Privacy Policy

Background
The Institute for Local Church Growth (ILCG) understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits Our Site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with your rights and Our obligations under the law.
This Policy applies to Our use of any and all data collected by us in relation to your use of Our Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site;
“Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 11, below;]
“Our Site” means this website, https://www.localchurchgrowth.org
“The United States of America and EU Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015; and]
“We/Us/Our” means The Institute for Local Church Growth whose registered address is 3000 Briarcrest Dr, Ste 600, Bryan, Texas 77802.

2. Information About Us
Our Site, https://www.localchurchgrowth.org is under the conservatorship of The ILCG, whose main address is 3000 Briarcrest Dr, Ste 600, Bryan, Texas 77802.
Scope – What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from Our Site (whether We provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

3. What Data Do We Collect?
Some data will be collected automatically by Our Site (for further details, please see section 11 on Our use of Cookies) other data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it and consent to Us using it for the purposes set out in section 5, for example, when signing up for an Account. Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following data:
– Name
– business/company name
– job title
– contact information such as email addresses and telephone number
– demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests
– financial information such as credit / debit card numbers
– IP address (automatically collected)
– web browser type and version (automatically collected)
– operating system (automatically collected)
– a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on Our Site, and the site you exit to (automatically collected)

4. How Do We Use Your Data?
We use your data to provide the best possible content and resources to help you lead a thriving church. This includes:
– Providing and managing your Account
– Providing and managing your access to Our Site
– Supplying Our resources to you
– Personalizing and tailoring Our resources for you
– Responding to communications from you
– Supplying you with email newsletters, notifications etc. that you have subscribed to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by changing your email preferences following the links at the bottom of emails you receive from us)
– Analyzing your use of Our Site to enable Us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience
– In some cases, the collection of data may be a statutory or contractual requirement, and We will be limited in the products and services We can provide you without your consent for Us to be able to use such data.
– With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email AND/OR telephone AND/OR text message AND/OR mail with information, news and offers on Our products AND/OR services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015.

We will only process your personal data if at least one of the following basis applies:
– you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;
– processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;
– processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
– processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural person;
– processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; and/or processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

5. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
We only keep your data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 5, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it. In any event, We will conduct periodic reviews to ascertain whether we need to keep your data. Your data will be deleted if we no longer need it in accordance with the terms of our Data Retention Policy. Our Data Retention Policies are:
Data security is of great importance to Us, and to protect your data We have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
Notwithstanding the security measures that We take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to Us data via the internet.

6. Do We Share Your Data?
We may contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales and other information. All such data will be anonymized and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as affiliates, partners and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
In certain circumstances We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal information, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of Us.

7. What Happens If Our Organization Changes Hands?
We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our organization and this may involve the transfer of control of all or part of Our organization. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any part of Our organization so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new curator or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the data for the purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in advance and informed of the changes.

8. How Can You Control Your Data?
When you submit information via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. We aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails and at the point of providing your details.

9. Your Right to Withhold Information and Your Right to Withdraw Information After You Have Given it
You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information, see section 12.
You may withdraw your consent for Us to use your personal data as set out in section in 5 at any time by contacting Us using the details set out in section 12, and We will delete Your data from Our systems. However, you acknowledge this may limit Our ability to provide the best possible resources to you.

10. How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Please contact Us for more details at ask@localchurchgrowth.org or using the contact details below in section 12.

11. Cookies
Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. By using Our Site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. We use third party Cookies on Our Site for improving our website experience, providing resources tailored to your interests via email (when you have given consent to receive email from us), and for search engine and social media advertising services. In addition, Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics, which also use Cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyze usage statistics, enabling Us to better understand how people use Our Site.

12. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email atask@localchurchgrowth.org, by telephone on 979-774-4204 or by post at 3000 Briarcrest Dr, Ste 600, Bryan, Texas 77802. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 11, above).

13. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.