Purpose

Thank you for visiting the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO). As the provider of the website, we are committed to respecting the privacy rights of its users. For that reason, we’ve created this Privacy Policy (sometimes simply referred to as the “Policy”) to inform users of the policies and procedures which govern C4SO’s collection, use, and disclosure of users’ personal information, as well as your rights regarding that information. The Policy is not applicable to any other site that you might be able to access from C4SO, each of which could have data collection and use policies, practices, and procedures that differ significantly from this Policy. Please read this Policy in its entirety before using our website or submitting any personal information.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise stated, “personal information” means information relating to an identified or identifiable individual and does not include aggregate information or information that does not identify you.

By using the website, you accept the practices described in this Policy. These practices may be changed from time to time at C4SO’s sole discretion, but notice will be given prior to the changes taking effect.

Personal Information Users May Provide Through This Website

When you use this website, you may be asked to provide personal information to us, such as when you register an account, donate, sign-up for marketing materials, or contact support. The categories of information collected may include:

• Contact Identifiers, such as your first and last name, email address, postal address, and phone number.
• Characteristics or demographics, such as your age, date of birth, gender, anniversaries, and country.
• Account Credentials, such as your password, password hints, and other information for authentication or account access.
• Financial Information, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit, debit, or bank account number), expiration date, and security code as necessary to process your donations. This information may be processed by third party payment processors.
• Communications, such as any content you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, survey responses, or otherwise correspond with us.

State Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of the United States, we are required to provide residents an explanation of how we collect, use and disclose their personal information, and of the rights we offer with respect to that personal information. For purposes of this section, “personal information” is defined as, “any data that can be linked to a person or household. This includes information that identifies, describes, or relates to a person.”

Use of Personal Information

Use of Personal Information will be limited to the internal purpose of the operation of C4SO which is specifically to keep clergy and church members connected, resourced and informed of diocesan news and events. Users are permitted to use the website without a registered account.

Some of the Personal information collected may be considered sensitive personal information. C4SO may collect, use, and disclose such sensitive personal information only for the permissible business purposes for sensitive personal information under privacy regulations or without the purpose of inferring characteristics about consumers. We do not sell or share sensitive personal information.

Rights to Know, Correct, and Delete

Privacy laws grant users the following rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, your request may be declined as permitted by law.

• Right to Know: Users have the right to know the following: what personal information has been collected about them: including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources from which personal information is collected, the business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of personal information that are sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose, the categories of third parties to whom was disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information collected about the users. To submit a request to know, you may contact us here.
• Right to Correction: Users have the right to correct inaccurate personal information collected from them. To submit a request to correct, you may contact us here.
• Right to Deletion: Users have the right to delete the personal information that has been collected from them. To submit a request to delete, you may contact us here.

Distribution of Information

No Personal Information collected by the website will be shared except under very limited circumstances in which (1) C4SO is permitted or required by law or law enforcement to do so; (2) C4SO is attempting to protect itself and/or its users against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; and/or (3) C4SO is investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not sold or otherwise provided to third parties for marketing purposes.

Commitment to Data Security

C4SO is committed to the safety and protection of its online users and their Personal Information. C4SO uses commercially acceptable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal Information to the best of its ability. These measures include procedures that limit access to users’ Personal Information only to employees and volunteers of C4SO who need to know such information to operate the website. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with C4SO is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Privacy Contact Information” section below.

Be advised that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we always strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If C4SO experiences a security breach in which users’ Personal Information has been compromised, we will inform you as soon as possible after we discover the breach, at no charge to you.

Children’s Privacy

C4SO does not seek to address anyone under 13 years of age. We do not intentionally or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take prompt steps to remove that information from our servers.

Cookie/Tracking Technology

By using this website, you consent to our use of first-and third-party cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, conduct analytics, and advertise to you or others. The website may use cookie and tracking technology to personalize content and analyze website traffic. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer or device. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering non-identifying website usage data, such as browser type and operating system, and tracking the number of hits and visits to our website. Cookies also help us understand how visitors use the website and can help customize the website for visitors. Our cookies do not generate personal data, do not read personal data from your computer or device, and are never tied to anything that could be used to identify you.

Privacy Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:

The Diocese of C4SO
P.O. Box 989
Franklin, TN 37064
admin@c4so.org

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users via email and a prominent notice on the website’s homepage prior to the changes becoming effective.

Users are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.