We respect our website visitors and understand that you are concerned about privacy. 

Lighthouse Church 

(collectively, “Lighthouse Church,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) have instituted policies intended to ensure that your personal information is handled securely and responsibly.  We have posted this Privacy Policy to let you know what kind of information we collect, how it is handled, and with whom it may be shared.

This Privacy Policy may change as we continue to develop our websites, applications, and online services or programs, so we encourage you to refer to this Privacy Policy on an ongoing basis, so that you understand our current Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at admin@gotolighthouse.org

OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we are providing this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This policy is applicable to this website and other affiliated domains (sites) produced and maintained by Lighthouse Church. By visiting our sites, you are accepting, without modification, this privacy policy.

GENERALLY, INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND STORE

The information we collect and store depends almost entirely on how you choose to make use of our sites and their related features and services. Activities that result in collection of information include event registrations, online purchases, donations and information requests.

We collect and store information that you enter into our sites utilizing various online forms. This information may include name, email address, mailing address, phone number and some additional information.

We do not store sensitive information from our visitors such as credit card numbers.

HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED

Any information that you provide to Lighthouse Church or that is obtained through this web site may be used for church purposes. Lighthouse Church will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to commercial entities. Lighthouse Church may disclose personal information to our employees, independent contractors, consultants, ministry partners or service providers if the disclosure will enable any of these entities to perform ministry-related tasks on behalf of Lighthouse Church.

Demographic information submitted by users of our sites is entered into our church database system.

Email Address: If you submit your email address to us, we will assume that you want to receive communications from us regarding ministry news and events. We do not sell, share or otherwise distribute your email address. You have the right to opt out of communication via email at anytime by emailing admin@gotolighthouse.org or use the unsubscribe link on the bottom of our email messages.

Postal Address: If you supply us with your postal address, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information about the ministry of Lighthouse Church. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please email the admin@gotolighthouse.org

Site Traffic Data: In addition to information provided by our visitors, we track site visits using normal Internet tracking tools. This information is used for reporting purposes only and includes information such as total number of visits, most visited pages, peak traffic times, browser versions, search terms used and average duration of visit. The information we collect from this site traffic helps us to make the site easier to navigate and to improve your experience on our websites. We do not share or distribute any specific customer site traffic data to any other parties.

We collect an IP address from all visitors to our sites. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. This information helps us diagnose problems with our server, analyze trends, track users’ movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have placed appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and believe these faculties to be secure to the best of our knowledge and ability. Lighthouse Church does not store credit card information.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

We strive to maintain the security of information collected on our websites, and we utilize a variety of security measures to do so.  Of course, there is always some risk in transmitting information electronically.  As we deem appropriate, we use security measures consistent with industry standards. However, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you understand that any information you transmit to us is done at your own risk.

Any credit card or bank account information you provide through one of our websites will not be stored on our servers, and is instead passed directly to our payment processor.  

COOKIES AND SPYWARE

Cookies are pieces of information that some Web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web site and are used for record-keeping purposes. Use of cookies makes Internet use easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords and your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website. 

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart and to understand and save your preferences for future visits.  The majority of web browsers accept cookies and similar files, but you can usually change the browser settings to prevent this.  Visit your browser or device’s help section to determine whether these settings are available.  Please note that we may not recognize or respond to browser or device signals around tracking, and some browser or device settings may interfere with your use of features on our websites.  Please also visit www.allaboutcookies.org for more information about cookies and how to disable them.  

PHOTOGRAPHS USED ON OUR SITES

When using photos of Lighthouse Church events online, either directly on the website or in our photo albums we use the following guidelines:

• Including photos on our website is a privilege for us, and we intend to respect and honor it.
• Automatic approval for publication on the website of pictures of adults or minors participating in church activities is assumed.
• Photos are almost always of people in public spaces, at public events.
• We try not to post anything that would be embarrassing, objectionable or hurtful to anyone in the photo.
• Applying other parts of our general privacy policy, we don’t use names of children, youth or adults as captions with photos though we may use an adult’s name if a photo is related to a news story about that adult and we have that adult’s permission.

We will gladly provide credit for who took a particular photo if desired by the photographer, and we would certainly honor any copyright wishes or restrictions.

Requests by individuals for removal of specific pictures of themselves, or of parents or guardians for removal of specific pictures of their minor children will always be honored immediately upon request. Email admin@gotolighthouse.org with your request to remove a particular photo – include the location of the photo.

Individuals may file with the church office a blanket denial of permission for publication of pictures of themselves or of their minor children or wards.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. It is our current policy not to knowingly collect personal information from any person under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without their consent, he or she should contact us by sending us an email at admin@gotolighthouse.org.  If at any time a parent or guardian wishes to access, correct, delete, or control the disclosure of personal information provided by his or her child, he or she should contact us by sending us an email. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will strive to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.

If you are under 18 years of age and live in California, you have the right to request removal of content posted by you to our websites.  Upon receipt of a fully completed removal request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove content posted by you from our websites. Any such request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of your posted content. For example, your posted content may continue to appear on Lighthouse Church’s website if it has been reposted by others. Additionally, while Lighthouse Church will remove the content you posted from our websites, it may continue to be stored on our servers (although it will not be visible to other users of our websites).   

THIRD-PARTY SITES

Our Site may contain links to other websites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus or other social media services for which www.gotolighthouse.org has implemented “plug-ins.” A link to a third party’s website does not mean that we endorse it or that we are affiliated with it. We do not exercise control over third-party websites. You access such third-party websites or content at your own risk. You should always read the privacy policy of a third-party website before providing any information to the website.

GOVERNING LAW/ASSIGNMENT

This policy shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, excluding its laws relating to conflicts of law. U.S. law shall govern in any and all disputes, including privacy or defamation issues or otherwise. Any actions pertaining to this privacy policy or website usage shall be venued in the County of San Diego.

WHO DO I TALK TO IF I HAVE QUESTIONS OR A REQUEST?

If you have any questions or concerns about the online privacy statement for this site or its implementation or would like to request your data to be removed from our database, you may contact us at admin@gotolighthouse.org.

CALIFONIA RESIDENTS

Residents of the State of California have the right to request a list of all third parties to which we have disclosed certain information during the preceding year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.  However, it is our policy to neither disclose personal information nor to sell such information to third parties for direct marketing purposes without your consent. 

TERMS OF SERVICE

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and Lighthouse Church (“we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the www.gotolighthouse.org website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with all of these Terms of Use, then you are expressly prohibited from using the Site and must discontinue use immediately.

In addition, Lighthouse Church  reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Upon making these changes, we will revise the update date at the bottom of this page. We encourage users to check this page frequently in order to be aware of any changes made and to stay informed about updates.

This Privacy Policy was last modified on [Feb 28, 2024]