Our Privacy Information

Our website address is: https://olphmarystpatrick.com

Our website is an informational website only for the following parishes:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (201 Locust Street, P.O. Box 80, Sublette, IL)

St. Mary of the Assumption Church  (2520 Johnson Street, West Brookly, IL 601378)

St. Patrick Church (1336 Maytown Road, Amboy, IL 61310)

Our website is designed to provide information regarding the above three parishes to include but not limited to:  Mass Schedules (as well as recorded masses), Current Church Events, Meetings, and general information.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you request specific information by using our contact form the only information collected is your name and email address which you provide on your own behalf.   If requested we will use your name and email to contact you to provide you with the information requested.  Your contact information will not be saved or stored in any data bases.

Any information provided in the contact form (name, email address, phone number, etc.) is provided by you, and your own willingness to be contacted by the means you request at the time you submit.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site a cookie may be temporarily utilized but contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Tithing / Online Giving

Any information provided through olphmarystpatrick.com Tithing Page is not retained by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, St. Mary of The Assumption or St. Patrick Church.  

Online giving is handled securely by Tithe.ly a highly recommended online giving resource from the Rockford Diocese.  

Tithe.ly Security:  All financial information is encrypted and sent over HTTPS using TLS.   Any credit / debit card information that is stored is secured using PCI DSS Level 1 compliant standards.  These systems are audited by third party organizations twice a year to ensure the highest levels of security are being met and maintained.  This is the highest rating one can get in the electronic payment processing industry. 

For additional information regarding Tithe.ly security and privacy policy:

Tithe.ly website 

Additional information can be found in this article ‘How Secure is Tithe.ly Sites?‘  from Tithe.ly

Analytics

Who we share your data with

Any information provided by you, the user, when filling out our contact form will not be shared with other third-party companies.   The information provided is kept confidential by olphmarystpatrick.com and used only to reply to information that you may request.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. Website administrators can also see approve and edit any information provided in the comment section before allowing it to be posted online.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Your contact information is provided by you, the user, and the information provided is strictly voluntary.  Only submit information that you wish us to contact you with to provide you answers to your inquiries.

Additional information

For additional inquiries regarding our privacy policy, please contact us through our contact form or by the information provided on our contact page.