First Unity Church of St. Louis (“First Unity Church of St. Louis“) operates unitystl.org and may operate other websites. It is First Unity Church of St. Louis’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, First Unity Church of St. Louis collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. First Unity Church of St. Louis’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how First Unity Church of St. Louis’s visitors use its website. From time to time, First Unity Church of St. Louis may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
First Unity Church of St. Louis also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on unitystl.org blogs/sites. First Unity Church of St. Louis only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to First Unity Church of St. Louis’s websites choose to interact with First Unity Church of St. Louis in ways that require First Unity Church of St. Louis to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that First Unity Church of St. Louis gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at unitystl.org to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with First Unity Church of St. Louis are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, First Unity Church of St. Louis collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with First Unity Church of St. Louis. First Unity Church of St. Louis does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
First Unity Church of St. Louis may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. First Unity Church of St. Louis may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, First Unity Church of St. Louis does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
First Unity Church of St. Louis discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on First Unity Church of St. Louis’s behalf or to provide services available at First Unity Church of St. Louis’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using First Unity Church of St. Louis’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. First Unity Church of St. Louis will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, First Unity Church of St. Louis discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when First Unity Church of St. Louis believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of First Unity Church of St. Louis, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an First Unity Church of St. Louis website and have supplied your email address, First Unity Church of St. Louis may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with First Unity Church of St. Louis and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. First Unity Church of St. Louis takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. First Unity Church of St. Louis uses cookies to help First Unity Church of St. Louis identify and track visitors, their usage of First Unity Church of St. Louis website, and their website access preferences. First Unity Church of St. Louis visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using First Unity Church of St. Louis’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of First Unity Church of St. Louis’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Third-Party Cookies and Tracking
For our visitors’ convenience and information, our website may include third-party solutions, such as (but not limited to) a preview of our Facebook page; Google Analytics; a Daily Word widget; social sharing icons; and/or a link to SoundCloud.com. These third-party solution providers also may collect information about your visits to our website. Please see their privacy policies for information about the kinds of information they collect. First Unity Church of St. Louis visitors who do not wish to have these third-party cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using First Unity Church of St. Louis’s website, with the drawback that certain features of First Unity Church of St. Louis’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If First Unity Church of St. Louis, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that First Unity Church of St. Louis goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of First Unity Church of St. Louis may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by First Unity Church of St. Louis and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, First Unity Church of St. Louis may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in First Unity Church of St. Louis’s sole discretion. First Unity Church of St. Louis encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a unitystl.org account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Please notify First Unity Church of St. Louis if you believe that any of your intellectual property rights have been infringed. Pursuant to Section 512 of the Copyright Act (“DMCA”), First Unity Church of St. Louis designates the following individual as its agent for receipt of notifications of claimed infringement: First Unity Church of St. Louis, Anne Hartupee, 4753 Butler Hill Road, St. Louis, MO 63128. Or you may use First Unity Church’s website contact form: https://www.unitystl.org/contact-us/ To be effective, the notification should include: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right being infringed; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at the site; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (iv) information sufficient to allow us to contact the complaining party; (v) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right being infringed. If you fail to comply with all of these requirements, your DMCA notification may not be valid.