General
EFC of Willmar (EFCW) respects the privacy of every individual who visits our
site. This Privacy Policy was created to demonstrate our church's commitment
to privacy. It outlines the information that EFCW may collect
and how we may use that information. This Policy will also instruct you on
what to do if you do not want your personal information collected or shared
when you visit our site.
Information Gathering and Dissemination
The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices
for this website. EFCW will not collect any personally-identifiable
information about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number, or email
address) through our site unless you have provided it to us voluntarily.
If you do not want your personal data collected, please do not submit it
to us.
When you do
provide us with personal data, we may use that information in
the following ways, unless stated otherwise: we may store and
process that information to better understand your needs and
how we can improve our services; and we may use
that information to contact you. We do not now nor do we intend
to sell, rent, or market personal data about you to third parties.
Information
Collected Automatically
In some cases, we may automatically (i.e. not via registration) collect information
about you that is not personally - identifiable. Examples of this type of information
include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating
system you are using and the domain name of the website from which you linked
to our site. We use this to help diagnose problems and to better develop our
web site.
This site currently sets and accesses information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or
similar file and can help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to
tailor a website to better match your interests and veiwing preferences. With most
Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block
all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to
your Browser instructions to learn more about these functions.
This policy will be updated if additional information
is collected.
Information Collected Voluntarily
Our online forms request users to give us contact information (like their name,
home address, and email address). This contact information is used to contact
the members only when necessary and to update the church databases. No personal
information from this web site is shared with any third party not directly
associated with EFCW.
Our online registration form provides an option for receiving our church's
publications either through email or direct postal methods. Users who have selected this option may at any time opt-out of
receiving future publications or mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. EFCW is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Children/Direct
Notice To Parents
In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, portions
of our site requiring online registration should not be used by children under
the age of 13 without parental permission. Children should ask parents and
guardians before submitting any personal information online. Parents and guardians
are encouraged to supervise their children's online activities. If children
will be using the Web unsupervised, parents may want to consider third-party
filtering software designed to provide a child-friendly online environment.
Such filtering software may also prevent children from submitting personal
information.
EFree Church
of Willmar has no intention of collecting any personal data from
individuals under thirteen years of age without parental consent.
Where appropriate, we will specifically instruct children not
to submit such information on our site and/or will take reasonable
steps to ensure parental consent to such submission.
In the event EFCW runs a program
that requires submission of information from children, your consent is required.
Notice may be provided in a number of ways, including sending an email message
or a notice by postal mail. At any time you may write to the email address
below to request a summary of any information we have retained or to ask that
it be deleted.
Parents should be aware that EFCW's Privacy Policy will
govern our use of personal data, but that information which is voluntarily
given by children (or others) in chat sessions, email exchanges, bulletin boards
or the like may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited mail. EFree
Church of Willmar encourages all parents to instruct their children in the
safe and responsible use of their personal data while using the Internet.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration
of the information under our control.
Changes
to this Privacy Policy
We may edit this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any substantial
changes we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our website.
Contacting
Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact
Sue Kelly or Greg Gangwish.
Choice/Opt-Out
This site gives users the option of removing their information
from our database to not receive future communications. You
can unsubscribe by emailing the EFCW
Office and requesting to be removed from the mailing list.
Corrections/Update
This site gives users the option of changing and modifying
information previously provided. You can email corrections/updates to the church
office.
EFC of Willmar
1305 19th Ave SW
Willmar, MN 56201
320-235-4317
