Effective Date: June 25, 2026
Chapel on the Hill respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit chapelonthehillatroseland.org, contact us, plan a visit, register for an event, submit a prayer request, make a donation, or otherwise interact with our church online.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We May Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide through our website, including:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address
- Information submitted through a “Plan Your Visit” form
- Event registration information
- Prayer requests or messages sent to the church
- Volunteer or membership information
- Donation information
- Any other information you choose to provide
Please avoid submitting highly sensitive personal, medical, financial, or confidential information through general contact forms.
2. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This may include:
- Your Internet Protocol address
- Browser and device type
- General geographic area
- Pages visited
- Time spent on the website
- Referring website or advertisement
- Date and time of your visit
- Interactions with website buttons, forms, or links
This information helps us understand how visitors use the website and how we can improve it.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect to:
- Respond to questions and messages
- Help you plan your first visit
- Provide information about Sunday services
- Register you for church events or activities
- Communicate about programs, announcements, and upcoming events
- Respond to prayer requests
- Coordinate volunteers and church activities
- Process donations
- Maintain the security and operation of the website
- Improve our website, outreach, and communications
- Measure the effectiveness of local advertising
- Comply with legal requirements
We will only use your information for legitimate church, administrative, communication, security, and outreach purposes.
4. Plan Your Visit and Follow-Up Communications
When you complete a “Plan Your Visit” form, we may use the information you provide to contact you before or after the service. This may include answering your questions, helping you know what to expect, introducing you to someone from the church, and making your first visit feel more comfortable.
Depending on the communication preferences you select, we may contact you by telephone, email, or text message. Message and data rates may apply to text messages. You may ask us to stop contacting you at any time.
5. Email and Text Communications
When you provide your contact information and request church updates, we may send you information about services, events, programs, or church news.
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe option in the message or by contacting us directly. You may opt out of text messages by replying STOP or contacting the church.
We may still send necessary administrative messages relating to an event registration, donation, request, or service you initiated.
6. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, understand website traffic, improve performance, and measure how visitors interact with our content.
We may also use third-party analytics services that collect information about website activity. Depending on the website platform and services installed, these providers may place their own cookies on your device.
You may be able to block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect how certain parts of the website function.
7. Advertising and Social Media
Chapel on the Hill may advertise through platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to reach people in Roseland and nearby communities.
Advertising tools may collect information about whether someone viewed an advertisement, visited the website, submitted a form, or completed another action. These platforms process information according to their own privacy policies and settings.
We may also include links, videos, feeds, or other features from social media platforms. Interacting with these features may allow the platform to collect information about your visit.
Chapel on the Hill does not sell your personal information for money. We also do not provide your contact information to unrelated organizations for their independent marketing purposes.
8. Donations and Payment Information
If online donations or payments are available, they may be processed by a third-party payment provider.
Chapel on the Hill may receive information such as your name, contact information, donation amount, date, and transaction status. Full payment card information is generally processed directly by the payment provider and is not stored on the church website.
The payment provider’s privacy policy and terms will apply to its handling of your payment information.
9. When Information May Be Shared
We may share information with trusted service providers that help us operate the website and church activities, such as:
- Website hosting providers
- Email and text communication providers
- Form and registration platforms
- Donation and payment processors
- Website analytics providers
- Advertising platforms
- Technology and security providers
These providers may only receive the information reasonably necessary to perform their services.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with a law, court order, or legal process
- Protect the safety of a person or the church community
- Prevent fraud, abuse, or security threats
- Protect the rights and property of Chapel on the Hill
- Investigate suspected unlawful activity
We do not rent or sell church contact lists to outside marketers.
10. Prayer Requests and Sensitive Information
Prayer requests may contain personal or sensitive information. Please indicate whether your request may be shared with a prayer team or whether you would like it kept private.
Although we will make reasonable efforts to respect your preferences, please do not submit information about another person without their permission. Do not use a general prayer request form for emergencies.
11. Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and is not designed to collect personal information directly from children under 13 without the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.
Parents and guardians should submit registrations, inquiries, and other information on behalf of children. If we learn that personal information was submitted directly by a child under 13 without appropriate permission, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, maintain church and donation records, respond to requests, meet legal or accounting obligations, resolve disputes, and protect the church.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
13. Information Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, email system, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information online at your own risk.
14. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may request that we:
- Provide information about the personal data we maintain about you
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete certain information
- Stop sending promotional communications
- Withdraw a previous communication preference
- Explain how your information has been used or shared
We may need to verify your identity before completing a privacy request. Certain information may be retained when required for legal, accounting, safety, donation recordkeeping, or legitimate administrative purposes.
To make a request, contact us using the information at the end of this policy.
15. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, donation processors, event services, or other online resources.
Chapel on the Hill is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of websites that we do not operate. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party service before providing personal information.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services, technology, or legal obligations change.
When changes are made, the revised policy will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Your continued use of the website after an update means that you acknowledge the revised policy.
17. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy, concerns about your information, or requests regarding your personal data, please contact our event coordinator:
Chapel on the Hill
Website: chapelonthehillatroseland.org
Phone: 973-370-3701
Email: Chapel.on.the.Hill.at.Roseland@gmail.com
