(Last amended 27 June 2015)
The present website, including all information and materials contained on it, are managed and controlled by the COFSIL, located in Chicago, Il, USA.
This Privacy Notice applies to this website, and to all other websites managed and controlled by the Church of Scientology International and all its US-based affiliated organizations. There will be a link to this same Privacy Notice on all those sites.
The contact details of the Church of Scientology are provided on our Legal Notice.
This Privacy Notice does not apply to pages hosted by other organizations, including the websites of Church of Scientology churches, missions or other entities, outside the USA, even if there are links on the present website to such other Scientology non-USA entities. These non-USA Scientology entities will have their own Privacy Notices and –Policies, with links to those provided on their websites.
This Privacy Policy also does not apply to websites of other entities, not related to Scientology, to which links may be provided. The Church of Scientology is not in any way responsible for the contents of such other websites.
The terms and conditions set out in this Privacy Notice apply in conjunction with the more detailed Church of Scientology Privacy Policies. The full texts of these policies are still in preparation. When they are finalized, a link to them will be provided here.
The Church of Scientology is committed to respecting and ensuring the privacy of all the users of this website. We will be transparent about the purposes for which we collect data, including personal data, and about the kinds of data we collect and how we use them.
By using this website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Notice and the Privacy Policies. The Church of Scientology may change the terms of this Notice and these Policies from time to time. If such changes are made, we will promptly place notices on all the websites so that you can be aware of those changes.
Your continued use of this and other Church of Scientology-managed websites subsequent to such notified changes will mean that you accept those changes, and will be on the terms of this Privacy Notice and those Privacy Policies, as amended from time to time.
You can access most of the pages on the website without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information.
We do not collect personal information (such as your name, address, phone number or e-mail address, or other personal details) on the website unless you choose to provide them. For example, where you express an interest in joining or donating to one of our organizations, subscribe to our email updates, or buy a book or CD or DVD, we will often provide you with an online form that you can fill in and submit online. In all these cases, we will inform you of the purpose of the form (unless that is obvious) and provide you with options as concerns the uses of the data (see below: “Your Rights: Right to object“). We only collect personal information that is relevant and adequate and not excessive for the purposes in question.
General
Our web servers create anonymous logs during user visits to the website, which are used by us to create aggregate statistics, for example about when the website is accessed, the pages which refer visitors to the website, the type of web browsers visitors use and which pages are viewed. These statistics help us understand how the website is used and provide us with valuable information for improving it in the future. In this, we use both our own “cookies” and a special tool, Google Analytics, as described below.
Use of cookies
A cookie is a text-only piece of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will normally contain the name of the Internet domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
We use cookies and collect IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet). We use our own analysis software to look at IP addresses and cookies for the purpose of enhancing your user experience. This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you.
Users have the opportunity to set their devices to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. To prevent the download of cookies, or otherwise control how cookies are used on your computer, please read the help information supplied with your Internet browser software or go to: http://www.allaboutcookies.org. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Google Analytics
Our website also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the website analyze how users use the site (as described above). The information generated by the Google Analytics cookie about your use of the website (including a truncated IP address: see below) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers which, like ours, are in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators such as us, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
As explained above, you may refuse the use of cookies—and thus also the use of the Google Analytics cookie—by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but this too may affect the extent to which you can fully use the website.
Your agreement
In accordance to what we already said at the beginning of this Notice, by using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you, and of aggregate data, by us and by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Your personal information will be retained by the Church of Scientology and its service providers in a secure environment, will be kept confidential, and will only be used in connection with the purposes for which it is submitted, or as necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations. For example, personal information submitted for the purposes of making a donation will be used to process that donation and personal information submitted with an expression of interest in joining a Scientology or associated entity will be used to action your expression of interest and provide you with information about Scientology in general, and with information on relevant Scientology and Scientology-related entities in your area.
Other than as described below, the information you provide will not be sold or rented nor will it be shared with any person or entity unrelated to the Church of Scientology or the worldwide Church of Scientology International, unless we are required to disclose the information by law.
We may share relevant personal data, obtained through this website (or any of the other Church of Scientology or Church of Scientology International-managed websites) in the following circumstances:
In addition to this Church of Scientology, there are numerous other entities in the world that are associated with it in the worldwide Church of Scientology. In particular, in many countries there are other national, regional and/or local organizations belonging to the worldwide Church. The Church of Scientology may share the personal information on you that it obtains through this website with such other entities, as appropriate. For example, if you have expressed an interest in joining the Church of Scientology or related body or group or program, we may share your contact details with such bodies in your area, so that they can contact you (subject to the exercise of your right to object, as set out under the heading “Your Rights”, below).
Some of the Church of Scientology-managed websites may be hosted by a third party service provider and therefore any personal details you submit through this website may be processed by such a third party service provider. We may also use other third parties to process some of your personal details, for example to send you books or other goods you have ordered (so-called “fulfillment”). All of these third party services providers will process your personal information only on our behalf and will be bound by strict confidentiality conditions.
Your card or other details may be disclosed to banks or relevant financial institutions to arrange payments. In the case of a suspected fraudulent transaction, your details may be further disclosed for the sole purpose of performing further checks (for example, disclosure to a credit checking agency).
If you have accessed this webpage from within the European Union or the European Economic Area, you should be aware that the disclosure of your personal information discussed above may involve transfer of that information to the United States. The USA does not have data privacy laws as strong as those in force in the European Union.
You have a right of access to any personal information that we collect about you on this website (and on any Church of Scientology-managed site) and that is retrievable from this website by reference to you personally.
You have a right to correct the information we hold on you, or to have it deleted, if it is incorrect, irrelevant or out of date.
When we ask for your contact information in various forms, we will explain to you what we want to use those details for, and we will offer you options in regard of their use. Specifically, we will explain if we want to use certain information, such as your phone number or mobile phone number or email address, to contact you. You can also, at any time, let us know by simple email if you do not want to be contacted any more, either in general or by certain special means (e.g., by text or phone call). We will then, within a short period, ensure that such follow-up contacts are stopped.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRIVACY NOTICE OR OUR PRIVACY POLICES; OR IF YOU WANT TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED RIGHTS; PLEASE CONTACT US HERE.
Welcome to www.scientology-chicago.org. The Church of Scientology and/or its affiliated international organizations provide website features to you subject to the following Terms and our Privacy Notice. If you visit our website at www.scientology-chicago.org, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully.
This website is operated and administered by: COFSIL, located in Chicago, Il, USA
The Church of Scientology (see “Legal Notice“) complies with the applicable law in its area.
If users access this website from other parts of the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)/Council of Europe (COE) or from other parts of the world, they should be aware that it is in their own responsibility and they can not expect that the applicable local law does provide the same safeguards and rights as the national law of the user’s residence.
Personally identifiable data of the user of this website will be collected, used and processed in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and this website’s “Privacy Notice“.
All materials available on this site are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaty provisions. This material has been placed on this Internet site under the authority of the copyright owner for the sole purpose of viewing of the materials by users of this site. Users are not authorized to download or transmit any of these materials electronically, or to otherwise reproduce any of the materials in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including data storage and retrieval systems, recording, printing or photocopying unless otherwise expressly stated on this site.
© 1996-2023 Church of Scientology International. All Rights Reserved
Grateful acknowledgement is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard.
© 1953, 1958, 1979, 1991, 1996 L. RON HUBBARD LIBRARY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The following are trademarks and service marks owned by Religious Technology Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. These marks are licensed for use by the Church of Scientology International and its affiliated organizations and have been registered in many countries in the world.
ARC STRAIGHTWIRE, AUDITED NOTS, CELEBRITY, CELEBRITY CENTRE, CENTRE, CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL corporate symbol, CELEBRITY CENTRE INTERNATIONAL logo, CLASS IV AUDITOR badge, CLASS V AUDITOR badge, CLASS V GRADUATE AUDITOR badge, CLASS VIII AUDITOR badge, CLEARSOUND, CLEARSOUND LOGO, configuration MARK V, configuration MARK VII, DIANETICS, DIANETICS symbol, DIANETICS symbol in a circle, DIVISION 6 symbol, E-METER, FALSE PURPOSE RUNDOWN, FEBC, FLAG, FLAG SERVICE ORGANIZATION corporate symbol, FLAG OT EXECUTIVE RUNDOWN, FREEDOM, FREEWINDS, FLAG SHIP SERVICE ORG symbol, FREEWINDS logo, GOLDEN AGE OF KNOWLEDGE logo, GOLDEN ERA PRODUCTIONS, GOLDEN ERA PRODUCTIONS symbol, HAPPINESS RUNDOWN, HUBBARD, HUBBARD LIFE ORIENTATION, HAT IN LIFE symbol, INCOMM, KEY TO LIFE, KEY TO LIFE symbol, L 10, L 11, L 12, L. RON HUBBARD, L. RON HUBBARD signature, LRH, LRH device, LRH microphone, METHOD ONE, NED, NEW ERA, NEW ERA DIANETICS, NEW LIFE RUNDOWN, NEW OT VII COMPLETION PIN, NEW VITALITY RUNDOWN, NEW WORLD CORPS symbol, NOTs, OCA, OEC, OT, OT symbol, OT symbol in wreath/NEW OT VIII symbol, PROFESSIONAL TRs symbol, RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER corporate symbol, RON signature, RON’s ORG, SAINT HILL SPECIAL BRIEFING COURSE symbol, OXFORD CAPACITY ANALYSIS, PURIFICATION, PURIFICATION RUNDOWN, SCIENTOLOGY, SCIENTOLOGY symbol, SCIENTOLOGY cross (pointed) SCIENTOLOGY cross (rounded), SCIENTOLOGY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL logo, SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTER symbols, SCIENTOMETRIC, SEA ORG symbol, SHSBC, SOLO NOTS, SOLO AUDITOR symbol, SOURCE, STUDENT HAT, SUNSHINE RUNDOWN, STANDARD ADMIN badge, STANDARD TECH, STANDARD TECH symbol, SUPER POWER, THE BRIDGE, THE FLAG LAND BASE.
SCIENTOLOGIST is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church membership services of the affiliated Scientology churches and missions.
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS and the “Road & Sun” design are trademarks and service marks owned by L. Ron Hubbard Library in the USA and in other countries (trademark registrations issued and other registrations pending) and are used with permission.
APPLIED SCHOLASTICS, NARCONON, ABLE, APPLIED SCHOLASTICS logo, CRIMINON, NARCONON logo and ABLE association logo are trademarks and services marks owned by the Association for Better Living and Education, Los Angeles, California, USA and used with permission.
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The Foundation for a Drug-Free World logo is owned by this Foundation and is used with permission.
The United for Human Rights Logo is owned by United for Human Rights and is used with permission.
The Youth for Human Rights International logo is owned by Youth for Human Rights International and is used with permission.
The Site may contain hyperlinks to the web pages of third parties. The Church of Scientology shall have no liability for the contents of such web pages and does not make representations about or endorse such web pages or their contents as its own, as we do not control the information on such web pages and are not responsible for the contents and information given thereon. The use of such web pages shall be at the sole risk of the user.
These Terms of Use including its disclaimers, terms and conditions shall be governed by—and all disputes relating to or in connection with these Terms of Use or their subject matter shall be resolved in accordance with—the laws of the State of California, USA, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. CSI reserves the right to make changes to this site and these disclaimers, terms and conditions at any time. User hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California and of the United States of America located in the State of California for any litigation arising out of or relating to use of this site (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts) waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the State of California and agrees not to plead or claim in any California Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient form.
The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
1. Scope and Addressees
This website is operated and administered by COFSIL, located in Chicago, Il, USA and therefore complies with the applicable US law.
Users accessing COFSIL websites are subject to the Privacy Policy which governs the processing of your personal data on the basis of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the Church of Scientology Illinois
2. Data Privacy Protection
Personally identifiable data of the user of the COFSIL website will be collected, used and processed in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and the COFSIL website “Privacy Notice.”
3. Intellectual Property Rights
3.1. Copyright Information
All materials available on this site are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaty provisions. This material has been placed on this Internet site under the authority of the copyright owner for the sole purpose of viewing of the materials by users of this site. Users are not authorized to download or transmit any of these materials electronically, or to otherwise reproduce any of the materials in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including data storage and retrieval systems, recording, printing or photocopying unless otherwise expressly stated on this site.
© 2022 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY ILLINOIS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard.
3.2. Trademark Information
The following are trademarks and service marks owned by Religious Technology Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. These marks are licensed for use by the Church of Scientology International and its affiliated organizations and have been registered in many countries in the world. Other applications for registration are pending registration.
ABILITY magazine, ADVANCE! magazine, ARC STRAIGHTWIRE, BOOK ONE, CAUSE magazine, CELEBRITY magazine, CLASS IV AUDITOR symbol, CLASS V AUDITOR symbol, CLASS V GRADUATE AUDITOR symbol, CLASS VIII AUDITOR symbol, CLEARING COURSE, CLEARSOUND logo, CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL symbol, DIANETICS, DIANETICS symbol, DIANETICS symbol in a circle, DIVISION 6 symbol, CAUSE RESURGENCE RUNDOWN, CAUSE RESURGENCE RUNDOWN symbol, CLEARSOUND, E-METER, EXPANDED GRADE 0 – COMMUNICATIONS RELEASE, EXPANDED GRADE I – PROBLEMS RELEASE, EXPANDED GRADE II – RELIEF RELEASE, EXPANDED GRADE III – FREEDOM RELEASE, EXPANDED GRADE IV – ABILITY RELEASE, FALSE PURPOSE RUNDOWN, FLAG, FREEDOM magazine, FREEWINDS, FREEWINDS logo, FSO symbol, NEW FSO CORPORATE symbol, FLAG symbol with FLAG, FREEWINDS logo, FSSO symbol, GRADE I: PROBLEMS RELEASE, GRADE II: RELIEF RELEASE, GRADE III: FREEDOM RELEASE, GRADE IV: ABILITY RELEASE, GOLDEN AGE OF KNOWLEDGE logo, GOLDEN ERA PRODUCTIONS, GOLDEN ERA PRODUCTIONS symbol, HAPPINESS RUNDOWN, HUBBARD, IDEAL ORGANIZATIONS logo, I HELP symbol, HAT IN LIFE symbol, INCOMM, INCOMM symbol, KEY TO LIFE, KEY TO LIFE symbol, Ls symbol, L10 RUNDOWN, L11 NEW LIFE RUNDOWN, L12 FLAG OT EXECUTIVE RUNDOWN, LRH, LRH device, LRH microphone, L. RON HUBBARD, L. RON HUBBARD signature, HUBBARD LIFE ORIENTATION, MARK ULTRA VIII, MARK ULTRA VIII symbol, MANOR HOTEL logo, METHOD 1, NED, NEW ERA, NEW ERA DIANETICS, NEW LIFE RUNDOWN, NOTs, OCA, OXFORD CAPACITY ANALYSIS, OT, OT symbol, OT symbol in wreath, POWER, POWER PLUS, POWER pin, PURIFICATION, PURIFICATION PROGRAM, PURIFICATION RUNDOWN, RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, RELEASE PIN, RON signature, RTC corporate symbol, SAINT HILL, SCIENTOLOGIST, SCIENTOLOGY, SCIENTOLOGY cross (pointed), SCIENTOLOGY cross (rounded), SCIENTOLOGY LIFE IMPROVEMENT, SCIENTOLOGY symbol, SCIENTOLOGY TODAY magazine, SCIENTOLOGY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL logo, SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTER symbol, SCIENTOMETRIC, SEA ORG symbol, SHSBC symbol, SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTER symbol, SOLO AUDITOR, SOLO AUDITOR symbol, SOLO NOTs symbol, SOURCE magazine, STANDARD TECH, STANDARD TECH symbol, STUDENT HAT, SUNSHINE RUNDOWN, SUPER POWER, SUPER POWER symbol, THE AUDITOR magazine, THE BRIDGE.
SCIENTOLOGIST is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church membership services of the affiliated Scientology churches and missions.
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS and the “Road & Sun” design are trademarks and services marks owned by L. Ron Hubbard Library in the USA and in other countries (trademark registrations issued and other registrations pending) and are used with permission.
4. Hyperlinks
The Site may contain hyperlinks to the web pages of third parties. COFSIL shall have no liability for the contents of such web pages and does not make representations about or endorse such web pages or their contents as its own, as COSIL does not control the information on such web pages and is not responsible for the contents and information given thereon. The use of such web pages shall be at the sole risk of the user.
5. Applicable Law, Place of Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use including its disclaimers, terms and conditions shall be governed by—and all disputes relating to or in connection with these Terms of Use or their subject matter shall be resolved in accordance with—the laws of the State of Illinois, USA, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. COFSIL reserves the right to make changes to this site and these disclaimers, terms and conditions at any time. User hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Illinois and of the United States of America located in the State of Illinois for any litigation arising out of or relating to use of this site (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts) waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the State of Illinois and agrees not to plead or claim in any Illinois Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient form.
6. Severability
The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
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