Introduction
We at Christ Church Quincy take your right to privacy seriously. We recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) you share with us, and want you to feel comfortable using this website.
This Online Privacy Policy has been established by Christ Church Quincy so that you can better understand the care with which we intend to treat your Personal Information.
For the purposes of this Online Privacy Policy, Personal Information is defined as any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, email address or other contact information whether at work or at home, and photographic images of the likeness of an individual. Generally speaking, you are free to visit any of our Web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information during a visit to our website, we may transfer that Information within Christ Church Quincy.
Christ Church Quincy makes every reasonable effort to comply with the applicable laws that have been enacted to protect your privacy and your Personal Information, no matter where that Personal Information is collected, transferred, or retained.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of the pages on this website utilize “cookies” and other website traffic analysis technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a website user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the Web site.
Website traffic analysis technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names;
Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to better maintain our Web site and improve user experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
Privacy Notice
Christ Church Quincy does not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on Christ Church Quincy’s behalf unless such transfer is legally required.
User’s Choice To Provide Personal Information
You may choose to provide Personal Information to Christ Church Quincy, or not. If you choose not to provide the Personal Information we request, you can still visit most of Christ Church Quincy’s website pages, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services that involve interaction with you.
If you choose to have a relationship with Christ Church Quincy, such as a contractual or other business relationship or partnership, we will naturally continue to contact you in connection with that business relationship.
Information Security
Wherever your Personal Information may be held within Christ Church Quincy or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure.
Accuracy
To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information, Christ Church Quincy wishes to maintain accurate Personal Information. Where we collect Personal Information from you on the Web, our intention is to provide a means of contacting Christ Church Quincy should you need to update or correct that Information. If for any reason those means are unavailable or inaccessible, you may send updates and corrections about your Personal Information via email here. We will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your Personal Information that we hold as soon as possible.
Third Party Services
Third parties provide certain services available on www.christchurchquincy.org on Christ Church Quincy’s behalf. Christ Church Quincy may provide information, including Personal Information that Christ Church Quincy collects on the Web, to third-party service providers to help us deliver programs, products, information, and services. Service providers are also an important means by which Christ Church Quincy maintains its Web site and mailing lists. Christ Church Quincy will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect Personal Information on Christ Church Quincy’s behalf.
Christ Church Quincy does not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on Christ Church Quincy’s behalf unless such transfer is legally required. Similarly, it is against Christ Church Quincy’s policy to sell Personal Information collected online without consent.
Children’s Privacy
www.christchurchquincy.org is not designed or organized to attract children. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect Personal Information from anyone we know to be under 16 years of age.
No Guarantees
While this Online Privacy Policy states our standards for maintenance of Personal Information and we will make reasonable efforts to meet them, we are not in a position to guarantee these standards. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data. As a consequence, we disclaim any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of Personal Information. If you have any comments or questions regarding our Online Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Your Consent
By using this Web site, you consent to the terms of our Online Privacy Policy and to Christ Church Quincy’s processing of Personal Information for the purposes given above as well as those explained where Christ Church Quincy collects Personal Information on the Web. Should the Online Privacy Policy change, we intend to take every reasonable step to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes prominently on our web site for a reasonable period of time.
Website Content Policy
Webpage content featured on www.christchurchquincy.org may from time to time list the names and/or photographic likenesses of individuals who are church staff members, parishioners, visitors to Christ Church Quincy, or other individuals participating in church sponsored programs and activities.
For adults, we list names of individuals when they are a contact for a group or activity mentioned on the website. We do not list email addresses, nor do we list personal phone numbers. Members of the Parish should call the Parish Office if they need contact information for a particular member.
For youth and children, we do not publish full names, but at most the first name and initial of the last name only. We do not list email addresses, nor do we list personal phone numbers. Photo captions do not include full names and often do not include names at all.
When publishing photos of Christ Church events, parishioners, etc. on www.christchurchquincy.org, the following guidelines apply:
• Photos are almost always of people in public spaces, at public events.
• No photo or image will be posted that may be embarrassing, objectionable or hurtful to anyone pictured in the photo or image. If we think something contained in the image may be objectionable, we will ask the subject of the photo or image for their approval before posting the photo to the website. These policies also apply to all photo/image captions.
• We will happily provide photo credit for an image if desired by the photographer. All copyright wishes and restrictions will be honored.
• We will gladly remove any photo immediately upon request. Simply notify the Wardens, Rector or Webmaster of your request.