New Hope Community Church (“New Hope”) recognizes an individual’s privacy is very important to them and that they have a right to control their personal information. New Hope takes the process of upholding an individual’s privacy very seriously. Unless an individual gives New Hope explicit consent to act otherwise, the following policy will govern how we handle an individual’s personal information and safeguards their privacy.
The principles contained in this privacy document apply to all personal information collected or submitted to New Hope.
1. What information does New Hope collect?
New Hope collects two different types of information. One type is voluntary information, which you provide, such as membership information. The other type of information New Hope collects is user information provided by your computer each time you visit this site, such as IP address, browser.
2. What does New Hope do with the information that is collected?
Any information you provide or that is obtained through this website may be used for church purposes. New Hope does not/will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to commercial entities. We will not disclose your name, address, email address or phone number without your express consent, unless disclosure is necessary to comply with laws or relevant legal proceedings.
3. What are “cookies” and how does New Hope use them?
Cookies are information that a website transfers to an individual’s PC for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can save your preferences when you are at a site. The use of cookies is an industry standard and most major websites use them.
Most browsers (Safari, Google Chrome, Explorer, Firefox) are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to either refuse all cookies or to notify you when you are receiving a cookie and allow you to decide whether or not to accept it.
We do not use cookies to obtain any personal information about you.
4. How does linking to other sites affect my privacy protections?
New Hope may provide links to other sites that are neither owned nor controlled by New Hope (e.g. Anedot, videos, articles). We use the Anedot platform for donations. Their privacy policy is here.
These third party sites, are not subject to or bound by the New Hope Privacy Policy. Such third party sites may or may not have their own privacy policies and may or may not collect personal information from you or place cookies on your browser. New Hope is not responsible for the privacy policies or any information collection practices of these sites or any damages resulting therefrom.
5. How does New Hope protect the privacy of children?
No information should be submitted to New Hope’s website by users 13 years old and younger without the consent of their parent or guardian. Identifying a user as 13 or under is not easy and New Hope will not be held responsible for anyone misrepresenting as over 13 when they are not.
6. New Hope reserves the right to change or amend this policy.
New Hope reserves the right to change or amend this policy in the future.
7. Your affirmative consent to New Hope’s collection and use of personally identifiable information.
By using New Hope’s website, you are giving us your express consent to use all the information that we collect about you in the manner described in this policy. This includes the release of such information to third parties as described above.
8. Questions or Concerns?
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, or would like your data removed from our internal platforms please contact us at clerk@newhopeforyour.org.