St. John Lutheran Church of Amherst – Privacy Statement
St. John Lutheran Church of Amherst (stjohnamherstny.org and/or start-church.org) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our solemn and firm commitment to your privacy. In using our site, we want to provide a safe, secure experience. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the stjohnamherstny.org and/or start-church.org website.
Information Collection & Use
St. John Lutheran Church of Amherst is the sole proprietor of the information collected on this site. We will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others. We will not ask site users to provide demographic information or any other unique identifiers. We use no “Cookies” (pieces of information that some Web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites). Our Site is not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under eighteen years of age.
In an effort to better serve our congregation, we are collecting contact information from our members to update a membership directory. This information will not be made publically available on the internet.
We may use information gathered via our Site to improve our web-based services. We periodically perform statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of various areas on our website and to use such information to improve on our website's ability to serve you better.
IP Addresses
Our Site automatically collects an IP address from all visitors to our Site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our Sites, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the Sites, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. St. John Lutheran Church of Amherst is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by our website, stjohnamherstny.org and/or start-church.org.
Choice/Opt Out
St. John Lutheran Church of Amherst provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us. We may occasionally send information to our mailing list to serve the communication needs of our congregation. This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database or to cease or restrict future electronic communications:
- Send email to: webmaster@stjohnamherstny.org.
- Send mail to the following postal address: Pastor Serena Mollenkopf-Grill, St. John Lutheran Church, 6540 Main Street, Williamsville, NY 14221.
- Call: Pastor Serena Mollenkopf-Grill (716) 632-6557.
Privacy Commitment Changes
Should we decide to change our privacy commitment for stjohnamherstny.org and/or start-church.org, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about St. John Lutheran Church of Amherst’s privacy commitment, please feel free to e-mail us at: webmaster@stjohnamherstny.org or call: Pastor Serena Mollenkopf-Grill (716) 632-6557.