Privacy Policy & Cookies
Privacy Policy
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This website and our privacy policy were last updated to ensure compliance with CCDA and GDPR, on December 20, 2024.
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The type of information we collect.
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, via our Wix platform, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; and computer and connection information. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We may also collect personally identifiable information (including name and email) to allow you to subscribe to emailed newsletters and updates on activities, services, and programs.
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When you make a donation to Foothills via this website, a third-party service provider, CDM+ Engage / Suran Systems, securely collects information provided by you, including your name, address, email, credit or debit card information or financial institution information. This service adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our church and its service provider.
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How we collect information.
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When you subscribe to our monthly newsletter and other emails on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reason stated above only. We do not share or sell this information to anyone else.
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When you make a donation to Foothills via this website, a third-party service provider, CDM+ Engage / Suran Systems, collects information provided by you, including your name, address, email, credit or debit card information or financial institution information. This information is not shared with or sold to anyone else.
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Why we collect personal information.
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We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:
1. To provide and operate the website;
2. To be able to contact our Users and Guests and provide them with information about our church;
3. To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we may use to provide and improve our website;
4. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
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How we store, use, share and disclose your personal information.
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This website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to share information about our church with you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
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Donations to Foothills are processed by a third-party service provider: CDM+ Engage / Suran Systems. This donation gateway adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our church and its service provider.
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How we communicate with you.
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If you have provided us with your name and email, we will send you monthly, weekly, and occasional emails with information about Foothills services, programs, and events. If you have donated to Foothills, you will also receive an annual giving statement summary via postal mail, or email if that is your preference.
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Cookies and other tracking tools.
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a website user's - or visitor's - browser. They are typically used to keep track of the settings users have selected and actions they have taken on a website.
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In accordance with data privacy regulations, we inform our website visitors that we are using cookies on our site.
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This website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix uses cookies for important reasons, such as:
• To provide a positive and engaging experience for our website visitors and users.
• To identify users who may be registered to our site (we currently do not register site users).
• To monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform.
• To ensure the Wix platform is secure and safe to use.
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Types of cookies used on this Wix website.
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The cookies placed on this Wix website may be categorized as essential cookies. Essential cookies are the cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of this website. Foothills Congregational Church does not add other cookies, or any codes, components, or third-party applications that require us to include other types of cookies.
Specific cookies on this website include:
Cookie Name / Purpose / Duration / Type
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XSRF-TOKEN / Cookie for fraud detection and calls / Session / Essential
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hs / Security cookie for hive (legacy) / Session / Essential
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svSession / Session cookie for identification / 6 months / Essential
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SSR-caching / Performance cookie for rendering / 24 hours / Essential
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TS* / Cookie for attack detection / Session / Essential
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bSession / Used for system effectiveness measurement / 24 hours / Essential
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fedops.logger.sessionId / Tracking session errors and issues (resilience) / 12 months / Essential
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_wixAB3|* / Cookie for site experiments / 6 months / Essential
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server-session-bind / Cookie for API protection / Session / Essential
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client-session-bind / Cookie for API protection / Session / Essential
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Learn more about cookies.
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A good source of information is: All About Cookies.
Access and manage cookie settings.
The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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For questions and support, please contact us at info@foothills-church.org, or (650) 282-7718.