| Our
Commitment To Privacy |
| Welcome to the official Internet website for
Glade United Church of Christ in Walkersville, Maryland, which is provided
as a service to our congregation, the citizens of Walkersville, and to the
general public. We are committed to our guests’ privacy. To protect
your privacy, we provide this notice to explain our online information
practices and the choices you can make about how we collect and use your
information. We do not collect any personally identifiable information
about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that
information to us. |
| This notice applies to all information collected
or submitted on the Glade United Church of Christ website. To make this
notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and every webpage
that we request personally identifiable information. |
| The
Information We Collect Automatically |
| If you do nothing during your visit but browse
through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather
and store certain information about your visit automatically, which does
not identify you personally. The information collected and stored automatically
about your visit includes: the Internet domain that you used to access
our website; the IP address that was automatically assigned to your computer
whenever you are surfing the Web and from which you accessed our website;
your browser type and operating system; the date and time you accessed
our website; the pages you visited at our website; and the addresses you
linked to our website from another. |
| The
Information You Voluntarily Provide |
| We do not collect personally identifiable
information unless you choose to provide that information to us. If you
provide that information to us, for example, by sending us an email or
by filling out a form and submitting it through our website, we will use
that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you
with the information and services that you request. We make every effort
to describe all uses of information on the webpage containing the form. |
| When you voluntarily submit personally identifiable
information, such as, your name, address, email address, and phone number,
you are consenting to the use of the information for the stated purpose.
When you click the "Submit" button on the web form, you are indicating
your voluntary consent to the use of the information you submit for the
purpose stated. |
| How
We Use Information |
| The information we collect is to respond to
your requests for information or services. We make every effort to disclose
clearly how we use information at the point where collected so you can
determine whether you wish to provide the information. We do not use or
share personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways
unrelated to the ways described herein without also providing you an opportunity
to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. |
| Our
Commitment To Information Security |
| For website security purposes and to ensure
that this service remains available to all users, we employ necessary
physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online, maintain data accuracy, and ensure
the correct use of information. Our software programs monitor network
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage. If such monitoring reveals evidence of possible
abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate
law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information
on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure
Protection Act or other law. |
| Our
Commitment To Children’s Privacy |
| This website offers some educational content
to young children. Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially
important. For that reason, no personally identifiable information is
collected from these guests unless voluntarily submitted as a request
for information or services. The information is to respond to the user’s
inquiries or to provide services requested by the user. |
| Session
Cookies |
| Cookies are small text messages exchanged
between Web servers and browsers primarily to identify users and possibly
prepare customized Web pages for them. Are called "session cookies" when
used for the duration of a session. Otherwise, are called "persistent
cookies" when saved on a user’s hard drive in order to identify
that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs
on the a Web website. This website does not use persistent cookies or
any other persistent tracking technology. |
| How
To Contact Us |
| Should you have other questions or concerns
about these privacy policies, please call us at (301) 845-6775 or
send us an email at secretary@gladechurch.org. |
