PRIVACY POLICY

CITY LIFE CHURCH

Who we are

Our website address is: https://citylifegr.com/.

 

SMS Privacy Policy

City Life Church is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the responsible use of your personal information. By opting into SMS communication, you consent to receive messages from us about church services, events, appointment reminders, and ministry updates. These messages are intended to enhance your connection to our church community and provide timely, relevant information.

Types of Messages

  • You may receive SMS messages related to:
  • Service reminders and announcements
  • Event invitations and updates
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Appointment scheduling and confirmations
  • ommunity outreach efforts and initiatives

Message Frequency and Costs

Message frequency may vary depending on the nature of activities and announcements. Standard message and data rates may apply as determined by your mobile carrier.

Opt-In and Opt-Out Options

To receive SMS messages, you must actively opt in by completing our form at https://citylifegr.breezechms.com/form/1f0758 and selecting “Yes, I agree.” You can opt out at any time by replying STOP to any text message. For assistance, reply HELP or contact us at [email protected].

Data Use and Sharing

Your personal information will only be used for church-related communication and will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent. We are committed to safeguarding your information in accordance with our overall privacy policy.

Customer Support

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us at [email protected] or call (616) 260-1477.
For full details on how we manage your personal information, please review our comprehensive privacy policy at https://citylifegr.com/privacy-policy.

 

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

We have added an SSL on to this website for additional security and for your protection. We also use a WordPress security plugin on our website and captcha protection on our contact form.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

City Life Church uses Google Analytics, and Google Analytics uses cookies. You can learn more about Google Analytics at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en&ref_topic=2919631

City Life Church’s retention settings in Google Analytics are set to 26 months.

Please also see aforementioned policies.

Embedded content from other websites

This site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, podcasts, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Please also see aforementioned policies.

 

Who we share your data with

We have added an SSL on to this website for additional security and for your protection. We also use a WordPress security plugin on our website and captcha protection on our contact form.

 

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

We do not sell or share your information for marketing purposes.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

 

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

Our contact information

Email | [email protected]

Phone | 616.260.1477

 

Additional Information

How we protect your data

We have added an SSL on to this website for additional security and for your protection. We also use a WordPress security plugin on our website and captcha protection on our contact form.

What data breach procedures we have in place

Please see above stated.

What third parties we receive data from

Above stated security plugins as relevant for security purposes.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Occasional actions recommended by above stated security plugins as relevant for security purposes.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

N/A