Any and all information shared with Waterfront Ministries' hosts is held in strictest confidence and will not, without the guest's permission, be shared with anyone. The only exceptions to this policy regards when criminal activity is involved, and the threat of physical harm to themself or someone else.

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The remainder of this Privacy Policy applies to the information Waterfront Ministries collects, uses, maintains, and discloses from users to our website, www.waterfrontministries.org (“Site”).  This policy does not apply to information or data about you collected as received outside of this Site except to the extent it is combined with information or data collected by us via the website.

 

What type of information do we collect?

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name and email), comments, feedback.

 

How do we collect information?

When you contact us via our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, email address, and comments. Your personal information will be used by the ministry to contact you only.

 

Why do we collect such personal information?

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

1. To provide and operate the ministry;

2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized ministry-related notices and promotional messages;

4. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

 

How do we store, use, share and disclose your personal information?

This website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. 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. 

 

How do we communicate with our site visitors?

For those of you who complete the Contact information, we may contact you to complete an application via email with personal information regarding your interest in attending one of our hospitality locations, poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our ministry or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, 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.

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How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?

Most websites use one or more third party tools to enhance site performance and user experience. An examples might include Google Analytics to understand website visitors. Most sites also use cookies, which are technical tools that record user behavior to personalize their web experience.  We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our website, to show you personalized content and targeted ads, to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. By browsing our website, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.

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How can our site visitors withdraw their consent?

If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at info@waterfrontministries.org.

 

Privacy policy updates

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. 

 

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at info@waterfrontministries.org or phone us at 865-282-4939.

 

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.