Privacy Policy

Information we collect

If you use our contact form, we collect the name, address, phone number, email address, and message you choose to provide.

Our hosting provider automatically logs basic technical information (such as your IP address and browser type) for security and to keep the site running.

How we use your information

We use the details from the contact form solely to respond to your message and, where relevant, to follow up about parish membership or your inquiry.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing.

Spam protection

We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our forms from automated abuse. It may process limited technical data to verify that you are a person, in accordance with Cloudflare’s privacy terms.

Donations

Online donations are processed by PayPal on PayPal’s own secure pages. We never receive or store your card or bank details. Your use of PayPal is governed by PayPal’s privacy policy.

Embedded content

Our Calendar and maps are embedded from Google, and the donation button is provided by PayPal. These third parties may set their own cookies and collect data according to their privacy policies when you interact with them.

Cookies

This website does not use advertising or tracking cookies. Embedded services from PayPal and Google may set their own cookies as described above.

Data retention

We keep contact-form messages only as long as needed to respond to you and to maintain ordinary parish records.

Your choices

To ask what information we hold, to correct it, or to request deletion, contact us at soc.hotsprings@gmail.com or (708) 369-2827.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version is always posted on this page.