Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Your Privacy.
Your personal privacy is very important to us. At ECWH, we recognize your interest in how we collect, retain, and use information about you and your church community. Our goal is to develop and maintain your trust while providing you with a host of resources designed to enhance the online objectives of your Episcopal church. In all our endeavors, we are committed to protecting your privacy and we recognize our obligation to keep the information you provide confidential and secure.
Collecting, Using, And Sharing Information.
1. Collecting and Using Information.
  ECWH collects information in a number of ways for the purpose of serving your needs and administering our relationships.
2. Personal Information You Give Us.
  The type and amount of information collected depends on the service you subscribe to. Generally, we persist basic information such as your name and email. However, as a function of the church applications we provide to serve your church community, additional personal information about your members may also be persisted.
3. ECWH "Cookies" and Your Information.
  In order to maintain the state of the application during a session, some session variables are maintained using "cookies". Although cookies maintain temporary state information, they cannot alone be used to identify a user and cannot be reused after the session has expired.
4. Online Surveys.
  ECWH values user feedback and may from time to time post surveys via our common application frameworks for product analysis. This feedback is instrumental to future enhancements of our service and helps ensure we're meeting your needs as well as the needs of your church community. Any input or feedback that you or your members provide is submitted anonymously.
5. Automatic Information and Product Development.
  ECWH automatically collects the following information from site users: IP addresses, browser types, domain names, access times, referring site, and browser functionality.
  
  ECWH improves its services by analyzing the activity of our users: which services are used, how long users typically stay in a given area, and whether a user completes or fails to complete a given process.
  
  In each case, the information derived is not linked to personally identifiable information.
6. Sharing Information with Third Parties.
  Any data that is shared with third-parties will be aggregated and anonymous (without personally identifiable information) except as otherwise noted within this privacy policy.
  
  You should be aware that in rare instances, such as in response to a subpoena, we might be legally required to disclose information about you or one of your church members.
  
  ECWH does not sell or otherwise provide personal information to outside parties.
Your Options For Personal Information.
From time to time, we may send you or your church members emails designed to help the growth of this ministry, sometimes by providing information on new products, services, or requesting user feedback.

If you or your church members wish to have your name removed from the our email lists, the emails will always feature a way to opt-out. Thereafter, we will cease to include you or your specific church member on our list and the lists we share with our third party partners above, unless you notify us otherwise.

Though you may opt-out of receiving general emails, you cannot opt out of receiving emails pertaining to administrative updates, such as Privacy Policy revisions. For this reason, it is required that you maintain a valid email address in the Contact Information utility in cPanel and provide a valid mailing address and phone number for your organization when requesting an account.
Links to Other Sites.
This web site contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.
Protecting Your Information.
ECWH recognizes that keeping your information secure is one of our most important responsibilities and as such we take significant measures to protect your information both on-line and off-line. This specifically affects the choice of application tools we use or allow to be used in conjuction with our services.
Off-line Security Measures.
All user information referenced above is restricted to viewing by ECWH and its authorized volunteer staff. Only staff whose task responsibilities require access are granted access to information.
Notifications Regarding Revisions To Our Privacy Policy.
In addition to posting changes to our Privacy Policy on our web site, ECWH will notify you directly of any material changes.

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