Last Updated: August 27, 2024
Like most website operators, Local Church Tech (localchurch.tech) collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.
Local Church Tech’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Local Church Tech’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Local Church Tech may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Local Church Tech also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Local Church Tech does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering Of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Local Church Tech’s websites choose to interact with Local Church Tech in ways that require Local Church Tech to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Local Church Tech gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use join as members to provide a username and email address. In each case, Local Church Tech collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Local Church Tech. Local Church Tech does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Local Church Tech may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Local Church Tech may reveal how many downloads a particular video received. However, Local Church Tech does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection Of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Local Church Tech discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Local Church Tech’s behalf or to provide services available at Local Church Tech’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Local Church Tech’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Local Church Tech will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Local Church Tech discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Local Church Tech believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Local Church Tech, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Local Church Tech website and have supplied your email address, Local Church Tech may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Local Church Tech and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Local Church Tech takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Local Church Tech uses cookies to help Local Church Tech identify and track visitors, their usage of the Local Church Tech website, and their website access preferences. Local Church Tech visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Local Church Tech’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Local Church Tech’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Local Church Tech may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Local Church Tech’s sole discretion. Local Church Tech encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.