Brief Overview

This Privacy Policy outlines the data we collect and how it is used during your interactions with Bethel Assembly of God and our digital platforms. You have a choice about how your information is accessed, collected, and stored by Bethel. Because we value your trust and take your privacy seriously, we strive to maintain proper security measures that protect your data.

In general, as you interact with us using our various platforms and services, we collect information appropriate to that platform or service. This may include general usage statistics, network activity information, or information you provide such as your name, email address, or other personally identifiable information. We use this information as well as inferences we gather to:

  • To Provide personalized services and content.
  • To create, maintain, and secure a profile (Bethel Profile).
  • For internal analysis of the performance of our platforms.
  • As described below in this Privacy Policy.
  • For other purposes with your consent.

Your Profile and Information Collected by Our Platforms
Your privacy matters to us. Any information that you send through our platforms will never be intentionally distributed to anyone outside of Church of the Highlands. In the rare cases where sharing sensitive information is necessary, we will only do so at your request or when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. In addition to our own computer network, Church of the Highlands uses several vendors to supply additional features to our platforms. In each case, these vendors are governed by their respective privacy policies.

When you create a Highlands Profile with us, your information is generally associated with a profile in our Church Management System (ChMS). We may combine this data with other data you provide as you engage with our platforms.

WHAT WE COLLECT
When logged in to one of our platforms, we may collect data on app downloads, opens, closes, crashes, and device information. We may also collect your name, email, phone number, or other personally identifiable information when voluntarily provided. Engagements with our platforms like icon interactions, message interactions, videos or live streams watched, interests posted, search interactions, prayer lists, project details, and organization details may be collected as well. This data is collected to power and improve your experience within our platforms.

When logged out, we may collect anonymous data on app downloads, opens, closes, crashes, and device information. We may also collect anonymous information on UI interactions, and videos or live streams watched.

THE WAY WE USE INFORMATION
We use data to gauge the performance of our platforms, update your profile and contact information, match you with projects and small groups that match your interests, and to power personalization features in our platforms.

Such data is not used for any other purpose and shall not be intentionally disclosed to outside parties. Church of the Highlands will never intentionally use or share the information provided to us in our platforms or services in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have placed appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and believe these faculties to be secure to the best of our knowledge and ability; however, Church of the Highlands does not warrant, guarantee, and/or absolve security and/or unintentional disclosure of personal, identifiable information.

DATA SECURITY
We take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We never store your credit/debit card or other sensitive payment information such as bank account numbers on our platforms. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted. Of course, data transmission over the Internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the Internet. You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Our platforms may contain links to other sites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over the other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Your Profile and Information Collected by Our Platforms

Your privacy matters to us. Any information that you send through our platforms will never be intentionally distributed to anyone outside of Bethel Assembly of God. In the rare cases where sharing sensitive information is necessary, we will only do so at your request or when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. In addition to our own computer network, Bethel Assembly of God uses several vendors to supply additional features to our platforms. In each case, these vendors are governed by their respective privacy policies.

When you create a Bethel Profile with us, your information is generally associated with a profile in our Church Management System (ChMS). We may combine this data with other data you provide as you engage with our platforms.

WHAT WE COLLECT
When logged in to one of our platforms, we may collect data on app downloads, opens, closes, crashes, and device information. We may also collect your name, email, phone number, or other personally identifiable information when voluntarily provided. Engagements with our platforms like icon interactions, message interactions, videos or live streams watched, interests posted, search interactions, prayer lists, project details, and organization details may be collected as well. This data is collected to power and improve your experience within our platforms.

When logged out, we may collect anonymous data on app downloads, opens, closes, crashes, and device information. We may also collect anonymous information on UI interactions, and videos or live streams watched.

THE WAY WE USE INFORMATION
We use data to gauge the performance of our platforms, update your profile and contact information, match you with projects and community groups that match your interests, and to power personalization features in our platforms.

Such data is not used for any other purpose and shall not be intentionally disclosed to outside parties. Bethel Assembly of God will never intentionally use or share the information provided to us in our platforms or services in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have placed appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and believe these faculties to be secure to the best of our knowledge and ability; however, Bethel Assembly of Go does not warrant, guarantee, and/or absolve security and/or unintentional disclosure of personal, identifiable information.

DATA SECURITY
We take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We never store your credit/debit card or other sensitive payment information such as bank account numbers on our platforms. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted. Of course, data transmission over the Internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the Internet. You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Our platforms may contain links to other sites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over the other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.