Unitarian Universalist
Congregation in Milford

Privacy Policy

Maintaining privacy of personal information of visitors to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Milford (UUCM) website and respecting the privacy of our members and friends is of the utmost importance.  Procedures are defined and will be enforced to ensure privacy for adults and children.

Use of Photographs

Photographs of church activities will be posted on our website. It is our intent that personal identification information (such as names) will not be associated with any photograph unless identification is warranted and written permission of the person or parent (guardian) of the person being photographed has been obtained. Permission must be granted in writing for the use of all photographs of children and youth under the age of 18 years.

Use of Names

The names of some members and friends will be posted on the website. Personal identification information, such as name, phone number, home address, or email address will not be published without that person’s (parent or guardian if under 18 years of age) explicit written permission.

Removal of Photographs or Names

Anyone who desires some or all of their personal information to be removed from the website will use the following process:

• Those who have access to the website, can contact us and specify the specific personal information to be removed.
• Those who do not have access to the website or email, can call or write the Church Administrator with their request to have specific personal information removed.

UUCM will comply with requests to have specific personal information removed in a timely manner.

Opt Out of the Website

A person who does not want their personal information or photograph to appear on the website under any circumstances can notify us, and to the best of our efforts, this information will not appear.  A list of people who “opt-out” will be maintained by the Church Administrator and will be accessible by all Editors / Submitters.  Every name and photograph published will be checked against that list by the Editor / Submitter to ensure privacy is maintained.

Personal Data

The UUCM website may be visited without submitting any personal identification information. Users may voluntarily submit email addresses or other personal identifying information to take part in an activity via the website, such as to sign up for a mailing list, to request information or to update their contact information. UUCM will not sell or rent personal information collected via the website to any organization, including UU organizations.  UUCM will not share our contact lists with other organizations.

Tracking Website Use

Some personal information will be automatically gathered and used to determine trends in peak activity, determine the number of visitors, track the frequency that individual pages are accessed, and to ensure our links are working properly. For each visitor to our website, our website hosting server automatically recognizes the visitor’s domain name, IP (Internet Protocol) address, and browser software. It may also recognize the operating system and the site from which the visitor linked to us. It does not harvest email addresses or other personal information. This tracking information is not shared with other organizations.

Use by Children

UUCM encourages parents (or guardians) to assume responsibility for ensuring that children under age 13 have permission to access the website and have permission to send personal information (for example: name, address, email address, etc.) via our website. UUCM will abide by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Click here for more information, or visit http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm.

Cookies and Spyware

This UUCM website will not place cookies on a user’s computer in order to customize content delivery. The UUCM website will not place any spyware on a user’s computer for any purpose and will not covertly gathering user personal information