Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Our Catholic Store, PHD Books, LLC. and its affiliates ("OCS") is committed to the right to privacy of customers ("Customer"). All information collected at this Website (the "Website") will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, loaned, or otherwise disclosed without prior consent. By electing to shop and submitting personal information, all customers agree to accept this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection and processing (including international transfer) of personal data as described herein. OCS reserves the right to modify or amend this Policy at any time and for any reason, so please check back periodically. If you have any questions or if you wish to withdraw consent at any time, please don't hesitate to contact us.

OCS collects personal information directly from the Website in order to process orders and sell additional products to Customer(s). By electing to participate and shop, Customer consents to the use of this information for this purpose.

Type of Information Collected

During the purchase process, Customer is asked to create an online profile. This profile may contain such information as the Customer's name, address, phone numbers, e-mail address, and credit card information. This information is used to process orders and for OCS to market additional promotions to Customer.

Browser Information Collected on the Website

OCS analyzes its website logs and traffic to constantly improve the value of the Website. Our Website logs are not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link them with the individuals that actually browse the site.

Cookies may be used on some areas of our site. A cookie is generated by a software application on a website server which enables it to customize services to the interests of the Customer by tracking the Customer's navigation through a small text file on the user's hard drive.

It is the policy of OCS to use cookies to make the use of our Website easier for visitors and to facilitate efficient shopping procedures. If a Customer refuses the cookies, our Website cannot process their order. If a Customer does not want to enable cookies for shopping on our Website, then they should call the customer service phone number to place their orders.

Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Information will only be disclosed to OCS staff and its agents. Information will not be disclosed to other third parties except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as may be required by law or to contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating Terms of Use or causing injury to or interference with OCS rights or property or to other OCS Customers. We may also send you communications from time to time, for example to advise you of upcoming promotions, which may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive such mailings please contact us.

Sensitive Personal Data

We do not generally seek to collect sensitive personal data through the Website. If we ever do seek to collect such data, we will ask Customer to consent to our proposed uses of the data. Please note that by providing us with unsolicited sensitive personal data, you consent to our using the data subject to applicable law. The references to "sensitive personal data" are the various categories of personal data identified by common privacy laws as requiring special treatment, including in some circumstances the need to obtain explicit consent. These categories comprise personal identity numbers, personal data about personality and private life, racial or ethnic origin, color, nationality, political opinions or convictions, membership of political parties or movements, religious, philosophical or other health or handicap, genetic code, additions, gender, sexual life (including sexual orientation), pregnancy, property matters or penal or criminal conviction or record.

All participating Customers are required to abide by the terms and conditions of use of the Website regardless of their country of access.

OCS goes to great lengths to keep your financial information private and safe. All credit transactions occur in a secure area of our site, to protect you from any loss, misuse or alteration of information collected. OCS has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Your profile information is password-protected. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. We also recommend that you change your password at least every six months. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure. As a result, OCS cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we will strive to ensure its security on our systems.

Terms Of Use

For the protection of all Customers ("Customer") of the Website ("Website"), we require that each visitor and each Customer accessing the Website read and accept the following Terms of Use.

Eligibility of Use

In general, this Website is available to all visitors. However, Our Catholic Store, PHD Books, LLC, and its affiliates ("OCS") reserves the right to restrict use of the Website by visitors or Customers working for organizations that may be viewed as competitors. Use of the Website indicates acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, these Terms of Use. OCS may periodically modify the Website. Use of the Website as modified indicates acceptance of the modifications and the applicability of these Terms of Use to the Website.

Rules of Use

By using the Website you agree not to (i) extract any product information, (ii) post or transmit any data that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, tortuous, obscene, pornographic, harassing, racially, sexually or ethnically bigoted or otherwise offensive, (iii) misrepresent your personal information, or (iv) use the Website for any unlawful or unintended purpose. You also agree that OCS has the right (but not the obligation) to refuse to process your order or to remove any data that in its sole and absolute discretion is deemed objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Use.

User Responsibilities

All users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their passwords. Each Customer is responsible for keeping his or her options and profile details current to ensure that the online contact information is as accurate as possible.

Disclaimers; Limitation of Liabilities

While OCS has made every attempt to ensure that the information contained in the Website has been obtained from reliable sources, OCS is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Information on the Website is provided by OCS on an "as is" basis. OCS makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the Website or the information, content or materials included on this Website. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, OCS disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. OCS will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this Website, including but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive or other damages whatsoever (including liability for loss of use, data or profits).

OCS may provide links to other sites that are not maintained by OCS. OCS neither monitors nor endorses those sites nor does it make any representations or warranties with respect thereto.

All content included on this Website, including but not limited to, text, graphics and images, is, unless otherwise noted, copyrighted under United States law and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Website is the exclusive property of OCS and protected by United States and international copyright laws. No use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance, of the content on this site is permitted without OCS written permission.

Applicable Law

These Terms of Use are governed and interpreted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If any part of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of remaining provisions