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Privacy Policy
St.
Peter’s United Church of Christ in Elmhurst, IL
attempts to establish trusting relationships
based on respect for personal identity and information by promoting the use
of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site
http://www.stpeterselmhurst.org and any related email news lists and
electronic public forums.
- St. Peter’s
United Church of Christ, who operates this website, collects absolutely no
information on any user visiting this website. We feel that those using
this site do so for information or other purposes and are not obliged to
provide any information to us unless they so desire.
- There is no
information collected by third parties from this site. Should a user
choose to provide information to our staff and communications ministry
through this site, under no circumstances will that, or any part of that
information, be shared with a third party unless the user expressly states
it is their desire that we do so. It is our policy that any information
users submit about themselves is strictly confidential and to be used by
the staff or church members only for the user's intended purpose in
providing that information.
- Users may
correct any information they had previously submitted to St. Peter’s UCC
by simply contacting the church and correcting any information desired by
way of the telephone, mailing address or E-mail address provided on the
main page.
If users have questions or concerns
regarding this statement, they should first contact the church office by
E-mail at
office@stpeterselmhurst.org
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ is operated by the church which is the
sole owner of the information obtained through
http://www.stpeterselmhurst.org. St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
collects no information from our users at any points on our Web site unless
the user submits information of their choice to our staff and communications
ministry through this site. When the user submits information on their own,
it is held in strict confidence and is not shared with anyone other than the
staff of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ and the leaders of St. Peter’s
Communication Ministry.
Information Use
Profile
We do not collect or store any information on users through cookies, log
files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. No
profile or information about clients is stored on our website and we do not
retain individual user information that details their viewing preferences.
Consequently, there is no collected information on our website tied to the
users that personally identifies information about them. No profile is
collected or used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site or to direct
pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile or any
information about you with third parties. We simply do not collect or retain
any profile on our users.
Cookies
We do not use a cookie, a piece of data stored on the user’s computer, to
obtain or track information about the user. Neither do we use either session
ID cookies or persistent cookies.
Third
Party Advertising
There are no ads appearing on this Web site delivered to users by any third
party ad server nor are there any Web advertising partners involved with
this site.
Log
Files
This website does use log files. Log files typically include internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP),
referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks
to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the
aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We do not employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web
Beacons/Web Bugs), that help websites manage content on our site by
informing them of what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics
with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to
track the online movements of Web users. The main difference between the two
is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the
size of the period at the end of this sentence. We do not use clear gifs in
any way. In addition, we do not use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to
let us know which emails have been opened by the recipients.
Service
Announcements
Someday there may be an occasion that necessitates sending out a strictly
service-related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily
suspended for maintenance we might send users an email if they have given
their email address to our office. Users may always opt-out of these
communications by simply informing our office that they do not wish to
receive such announcements through regular E-mail.. However, any such
communication about notifications of service disruption would not be
promotional in nature.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to
disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a
good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current
judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
We share no aggregated demographic or personal information with third
parties.
Business Transitions
In the unlikely event that St. Peter’s United Church of Christ goes through
a business transition, such as a merger, being absorbed by another church or
selling a portion of its assets, users’ general contact information (which
consists only of user email addresses at the church office) will not, in any
circumstances, be part of the assets transferred.
Links
This Website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, at St.
Peter’s United Church of Christ, are not responsible for the privacy
practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they
leave our site, they should read the privacy statements of each and every
Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to the St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Web
site.
Surveys
From time-to-time, our site requests information from users via surveys in
order to research participants need. Participation in such surveys is
completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to
disclose this information. The requested information typically includes
contact information (such as name, address, phone number and or email
address). Contact information will never be shared with third parties.
Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the
use and satisfaction of this site. Users’ personal identifiable information
is not shared with third parties unless we explicitly give prior notice and
receive express permission from the user. Such surveys will never use users’
personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to make reference to our website services to a friend, we
will not contact that friend unless they contact us first.
Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online - for example on message boards, through e-mail, or in
chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short,
by posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may
receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Church Use Only
The use of any email lists and public forums sponsored by St. Peter’s are
strictly for church and church member use only. No commercial use of the
email address or lists is permitted.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When
users submit sensitive information via the Web site through a form or an
email, their information is protected both online and off-line.
The servers that host our website do not store personally identifiable
information.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can
send an email to
office@stpeterselmhurst.org.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code,
phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service,
we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally
identifiable information. This can usually be done by using the mailing or
telephone contact information of the home page or by E-email the website
administrator at
office@stpeterselmhurst.org.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to
this privacy statement, the homepage and other places we deem appropriate so
our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy,
please contact us at:
Phone: 630-530-6000
Email:
office@stpeterselmhurst.org
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
125 W. Church Street
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Web site URL:
http://www.stpeterselmhurst.org
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