Thank you for visiting St. Matthew Catholic Church on the World Wide Web. We care about providing you with tools and information to manage and protect your online privacy when you visit our site. We have developed this privacy policy to inform you about what information this Web site collects, who may receive that information and what we may do with the information. While we have made every attempt to make this policy as clear as possible, if you have any further questions about it, feel free to contact the Webmaster of the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site.
This policy addresses the collection, security and access to information that may be obtained through the use of this site maintained by St. Matthew Catholic Church. This policy covers the following topics:
If you visit the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site to read or download information, the following information may be collected:
The name of the domain (for example: "yourname.com" if you use a private internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you are connecting from a university domain);
An IP address (a number automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the internet);
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
The internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site;
The pages you visit within the St. Matthew Catholic Church site;
The time you spend viewing the St. Matthew Catholic Church site;
The connection speed between your computer and our site;
The internet search engine that you used to search for and connect to our site.
This information is collected for statistical analysis using standard third-party software to create summary statistics. The statistics would be used for the purpose of determining what information is of most and least interest to our visitors and identifying system performance or problem areas.
If, during your visit to the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site, you voluntarily provide personally identifiable information, we will collect such information. Examples of personally identifiable information may include:
An e-mail address if you are communicating with us through e-mail;
Information you voluntarily submit to St. Matthew Catholic Church for the purposes of completing or submitting an application or online form; and
Other information volunteered, such as survey information or content of e-mail.
This information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes and the St. Matthew Catholic Church does not sell, lease, rent, exchange or otherwise share information collected online for commercial marketing or any other purposes.
Your personally identifiable information is collected through our contact forms only. In general, please note the information collected, whether or not personally identifiable, is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video and other graphic formats you send us.
Information collected at this Web site is kept in our records only as long as is necessary to provide requested services to our parishioners.
Public Disclosure of Information
As a general rule, St. Matthew Catholic Church will not give out any information collected online at our site to any third parties except where you have given us permission, or in compliance with a request of a law enforcement agency. Under no circumstances will your name, e-mail, phone number or address be sold to, or given to, any other parties. We will never willfully sell, lease, or rent any of your or your business' personally identifiable information to any third party.
Visitors should be aware that information collected by the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site may be subject to examination and inspection, if such information is a public record and not otherwise protected from disclosure.
Access to Information
Any personally identifiable information you enter in a user profile or contact form will be open and accessible to you for review and modification. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented in this privacy policy, you may contact the Webmaster of the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site.
User's Choice
You may decline participation in any activity that asks for information (for example, surveys or e-mails). Your choice to not participate will have no effect on your ability to access information on the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site.
Cookie Technology
To better serve our parishioners we may occasionally use "cookies" to customize your browsing experience. Cookies are simple text files stored by your Web browser and they provide a method of distinguishing among visitors of the Web site.
Cookies created on your computer by using our Web site do not contain personally identifiable information and do not compromise your privacy or security. If we use the cookie feature it would be only to store a randomly generated identifying tag on your computer.
You can refuse the cookie or delete the cookie file from your computer at any time by using any one of a number of widely available methods.
Security Information
St. Matthew Catholic Church has taken steps to safeguard the submission of information. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operations of the operating environment as part of our commitment to the security of electronic content and transmission of information.
In some instances, you may have the opportunity to receive or create a password to access or submit personal information. You should not divulge your password to anyone and St. Matthew Catholic Church will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail. When you are finished with those applications that are password protected, you should exit the page.
Links on Our Site
St. Matthew Catholic Church provides links to other Web sites or other organizations in order to provide visitors with certain information. A link does not constitute an endorsement of content, viewpoint, policies, products or services of that Web site. Once you link to another Web site not maintained by St. Matthew Catholic Church, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that site, including, but not limited to, its privacy policy.
Information Disclaimer
Information provided on the St. Matthew Catholic Church Web site is intended to allow for parishioners and the public immediate access to public information. While attempts are made to provide accurate, current and reliable information, we recognize the possibility of human and/or mechanical error. Any person who relies upon such information from this system does so at his or her own risk.
Summation
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, please contact us.
Privacy Policy