The Ecumenical Church of Light values your support and we are committed to protecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy will help you understand how we collect and use personal information such as name, telephone number, address, email address or any other information provided to us by our supporters or visitors who visit our website or make use of our online forms and what we will and will not do with the information we collect. Please read this policy carefully.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
When you visit our website, we collect some non-identifying basic information, such as pages viewed. We use this aggregate information to improve our website and your experience on our website.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Donations made online to us are processed through a secure connection. When you make a donation online, we ask for your name, address, phone, e-mail address and credit card information. We use your credit card number and address to process your donation(s) and to verify credit card data. We use your mailing address or email address to send you tax-deductible receipts. Your phone number is used to contact you if we need to verify your donation information.
In addition to this, we may also use your information in other ways, such as to contact you about the Ecumenical Church of Light’s activities and/or fundraising campaigns. We may also use the Personal Information that you provide to contact you offline.
The Ecumenical Church of Light may use Third-Party vendors to provide services on this website and offline. The information you submit on this site may be provided to these third-party vendors on a confidential basis so that those vendors may provide services, such as mailing, sending email messages and/or facilitating fundraising efforts on our behalf.
The Ecumenical Church of Light does not share your information with other organizations. The only mailing list that your name will be added to is our own. We do not list addresses or other contact info. If, at any time, you wish to have your name removed from our mailing list or prefer not to have your name included, please contact us at (808) 325-5268 or email us at ecol.hi@gmail.com and we will honor your request.
The Ecumenical Church of Light does not provide, sell, trade, distribute or rent your personal information to anyone outside of the organization.
How do you contact us regarding your information?
Please call (808) 325-5268 or email us at ecol.hi@gmail.com with any other questions or concerns.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Online Security: Donations
All data and processing of online donations are encrypted and transmitted via a secure Internet connection and are processed using Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI)-compliant methods.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Information about Children
The Ecumenical Church of Light’s website is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. The Ecumenical Church of Light does not knowingly collect any Personal Information from anyone or about a child without consent from the child’s parent(s) or guardian(s). We do not knowingly mail any fundraising solicitations to minors.
External Links
Links to other websites do not imply endorsement of the content of those websites. Links provided are there as a convenience to the user. The Ecumenical Church of Light is not responsible for the materials or content contained on any website linked to this site. Furthermore, the Ecumenical Church of Light is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Please review the Privacy Policy of any outside site you visit. We do not disclose any Personal Information to those operating linked sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Modification of Privacy Policy
The Ecumenical Church of Light may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
Contact Us
Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website or your dealings with this website, please contact the Ecumenical Church of Light at ecol.hi@gmail.com or mail:
Ecumenical Church of Light, Hawaii
P.O. Box 2652
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745