Privacy Policy
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Privacy Policy
Introduction
Your privacy is important to us. We do not collect personally identifying information except in the case of when it is requested and necessary for continued communication, event signup or other explicitly requested purpose. Providing this information to us is always your option, and we do not sell or share your information with others.
Information we collect
Summary: St. Matthew's Episcopal Church only collects user name and email address when necessary for continued communication between the user and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church . This data is not shared with third parties.
On some forms, you may opt to receive an email newsletter. In these cases, email addresses and names are securely stored with Constant Contact, Mailchimp or another service which we utilize for these purposes. As examples: Mailchimp Privacy Policy, Constant Contact Privacy Policy.
You may also make payments through this website. In those cases, payment information is securely transmitted to our payment processor, Stripe, to create a one-time payment approval token. We never store credit card information and have no access to this information. See more in our “More about payment information” section.
In other payment instances, there may be embed code from other payment processors, including PayPal. Any embedded material is subject to the privacy and security policies of the embedded service provider. View the PayPal Privacy Policy here.
For website analytics, general information is collected but no personally identifying information is requested or stored.
Use of cookies and other technologies
Summary: To improve your experience on our site, we may use 'cookies'. Cookies are an industry standard and most major websites use them. A cookie is a small text file that our site may place on your computer as a tool to remember your preferences. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. This site uses cookies solely to improve your browsing experience -- for example, speed of data delivery, recognition of your acknowledgment of having viewed notifications, and, if applicable, language preference. We do not store personally identifying information.
This site uses cookies for the following: a) collection of generalized, non-personal data for Google Analytics; b) language selection (if applicable), and c) improvement of site delivery. No personally identifying information is stored in these processes. With the exception of storage of language preference, cookies are not required to view this site, though site performance (speed of delivery, acknowledgement of notifications) will be affected if you opt to disallow cookies in your browser. Information on disabling cookies can be found here.
Our website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google's Privacy Policy and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google.
More about payment processing
Summary: No credit card information is ever stored on our servers.
For on-site transactions, we use Stripe.com, one of the most reputable, secure payment processors available. For more information, you can visit Stripe's security policy right here.
For embedded transactions, such as those utilizing PayPal, refer to the service provider's privacy policy. Here is the PayPal privacy policy for review.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please contact us via information on our contact page.
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