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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: [Insert date]

Cave Spring Baptist Church (“Church”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information when you visit our website https://www.cavespringbaptist.com/ (the “Site”) or otherwise engage with us.

1. Information We Collect

  • Personal Information You Provide: Such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, when you contact us, fill out forms (e.g., prayer requests, contact us, event registration), or subscribe to communications.
  • Non‐Personal / Technical Information: When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain technical info, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and usage details (pages visited, links clicked, time spent on pages, etc.).
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to collect non-personal information, to track use of the Site, improve user experience, and for analytics.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Responding to your inquiries, requests, or communication.
  • Sending you newsletters, event updates, church announcements, or other communications you’ve opted into.
  • Processing registrations for events, classes, or ministry programs.
  • Improving our Site, our services, and your experience.
  • Compliance with legal obligations, protection of rights and safety.

3. Sharing Your Information

We will not sell or rent your personal information. We may share information:

  • With trusted third-party service providers who assist us with website hosting, data storage, email delivery, analytics, or similar functions, under appropriate confidentiality measures.
  • If required by law, or in response to valid legal request (e.g., subpoena, court order), or to protect the rights, property or safety of the Church, its members, or the public.
  • In the event of any merger, sale, or transfer of all or part of our organization, your information may be among the assets transferred (with required protections).

4. Your Choices

  • Opting Out: You may opt out of receiving email communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in those emails.
  • Access, Correction, Deletion: If you believe any personal information we hold about you is incorrect, or if you want us to delete it, you may contact us and we will take reasonable steps to correct or delete it, as applicable.
  • Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control whether to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. However, some features of the Site may not function properly without cookies.

5. Data Security

We take reasonable measures (administrative, technical, and physical) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Children’s Privacy

If children (under the age of 13, or older if required by local law) submit personal information to us (e.g., via event registration), we require the consent of a parent or guardian, or we ask that the parent or guardian provide the information. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without parental consent.

7. Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to other websites or services not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will revise the “Effective Date” at the top and post the new version here. We recommend that you revisit this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal information, please contact:

Cave Spring Baptist Church
1107 Cave Spring Rd
Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763
Phone: 256-725-4637
Email: cavespringbaptist@gmail.com