Privacy Policy for Website and APP

Privacy Policy for www.centralunitedmethodistchurch.org and Central Community Mobile App

Central United Methodist Church is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Central United Methodist Church website, Central Community mobile app, and governs data collection and usage. By using the Central United Methodist Church website and app, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information

Central United Methodist Church collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. Central United Methodist Church also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Central United Methodist Church. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by Central United Methodist Church for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Central United Methodist Church website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Central United Methodist Church public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Central United Methodist Church does not read any of your private online communications.

Central United Methodist Church encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Central United Methodist Church so that you can understand how those websites and mobile apps collect, use, and share your information. Central United Methodist Church is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites or mobile apps outside of the Central United Methodist Church and Central United Methodist Church family of websites and mobile apps.

Use of Your Personal Information

Central United Methodist Church collects and uses your personal information to operate the Central United Methodist Church website and deliver the services you have requested. Central United Methodist Church also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Central United Methodist Church and its affiliates. Central United Methodist Church may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Central United Methodist Church does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Central United Methodist Church may, from time to time, may contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Central United Methodist Church may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Central United Methodist Church, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Central United Methodist Church does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Central United Methodist Church keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Central United Methodist Church, in order to determine what Central United Methodist Church services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Central United Methodist Church to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Central United Methodist Church websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Central United Methodist Church or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Central United Methodist Church; and, © act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Central United Methodist Church or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Central United Methodist Church website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Central United Methodist Church pages or register with Central United Methodist Church site or services, a cookie helps Central United Methodist Church to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, etc. When you return to the same Central United Methodist Church website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved so you can easily use the Central United Methodist Church features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Central United Methodist Church services or websites you visit.

Security of Your Personal Information

Central United Methodist Church secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Central United Methodist Church secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to This Statement

Central United Methodist Church will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Central United Methodist Church encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Central United Methodist Church is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Central United Methodist Church welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Central United Methodist Church has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Central United Methodist Church at central@cumcmdn.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.


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