Effective Date:December 14, 2022
Heritage Baptist Church takes the privacy and security of personal information very seriously. As such, we have prepared the following Privacy Policy to provide you with information about how your data is collected, used, shared, transferred, and protected as a result of your interaction with www.hbcjc.org (the “Site”) and the Church Center app (“the App”) (collectively, the “Services”). By using the Services, you agree to the following Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any of the provisions described below, your remedy is to stop using the Services immediately.

Information Collection

Visitors to the Site and users of the App (“Visitors”) can browse without providing personal information.

When you interact with the Services, we may ask you to provide your phone number or email address. It is your decision to use the Services, and, as such, any provision of this personal information is completely voluntary.

In order to access some features of Church Center, you may be required to provide your phone number or email address.

Information Collected Through the App

When you interact with the App, we may also collect some information from your mobile device. Specifically, we may collect:

• Photos
• Precise Geolocation of the mobile device used to operate the App. We will only collect precise geolocation data if you provide your consent to such collection. Please note that if you decline to provide consent to collect geolocation, certain features of the App may not be available to you.

We also collect certain non-personal information such as your browsing history on the Services, the length of time spent on certain pages, the website Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) from the website you were visiting before coming to this Site, which URL you next visit, device type, what browser you are using, Internet service provider, date/time of visit information, operating system, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address.

Information Use

We will use the personal information to:

• provide you with the Services;
• hold your registration for events
• process donations
• respond to your requests; and
• communicate with you.

We will use the non-personal information we collect to:

• conduct statistical analysis of the Site;
• troubleshoot service issues or interruptions;
• update and improve the Site;
• understand the demographics of our users and their browsing habits; and serve you with promotional messages and advertisements, both while you are on the Site and after you leave our Site and continue to browse online.
  
  

Cookies

Cookies are small files that are sent to and stored in your computer by the websites you visit. Cookies are stored in your browser’s file directory. Cookies may be stored only for the time you are in a given site or they may remain stored in your browser for a defined period of time beyond your current session. Cookies work in combination with content within the website itself, to capture and remember information. To learn more about these technologies and how they work, please see www.allaboutcookies.org.

We use cookies and other similar technologies (such as web beacons and pixels) to collect and process non-personal information.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You can review the options available to manage cookies in your browser. One option is to disable, or turn-off, all cookies. If you turn cookies off, you may not be able to browse the Sites. If you disable certain kinds of cookies, some aspects of our Sites may not function properly or as well.

Information Sharing

We may share personal information to the following entities and/or for the following reasons:

• Affiliates/Partners. We may work with our affiliates or partner with other companies in order to provide our Users with additional benefits. In the event that we enter into such a partnership, we may share your personal information with those partners. If we share personal information, we will require that such partners use the personal information for the limited purpose for which we provide it, maintain reasonable security measures for the protection of such information, and comply with the provisions as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
• Law Enforcement. Occasionally we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personal information. We will disclose personal information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, warrant, or other legal process to the extent necessary to meet legal, national security, public interest, or law enforcement obligations. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our Services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.
  
  

Your Choices

You may have choices when it comes to the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information.

Links to Third Party Sites

Heritage Baptist Church is not responsible for the collection, use, or sharing of your personal information once you leave our Site or App and follow a link to any third party website. Please consult each linked website’s privacy policy for a description of how the website collects, uses, and shares your information.Children’s Information

The Services are not intended for children under the age of 13 years old.

Cross-Border Transfer of Data

We are located in the United States. If you are not a resident of the United States, your country’s laws governing data collection and use may differ from those in the United States; in particular, the United States may not provide the same level of protections as those in your own country. By using the Site or providing your personal information to Company, you are transferring your information to the United States, and you consent to the transfer, retention, and processing of such data in the United States. If you do not agree with such transfer, retention and processing in the United States, please do not use the Services.]

Security

We understand the importance of information security and will take reasonable measures to protect the security and confidentiality of your information. Please understand that no measures can guarantee 100% security.You are responsible for the security of your log-on information. Please do not share you log-on password with anyone. If you believe your log-on password has been compromised, please contact us immediately.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. We will post changes directly to this Privacy Policy, so it is your responsibility to check back here from time to time to review this Privacy Policy. If we make a material change in the type of information we collect or its use, we will provide advance notice of such change, and obtain your consent for the new collection or use, as required by law.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the information below.

Heritage Baptist Church
423.926.2139
1512 John Exum Pkwy

Johnson City, TN