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PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated May 28, 2020

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Valley Family Church (“company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected].

We take your privacy very seriously. This privacy policy explains what information we collect, how we use it and what you can expect in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites or Apps and our services.

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our websites, including www.valleyfamilychurch.org, www.thebasicswithbeth.com, www.valleykidslearningcenter.org, 
www.theboomnetwork.org, www.thebasicsuniversity.com and www.kidamazoostudios.org (“Sites”) and mobile applications (“Apps”).

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.     WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

2.     HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

3.     WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

4.     DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

5.     DO WE USE GOOGLE MAPS?

6.     HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

7.     HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

8.     DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

9.     WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

10.  DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

11.  HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, payment information, and social media login data.  

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering at the Sites or Apps, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Sites or Apps (such as posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Sites or Apps, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

Name and Contact Data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.

Payment Data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions.

Information automatically collected

In Short: Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our Sites or Apps.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Sites or Apps. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Sites or Apps and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Sites or Apps, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

Information collected through our Apps

In Short: We may collect information regarding your geo­location, mobile device, push notifications, when you use our apps.

If you use our Apps, we may also collect the following information:

  • Geo­Location Information. We may request access or permission to track location ­based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our mobile application, to provide location ­based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.

  • Mobile Device Access. We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s bluetooth, calendar, camera, reminders, sms messages, social media accounts, and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.

  • Mobile Device Data. We may automatically collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model and manufacturer), operating system, version information and IP address.

  • Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or the mobile application. If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings.

Information collected from other sources

In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, social media platforms (such as Facebook), as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information (your name, gender, birthday, email, current city, state and country, user identification numbers for your contacts, profile picture URL and any other information that you choose to make public) Íž marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our obligations to you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected via our Sites or Apps for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests (“Business Purposes”), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you (“Contractual”), with your consent (“Consent”), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations (“Legal Reasons”). We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

  • To facilitate account creation and logon process with your Consent. If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account *(such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process. See the section below headed “HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS” for further information.

  • To send administrative information to you for Business Purposes and/or Legal Reasons. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

  • Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Sites or Apps.

  • Deliver targeted advertising to you for our Business Purposes. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.

  • Request Feedback for our Business Purposes. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Sites or Apps.

  • To protect our Sites for Legal Reasons. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Sites or Apps safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).

  • To enable user-­to­-user communications with your Consent. We may use your information in order to enable user-­to-­user communications with each user’s consent.

  • To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for Business Purposes and/or for Legal Reasons.

  • For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Sites or Apps, products, services, marketing and your experience.

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

  • Compliance with Laws. We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

  • Vital Interests and Legal Rights. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

  • With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.

5. DO WE USE GOOGLE MAPS?

In Short: Yes, we use Google Maps for the purpose of providing better service.

This website, mobile application, or Facebook application uses Google Maps APIs. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here. To better understand Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.  

By using our Maps API Implementation, you agree to be bound by Google’s Terms of Service. You agree to allow us to obtain or cache your location. You may revoke your consent at any time. We use information about location in conjunction with data from other data providers.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements).  No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Sites or Apps is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Sites or Apps, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Sites or Apps. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

9. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.  

If you are a resident of the European Union, you have right to correct the personal data we have in our possession regarding you or to ask us to delete it.  You also have the right to provide or withhold your consent before we use your personal data for a purpose other than the purpose for which you provided it.

Technology Providers

Valley Family Church contracts with several technology providers in order to deliver the best possible online experience to visitors. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Privacy Policies of these providers by following the links below:

Church Community Builder: https://www.churchcommunitybuilder.com/privacy-policy/

Planning Center: https://planning.center/privacy/

Church Online Platform: http://churchonlineplatform.com/privacy

SecureGive (Vision Platform): https://valleyfamilychurch.securegive.com/SG/WebOnline/Home/Terms

SecureGive Mobile: https://app.securegive.com/terms

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-policy?lg=en_US

Mailchimp: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us

Stripe: https://stripe.com/us/privacy

JotForm: https://www.jotform.com/privacy/

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Subsplash: https://www.subsplash.com/legal/privacy

Kajabi: https://newkajabi.com/policies/privacy/

Authorize.net: https://www.authorize.net/about-us/privacy/

Worldpay: https://www.worldpay.com/uk/worldpay-privacy-notice

EpicPay: http://epicpay.com/?q=node/31#overlay-context=node/127%3Fq%3Dnode/127

Squarespace: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/privacy-policy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Text In Church: https://textinchurch.com/privacy_policy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 iTunes: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy

Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/privacy-policy

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy

Schedugram: https://skedsocial.com/privacy-policy

Simpletexting.com: https://simpletexting.com/privacy-policy

MicahTek: https://www.micahtek.com/privacy-policy

Zapier: https://zapier.com/privacy

Liberated Syndication: https://libsyn.com/tos-policies/privacy-policy

Media Fusion: https://www.fusiononline.com/privacy

One Stream Live: https://onestream.live/privacy.html

Sermon.net: https://sermon.net/for-the-ministry/privacy-policy

Wix: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

Promotions
We may run promotions on our websites that require submission of personally identifiable information by participants. We may use the information collected in the aggregate so we can determine, for example, how many visitors to our website participated in the promotion. Promotions are subject to change without notice.

Disclaimer of Reliability
We make no representations or warranties regarding the condition or functionality of this website, its suitability for use, or that this web service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Disclaimer of Damages
By using our website, you assume all risks associated with the use of the site, including any risk to your computer, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file that might be transmitted or activated via our website or your access to it. We shall not be liable for any damages of any kind (general, special, incidental or consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits) resulting from the use or misuse of the information contained in our website.

Copyrights and Trademarks
Copyright (c) 2020 Valley Family Church All Rights Reserved
All material on this website is copyrighted by Valley Family Church, except for some material that is copyrighted by others and used here by permission. Copyrighted material may not be copied, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without the written permission of the copyright holder. This site also contains some trademarks, which may not be appropriated by persons other than the trademark owner and may not be used contrary to trademark law. If you wish to request permission to use materials in a manner otherwise prohibited herein, please send an email to: [email protected] or contact us via telephone at (269) 324-5599.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

  • Contact us using the contact information provided.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, and/or comply with legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Sites or Apps.

Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we will still need to send you service-­related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account. To otherwise opt­-out, you may:

  • Access your account settings and update preferences.

10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.  

11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at [email protected] or by post to:

Valley Family Church  
2500 Vincent Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49024
United States