Privacy Policy
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At Bloor West Village Baptist Church, transparency in how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information is important to us.
This privacy policy (the “policy”) is intended to inform you about our practices regarding the processing of personal information. We want to inform you of the purposes and methods by which we collect your personal information and how it is stored and used.
If you have any questions regarding this policy or our practices concerning the processing of your personal information, if you wish to receive a copy of your personal data, or if you want your personal data to be deleted, you can reach us at the following contact information:
Personal Information Officer
Rev. Darrel Battle
416-762-3061
bwvbc293@gmail.com
293 South Kingsway Toronto, ON, M6S 3V4
Our website address is: https://www.bloorwestbaptist.ca/
Comments
When you leave a comment on our website, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent, are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.
Transmission of Personal or Confidential Data and Media
If you upload images to the website, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing GPS coordinates in the EXIF data. Visitors to this website can download and extract location data from these images.
Cookies
If you make a booking for a zoom call on our site, you will be offered the option to save your name, email address, and address in cookies. This is only to simplify your life so that you do not have to enter this information again if you book another meeting later. These cookies expire after one year.
If you enter personal information to book a meeting, the data will be entered into our system described below to allow us to follow up with you in the days following your submission request. In the event that no meeting is booked with one of our team members, the data is retained in the same system for an indefinite period, in case you eventually contact us for another meeting.
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 same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, install third-party tracking tools, or track your interactions with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to their website.
With Whom Do We Share Your Data?
We do not share any data with any partners, providers, or others unless we open an account for you with your acceptance.
Where Are Your Data Stored?
We do not retain any PHI (such as social security numbers, health insurance numbers, or credit card numbers), and we encourage our customers never to transmit such data to us. When paying Bloor West Village Baptist Church invoices, your credit card or banking data will temporarily be present on the secure Stripe or PayPal website but never in our environment. As it is often required to have access to it while you are a customer with Bloor West Village Baptist Church, critical personal and professional data is stored in an encrypted digital safe with strong encryption.
Other data of our customers are stored by Bloor West Village Baptist Church with a reliable source, Google Workspace. Google Workspace stores data on encrypted servers in Google data centers. For more information about the solutions we use, please click on one of the following links for a comprehensive overview of their certifications and compliance:
How Long Are Your Data Retained?
As we aim to retain our customers for the long term, data is retained indefinitely. This allows us to provide quick support when requested by our customers. However, this data is stored in our secure solutions.
For users who register on our site, we also retain the personal data provided in their profile. All users can view, modify, or delete their personal information at any time.
What Are Your Rights Regarding Your Data?
If you contact us at bwvbc293@gmail.com, you can request a file containing all the personal data we have about you, including the data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of personal data about you. This does not include data kept for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Facebook and Instagram Lead Forms
Bloor West Village Baptist Church may use Facebook, Instagram, or other social media platforms to share information about our church, services, events, and outreach ministries. When you submit your information through one of our Facebook or Instagram lead forms, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.
We use this information to respond to your inquiry, provide information about our church services and events, follow up with you about a planned visit, answer questions, and communicate with you about church-related matters.
By submitting a lead form, you agree that Bloor West Village Baptist Church may contact you by email, phone, or text message using the information you provide. You may ask us to stop contacting you at any time.
We do not sell your personal information. Information submitted through Facebook or Instagram may also be processed by Meta according to Meta’s own data and privacy policies. We may also use trusted third-party services, such as email, texting, website, or contact-management tools, to help us communicate with you and manage church outreach.
You may contact us at any time to ask what personal information we have about you, request a correction, request deletion, or ask us to stop contacting you.
