Grace Chapel Community Church Privacy Policy

Last update October 28, 2010

We here at Grace Chapel Community Church value your trust. The following information explains our Privacy Policy regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of personally identifiable information you share with us. Please review this policy periodically for updates or changes.

Information We Collect

As part of the GCCC Vision, we want to serve you. For that reason, we collect information from you on our Web site through online requests including:

• Church Online Directory
• Prayer Wall
• Giving Center

The information we collect online includes, but is not limited to, name, address, city, state, ZIP/postal code, telephone number, e-mail address.

How the Information is Used

Grace Chapel Community Church uses your information to communicate with you, to understand your needs and to provide you with better service. We may periodically send you e-mail announcing church-related news and event information. We may also use your information to complete a Giving Center transaction or to personalize our Web site for you. Please review the corresponding sections of this privacy policy for additional details.

Sharing of Personal Information

Grace Chapel Community Church never sells, rents, leases or exchanges your personal information with other organizations.

Security

Grace Chapel Community Church is committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the proper use of information, the GCCC staff has established and implemented appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Unfortunately, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to our Web site from your PC or an Internet Service Provider.

Giving Center

No transaction information is stored on any GCCC systems. GCCC has contracted with a third party payment processor. Your information is passed directly to this payment processor via encrypted communication protocols.

Children

We encourage parents to take an active interest in their children's use of the Internet. Our Web site is intended for a general audience. The GCCC Web site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13.

Cookies

From time to time, we may send a "cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored on your computer's hard drive by your Web browser. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites. We use cookies to recognize you when you return to our sites, to identify which areas of our network of Web sites you have visited and to better personalize the content you see on our sites.

You may choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.

Links to Outside Sites

This Web site links to documents located on Web sites maintained by other organizations or individuals. Once you access a link to another Web site, please be aware that Grace Chapel Community Church is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Unsubscribing

If you do not wish to continue receiving e-mail, newsletters, or other information from GCCC, you can opt-out at any time by responding to any e-mail you receive from us and writing “unsubscribe” in the subject line of the response. If you desire to modify you information or permanently remove your name, you may contact us.

Contacting Us

If you have comments or questions about our online privacy policy, or would like more information about Grace Chapel Community Church, or are experiencing technical trouble, please contact us.

User Guidelines

By using this Web site, you signify your agreement to all terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein (the "Terms of Use"). If you do not agree to these Terms of Use please do not use this Web site. GCCC staff reserves the right, at our discretion, to update or revise these Terms of Use. Please check the Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Web site following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Rules of User Conduct

By posting information in or otherwise using any communications service, social network or other interactive service that may be available to you on or through this Web site, you agree that you will not upload, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content -- including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information -- that:

1. is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), uses vulgar language in the creation of a username or otherwise violates Grace Chapel Community Church rules or policies or these Rules of User Conduct;
2. victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
3. infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;
4. constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (also known as "Spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
5. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or
6. impersonates any person or entity, including any employee or representative of GCCC.

You also agree that you will not harvest or collect information about the users or members of this site or use such information for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic e-mail or communications.

You further agree that you will not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from a minor (anyone under 18 yrs old). Personal information includes but is not limited to name, address, phone number or name of their school.

Grace Chapel Community Church generally does not pre-screen, monitor, or edit the content posted by users of communications service, social network or other interactive service that may be available to you on or through this Web site. However, Grace Chapel Community Church reserves the right to remove any content that, in GCCC's judgment, does not comply with the User Guidelines or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. GCCC is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such content.