Old Apostolic Lutheran Church of America and its affiliated congregations in the United States (the "Church", "we", "our", or "us") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes how we collect, process, retain, and disclose personal data about you and our practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
The Church is a religious nonprofit organization operated entirely by volunteer members. We do not sell products or services, we do not advertise, and we do not sell or rent personal information to anyone. This Privacy Policy explains what information we maintain about our members, how we use it, and the limited third-party platforms we rely on to communicate with our membership.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. By interacting with our website at www.oldapostoliclutheranchurch.org (the "Website") or providing us with your information, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes as described here is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
The Church maintains limited internal records about members and their families, including the names and dates of birth of minor children, collected offline from parents. The Church does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 through its website or online services. If we learn we have collected or received personal data from a child under 18 years old without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. Parents who have questions about their child's information may contact us using the information below.
We maintain member contact information that includes the following types of information, provided to us directly by members or their parents:
We do not collect personal information through our website. Our website is informational only and does not include forms, accounts, tracking technologies, or other tools for collecting personal information from visitors.
We collect information about you when you interact with our Website or provide the information to us offline.
When you interact with the Website, there are third parties that may use automatic collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may include:
These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal data or they may collect information, including personal data, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, platforms, and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal data, to:
We do not sell, rent, or trade member information. We share information only in the following limited circumstances:
We may also disclose your information:
To communicate with our membership and conduct Church activities, we may use various third-party services. When we use these services, certain member information (such as name, phone number or email address) is processed by the provider on our behalf. Each provider has its own privacy policy that governs how it handles information. Such third-party services may include the following:
Members who participate in activities on these platforms are subject to the privacy practices of the respective provider, in addition to this Policy.
You may, at any time:
To make any of these requests, please contact us using the information below.
We take reasonable measures to protect member information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. Access to the member database is limited to volunteer members of the Church who need the information to carry out their responsibilities. We also rely on the security measures provided by the third-party platforms identified above.
No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We retain member information for as long as an individual is a member of the Church, and for a reasonable period thereafter for historical and administrative purposes.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the Effective Date above. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we handle your information, please contact us at [email protected].