PRIVACY POLICY

This policy explains what personal information Reedy Creek Seventh-day Adventist Church collects through this website, why we collect it, and what happens to it. We've tried to write it in plain English rather than legal language.

The short version

The only information this website collects is what you type into our contact form or bulletin sign-up. We use it to reply to you, or to send you the bulletin you asked for. We don't sell it, we don't add you to a mailing list without asking, and we don't run advertising or analytics tracking on this site.

What we collect

When you fill in the contact form, we receive:

• Your name
• Your email address
• What your message is about (the category you select)
• The message itself, and anything you choose to include in it

You don't need to give us any of this to browse the site. Everything else on this website - service times, sermons, ministry information - is available without submitting anything.

Why we collect it

So we can reply to you. That's it. If you've asked a question, we answer it. If you've sent a prayer request, it's handled sensitively and shared only with those who need to see it in order to pray for you. If you've told us you're planning to visit, we may follow up with a welcome before you arrive.

We will not add you to any email list, newsletter or mailing without asking you first.

If you sign up for the weekly bulletin, we receive your email address and use it only to send you the bulletin. Every bulletin has an unsubscribe link, or you can ask us to remove you at any time.

Who else handles your information

A few third-party services are involved in running this site. Each has its own privacy policy:

• MailerLite - manages our weekly bulletin mailing list. If you sign up, your email address is stored on their servers, which are located outside Australia. See MailerLite's privacy policy.
• Formspree - processes our contact form and forwards submissions to us by email. Your form submission passes through, and is stored on, their servers, which are located outside Australia. See Formspree's privacy policy.
• Google Maps - we embed a map showing where we are. Google may collect information about your visit, including your IP address, when that map loads.
• YouTube - our home page and sermons page embed video from our YouTube channel, and the sermons page shows preview images of recent messages loaded from YouTube. YouTube may set cookies and collect information when a video or preview image loads or plays.
• SnapWidget - shows our latest Instagram posts on the home page. SnapWidget and Instagram receive your IP address when the feed loads. See SnapWidget's privacy policy.
• Google Fonts - the typefaces used on this site are loaded from Google, which means Google receives your IP address when a page loads.

Google Maps, YouTube and Google Fonts are all operated by Google. You can read Google's privacy policy for details on how they handle this information.

Cookies

This website does not set its own cookies and does not use analytics or advertising trackers. The embedded Google Maps, YouTube and Instagram content described above may set their own cookies in your browser. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings.

How long we keep it

Contact form messages arrive as email and are kept for as long as they're useful for staying in touch with you - typically in the pastor's inbox. If you'd rather we didn't keep your message, just ask and we'll delete it.

Your rights

You can ask us to:

• Tell you what personal information we hold about you
• Correct anything that's wrong
• Delete what we hold

To make any of these requests, email AndrewFeaveai@adventist.org.au.

Children

This website isn't directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them through it. If you believe a child has submitted information through our contact form, contact us and we'll remove it.

Separately, our children's and youth programs operate under the Adsafe child-safe framework of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia.

Changes to this policy

If we change how this website handles personal information, we'll update this page and the "last updated" date at the top.

Contact us

Questions about this policy, or about how we handle your information:

Reedy Creek Seventh-day Adventist Church
9 Bridgman Drive, Reedy Creek QLD 4227
AndrewFeaveai@adventist.org.au