Privacy
Smart Church Management (SCM) is committed to providing a resource for information to help your nonprofit or church develop and grow. If you subscribe to the SCM newsletter, or the RSS Feed, SCM will not sell your email address to third parties or spam you. If you choose to unsubscribe you can do so by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the article.
Your privacy is very important to SCM so we want to help you understand how SCM will use, collect, communicate, disclose and use personal information. We will not sell, rent, lease or give away any of your personal information.
Please read the following privacy policy prior to using or submitting any personal information to this site. By using this site you accept the practices of SCM as described below:
Before we collect personal information we will make you aware of the purpose of collecting that information.
Personal information will be used solely for fulfilling the purposes we have specified for collecting information, unless we obtain the consent of the individual, or as the law requires.
Personal information will only be retained as long as needed to fulfill the purposes it was collected.
SCM will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, with the consent or knowledge of the individual concerned, when appropriate.
Personal data will only be collected if it is relevant for the purpose for which it will be used and as necessary for those purposes. Data should be accurate, up-to-date and complete.
SCM will protect personal information against theft, loss, unauthorized access, copying, disclosure, use or modifications by reasonable security safeguards.
SCM policies and practices, as they relate to the management of personal information, will be made available to customers.
Cookie/Tracking Technology
SCM may use tracking technology and cookies which are used to gather information such as operating system and browser type, tracking visitors to the site, and helping to understand how the site is used by visitors. A visitor’s personal information cannot be collected by cookies or other tracking technology but if a user previously provided personal information, cookies may be tied to that information. Third parties, like our advertisers, may use cookies to collect information while serving ads to a visitor. Most browsers accept cookies automatically but there is usually an option to modify the browser settings to decline cookies. Google is a third party vendor who uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google uses the DART cookie that enables it to serve ads to users based on visits to SCM and other internet sites. Users have the option to opt out of the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Third Party Information Collection
SCM may allow third-parties that use cookies, pixels or other tracking technologies to record IP information about users who visit SCM website. SCM does not provide any personal information to third parties. The information allows third parties to target advertising and gauge the effectiveness of ads. Some of these third-parties may be part of advertising networks and members of the Network Advertising Initiative. NAI offers a single location to opt out of targeting ads from member companies.
Distribution of Information
SCM does not share personal information to any third parties for marketing purposes. However, SCM may share information with relevant government agencies or other companies that may be assisting SCM in investigations or fraud prevention. SCM may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; (2) trying to prevent potential fraud or unauthorized transaction; (3) a fraud that has already taken place or is being investigated.
Data Security Commitment
SCM is committed to keeping personal identifiable information secure. Only authorized SCM employees will have access to personal information with an agreement to keep information secure and confidential. Emails and newsletters from SCM allow you to opt out.
Email Subscriptions and RSS
SCM collects information about how visitors access SCM RSS feeds but SCM does not collect any personal information about our RSS subscribers. SCM’s feed services collect email addresses of visitors that subscribe to SCM feed via email. Information about subscribers to SCM’s feed is kept in strict confidence. SCM will not release or disclose any subscriber information unless required by law. Aggregated information that is stripped of personal information may be disclosed.
Comments
All comments submitted to SCM are the sole responsibility of the commenter. SCM reserves the right to edit or remove comments at our discretion. Commenting site URLs are published with the comments. Email addresses are required to submit comments, however, email addresses will not be disclosed unless the commenter enters their email address in the comment box along with the box labeled for email addresses. SCM reserves the right to delete comments at our sole discretion that are not beneficial to SCM readership. This includes self promotion, harassment, span, threats, profanity or any sort.
External Links
SCM website contains links to other sites not owned by SCM. SCM cannot control how personal information is used on other websites. Users should consult the privacy policies of the linked websites to see how personal information is used.
Privacy Policy Information Contact
Question, concerns or comments about SCM privacy policy should be directed to our contact page. SCM reserves the right to change this policy as deemed necessary. Readers are encouraged to review SCM privacy policy when visiting the SCM website to make sure you understand how provided personal information will be used.