Privacy Policy

Introduction 

The Church of Saint Martha is committed to protecting your non-public personal identifiable information (“NPPI”). We respect the privacy rights of our parishioners and friends. Therefore, when you provide NPPI through our website, we  comply with all relevant laws and adopt good practices. 

We collect and use information throughout our website only as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy only applies to information collected on the website operated or managed by The Church of Saint Martha.  Below is the Privacy Policy for The Church of Saint Martha. Please take some time to read through this Policy as it outlines how we will use your NPPI.

By NPPI, we mean a user’s name, address, email address, telephone number, or any other information that can be used to contact an individual, or which may be used to specifically identify an individual.

Privacy Policy Consent

This website and all of its content is owned by The Church of Saint Martha. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of The Church of Saint Martha website.

This Privacy Policy exists to inform you of how we collect, use, process and distribute your information. It is important for you to know that we will not use or share your information in any way that is not specified within this Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to change or modify this privacy policy in any way, at any time. Please read this Privacy Policy in order to understand how your NPPI may be obtained and used. Any content that is provided to us by you or is obtained by us from this website is governed by this Privacy Policy. By using The Church of Saint Martha website, whether you have read this Privacy Policy or not, you are fully consenting to this Privacy Policy.

Information We May Collect

Our goal in collecting information from you is to ultimately make your experience better as you use our website. Here are the pieces of information that we may collect when you use this website.

1)    A name and an email address that will enable us to send emails to you – provision of an email address on this site equates to consent

2)    A name, email address, or phone number so we can follow-up with you

4)    A name, email address, and phone number so we may respond to questions on forms you submit.

Any information that you voluntarily provide equates to information that you are giving us the consent to use.

How Personal Information Is Collected

1)       When visiting The Church of Saint Martha website, our web server may automatically recognize information regarding your IP address, domain or e-mail address. This information is not viewed by an individual, rather it is used to automatically compile statistics through a software program.  The statistics we collect may be used to: 

·        Improve the content and organization of our website

·        Create new features and/or content on our site to meet the patterns of use indicated by statistical analysis

·        Provide general statistical information, e.g., the number of visitors to our website and the most viewed pages 

Some features of this website may use cookies, a file deposited on your computer to record information for your next visit. You may choose to disable cookies through your own web browser’s settings. However, disabling this function may diminish your experience on our Website and some features may not work as intended. The Church of Saint Martha does not use cookies for any other purpose than to enhance your visit to our website.

2)    Making a donation The Church of Saint Martha

3)    Applying to work with The Church of Saint Martha

4)    Contacting us using email, phone or any other means

5)    Through third party-cookies (see the section on “Data Collection Technologies”)

Anonymous Data Collection and Use

In order to ensure that our website delivers a high quality experience, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems on our end and to manage the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are being used the most, and to fine-tune our content for your best interest. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially “traffic data” which cannot personally identify you but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection only follows your activities as you are using this website, it does not follow your activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers.

Data Collection Technologies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies, for example, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, etc.

By agreeing to our Privacy Policy, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies (for example, web beacons, pixels, tags, and device identifiers which we collectively refer to as “cookies”) as described in this policy.

What Happens With the Information We Collect

1)     We process your NPPI in order to:

·        maintain a list of our members and maintain church accounts and records

·        Contact you

–        For follow-up purposes

–        For promotional purposes

–        For troubleshooting purposes

–        Informational updates

2)     It may be used during targeted social media or search engine advertisements

3)     Viewing by others. Whenever you voluntarily provide NPPI through the use of our website, you have consented to that information and its content, being seen, collected and used by others. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the information that you voluntarily share (i.e., sharing a comment on a blog post, posting in a Facebook group that we manage, sharing details on a group coaching call, etc.). 

Additionally, if you provide The Church of Saint Martha with your email address, you may receive periodic email messages from us or the Diocese of Trenton providing information and updates about The Church of Saint Martha, our website, the Diocese of Trenton or notice of upcoming events and activities. In each case, if you would like to opt-out of receiving such communications, please email us at Business@saintmartha.net. If you mistakenly received any communications you do not want to receive, please respond to the email with a request to be removed from the list, and your request will be promptly fulfilled. We do not make the email addresses of those who access our site available to any other organizations and we do not sell this information to anyone. Persons who supply The Church of Saint Martha with telephone numbers on-line may be assured that his or her telephone number will be kept in confidence by The Church of Saint Martha or the Diocese of Trenton and used only for the purpose for which you supplied it. Phone numbers will not be shared with outside organizations.

Storage and Handling of Personal Information

NPPI obtained by our website is stored internally or through a data management system. We value your safety, so your NPPI will only be accessed by people who are responsible for gathering, managing or storing it, or who have a legitimate need to access it. (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors or team members).

How You Can Access, Update or Delete Your Personal Information

You have the right to:

1)    Request information regarding how your NPPI is used and request a copy of what information we use.

2)    Restrict processing if you think the information is inaccurate, unlawful, or no longer necessary.

3)    Be forgotten from our systems, meaning we will erase your NPPI from our databases. (You have the “right to be forgotten”).

4)    Change your preference regarding whether you consent to our use of your NPPI.

5)    Lodge a complaint if it is felt that any of your NPPI has been unlawfully used.

6)    Receive NPPI portability and transference to another controller without our hindrance.

7)    Object to our use of your information.

8)    Not be subject to an automated decision based solely on automatic processing, including profiling, which legally or significantly affects you.

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please reach out to us at Business@saintmartha.net and we would be happy to connect with you.

What is Not Covered By This Privacy Policy

All clergy (deacons, priests and bishops), mental health professionals, educators and many employees of The Church of Saint Martha and the Diocese of Trenton are legally-mandated reporters of suspected sexual abuse, child abuse, child neglect and elder abuse. New Jersey law requires such mandated reporters to report possible instances of these offenses to law enforcement agencies and the appropriate state agency. Any disclosures of this nature are not covered by this privacy policy. A failure by The Church of Saint Martha to report these offenses will be deemed a crime of the fourth degree.

Requests by law enforcement agencies for information about site users deemed by The Church of Saint Martha legal counsel to be legitimate and not in violation of constitutional principles will be supplied to law enforcement agencies.

Any user of this site indicating, threatening, admitting to or representing an act in violation of the law on this website or through an e-mail link contained on this site will be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

Finally, information that is available in the public domain; received lawfully from a third party through no breach of any obligation of confidentiality owed to you; and/or was created by us independently of our access to or use of your NPPI, is not subject to this Privacy Policy.

Informational Safeguards

We maintain our website and all associated data with technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification, and improper disclosure of all information under The Church of Saint Martha’s control. The Church of Saint Martha follows reasonable industry-standard security procedures such as encrypted administrative communication, restricted access to underlying machines, and firewalls at network access points. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our website or databases, nor can we guarantee that NPPI you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to use through the internet. To assist with maintaining your privacy, The Church of Saint Martha requires you to keep any usernames and passwords you use to access the internet and our website strictly confidential.

Links To Other Websites 

Our online services may contain links to other websites belonging to third parties that are not affiliated with us. While we try to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other websites, or links posted on our website. Information you disclose to other parties or through such sites is subject to the privacy and security practices and policies of those parties or websites.  We disclaim all liability, to the extent permissible, with regard to your access to such linked websites.  Access to any other websites is at your own discretion and we encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every website or online services visited in order to learn how such third parties may treat your information.

If You Need To Report a Problem

If at any time you believe The Church of Saint Martha has violated this privacy policy or you have any concerns, we encourage you to contact us at Business@saintmartha.net so that we may quickly address your question or resolve any issue.

Effective Date 01/31/2023