Providing a high level of security for Internet customers was a major consideration when building IconCMO+. Data security had to be defineable by the customers so they could control who had access to the information and the type of access each user was given. Data safety procedures were built in guaranteeing each customer that their data would be safe from loss due to any catastrophe such as hardware malfunction or natual disastor. Finally, data security was built in by encrypting all data before it was transmitted over the Internet. With all these procedures a customer can feel confident that an Internet based system is truly safer and better protected than what it would be if located in their church office or at home.

IconCMO+ required the inclusion of additional safety procedures. Procedures that protects a member's data or household's data from being accessed by church leadership units. Furthermore, IconCMO+ was developed as a system that is to be used in a partnership format. This means that agreement by both a tier unit and a church is required before any aggregate information from a church can be rolled up into tier reports. This agreement is made by a tier unit using form that defines each church in their region. A church gives permission by filling out parameters on a form in the 'Preferences' section.

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