The Village Baptist Church
PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Village Baptist Church is very concerned about the privacy of our online users. Therefore, we have implemented a church-wide privacy policy in regards to this web site. Please read this statement before using this web site so you will have a full understanding on how we use the information you provide to us.
Information Collection and Use
The Village Baptist Church is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The Village Baptist Church collects information from our users at several different points on our website.
The Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
The Village Baptist Church may collect personal information from users in response to online surveys, sign up forms, and request throughout the website. The Village Baptist Church will not sell or rent personal information to other organizations in ways that are different from what is disclosed in this Privacy Statement. The Village Baptist Church may share aggregate demographic information that does not contain personal information.
IP Addresses
The Village Baptist Church website may use IP addresses to help The Village Baptist Church analyze trends or track users movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses do not contain personal information.
Cookies
The Village Baptist Church website uses “cookies”. A "cookie" is a piece of data stored on a user's hard drive that contains information about the user. A cookie does not contain and is not linked to personal information. Cookies can also enable The Village Baptist Church to track and target the interests of users to enhance their experience on The Village Baptist Church website.
Log Files
We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Various Registrations
In order to receive certain updates, a user may have to complete a registration form. During registration a user may be required to provide personal information such as name, address, phone number and email address. Personal information may be used to contact the user about The Village Baptist Church regarding news, services, updates and provide information about other topics and discussion of groups.
Newsletters
A user may subscibe to The Village Baptist Church E-Blast or E-Newsletters. The VillageBaptistChurch will request personal information which may be used to send such newsletters.
Contact Information
The Village Baptist Church website includes various contact and request forms for the user to request information and services. In such instances, The Village Baptist Church collects user personal information. The Village Baptist Church will not sell or rent personal information to other organizations in ways that are different from what is disclosed in this Privacy Statement. Personal information may be disclosed as required or permitted by law.
A user may opt-out of receiving future mailings by contacting the church office via email or telephone 561-687-0337.
Invite a Friend
The Village Baptist Church “Invite a Friend” is used for referral purposes only. The information will not be saved or stored in our systems nor will any of the email addresses be sent to us. Each email address that you enter will receive an email from you that includes your optional personal message.
Links
The Village Baptist Church web site may at times contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we [The Village Baptist Church] are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.
Security
The Village Baptist Church website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. All personal information about our members is stored only on computer systems at The Village Baptist Church. All membership records are stored on protected computer systems that are behind a firewall to keep this data secure.
Email addresses for E-Blasts, E-Newsletters and other updates are also kept at our web hosts secure remote server for The Village Baptist Church use only.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to our office or contact us via phone 561-687-0337.
Site and Service Updates
We also may send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are able to unsubscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your e-mail address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the member information page or by emailing our church office.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected
