Thank you for visiting the website of St. Peter’s Jacobite Church (SPJC), Bahrain. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. To assure you of your privacy, we provide this notice to help you understand our commitment to security, what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit our websites, how we may use that information, and how you can correct the information.
Information We Collect
Automatically Collected Anonymous Information
When you visit SPJC website, certain anonymous information about your visit is automatically logged as it is at most websites, which may include information about your IP address, domain name, browser type, mobile device type, access time, and referring website address. This information is not personally identifiable and is only used in aggregate (not in any way that personally identifies you).
Personally Identifiable Information
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is any information about you as an individual that would enable someone to contact you; for example, your name, address, telephone number, or email address. We may ask for such information only if you are a registered member of our church. We will not collect any PII about you unless you provide it. Providing any PII to us is voluntary. If you do not want us to obtain any personally identifiable information about you, do not submit it.
You can visit and browse our websites without revealing any PII, but you may not be able to access certain content, features or services if you are not registered with us.
How We Use This Information
Aggregated information may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about the usage patterns of our visitors to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive..
PII you provide voluntarily may be used to improve the content of our websites, to correspond with you or notify you of the updates/events, shared with the service provider who assist in providing support for the website or mobile application.
SPJC may use PII to provide Internet security and to meet legal requirements. As a result, SPJC reserves the right to cooperate with law enforcement officials in the investigation of alleged unlawful activities committed on or through our websites. SPJC may disclose PII in the course of officially authorized law enforcement investigations or as required to comply with the current judicial proceeding, court order, warrant, or other legal process served on SPJC. Further, in the event of a suspected attempt to deliberately circumvent our websites’ security with the intent to gain unauthorized access or to do physical damage, SPJC may share PII about a suspected intruder with law enforcement officials. SPJC shall have no legal liability for such disclosures. Notwithstanding any of the above, SPJC reserves the right to challenge the validity of any court order, warrant or other legal process, in its sole discretion.
If you choose to post comments to a blog or article, any information you submit may become public. It may become accessible through search engines or, if you sign in using credentials from a third-party social networking service, it may become accessible to users on that service. Unless otherwise noted, we do not limit the distribution of information that you share using these features. SPJC is not responsible for any personal information you choose to make public via these forums, and you agree that such sharing will be deemed to have been permitted by you, not SPJC. If you prefer not to have your information published, do not submit it.
If you choose to submit content for publication, we may publish any information you have provided to us. If you prefer not to have your PII published, do not include it in your submission.
Cookies & Web Beacons
Cookies are a technology that helps us serve you better. Our cookies collect no personally identifiable information. We use cookies to help us know when and how many people visit our websites and to record session information.
Our third party service providers may also use cookies to manage and measure the performance of the site/application.
For example, we may use Google Analytics and Advertising cookies to perform statistical, demographic, interest and to improve relationships. This information is not personally identifiable and is only used in aggregate.
SPJC, our third party service providers or advertisers may use web beacons (clear .gifs) or similar technologies, which are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing the web page. For example, web beacons may be used to count the users who visit a web page.
You have the choice to set your browser to accept all cookies, notify you when a cookie is set, delete cookies periodically, or reject all cookies. Generally, deleting or rejecting cookies also disables web beacons. Please be aware that rejecting all cookies may prevent you from enjoying the full features offered through SPJC’s and other websites. Check the “Help” section of your browser for more information.
Collection of Information by Third Parties
Websites that have links on our websites may collect information directly from you if you click on the links to visit another website. This Privacy Policy applies only to information you provide to us and not to any information you may provide to a third party. Please consult the privacy policy of any other website you visit to know what information they may collect and how they may use it.
Use by Minors
SPJC’s websites and mobile application are for members and general audience, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. Any information collected online by SPJC from children under 18 is used only for the specified purpose only. Please instruct your children to ask you for permission before providing any information to SPJC, and make sure they are following safe online surfing methods.
Our Commitment to Security
SPJC has appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in place at its physical location to help protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of any information you may provide via our websites. We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving your data exchanged with our websites. Please note that no security system is impenetrable. As effective as these measures are, we cannot guarantee the security of our database nor that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet.
Updates to Privacy Policy
From time to time, we might change these privacy policy. We may post any such policy changes on our website to notify you of these changes.
The Privacy Policy posted on this website was updated on or about June 17, 2017.
We welcome your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.
St. Peter’s Jacobite Church
P.O. Box 20417, Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain
