SALEM UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
PRIVACY/REFUND POLICY
Salem Union Baptist Church realizes that you are concerned about how the information you may give us is used and shared. In this regard, Salem Union Baptist Church is committed to maintaining your trust and confidence as well as to provide you with the best possible experience while visiting our website.
Thus, Salem Union Baptist Church provides this online privacy policy to make sure you are aware of our security practices and to inform you of the way your personal information is collected, used and protected so that you will feel secure while visiting our website. By visiting our website, you are accepting our privacy policy and the practices described herein. Should you not agree, we also
provide you with the opportunity to remove your personal information from our website.
No Sharing of Personal Information
Salem Union Baptist Church never sells, rents, leases or exchanges your personal information with other organizations. Salem Union Baptist Church assures you that the identity of all who contact us through this Website will be kept confidential. Use of personal information will be limited to the internal
purposes of Salem Union Baptist Church and only to further the ministry activities and purposes of Salem Union Baptist Church. Should Salem Union Baptist Church be compelled by operation of law to disclose your
information to law enforcement or other third parties we will notify you prior to complying with any such order.
What personal information Salem Union Baptist Church may collect from you
The online information that we collect includes name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and, in the case of online giving, credit card number, and expiration date (CC INFO IS NOT STORED ON OUR SYSTEM). In order to continuously improve your service and tailor our subsequent communications to you, we may also ask you to provide us with additional information regarding your demographics, comments, personal interests, and contact preferences.
How Salem Union Baptist Church collects information from you
There are four different ways we collect information from visitors on our Web site: 1. From online requests for information (i.e. e-mail newsletters, contact forms, request forms, etc.); 2. From online requests for materials from our organizations (i.e. requesting a free offer, or for prayer); 3. From online donations; and 4. product purchases.
We do not receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way. You may choose not to provide certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, improving our website, and other services, and communicating with you.
Cookies
From time to time, we may send a “cookie” to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie can’t read data off your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to recognize you when you return to our sites or to identify which areas of our network of websites you have visited (i.e. e-commerce sites, etc.).
We may use this information to better personalize the content you see on our sites.
Many websites place cookies on your hard drive. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other websites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our website, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for; and the phone number you used
to call. During some visits, we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
How your personal information is used by Salem Union Baptist Church
Salem Union Baptist Church uses your personal information to understand your needs and provide you with better service. We may use your information to complete a transaction or to personalize our website for you. If you so desire, we may also use this information to update you on ministry projects and activities. Credit card information is used only for donation or payment processing and is not STORED in our system.
Security Policy
We encrypt certain sensitive information (such as credit card information) using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that your Personally Identifiable Information is safe as it is transmitted.
Refund Policy
Donations are not refundable, but if you made a mistake by entering the wrong amount and need to undo the donation, use the “Contact Us” form on our site.
Removing your name from our database
Our website provides a way to remove your name and personal information from our database so that you do not receive any future communications from our ministry. If you desire to remove your name, use our ”Contact Us” form.
Modifying your personal information on our database
If you determine that information in our database is inaccurate or it has changed, you may modify the previously provided information by using our “Contact Us” form.
Changes in our Privacy Notice and Conditions
Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our website frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your
account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected visitors.
Contacting Us
If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please use our “Contact Us” form.
