Privacy Policy
We are committed to your privacy.
The Archdiocese of Denver and parish understand that you are concerned about protecting your personal information. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy, and will protect your personal information collected by us when you utilize the event registration, subscription, donation and related pages on our website. We thank you for your support and trust.
What information do we collect and what do we use it for?
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us for purposes of event registrations, subscriptions, and donations during your visit to our website. For example, when you register for a special event, we will ask for your name and contact information. Depending on the activity, we may also collect payment information, including standard credit card data.
We also collect personal information that you voluntarily provide for purposes of responding to your inquiries or requests. We use contact information, such as your phone number, solely to communicate important updates, including alerts and event notifications, and to facilitate communication with staff members. You may, from time to time, receive SMS text messages from us. We affirm that your phone number will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes. You may receive SMS messages up to daily, depending on the frequency of your communications with us. You have the right to opt out of receiving SMS messages at any time. To do so, please reply “Stop” to any message you receive or contact us directly through our website. You may receive an SMS message confirming your decision to opt out of further texts. Message and data rates may apply to any SMS messages sent or received. The rates are determined by your carrier and the specifics of your mobile plan. You are responsible for the payment of any such message and data rates.
Further, we may enter your contact information into one of our databases in order to contact you to obtain your input, provide information about our programs and events, or request financial information or volunteer support.
We may collect other information through the use of computer “cookies” to facilitate future visits to our website and to allow our host server to collect minimal behavioral information to help us better serve you. A cookie is a small text file that helps us to recognize repeat visitors, to facilitate a visitor’s ongoing access to and use of a website, track usage behavior, and compile aggregate data so that we may measure interest in and use of our website to deliver and improve website content. Cookie settings may be adjusted by you through your web browser / security software settings. Should you allow computer cookies from our website, know that these are simple text files that are stored on a visitor’s computer and are not executable files or viruses. No personal information is gathered through cookies. Should you choose to deny the use of cookies, it is possible that you may lose some website functionality.
How is information collected?
Electronic collection of personal information by us shall be performed through your voluntary interaction with our website. We will never electronically request personal information from you outside of our website pages, and will never send you an email requesting that you provide personal information. Any electronic request from us for personal information will take place within the website pages during your visit. If you receive an email requesting your personal information that purports to be from us, please do not respond and report this misuse to us.
What about the security of my personal information, information sharing, and storage?
Except for payment information which is never stored by us (see below), the personal information collected from you will never be sold, traded, shared or otherwise transferred to anyone else by us without you giving your explicit approval at the time of collection. In some instances, we may share your personal information with our vendors and service providers, but only to the extent we have contracted with them to assist us with our events and programs. These vendors and service providers will not be authorized to utilize your personal information for any other purposes.
When you provide payment information, such as credit card data, this type of personal information is never stored by us on our website or elsewhere, but is processed by a third party financial institution with whom we contract through its secure servers which meet industry standard security protocols that include encryption, access controls, network firewalls, physical security and related measures. Exercise caution when visiting other websites.
At times, our website includes links to other websites we feel may be of interest to our visitors. When you leave our website, your choice to provide personal information to any other website is governed by its policies. Links are provided by us solely for information and research purposes and do not constitute an endorsement of any products, services or the information found on them.
Contact
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the website, to receive further information regarding use of the website or this Privacy Policy, or if you need assistance regarding SMS communications, please contact us at the address and email through the website.