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Privacy Statement
Website Privacy/COPPA Statement
Blessed Kateri Catholic Church (the parish) is committed to respecting
and protecting the personal privacy of its members and those who visit
its website. It is our policy to acquire personal information from users
only by overt and voluntary means, only when it is in the interest of
the user to provide it, and utilize this information only for the
purpose it was provided.
The information that follows explains the kinds of information the parish
website collects, how it is used, and the conditions under which it is
made available to third parties, how information is maintained and our
compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
NOTE: This privacy policy applies only to
www.blessedkaterparish.org and
www.bkym.org.
This privacy policy does not apply to any external websites to which
this site is liked, as we do not control the content of those websites.
| 1.) |
This site collects anonymous data that
is not indicative of and cannot be traced to an individual without
the cooperation of his or her Internet Service Provider. This data
includes information about the user’s remote IP address,
referral data (which page “linked” to the present request),
and the browser software’s user-agent string. This information
is accepted passively from the HTTP headers that are sent from the
user when requesting any filer from the server. |
| 2.) |
In general, the parish generally does
not collect personally identifiable information. |
| 3.) |
If personal identifiable data is
collected it will be only by means of form interfaces on the site,
into which the user must voluntarily enter the information
requested. This information is requested only when it is necessary
to accomplish the overt purpose indicated by the interface
containing the form that requests it. Such for interfaces require
only the information reasonably necessary to accomplish the overt
purpose indicated on the interface. |
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No attempts will be made to covertly
or “quietly” collect personally identifiable information,
nor are cookies or any other tracking technology used for the
purpose of coordinating the information that a user may opt to enter
in various interfaces on the site. |
How Does The Parish Use The Information It Collects?
The anonymous information collected is used to monitor the usage of
this website and the interests of those who use it. Data such as the
volume of traffic to the server, the number of visitors a certain
section of the site receives each month, or the most popular search
terms are analyzed to derive general statistics about the site's reach
and the audience’s usage patterns.
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