Privacy Notice

Effective: 2018-07-01

Applicability

This privacy notice applies only to the Resurrection Lutheran Church (www.rlcindy.org) and explains our practices concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of visitor information. Visitor information collected by Resurrection Lutheran Church will be used only as outlined in this privacy notice.

Changes

Because Internet technologies continue to evolve rapidly, Resurrection Lutheran Church may make appropriate changes to this notice in the future. Any such changes will be consistent with our commitment to respecting visitor privacy, and will be clearly posted in a revised privacy notice.

Collection and Use

Passive/Automatic Collection

When you view pages on our site, the web server automatically collects certain technical information from your computer and about your connection including:

  • your IP address
  • the domain name from which you visit our site
  • aggregate information on pages visited
  • the referring website
  • the date and time of visit
  • your browser type

Continued use of our website indicates consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice.

This technical information is retained in detail; it may not have a current retention/deletion schedule.

Some technical information is retained in aggregate; it may not have a current retention/deletion schedule.

Active/Manual/Voluntary Collection

Other than automatically collected technical information about your visit (described above, or cookies, described below), we may ask you to provide information voluntarily, such as through forms or other manual input—in order to make products and services available to you, to maintain and manage our relationship with you, including providing associated services or to better understand and serve your needs. This information is generally retained as long as you continue to maintain a relationship with us. Your providing this information is wholly voluntary. However, not providing the requested information (or subsequently asking that the data be removed) may affect our ability to deliver the products or services for which the information is needed. Providing the requested information indicates your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice. Information we may actively collect could include:

  • the email addresses of those who communicate with us via email
  • name
  • address
  • telephone number
  • information volunteered by the visitor, such as preferences, survey information and/or site registrations

Information Usage

This information is:

  • used by us to contact visitors for events or programs

Information Used For Contact

If you supply us with your postal/mailing address:

  • You will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.

Information Sharing

We may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable information with other entities or organizations.

We may share personally identifiable information with other entities or organizations, under the following circumstances:

This information is:

  • not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes
  • disclosed when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website

We may make some personally identifiable information available, such as:

  • your name
  • your email address
  • other contact information, such as address or telephone number

Except as provided in the Disclosure of Information section below, we do not attempt to use the technical information discussed in this section to identify individual visitors.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data file that is written to your hard drive that contains information about your visit to a web page. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you may configure your browser not to accept them at all, or to notify and require approval before accepting new cookies. Some web pages/sites may not function properly if the cookies are turned off, or you may have to provide the same information each time you visit those pages.

In order to customize the information and services offered to you, our site uses cookies to:

  • record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site

Children

This site is not directed to children under 13 years of age, does not sell products or services intended for purchase by children, and does not knowingly collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and teachers to be involved in children’s Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when they are asked to provide personal information online.

Use of Third Party Services

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (described above) to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including possibly your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google.

For more information, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Information

Other than sharing your information with other appropriate congregation personnel to ensure the quality, functionality, and security of our website, or manage your relationship with us, we will not disclose personally identifiable information about your use of the site except under the following circumstances:

  • With your prior written (including email) consent
  • When we have given you clear notice that we will disclose information that you voluntarily provide
  • With appropriate external parties, such as law enforcement agencies, in order to investigate and respond to suspected violations of law or church policy. Any such disclosures shall comply with all applicable laws and church policies.

Security

Due to the rapidly evolving nature of information technologies, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. While Resurrection Lutheran Church is committed to protecting user privacy, RLC cannot guarantee the security of any information users transmit to our site, and users do so at their own risk.

We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

Once we receive user information, we will use reasonable safeguards consistent with prevailing industry standards and commensurate with the sensitivity of the data being stored to maintain the security of that information on our systems.

We will comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding the privacy and security of user information.

Links to non-RLC sites

Resurrection Lutheran Church is not responsible for the availability, content, or privacy practices of non-RLC sites. Non-RLC sites are not bound by this site privacy notice policy and may or may not have their own privacy policies.

Privacy Notice Changes

From time to time, we may use visitor information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice.

Only data collected from the time of the policy change forward will be used for these new purposes. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically.

Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us.

Resurrection Lutheran Church
ATTN: Nate Garrett
445 E. Stop 11 Road
Indianapolis, IN 46227
webmaster@rlcindy.org

If you feel as though this site’s privacy practices differ from the information stated, you may contact us at the listed address or phone number.