Christ Church Westshore Website Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to our Church Website. We are committed to protecting your information by ensuring that we remain lawful. Below is the Privacy Policy for this website (the website you are currently visiting). Please take some time to read through this policy as it outlines how we will use your personal information.
Privacy Policy Consent
This website and all its contents are owned by our church. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of the website.
This Privacy Policy exists to inform you how we collect, use, process and distribute your information. It is important for you to know that we will not use or share your information in any way that is not specified in this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to change or modify this privacy policy in any way, at any time. Please read this privacy policy in order to understand how your information may be obtained and used. Any content that is provided to us by you or is obtained by us from this website is governed by the privacy policy. By using this website whether you have read this privacy policy or not, you are fully consenting to this privacy policy.
Information We Collect
Our goal in collecting information from you is to ultimately make your experience better on this website. Here are the pieces of information that we may collect when you use this website:
1) A Name and an email address that will enable us to send emails to you - provision of an email address on this site equates to consent.
2) A Name email address, or phone number so we can follow up with you.
3) Billing information including a name, address, and debit / credit card information that will enable us to process donations.
4) A name, email address, and phone number if you complete our contact form.
Any information that you voluntarily provide equates to the information that you are giving us the consent to use.
How Personal Information is Collected
1) By using this website (cookies).
2) By donating to our church.
3) By contacting us by email, phone, or by other means.
4) Through third party cookies.
Anonymous Data Collection and Use
In order to ensure that our website delivers a high quality experience, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems on our end and to manage the Website by identifying which areas of the website are being used the most, and to fine tune our content for your best interest. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the internet. This is essentially “traffic data” which cannot personally identify you, but it is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection only follows your activities as you are using this website, it does not follow your activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers.
Use of Cookies
We may utilize the “cookies: feature of major browsers. You may choose to disable cookies through your own web browser’s settings. However, disabling this function may diminish your experience on our website and some features may not work as intended.
Data Collection Technologies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third party cookies, for example, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Ads Manager, Facebook Pixel, etc. By agreeing to our privacy policy, you agree to the use of Cookies and similar technologies, (for example, web beacons, pixels, tags, and device identifiers which we collectively refer to as “cookies”) as described in this policy.
What Happens with the Information We Collect
Your personal information may be used:
To contact you
For follow up purposes
For promotional purposes
For troubleshooting purposes
Informational updates
To help process payments / donations online
To process payments you may potentially be making to our church
During targeted social media or search engine advertisements
Viewing by Others
Whenever you voluntarily provide Personal Information through the use of this website, you have consented to that information and its content, being seen, collected, and used by others. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the information that you voluntarily share (i.e., sharing a comment on a blog post, posting in a Facebook group that we manage, sharing details on a group coaching call, etc.).
Storage and Handling of Personal Information
Personal Information obtained by this website is stored internally or through a data management system. We value your safety, so your Personal Information will only be accessed by people who are responsible for gathering, managing, or storing it, or who have a legitimate need to access it. (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors, or team members). It is important to note that we may transfer information internationally. If you are using our website in the European Union, please understand that your Personal Information may be transferred outside of the European Union. By using our website and providing us with your Personal Information, you are consenting to these transfers exactly as stated within this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please reach out to us and we would be happy to connect with you.
