Privacy Policy

Last update 13 December 2024

1. Introduction

The Universal Christian Church (the "Church") is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (the "Site") and engage with our services.

2. Data Collection

We may collect and process the following types of information and personal data you enter on our website or provide us in any other way:

Personal identifiable information: Name, surname, email address, telephone number, age, gender, location.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device information.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our Site, including the pages you visit, the time you spend on the Site, and your interactions with our content.
Financial Data: Non-sensitive information related to donations made via the Site.
Sensitive Data: Information about religious beliefs, membership status, participation in church activities, and any prayer requests or personal testimonies shared with us.

3. Data Collection Purposes and Uses

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

To provide and operate the Services;
To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
To improve and personalize your experience on the Site;
To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages if they wish to be contact;
To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we may use to provide and improve our respective services;
To ensure the security and integrity of the Site;
To comply with any applicable laws and regulations and defending our legal rights;
To contact you to notify about your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect voluntary donations, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our Terms and conditions, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

4. Data Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to outside parties except:

Service Providers: Third-party companies and individuals that assist us in operating the Site, conducting our business, or serving our users, as long as these parties agree to keep this information confidential.

Legal Requirements: When disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights, or prevent fraud or other illegal activities.

Church Leadership: To the extent necessary, sensitive data may be shared with church leadership to fulfill spiritual and pastoral responsibilities.

Please note that our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to accomplish our purposes. 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. For more information on how Wix handles data, please refer to their privacy policy at Wix Privacy Policy (https://www.wix.com/about/privacy). Wix may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of the site. Details on how Wix handles cookies can be found in their privacy policy. All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere 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 store and its service providers.

Please note that when you make a donation through the site, your payment information is processed by Stripe. TheUniversal Christian Church does not store your complete payment details. For more information on how Stripe handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy at Stripe Privacy Policy (https://stripe.com/en-it/privacy). We share the necessary payment data with Stripe to process your donation securely. This data sharing is governed by Stripe's privacy and security policies.

5. Data Protection

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal data:

Encryption: We use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online.
Access Control: Access to personal data is restricted to authorized personnel only.
Regular Security Audits: We regularly review our data collection, storage, and processing practices to ensure data security.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your experience and analyze our traffic. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device or computer when you visit our Site. They allow us to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

The is a list of the cookies we use:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Site and enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas.

Analytical and Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are visited most often. This data helps us improve the Site's functionality and performance.

Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences through their settings. You can choose to block or delete cookies, but this may affect your experience on our Site. For more detailed information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit website as All about cookies https://allaboutcookies.org/.

Our Site may also use third-party cookies from service providers like Google Analytics, which help us understand how our visitors use the Site. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

By continuing to use our Site, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. If you do not consent to the use of these cookies, please disable them through your browser settings or refrain from using the Site.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page, and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

For any questions about our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, please contact us at info@universalchristianchurch.org.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Your Rights

You have the following rights concerning your personal data:

Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Correction: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal obligations.
Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data under certain circumstances.
Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your data based on our legitimate interests.
Data Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your data to another organization or directly to you.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@universalchristianchurch.org.

9. Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any sites you visit.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, please contact us at: info@universalchristianchurch.org.