Effective Date: October 2, 2026
River Hills Community Church respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, protect, and disclose information when you visit riverhillscommunity.org, communicate with us through the website, or use services made available through the website.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal information, please contact us at [email protected].
Information We May Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address
- Information submitted through contact forms
- Prayer requests
- Event registrations
- Ministry or volunteer inquiries
- Newsletter or email subscription information
- Information associated with online giving or donations
- Any other information you choose to provide to us
Please use care when submitting prayer requests or other information involving another person. We encourage you not to provide sensitive personal information about another individual unless you have their permission to do so.
We may also automatically receive limited technical information when you visit our website, such as:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Referring website or source
- Approximate geographic region
- Date and time of access
- Cookie or similar technology identifiers
This information may be generated by our website, hosting provider, security services, analytics services, or other technology providers used to operate the website.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through the website to:
- Respond to questions, messages, and prayer requests
- Communicate information about worship services, ministries, events, and church activities
- Process registrations or ministry inquiries
- Manage email subscriptions and other requested communications
- Process or acknowledge donations
- Maintain and improve the website
- Understand generally how visitors use the website
- Protect the website against spam, fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and other security threats
- Maintain records reasonably necessary for church administration
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell personal information.
We do not use personal information submitted through ministry, prayer, or contact forms for unrelated commercial purposes.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites operate properly, remember preferences, provide security features, or measure website usage.
Some cookies may be necessary for the operation and security of the website. Other cookies may be created by analytics, embedded content, social media, video, mapping, or other third-party services.
Depending on your location and the technologies used on the website, you may be presented with options to accept, reject, or manage non-essential cookies.
You can also control cookies through your web browser. Disabling some cookies may affect the operation of certain website features.
Analytics
We may use website analytics services to understand general website traffic and usage patterns.
Analytics providers may collect technical information such as your device type, browser, approximate location, pages visited, and interactions with the website. These providers may use cookies or similar technologies as part of their services.
Where legally required, non-essential analytics technologies will be used subject to the visitor's consent.
Contact Forms and Prayer Requests
When you submit a contact form, prayer request, registration, or similar form, the information you provide may be delivered to or stored by River Hills Community Church and by technology providers that help operate our website or email services.
Prayer requests may contain personal or sensitive information. We use such information for the purpose for which it was submitted and may share it with appropriate church leaders or prayer ministry participants when reasonably necessary to fulfill the request.
If you would like a prayer request to remain confidential, please indicate that when submitting it.
Email Communications
If you subscribe to church emails or otherwise ask to receive communications from us, we may use your contact information to send those communications.
You may unsubscribe from promotional or general church email communications at any time by using an unsubscribe link provided in the message, when available, or by contacting us at [email protected].
We may still send communications that are necessary to respond to a request you have made or to administer a service for which you have registered.
Donations and Payment Information
If online giving is available through our website, payment transactions may be processed by a third-party payment provider.
River Hills Community Church may receive information necessary to identify and record a donation, such as your name, contact information, donation amount, date, and transaction details. Full payment-card information is generally handled by the applicable payment processor rather than stored directly by River Hills Community Church.
The payment processor's own privacy policy and terms may also apply to your transaction.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Pages on this website may contain content or services provided by third parties, such as:
- Video or audio players
- Maps
- Social media content
- Calendars
- Forms
- Giving platforms
- Email subscription services
- Website analytics tools
When you interact with third-party content, the third party may receive information about your device or interaction in accordance with its own privacy practices.
River Hills Community Church does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies when appropriate.
Sharing of Information
We may disclose personal information to service providers that help us operate the church or website, including website hosting, email, security, analytics, form-processing, event-management, payment-processing, or similar providers.
We may also disclose information:
- When you request or authorize us to do so
- When reasonably necessary to provide a ministry or service you requested
- To protect the safety, rights, or property of the church or others
- To investigate suspected fraud, abuse, or security problems
- When required by law, court order, subpoena, or other valid legal process
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, for legitimate church administrative or recordkeeping purposes, or as required by applicable law.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods. For example, routine website inquiries may be deleted when no longer needed, while donation and financial records may need to be retained for accounting, tax, or legal purposes.
Information Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information under our control.
However, no website, network, email system, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid transmitting highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms or email unless necessary.
Children's Privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and is not designed for children under the age of 13 to independently submit personal information.
We do not knowingly solicit personal information online directly from children under 13 without appropriate involvement or consent from a parent or legal guardian.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has submitted personal information through our website may contact us at [email protected] to request that the information be reviewed or deleted.
Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide you with rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
- Request access to personal information we maintain about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Object to or restrict certain uses of information
- Request a copy of certain information in a portable format
These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and may not apply in every jurisdiction.
To submit a privacy-related request, contact [email protected].
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
Visitors Outside the United States
River Hills Community Church is based in the United States, and information submitted through this website may be processed or stored in the United States or in other countries where our service providers operate.
Privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws of your country. If you are accessing this website from outside the US, you have used a proxy service to do so as all ASN's from outside the US are blocked.
Where applicable law provides additional privacy rights, we will endeavor to honor those rights as required.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organizations.
River Hills Community Church is not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of third-party websites. Visiting those websites is subject to their own policies and terms.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, ministries, technology providers, or legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the effective date shown at the top of this policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:
River Hills Community Church
Email: [email protected]
Website: riverhillscommunity.org