Presence Church WEBSITE - Privacy Policy

Presence Church respects the privacy and security of its members and users of it’s app. Presence Church strives to provide you with a personalized experience that delivers to you the information and services that you need. In order to achieve this goal, Presence Church collects information during your use of our app.

Presence Church promises that:

  • We do not and will not offer for sale, share, or lease any information given to us by you, except as disclosed in this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

  • Our Privacy Policy applies to prospective, current, and former members and users.

We have prepared this Privacy Policy to enable you to understand which personal identifying information of yours is collected, how and when we might use your information, how we protect your information, who has access to your information, and how you can correct any inaccuracies in the information. This Privacy Policy is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.

Information We Collect

Presence Church collects certain information from and about its users in three ways:

  1. from our server logs,

  2. with cookies and

  3. directly from the user.

Server logs: When you use app, Presence Church may collect “Non-Personally Identifiable” information to administer the app and analyze its usage, such as:

  • Your Internet protocol address (explained below);

  • The type of browser or computer you use;

  • The number of links you click within our app;

  • The state or country from which you accessed our app;

  • The date and time of your visit;

  • The name of your Internet service provider;

  • The web page from which you linked to our app;

  • The pages you viewed on our app

Internet Protocol (“IP”) Address

An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer while using the Internet from which servers can automatically identify your computer. Presence Church servers gather your IP address. Your IP address assists Presence Church in administering and optimizing the app for you, analyzing app usage, and diagnosing problems with the app.

Cookies

Our app uses cookies (i.e., small bits of text that our servers place into a file on your computer’s storage). We use cookies to save your preferences and login information, and provide personalized functionality. Cookies may also store Personally Identifiable Information (defined below) you have entered so that you do not have to continually reenter the same information. You can reject cookies by changing your browser settings, but be aware that this will disable some of the functionality on the Presence Church app.

Personally Identifiable Information

On some pages of our app, users can register for services, receive personalized content and participate in surveys or forums. When you register, Presence Church may ask you for some personal information, which may include, but not limited to, your full name, postal address, phone number and email address. We may then contact you with information about Presence Church services.

If you choose to donate or purchase products or services, Presence Church and the payment processor will collect personal information from you, including your name, contact information, the purchase amounts, and the payment processor receives certain payment information (e.g. credit card number, billing address, security code) and will use that information to process payments and provide you records of the transactions. 


Additional Information

As a security measure and to ensure that our app and computer network remain available to all members, Presence Church may use software programs to monitor network traffic or to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. These software programs may also collect information regarding your use of our app and computer network.

You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide technical support assistance and information to you. For example, we may collect personal information from you (such as an e-mail address, system information and problem descriptions) in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting. If you choose to correspond with us through electronic communication (e.g. email, online chat or instant messaging), we may retain a copy of the electronic communication together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.

How We Use Your Information

Presence Church uses the information we collect to notify you about your account and to notify you about changes to the terms and conditions governing your use of our app, products and services. Our employees, contractors, or agents will at times require access to your Personally Identifiable information. Presence Church permits access to such information only for ministry purposes, such as administration and developing our products or services.

Information Released

Presence Church may release some customer Non-Personally Identifiable information, this app’s traffic patterns, and related app usage information to our affiliates and reputable third parties on an aggregated basis. We take measures to select product or service providers that are responsible and afford similar privacy protections to their members. However, we do not make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies.

Presence Church may share or disclose Personally Identifiable information with agents and contractors who use such information on behalf of Presence Church or in connection with administering or delivering products and services on behalf of Presence Church.

SPECIAL CASES OF RELEASE

Both Personally Identifiable and Non-Personally Identifiable information may be transferred to a third party:

  • As required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, or as compelled by a court of law

  • In the event of a change of ownership or assets

  • To affiliated entities of common control, such as subsidiaries and parent companies. The use of your information by these affiliates of common control will comply with this Privacy Policy.

Contacting You Directly

Presence Church may contact you directly through the email address or other information you provide to confirm information or purchases we have successfully received from you. Presence Church will also contact you to respond to your questions, to provide the services you request, to manage your account, and/or to inform you of any service announcements.

Opt-Out Provision

If you don’t want to receive promotional materials from Presence Church, you may opt out at any time. You may “opt out” by contacting us at privacy@presence.org.au

Upon properly opting-out, Presence Church will take reasonable efforts to delete a user’s personal information from its database. However, please note that it may be impossible to entirely delete a user’s information because some residual information may reside on backups or records of deletions.

Third Party Sites

The Presence Church app includes links, ad banners, etc. to other apps which may or may not be affiliated with Presence Church. Notwithstanding any affiliation, Presence Church does NOT control and is NOT responsible for the information and/or content you provide to and transactions you engage in with such third party sites. Please be aware that the operators of these other apps may collect and use different information about you that is not consistent with Presence Church’s Privacy Policy. For any concerns as to the privacy of your information on these apps, please refer to their respective privacy policies.

How We Protect Your Information

Presence Church has employed the use of electronic security measures to protect against the loss, theft, misuse, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure of your information submitted to our app. These measures include firewalls, use of passwords, anti-virus and detection software.

When we ask members or users to provide financial information (such as a credit card number) that data is protected using Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) technology. However, please note that electronic communication (e.g. email, online chat or instant messaging) that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you in advance that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as financial information, social security numbers or passwords to us through unsecured electronic communication.

Content Placed In Public

Some pages of the Presence Church app may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, news groups or instant messaging available to you. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas is public. You should exercise caution when disclosing personal information in these areas. Don’t disclose information in these public forums that might be considered confidential – such as financial information, social security numbers, passwords or email addresses. Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information on the bulletin boards or in the chat areas, that information and any substantive information disclosed in the communication can be collected and used by third parties. This could result in unsolicited messages from others who post on such sites and are beyond the control of Presence Church.

You represent and warrant that posting content to any public area of the Presence Church app will not infringe or violate the rights, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets and rights of privacy and publicity of any third party.

Transfer of Data Abroad

If you are visiting the Presence Church app from a country other than the countries in which our servers are located (currently in Australia), the various communications will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting our app and communicating electronically with us, you consent to the processing and transfer of your data as set out in this Privacy Policy.

Modifications to the Privacy Policy

Presence Church hereby reserves the right to amend, alter, modify, replace or suspend this Privacy Policy, from time to time, in its sole discretion. All such changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective when posted on the Presence Church app’s privacy page.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact Presence Church at privacy@presence.org.au