Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to grace-hill.org. Grace Hill Church is committed to protecting your information. Below is the Privacy Policy for grace-hill.org. Please take some time to read through this Policy as it outlines how we will use your personal information.

Information We May Collect

Our goal in collecting information from you is to make your experience better as you use grace-hill.org and to appropriately process your requests and enquiries. The types of information that we may collect when you use this website are: your name; an email address; and a phone number. Any information that you voluntarily provide equates to information that you are giving us the consent to use.

Visitor comments left on our website and emails sent to Grace Hill Church may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How Personal Information is Collected

Personal information is collected by visiting grace-hill.org through the use of “cookies,” contacting us through the use of email, postal mail, phone, or any other means of communication. We do not collect credit/debit card or bank information for donations submitted through online payment services. However we do collect certain information relating to donations as required by the Internal Revenue Service [IRS].

What Happens to the Information

The information we collect may be used to contact you by email, postal mail, telephone, or any other means of communication for: follow-up purposes; promotional purposes; troubleshooting purposes; and, informational updates.

Cookies

We may utilize the “cookies” feature of major browsers. You may choose to disable cookies through your own web browser’s settings. However, disabling this function may diminish your experience on our website and some features may not work as intended.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Information on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. The other websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your data with third parties unless required by law. We only use your personal information to appropriately process your requests and enquiries. Prayer requests, in particular, are kept confidential, treated in accordance with your instructions (if any), and only shared with those with a need to know.

Storage and Handling of Personal Information

Personal Information obtained by grace-hill.org is stored internally or through a data management system. We value your safety, so your Personal Information will only be accessed by people who are responsible for gathering, managing or storing it, or who have a legitimate need to access it. (e.g., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors, or team members).

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment on our website, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website (e.g., to receive our newsletter), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they may not be able to change their username). Website and database administrators can see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.