St. Andrew's Haney United Church
Website Privacy Statement
Respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost importance to us. This privacy policy describes the current policies and practices with regard to personal data collected by the St. Andrew's Haney United Church (collectively "we," "us," "our") through our Web site. The term "personal data" refers to personally identifiable information that being your name, birth date, email address, mailing address, and telephone number.
In general, you can visit our Web site without telling us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the Web site, programs have been designed to perform specific functions for you directly though our Web site. Within these programs we may ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an order, offer services that require registration, assist you with technical support issues or to follow up with you. In some instances the information may include personal data.
Your Consent. By using this Web site, you consent to our use of your personal data as described in this privacy policy.
Notification Of Changes To This Policy. We are continually improving and adding new functions and features to this Web site. Because of these ongoing changes, changes in the law, and the changing nature of technology, we may revise this privacy policy from time to time. If and when the policy changes, we will post a dated notice on our home page informing you that a change has been made.
Use of Personal Data Collected Through This Web Site. Information, including but not limited to personal data, that we collect will not be sold, rented, lent, exhanged or used by an individual or entity other than the entities and governing bodies of St. Andrew's Haney United Church unless otherwise indicated. This includes, for example, the information you provide when you register for an event or conference, request resource materials, request other services, or when you send us your comments or requests for information.
We use the information you provide for the purposes for which it was originally collected, for example, to respond to your email or to provide the programs or services you requested. We may also use this information to help us improve the content and function of our Web site, to better understand the needs and interests of the people and organizations that use our Web site, and to improve our programs and services. This information may be used to contact you in the future to tell you about organizations within St. Andrew's Haney United Church, or the wider United Church of Canada, programs and services.
Unless we have your permission or are otherwise required by law to release, the personal data provided by you online will be used only within St. Andrew's Haney United Church to enable us to contact you regarding services, benefits, or mission opportunities; with other third parties who act on our behalf to protect the security or integrity of our databases or this Web site; and with our successors in interest through corporate merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event. In the event of a release to a St. Andrew's Haney United Church entity or third party described above, your personal data will not be released until the St. Andrew's Haney United Church entity, governing body, or third party has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We may retain your personal data on file to better serve you. Any destruction of personal data will be done in a manner consistent with the intent of this policy.
Anonymous Data Collected Through St. Andrew's Haney United Church Web Site. In addition to the information you provide when you use this Web site, we use technology to collect anonymous information about the use of the Web site. For example, we use technology to track how many visitors access the Web site, the date and time of their visit, the length of their stay, and which pages they view. We also use technology to determine which Web browsers our visitors use and the address from which they accessed the site.
This technology does not identify you personally. It simply enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our Web site. We use this anonymous data and may share it with third parties for various reasons; for example, to improve the content and functionality of the Web site, to better understand the needs and interests of our visitors, to improve our programs and services.
Content Policies.We have several basic groups of people that might be listed or referred to; staff, adult members, and youth. Information of concern includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and photos. Home addresses are never posted.
- For staff, we list names, email addresses (usually office emails), and office phone numbers. No home phones, etc. It is important that people be able to contact the staff and that access is all through the office.
- For adult members, we often list names when they are a contact for some group or activity that we are covering on the website. We do not list email addresses unless they have specifically given permission (they often ask us). We do not list phone numbers. It is assumed that other members have the church directory and people not currently connected with the congregation can call the church office for the initial contact. We realize that this has the feeling of being exclusive. While we do not want to make it harder for people in the wider community to take part in the life of the congregation, it is also important that everyone's privacy be maintained.
- For youth and children, we do not list full names, but at most the first name and initial of the last name. We also do not list email addresses or phone numbers. Photo captions do not include full names and often do not include names at all. This is in place to help to protect our children and youth from dangerous individuals that can and do use the net to contact and take advantage of young people.
- St. Andrew's Haney United Church has a printed member and ministry directory with names, addresses, email, etc which is only available to members and adherents of St. Andrew's Haney United Church. It is periodically distributed in print at the church. To request a copy or to add your information to this directory contact the office. This directory is not available online.
- When using photos of St. Andrew's Haney United Church events, members, etc online, either directly on the website or in our photo albums we use the
following guidelines.
- Including photos in our site is a privilege for us, and we intend to respect and honor it.
- Photos are almost always of people in public spaces, at public events.
- We try not to post anything that would be embarrassing, objectionable or hurtful to anyone in the photo. If we know someone is shy about such things, we ask them before posting the photo.
- Applying other parts of our general privacy policy, we don't put full names of children or youth as captions with photos, and we minimize how often we use full names of adults.
- We will gladly provide credit for who took a particular photo if desired by the photographer, and we would certainly honor any copyright wishes or restrictions.
- We will gladly remove any photo immediately upon request.
In any case, if you see a photo that includes you or your child and would like it removed from the site, we would be glad to do so. Just notify the webmaster with the details.
Please be aware, that while we never post home addresses, there are a number of websites that provide white pages, or extensive listings of mailing addresses. There are also a number of people-finder type sites that help in locating people and their names, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. These sites have many sources of data and you can probably assume that you're in there somewhere.
Cookies. In order to collect anonymous data, we may use temporary "cookies" that collect the first level domain name of the user. For example, if your email address is "name@xyz.com," the cookie collects the "xyz.com" portion of your email address and the date and time you accessed this Web site. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not. Our Web site only uses temporary or "session" cookies. These "session" cookies expire when your browser window is closed.
In order for certain applications on the St. Andrew's United Church Web site to function properly, if at all, it may be necessary for your computer to accept cookies.
Children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under thirteen, please do not give us any personal data. If you have reason to believe that a child has provided personal data on this Web site, please contact us and we will endeavor to delete that information. If you are a child under the age of thirteen and using this Web site, please do not give any information about yourself, such as your name, address, birthdate, phone number, school or email address. As we develop online programs for children, we will adopt appropriate policies and practices to protect the privacy of children.
Links to Other Sites. This privacy policy applies only to this Web site which is owned and administered by St. Andrew's Haney United Church. This site contains many hyperlinks to Web sites that are not operated by us. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party Web sites or any association with their operators. We do not control these Web sites and are not responsible for their data practices. We urge you to review the privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or before providing any personal data about yourself.
Governing Law. This privacy policy forms part of our Web site Terms of Use Agreement, which shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada, the province of British Columbia, and the policies of The United Church of Canada.
Questions About Our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or concerns about the way we use personal data, please contact us.