Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 17, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to the National Catholic Church. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes:

• The types of information we may collect when you use our website
• Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, and protecting that information
• Your rights regarding that information

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• General location (country or city-level data)
• Pages you view on our website
• Time spent on those pages
• Referring website addresses

Information You Provide

We do not collect personal information unless you voluntarily provide it through our contact forms or email subscriptions. This may include:

• Name and email address for our newsletter subscription
• Contact information when reaching out through our contact form
• Prayer requests or other voluntary submissions

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Improve our website and user experience
• Send newsletters and updates (if requested)
• Respond to your inquiries
• Analyze website usage for improvements

Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Third-Party Services

We use certain third-party services on our website:

• Bible API for scripture readings
• Social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter)
• Google Analytics for website statistics

These services may collect information about you. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the effective date.