Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 02, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party.
  • Company refers to Covenant UCC, 1130 EAST 154TH STREET.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website.
  • Country refers to Illinois, United States.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service.
  • Personal Data or Personal Information is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Website refers to Covenant United Church of Christ, accessible from covucc.org.
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service.

Mobile opt-in data will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies We use include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

Where required by law, we use non-essential cookies only with Your consent. You can withdraw or change Your consent at any time using Our cookie preferences tool, if available, or through Your browser/device settings.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service.
  • To manage Your Account.
  • For the performance of a contract.
  • To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of communication.
  • To provide You with news, special offers, and general information unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests.
  • For business transfers.
  • For other purposes such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, and improving Our Service.

Sharing Your Personal Data

We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers.
  • For business transfers.
  • With Affiliates.
  • With business partners.
  • With other users, if public areas are available.
  • With Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and/or reduce identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data.

Account Information

User Accounts are retained for the duration of your account relationship plus up to 24 months after account closure.

Customer Support Data

Support tickets and correspondence may be retained up to 24 months from the date of ticket closure.

Chat transcripts may be retained up to 24 months for quality assurance and staff training purposes.

Usage Data

Website analytics data and server logs may be retained up to 24 months from the date of collection.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Where required by applicable law, We will ensure that international transfers of Your Personal Data are subject to appropriate safeguards.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, or by contacting Us.

Please note that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, prevent wrongdoing, protect users or the public, or protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

While We strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.

You can opt out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16.

If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

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