Our Policy
Welcome to the web site (the “Site”) of Christ Church Cathedral (herein referred to as the “the Cathedral”). This Site is operated by the Cathedral and has been created to provide information about our Cathedral and to provide access to the information, resources, and services available through the Site (the “Cathedral Worship Services”) to our Site visitors (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy sets the Cathedral’s policy with respect to information, including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”) and other information that is collected when our Site is visited.
Information Collected
Engaging with the Site, may prompt you to submit Personal Data and other information from you, as described below:
Data That You Provide Through the Site: We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you contact us with questions, respond to one of our surveys, register for Cathedral events, or self-subscribe to our newsletters.
By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to this Site, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of the Cathedral and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States.
Other Information
Non-Identifiable Data: When you interact with the Cathedral through the Site, we receive and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot presently be used to specifically identify you. The Cathedral may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases maintained by Cathedral affiliates, agents or service providers. This Site may use such information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service providers. Note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process.
Our Site, may use a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Site gives to your browser when you access the Site. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site and help us analyze Site usage more accurately. For instance, our Site may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Site without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission.
On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Site’s features.
Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information
The Cathedral uses the Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem.
If the Cathedral intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.
Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information
The Cathedral does not sell your information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: The Cathedral, like many organizations, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another party to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.
Children
The Cathedral does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of our Treehouse ministry. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Site. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to the Cathedral through this Site, please contact us, and we will delete that information from our databases.
Security
The Cathedral goes to great lengths to protect the Personal Data provided via the Site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.
Other Terms and Conditions
Your access to and use of this Site is subject to the Terms of Use. By accessing, browsing or using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, do not use the Site.