

We implement industry standard security safeguards designed to protect your data. These include using encryption for your data while it is being transmitted between your device or browser and our servers. Data provided to us through 4MBS is also stored in an ISO 27017-certified infrastructure management system, meaning it has been audited and found in compliance with the requirements of the management system standards ISO 27017, an internationally recognized code of practice for information security controls for cloud services.

However, given the nature of communications and information technology, and that the use of the internet has inherent risks, although we regularly monitor for possible vulnerabilities and attack, we cannot warrant or guarantee that information provided to us through 4MBS or stored in our systems or otherwise will be absolutely free from unauthorized intrusion by others, nor can we warrant or guarantee that such data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

Processing of Data

We will only collect and process personal data about you where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as providing 4MBS and 4MBS functionality you request and acting in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use) and other legitimate interests. Such legitimate interest include protection to you, us and other Members and third parties, to comply with applicable law, to enable and administer our business, to manage corporate transactions, to generally understand and improve our business and user relationships, and to enable us and other users of 4MBS to connect with you to exchange information, provided that the foregoing adequately protects your rights and freedoms.

Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time and where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object. If you have any questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us at                       moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com.

Users From Outside the United States

4MBS is offered in and from Illinois within the United States and your use of 4MBS and this Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois. If you are using 4MBS from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. We process data both inside and outside of the United States and rely on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders. This includes contractual commitments between us and companies transferring personal data that require the protection and security of such data. The data protection and other laws of the State of Illinois, the United States, and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using 4MBS, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third-parties with whom we share it with as described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices. We will post any changes to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will provide a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated. The date the Privacy Policy was last modified is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Children Under the Age of 16

We do not collect personal information from any person we actually know is under the age of 16 without the consent of the parent or legal guardian of that minor. A parent or guardian may consent to the use of 4MBS by a minor, which parent or guardian is solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of 4MBS and assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through 4MBS. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com. If we learn and have confirmation we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, you may contact us at: moe@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com.

Terms of Use

Last modified:  January 2019

 

Acceptance of these Terms

By using FourMinuteBibleStudy.com and/or the Four Minute Bible Study mobile application (together, “4MBS”), whether as a guest or a registered user, you accept and agree to these Terms. Please read these Terms as well as the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use 4MBS. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy you must not access or use 4MBS.

Changes to the Terms

4MBS is offered by the Four Minute Bible Study Ministry (“we” or “us”). We may revise and update these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. Any changes are effective when we post them. Your continued use of 4MBS following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

Changes to 4MBS

While we hope to always offer 4MBS and all of its features, we reserve the right to change or cease offering 4MBS or any part, portion or functionality of 4MBS without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of 4MBS is unavailable at any time.

Information About You and Your Access of 4MBS

All information we collect on or through 4MBS is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using 4MBS, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Permitted and Unpermitted Use

These Terms allow you to use 4MBS in accordance with these Terms for either your personal and non-commercial use or for the internal use of your non-profit organization. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry. You agree you are not permitted and will not use 4MBS as follows:

• in any way that violates any federal, state, local or international law or regulation;
• for the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
• to impersonate or attempt to impersonate any company or person, including The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry or another 4MBS user;
• to engage in any other conduct which, as determined by us, may harm The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry or users of 4MBS or expose them to liability;
• in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair 4MBS or interfere with another’s use of 4MBS;
• use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access 4MBS for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on 4MBS;
• to introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
• to attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of 4MBS or any server, computer, or database connected to 4MBS;
• to attack 4MBS via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack; and
• otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of 4MBS.

You also agree that you will not send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material which, as determined by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry in its sole discretion:

• contains any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable;
• promotes sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination on any basis, including that based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
• infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person;
• violates the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations; or
• promotes any illegal activity, or advocates, promotes, or assists any unlawful act;
• involves commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter or advertising; and
• gives the impression that the material emanates from or is endorsed by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

User Contributions

4MBS contains interactive features that allow users to interact with other users or other persons or group leaders (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through 4MBS.

However, we do not undertake to review User Contributions or any other material before it is posted through 4MBS, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. So, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party.

All User Contributions must comply with these Terms. We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of 4MBS.

Account Security

4MBS allows users to create an account (“Members”) which requires providing certain information to 4MBS. You agree that all information you provide to become a Member and register with 4MBS, including, but not limited to, information provided through the use of any interactive features on 4MBS, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or similar information as part of our security procedures, you agree to treat such information confidential, and agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Legal Compliance; Termination

You agree that we have the right to:

• take any action with respect to any user, Member account or User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion if we believe there to be a violation of these Terms, infringement of third party rights, a threat to the personal safety of others, or a threat or liability or harm to the goodwill associated with 4MBS or The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry;
• take appropriate action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement and disclosure of your information, for any illegal or unauthorized use of 4MBS; and
• terminate or suspend your access to all or part of 4MBS for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through 4MBS. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY AND ITS LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Your Reliance on Information and Translations

The information presented on or through 4MBS is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. In addition, although we strive to provide information found on 4MBS in various languages, translations to languages other than English of 4MBS content are provided to us by other parties and we do not represent or warrant the accuracy of those translations. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to 4MBS, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Intellectual Property Rights

4MBS and its contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement of the same), are owned by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

Logos and Designs

The 4MBS name, The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry name and logo, all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks and/or copyright of The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry. You must not use these marks and copyright without the prior written permission of The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on 4MBS are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Intellectual Property Infringement

If you believe that any 4MBS content, including User Contributions, infringes your intellectual property rights, including copyright, please send notice of the copyright infringement to moe@the Four Minute Bible Study Ministry. Please be aware that it is the policy of The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.

Third Party Links and Services

4MBS may include content provided by third parties. If 4MBS contains links to other sites and pop-ups and similar resources provided by third parties, these links and resources are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked from 4MBS, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Linking from and to 4MBS and Social Media Features

4MBS may provide certain features that enable you to connect or link to or from social media as well as other third party websites and applications and share information and communications to and from 4MBS and such third party services. You may use these features solely as they are provided by us solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with these Terms and any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. We may disable all or any of this features at any time without notice in our discretion.

Geographic Restrictions

The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry, the owner of 4MBS, is based in the state of Illinois in the United States. We make no claims that 4MBS or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to 4MBS may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access 4MBS from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF 4MBS, ITS CONTENT AND ANY FUNCTIONALITY, SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH 4MBS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, ALL OF WHICH ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF 4MBS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT 4MBS OR ANY FUNCTIONALITY CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH 4MBS WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT 4MBS OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT 4MBS OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH 4MBS WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE FOUR MINUTE BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY, ITS LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, 4MBS, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT OFFERED ON OR THROUGH 4MBS OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH 4MBS, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of 4MBS, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of 4MBS content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms or your use of any information obtained from 4MBS.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters, disputes or claims relating to 4MBS and these Terms (including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or 4MBS shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Illinois in each case located in DuPage County in Illinnois. By agreeing to these Terms and using 4MBS, you waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Waiver and Severability

The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry may only waive its rights under these Terms in writing. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry with respect to 4MBS and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to 4MBS.

Your Comments and Concerns

4MBS is operated by The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry, an Illinois non-profit corporation, located in Illinois. All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to 4MBS should be directed by email support@FourMinuteBibleStudy.com or through the website FourMinuteBibleStudy.com. Any feedback you provide to us shall be deemed to be non-confidential. The Four Minute Bible Study Ministry shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis.