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PRIVACY POLICY


PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated June 2024

By accessing or using any of our Services on our Website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.

 

The Privacy Policy outlines how we, the Church or our website collects, uses, and protects the personal information of its users. It informs you about the types of data that are collected, the purpose for collecting it, how the data is stored and secured, and whether or not it is shared with third parties. The privacy policy also includes information about individuals' rights regarding their personal information, such as the ability to access, correct, or delete their data. This privacy policy is crucial in building trust and transparency with you, the "user", by showing commitment to safeguarding your privacy and complying with relevant privacy laws and regulations.

The words have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural or are capitalized.

Definitions:

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Website (referred to as either "the website", "Services", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, accessible from https://www.spumcabq.org

  • You (referred to as either "You", "Users", "Visitors" in this Privacy Policy) means the individual "user" accessing or using the Website, or a company, or any legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.

  • The Church (referred to as either "the Church", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 8500 Constitution Ave NE Albuquerque NM 87112.

  • Cookies means small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

 

Disclaimer

The information contained on the Service is for general information purposes only.

The Church assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of the Service.

In no event shall the Church be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Service or the contents of the Service. The Church reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modifications to the contents on the Service at any time without prior notice.

 

This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.

The Church does not warrant that the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components.

What Type of Information Do You Collect?

 

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; email address; password; computer and connection information. 

 

We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse on or away from the page. 

 

We also collect personally identifiable information (including but not limited to name, email, password, communications); comments, feedback, reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.

How Do You Collect Information?

 

When you conduct a transaction on our website, such as completing any one of our Forms or Subscribing via email, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address, phone number, email address or banking details. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated within this Privacy Policy only, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Why Do You Collect Personal Information?

 

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and operate the Services;

  • To provide our Users and Visitors with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  • To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  • To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

  • To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

How Do You Store, Use, Share, Disclose Your Site Visitors’ Personal Information?

 

  • St. Paul's United Methodist Church, https://www.spumcabq.org is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to display information to you and communicate with you securely. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. More on Wix Security Measures here⌝.

  • All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by St. Paul's United Methodist Church Web Admin adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

  • On our Give Page, we link to an external donation website, PayPal. You acknowledge their privacy practices when you access or use the content, features, technologies or donation functions offered on their Site and all related sites. Please see their Privacy Statement for details here.

  • On our Give Page, we link to an Authorization Form on our Donate page, where you can fill out a form with your personal and banking information for recurring giving. This form ONLY goes to the Church Office and Financial Administrator's Inbox and is a standard encryption known as Transport Layer Security (TLS) Learn more. Like on all of our webpages, we use SSL certificates. Learn more about WIX HTTPS and SSL Certificates here. More on Wix Security Measures here⌝. Alternatively, you may choose to download the Authorization Form to complete and return in person to the Church Office.

  • Our website may link to other external websites outside our control or ownership, i.e. Facebook Page, and that you, the Visitor are advised to read the Privacy Policies of each website you visit. These External Sites will be indicated by ⌝ or underlined.

  • The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. All of Wix records are stored encrypted on the disk of Wix's DB machines, for sensitive data. Wix has a multiple layer security architecture, Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems in place to prevent unauthorized access and help protect against 0-day security issues. We use SSL certificates and our site is HTTPS. Learn More More on Wix Security Measures here⌝.

  • To be clear, we do not sell user personal information to third parties for the intents and purposes of the CCPA. Wix does not sell user personal information to third parties for the intents and purposes of the CCPA. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) - which came into effect on Jan 1st, 2020 - aims to protect the consumer rights of California residents. Please note that, according to privacy regulations like the CCPA, visitors have control over the sale of their personal information. Visitors have the option to refuse the "sale" (as defined in the applicable regulation) and transfer of their data to any third party by clicking on Do Not Sell My Personal Information located at the end of this Privacy Policy.

How Do You Communicate With Your Visitors?

 

With your permission given or by providing such details, we collect as described above, your email address, name or phone number to add your contact details to our Contact List, send communications via email, chat or phone per your chosen communication method. 

How Do You Use Cookies or Other Tracking Tools?

 

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

We use Essential Cookies per WIX Privacy Policy, Third-Party Tracking Tools and Apps Made by WIX or Third-Party Created Apps provided and uploaded by the Wix App Market.

 

WIX Essential Cookies enable core functionality such as security, verification of identity and network management. These cookies can not be disabled.

 

Certain Marketing and Analytics integrations will only work after you approve using the relevant cookies. 

 

Below are some examples of the apps that will not work before obtaining your consent:

 

Wix uses cookies for important reasons, such as:

  • To provide a great experience for visitors and users.

  • To identify our registered members (users who registered to our site).

  • To monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform.

  • To ensure the Wix platform is secure and safe to use. 

 

We use Google Analytics to:

  • We use Google Analytics to track user activity over different browsing sessions. 

  • We use Google Analytics to record what item on the previous page the user interacted with to get to the current page, store information on number of visits, first visit, and most recent visit, record the timestamp of the moment the user enters the site, track when users leave the site and to track where a visitor came from.

  • Please click here⌝​ to Opt-Out of Google Analytics.

We use the following Website Elements within WIX Platform:

  • Social Media Features (e.g., Facebook Messenger). Learn More⌝​ (when you use Facebook Messenger, you agree to Facebook's TermsData Policy and Cookies Policy.)

  • Third Party Apps (e.g., Installed in the App Market, not made by Wix). Each Third-Party App Creator has their own Privacy Policy Statement. 

  • Custom Code (e.g., Javascript or Custom Code Embed such as SCHEMA Code). We use the SCHEMA Code on specific pages. Schema markup is code (semantic vocabulary) that we have embedded via HTML code on our website to help the search engines return more informative results for users. You can learn about schema markup here⌝​.

  • Ascend by Wix (e.g., Connect Card) 20+ tools and products within the WIX Platform to allow us to start, manage, and promote our website. You can learn more here⌝​.

 

How Can I Withdraw My Consent or Delete Information Collected?

 

We believe in our site visitor's Right to Access, Right to be Deleted and Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell personal data). If you would like a file of your data or to delete your data from our database entirely, please reach out by using our Feedback Form. After submitting your request we will receive a notification confirming the start of the process. Please allow up to 48 hours from submitting the request to retrieve or delete your data file within 48 hours. It's important to note that not all data is included in the file and not all data is erased. But we take great responsibility to ensure that we provide our site visitors with all their data. Likewise, if we receive a delete request, we will ensure that all your data is deleted, included but not limited to:

 

  • Contact details

  • Activities

  • Orders

  • Invoices

  • Other

 

Data does not include the following:

  • Data from Custom Code, like Facebook Messenger HTML Code. 

  • Data from other services implemented on our site, like tracking and analytics tools, such as Google Analytics.

If you’d like to delete the personal data and information collected via Cookies or from Google Analytics, please see the information below.

 

The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:

 

 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

 

You may select Cookie Settings to adjust the cookies we collect when prompted by the Cookies Notice. See screenshot below:

cookies
advance cookie settings

Safeguards against Fraud and Security Risks

 

Our Site leverages Blockify's powerful geolocation blocking and IP address filtering capabilities to safeguard against fraud and enhance security. With Blockify, we can quickly and easily block or redirect visitors from specific countries or regions, ensuring that our online presence is protected from malicious activities. Additionally, Blockify provides valuable visitor analytics, allowing us to track website traffic history and identify potential risks in real-time, enabling us to stay one step ahead of fraudulent behavior and make data-driven decisions to improve our online security posture.

 

Learn more about Blockify here.

View their Privacy Policy here.

 

Our Privacy Policy Updates

 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 
 

Questions? 

 

Please contact us if you have any questions about our Privacy Policy at admin@spumcabq.org

Questions About Cookies? 

 

We know there is a lot of different information about collecting cookies on websites. Please visit here for more information about the use of cookies, information collected and how to delete them.

Important Information:

 

The information contained herein is not legal advice and you should not rely upon it as such. Specific requirements regarding cookies may vary between states and / or jurisdictions, in accordance with local laws and data protection authority's views. 

Additionally, you can view our Accessibility Statement, General Disclosure and Social Media Statement and Guidelines.

Modifications:

 

As noted above, we reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

 

August 9th 2020

 

  • Replaced the word e-mail with email.

  • Added the verbiage “when prompted by the Cookies Notice” under How Can I Withdraw My Consent or Delete Information Collected? To provide clarity when adjustment(s) can be made

  • Added links to Contact Forms and Subscribing by Email under How Do You Collect Information?

  • Ensured all external links are underlined

  • Added that we use the Third-Party Application, SocialIntents with hyperlink. 

 

 

August 17th 2020

  • Added the following paragraph under How Do You Store, Use, Share, Disclose Your Site Visitors’ Personal Information?

 

 

“To be clear, we do not sell user personal information to third parties for the intents and purposes of the CCPA. Wix does not sell user personal information to third parties for the intents and purposes of the CCPA. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) - which came into effect on Jan 1st, 2020 - aims to protect the consumer rights of California residents. Please note that, according to privacy regulations like the CCPA, visitors have control over the sale of their personal information. Visitors have the option to refuse the "sale" (as defined in the applicable regulation) and transfer of their data to any third party by clicking on Do Not Sell My Personal Information located in the footer of the website spumcabq.org.” 

 

September 21st 2020

 

 

  • Added CommentsPlugIn with hyperlink; see Functional Cookies

 

January 17th 2021

  • Updated to include that this website uses Facebook Messenger; see Social Media Features

  • Added the following note pertaining to the use of Google Analytics:​​

 

 

"Note: For Visitors’ confidentiality, Google will never save the complete IP addresses."

May 17th 2021

Added "These External Sites will be indicated by ⌝ or underlined." under How Do You Store, Use, Share, Disclose Your Site Visitors’ Personal Information?, forth Bullet Point down.

September 8th 2022

  • Added information about Ascend by Wix under How Do You Use Cookies or Other Tracking Tools?, please see Wix Elements.

  • BOLDEN words so they are clearer and stand out among text for their importance.

 

June 6th 2023

We updated information for Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and WIX Analytics with hyperlinks.

 

June 19th 2023

 

Under How Do You Store, Use, Share, Disclose Your Site Visitors’ Personal Information? We added: 

 

 

  • On our Give Page, we have an Authorization Form where you fill out a form with your personal and banking information for recurring giving. This form ONLY goes to the Church Office and Financial Administrator's Inbox and is a standard encryption known as Transport Layer Security (TLS) Learn more. Like on all of our webpages, we use SSL certificates. Learn more about WIX HTTPS and SSL Certificates here. More on Wix Security Measures here⌝ Alternatively, you may choose to download the Authorization Form to complete and return in person to the Church Office.

 

  • All of Wix records are stored encrypted on the disk of Wix's DB machines, for sensitive data. Wix has a multiple layer security architecture, Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems in place to prevent unauthorized access and help protect against 0-day security issues. We use SSL certificates and our site is HTTPS. Learn More More on Wix Security Measures here⌝.

Under How Can I Withdraw My Consent or Delete Information Collected? We've modified the following for clarity.

 

  • We believe in our site visitor's Right to Access, Right to be Deleted and Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell personal data). If you would like a file of your data or to delete your data from our database entirely, please reach out by using our Feedback Form. After submitting your request we will receive a notification confirming the start of the process. Please allow up to 48 hours from submitting the request to retrieve or delete your data file within 48 hours. It's important to note that not all data is included in the file and not all data is erased. But we take great responsibility to ensure that we provide our site visitors with all their data. Likewise, if we receive a delete request, we will ensure that all your data is deleted, included but not limited to:

 

Contact details

Activities

Orders

Invoices

Other

Data does not include the following:

 

  • Data from Custom Code, like Facebook Messenger HTML Code. 

  • Data from other services implemented on our site, like tracking and analytics tools, such as Google Analytics.

 

December 25th 2023

The words have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural or are capitalized.

Definitions:

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Website (referred to as either "the website", "Services", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, accessible from https://www.spumcabq.org

  • You (referred to as either "You", "Users", "Visitors" in this Privacy Policy) means the individual "user" accessing or using the Website, or a company, or any legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.

  • The Church (referred to as either "the Church", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 8500 Constitution Ave NE Albuquerque NM 87112.

  • Cookies means small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Also added: 

Disclaimer

The information contained on the Service is for general information purposes only.

The Church assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of the Service.

In no event shall the Church be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Service or the contents of the Service. The Church reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modifications to the contents on the Service at any time without prior notice.

This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.

The Church does not warrant that the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components.

June 19th 2024:

Safeguards against Fraud and Security Risks

 

Our Site leverages Blockify's powerful geolocation blocking and IP address filtering capabilities to safeguard against fraud and enhance security. With Blockify, we can quickly and easily block or redirect visitors from specific countries or regions, ensuring that our online presence is protected from malicious activities. Additionally, Blockify provides valuable visitor analytics, allowing us to track website traffic history and identify potential risks in real-time, enabling us to stay one step ahead of fraudulent behavior and make data-driven decisions to improve our online security posture.

 

Learn more about Blockify here.

View their Privacy Policy here.

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