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: Grace Episcopal Church only collects username and email address when necessary for continued communication between the user and Grace 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 Mailchimp, Flocknote, or another service we utilize for these purposes. As examples: Mailchimp (Intuit) Privacy Statement, and Flocknote Privacy & Security Policy.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

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.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site 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.

These 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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact us via the information in the footer or on our contact page.