Welcome. Grace Fishers is committed to protecting your information by ensuring we remain lawful. Below is the Privacy Policy used by Grace Fishers for our website and mobile application. Please take some time to read through this Policy as it outlines how we will use your personal information.
This Site and all of its content are owned by Grace Fishers. The term "You" refers to the user or visitor of our website and mobile application ("Site").
At Grace Fishers, accessible from gracefishers.church or through our mobile app, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy exists to inform you of how we collect, use, process, and distribute your information. It is important for you to know that we will not use or share your information in any way that is not specified within this Privacy Policy. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via other channels.
Please read this Privacy Policy in order to understand how your information may be obtained and used. Any content that is provided to us by you or is obtained by us from this Site is governed by this Privacy Policy. Please take time to read through this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, as accessing or using any of our Site, whether you have read this Privacy Policy or not, you are fully consenting to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
We may collect and store personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) from you when (1) you register for an event or other services; (2) contact us via email, phone, or other means; (3) submit information related to ministry or ministry service in which you participate, volunteer, or seek information about; (4) make a donation, set up giving, or make a commitment or pledge; (5) log into or interact with our mobile app or request an account with us; (6) applying to work with Grace Fishers; (7) visiting our Site or through third-party cookies; or (8) you otherwise provide us with your personal information.
We may require certain pieces of this information in order to create and maintain a personal account for you or on your behalf. A personal account may be required to enable you to access certain services, ministry environments, or other non-public areas of the Site, or purchase products and services or make a donation on or through the Site. We may request additional information to verify your identity in certain instances. We may use cookies and other available technology to remember your preferences and customized settings, facilitate access to the Site, and verify access to personal accounts.
Our goal in collecting information from you is to ultimately make your experience better as you use our Site or interact with Grace Fishers. Personal Information we collect may include, without limitation, your name, phone number, mailing address, date of birth, marital status, gender, anniversary, username, password, credit card information, and church affiliation, if you submit such information. Any information that you voluntarily provide equates to information that you are giving us consent to use.
Visitors are not required to register with Grace Fishers to access public pages of the Site. However, as part of the standard operation of the Site, Grace Fishers, or third parties, we may collect non-personal information from you including, but not limited to, your browser type, mobile device type, operating system, IP address, and domain name from which you accessed the Site. This information is not personally identifiable and is only used in aggregate (not in any way that personally identifies you). In addition, we may collect information about your browsing behavior, such as the date and time you visit the Site, the areas or pages of the Site that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing the Site, the number of times you return to the Site and other click-stream data.
Grace Fishers may use Google Analytics to generate and view reports regarding demographics and interest in the Site. If you would like to opt out please install an appropriate web browser plugin, extension, or add-on.
We may use cookies to collect the non-personal information described above. A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your browser cache or mobile device for record-keeping purposes. We may also use cookies to: (1) monitor Site usage; (2) provide you with customized content and advertising; (3) conduct research to improve our content and services; and (4) manage the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. You may change your web browser’s settings to adjust your cookie preferences. Please be aware that if you reject or block all cookies you may not be able to use certain features of the Site or take advantage of all our offerings.
We may use the Personal Information and non-personal information we collect from and about you for any of the following purposes: (1) to fulfill your requests for products and services or event registration; (2) to assist Grace Fishers serving you related to a certain ministry service in which you or your child participates; (3) to organize volunteers for particular ministry purposes; (4) to communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, to provide you with updates and other information related to the Site and for marketing and promotional purposes; (5) to personalize your experience on our Site; (6) to process your donations and monetary gifts or pledges; (7) to review and analyze Site usage and operations; (8) to address problems or make improvements with the Site, our ministry, or our products, and services; (9) to protect the security or integrity of the Site and our ministry; (10) to provide you with targeted offers and advertising; (11) to create a mobile account or other account upon your request or action; and (12) register, check you into, and track your attendance at events and services.
We may transfer or otherwise disclose Personal Information and non-personal information collected from and about you to the following entities for the following purposes: (1) to our employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates, consultants, ministry partners, service providers, and suppliers, if the disclosure will enable any of these entities to perform a business, professional, fulfillment, marketing, information technology, or technical support function for us; (2) to our employees, independent contractors, service providers, and suppliers, to fulfill a product or service request or process donations; (3) as necessary if we believe that there has been a violation of the Site Terms of Use (if applicable) or of our rights or the rights of any third party; (4) to respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law; and (5) in the event that ownership or control of Grace Fishers or a portion of our organization changes by transfer, or a portion of its assets are acquired, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
The privacy of communication over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, because the Internet is not a secure medium. You agree that Grace Fishers is not responsible for any harm, loss, or damage you may incur by the sending of personal or confidential information over the Internet by or to Grace Fishers.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party partners, websites, or other applications. Grace Fishers is not responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of information you voluntarily share with third parties or publicly (e.g. commenting on a social media post).
Grace Fishers will not sell your Personal Information, but may provide it to third parties to enable us to provide services to you or enable us to do ministry. Those third parties are required to keep your Personal Information confidential and only use it to provide us and you with their services.
You may be able to access the Site or sign into your personal account through a third-party application (e.g. Facebook). In allowing access through such an application, we may receive certain information (including Personal Information) from the third-party application and disclose certain information to such third-party applications. If you access the Site or your account from a mobile application, you may provide us with geo-location details. You may prevent this disclosure by adjustting the settings on your mobile device.
Grace Fishers's Privacy Policy does not apply to our advertising partners or other third-party partners ("Partners"). Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these Partners for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the Partners of Grace Fishers which we use to provide services to you or do ministry:
Third-party servers or networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective services and links that appear on Grace Fishers, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs and may receive Personal Information when you interact with them. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their services and/or advertising campaigns, provide services and/or analytics to us, and/or to personalize your experience. Grace Fishers has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by Partners. Partners may provide us with Personal Information and/or Anonymous Data when you interact with them, but Grace Fishers has no control over how your Personal Information is stored, collected, or used by them.
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site. Other websites owned or operated by third parties may contain different privacy policies and practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other person, entity, organization, or website to or from which the Site links or is linked. Users are strongly encouraged to read and regularly review posted privacy policies on all websites, whether or not owned by us or affiliated with the site.
Personal Information obtained through this Site is stored internally or through a data management system. We value your safety, so your Personal Information will only be accessed by people who are responsible for gathering, managing or storing it, or who have a legitimate need to access it. (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors, or team members).
It is important to note that we may transfer information internationally. If you are using our website in the European Union, please understand that your Personal Information may be transferred outside of the European Union. By using our Website and providing us with your Personal Information, you are consenting to these transfers exactly as stated within this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to modify the Privacy Policy from time to time, with or without cause or prior notice. We will post all changes to the Privacy Policy on the Site. Changes to the Privacy Policy are effective immediately upon posting. Users are responsible for reviewing the Privacy Policy regularly. Use of the Site indicates your full and complete agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Use of information (including Personal Information) we gather or that is in our possession is subject to the Privacy Policy as in effect at the time of use.
This Privacy Policy and its terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions therein.
Under California’s "Shine the Light" law, California residents who provide Personal Information in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us once a calendar year information about the Personal Information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of Personal Information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared Personal Information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made in 2024 will receive information regarding 2023 sharing activities).
To obtain this information from Grace Fishers please send an email message to info@gracefishers.church with "Request for California Privacy Information" on the subject line and in the body of your message. The requested information, if required by law, will be provided to you via your email.
We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 without the consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian.
A parent or guardian may consent to using our Site or services by a minor. However, we ask that you discuss the risks of sharing personal information on the Internet with your children and require that they refrain from communicating with any third parties or sharing any personal information online or otherwise without the supervision of a parent or guardian. Should you allow your minor child to use our sites or services, you are solely responsible for supervising the minor’s use of the same and assume full responsibility for the processing of any information provided to us by that minor.
Where you associate your minor child’s information with your account (e.g. registering for them for an event or checking them into weekend services), we will assume you consent to our processing of that information in accordance with this policy and other privacy notices and terms we may provide to you from time to time.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child age 13 or under who has provided us with Personal Information and you would like that information removed, please contact us at info@gracefishers.church.
You may access Personal Information you provide to us, or correct or modify such Personal Information, or direct us not to disclose your Personal Information to any third party other than those necessary to complete a transaction you initiate on the Site, those related to a legal proceedings, or those related to a change in control of Grace Fishers or certain of its assets.
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following: (1) to access or request copies of your Personal Information, (2) to request we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete, or (3) to delete or restrict processing of your Personal Information under certain conditions.
We may be unable to delete certain information, depending on your history and continued involvement (e.g. giving history and mailing address if used for tax and accounting purposes, phone number to check you or your family into weekend services or events, email address if you serve with a ministry or are part of a group, etc...). Previously removed information may be added back to your profile if you provide this information again when registering for an event, completing a form, or otherwise provide us with the information.
To make a request, please contact info@gracefishers.church.
Updated December 4, 2023.
