Privacy
Elevation's Privacy Policy
Introduction
Elevation is pleased that you have chosen to visit our web site. We hope that
you will be blessed in some special way each time that you visit. We invite you
and your family to participate in one or more of the worship, fellowship and
outreach activities that are a part of the Elevation experience. You are
especially invited to join us in one of our regular Church services. The people
of Elevation that are a part of these activities described on our web site will
enrich your life in many wonderful ways.
Elevation Looks Out For Maintaining Your Privacy
The people of Elevation will always respect and protect your privacy. When you
visit with us here, we will collect information that will be helpful to us in
our outreach to you, and to the community as a whole. Included in this
collection is aggregate information, which includes the nature of your computer
operating system, your browsing patterns and certain other general statistical
information about your computer use. Your personally identifiable information is
also collected once you voluntarily provide it to us, and this can include your
name, address, email address, telephone, credit card information, and purchasing
preferences. Furthermore, in order to customize our web site to best suit your
needs, we may place a "cookie" on your computer so that we can
recognize you as soon as begin your visit. We are providing you with specific
information on this aspect of our web site's operation, as well as other
features, in the paragraphs that follow so that you will be fully informed. If
at any time you have questions or comments regarding any aspect of Elevation's
web site or our built-in information collecting practices, please contact Elevation's
Senior Administrator through our Church Office.
The Two Types of Information That Elevation Collects
As described briefly above, the information that a visit to this web site will
provide to Elevation falls into two categories; [1] aggregate information, and
[2] personally identifiable information. As will be apparent, the aggregate
information does not identify you, and may as an example, give us statistical
information concerning which pages of our web site, you visit the most. This
helps us pattern our web site to best suit the majority of the users, and thus
makes our outreach to church members, and visitors alike, more helpful. The
personally identifiable information is, as set forth above, the more detailed
data that you voluntarily provide to us. For example, we hope you will be taking
advantage of the web site by registering on-line for certain activities and
events, and in some instances provide debit card payment for travel expenses,
purchase of items offered to members and the like. In addition to the personal
information as to name, address, membership, email address and similar personal
data, your billing and shipping information will become part of the Elevation
records. In addition, we may combine information with other information that we
have from other sources. Elevation does not share with third parties any
personally identifiable information that we have collected, except as needed to
complete any voluntary debit card transaction initiated by you. It is used
solely to provide service and information to you and your family. We may
disclose aggregate information to responsible parties for such uses as compiling
church statistics and outreach purposes. Elevation may be required to disclose
personally identifiable information when required to comply with relevant laws
or legal proceedings, but this will be done only with your express permission,
or to comply with an enforceable legal subpoena, court order or administrative
order. Elevation will at all times abide by federal and state laws and
regulations with regard to all information collected from our web site.
Chat Rooms and Message Boards, and the Like
Elevation may offer additional services on its web site to its members, and as
an outreach to the community in general, in the nature of chat rooms, message
boards and similar discussion forums. Any information that is provided by the
user of the web site in any of these forums, is considered to be dedicated to
the public, and is not in any way sanctioned by or protected by Elevation.
Furthermore, Elevation reserves the right to control the nature and quality of
the discussions by withdrawing such forums at any time without notice.
Security Systems Protect Web Site Users
Elevation has put in place sophisticated security systems designed to prevent
unauthorized disclosure or use of information that you provide to us. As a part
of these systems, all exchanges of personally identifiable information, such as
debit card number, expiration date, owner name and address, are conducted using
a Secure Socket Layer [SSL] connection. This provides state-of-the-art security
as the information is transmitted to us. Despite all of our efforts to prevent a
breach by hackers or other outsiders, it is remotely possible for our security
systems to be compromised, and in this unlikely event, we will attempt to notify
you as soon as possible. Furthermore, we will provide assistance in recovery of
any losses, but limited to providing technical information and reasonable
testimony regarding the incident. Due to the nature of Internet communications
and the evolving technologies designed by hackers to breach security systems, Elevation
does not insure against any related losses, monetary or otherwise, and
specifically disclaims any such warranty.
Cookies and Their Use Relative to Our Web Site
Cookies are placed on your computer so that information about you can be
accessed though feedback from your computer. With respect to our web site, Elevation
uses these bits of computer code to collect primarily aggregate information so
that we can better customize the content to your preferences. We do not use
cookies to obtain aggregate or personally identifiable information before or
after you log off from our web site. Most recently manufactured computers are
set to receive cookies. In the event that you prefer that Elevation not be
provided with information through this process, we suggest that you set your
computer to block their reception through accessing your browser's preferences
menu and follow the instructions.
Links to Other Sites and Security
Elevation may provide links to other web sites for your convenience. Some of
these sites may in some manner resemble Elevation's site, so that caution should
be used. When considering any activity related to these linked sites, keep in
mind that these third parties are not bound by Elevation's Privacy Policy and
are not protected by its security systems. Elevation disclaims responsibility
for any actions with regard to these third parties, and does not express an
opinion as to the efficacy of their privacy policies or their security systems.
Data From Children
The Elevation web site is not directed to children, and we will not request or
accept personally identifiable information from any person that we know is under
the age of 13. Elevation will accept personally identifiable information from
such children if we have verifiable consent from the responsible parent. If
consent is to be granted, a signed
parental consent form from this web site must be completed and put on
record with the Senior Administrator in the Church Office. (The free Adobe
Acrobat Reader is required to read and print this file, which is in the PDF
format - it may be downloaded here).
It should be mailed to the address given in the instructions. In the event that
you want to put on record that consent is withheld until further notice, a
simple email statement can be forwarded by the email link to the Senior
Administrator. All of requirements and limitations that attach to adult
users, also apply to all children. In the event that an under age child does
without our knowledge provide us with information, then we will delete this
information, in accordance with our established change policy, set forth below.
Changes to the Information and Privacy Policy
We will honor at any time your reasonable request to update, correct, delete or
opt out completely with respect to any personally identifiable information.
Accordingly, to the extent your request does not compromise our privacy policy,
we will provide the information to you for any of these purposes, and provide
you with confirmation that the change has been made in accordance with our best
efforts. With respect to the Privacy Policy itself, Elevation reserves the right
to change it from time to time. In order to keep current as to the Policy, it is
the user's obligation to check on a regular basis. Any substantial changes will
be posted on this web site at least 30 days prior to implementation for
comments. In the event that changes are made, only new information collected
after the implementation date will be subject to those revisions.
Your Consent and Questions/Comments
By the act of using this web site, you consent to our collection and use of
information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In the event you do not
agree with some, or all, of the terms, please refrain from visiting our web site
and/or providing any personally identifiable information, as the case may be.
Any questions or comments should be directed to the Senior Administrator at the
Church Office; (859) 269-2800, ext. 227.
