Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This policy covers all information entered on the bethanybaptist.bc.ca website. Please check back as this policy may be updated occasionally with minor changes. To contact us regarding any questions please email receptionist@bethanybaptist.bc.ca

Bethany Baptist Church ("Bethany") is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of the personal information of Bethany's members, supporters and other stakeholders. Bethany values the trust of those Bethany deals with and recognizes that maintaining that trust requires that Bethany be transparent and accountable in how Bethany treats the information that you provide Bethany.

During the course of various activities, Bethany frequently gathers and uses personal information. Anyone from whom Bethany collects such information should expect that it will be carefully protected and that except as legally required or permitted any use or other dealing with this information is subject to express or implied consent.

Bethany has voluntarily decided to adhere to best practices for the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information as outlined in this policy.

Defining Personal Information
Personal information means information about an identifiable person that is recorded in any form but does not include his or her business contact information. Personal information includes a person's age, gender, race, ethnic origin, identification numbers, financial and credit information, personal health information, religious affiliations, donation history, travel history, consumer preference information, personal habits, personal interests and personal history. Personal information does not include information that cannot be associated with a specific person.

Do We Share Your Information?
Email addresses will not be sold, rented or leased to third parties. Non-personal user and traffic data is accessible only to our website teams, who work to improve your experience with our website. Personal information is collected only for ministry purposes.

Any data collected during the giving process is accessible by our financial team for recordkeeping and tax receipting purposes. Bethany does not share donor information with any other parties.

Bethany does not share your personal information with other institutions. We may however share your personal information only if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable government request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Bethany, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

Out Security Measures
With respect to security, we use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring or receiving data from visitors on our website.

With respect to sensitive information, we will redirect the user to a secure page either on our site or to a trusted third party site before transferring or receiving sensitive data. This information may include credit card or banking information, medical information, or other sensitive information.