document: title: privacy policy
text: ## Personal Information

Personal information submitted on this website is used by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., or its cooperating organizations solely for the purpose stated to the user at the time of submission. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. does not give your personal information to anyone else unless it is necessary to do so in order to provide the service requested by the user and it has made a full disclosure to the user or it has good faith belief that disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to satisfy any applicable laws or regulations or to detect and prevent fraud, security, or technical issues. Any personal information submitted will not be sold, traded, or rented under any circumstances.

## E-mail Address

The e-mail address that you supply when creating an account on this website will be used to contact you regarding your account. For example, if you forget your user name or password and request assistance with logging in, assistance will be provided by means of a message sent to the e-mail address entered in your user profile.

## Cookies

Cookies are used to remember preferences that are chosen by the user when using the site. For example, the preferred language in which to view the site is stored in a cookie so that this language is selected when the user returns to the site. No personal information is collected by or stored in cookies.

## Active Scripting or JavaScript

Scripting is used to improve the functionality of the site. Using scripting technology allows the site to return information more quickly to the user. Scripting is never used by the site to install software on the user’s computer or to collect unauthorized information from the user.

Active scripting or JavaScript must be enabled in the browser for some portions of the site to work correctly. Most browsers allow this feature to be enabled or disabled for specific sites. Consult the browser help documentation to learn how to enable scripting for selected sites.

If ever it proves necessary to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.