Overview

Fourth Baptist Church ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, and your choices regarding that information.

Information We Collect

When you visit our website, we may collect the following types of anonymous, non-personal information:

• Page views — which pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
• Device type — whether you're using a mobile phone, tablet, or desktop computer
• Session data — how you navigate through the site during a single visit
• Referrer information — how you arrived at our website

We also use Google Analytics, which may collect additional anonymized data such as general geographic region, browser type, and operating system.

How We Use This Information

We use analytics data solely to:

• Understand which content is most helpful to visitors
• Improve the usability and design of our website
• Ensure our website functions properly across devices

We do not sell, share, or provide your data to any third parties for marketing purposes.

Contact Forms

When you submit a contact form, prayer request, or registration form on our website, the information you provide (name, email, message, etc.) is used solely to respond to your inquiry or process your request. This information is not used for marketing.

To protect our staff and prevent abuse of our contact forms (such as spam, phishing, or automated email relay attacks), we also capture your IP address when a form is submitted. Your IP address is used to:

• Limit the number of submissions from a single source within a given time period (rate limiting)
• Detect and block suspicious or automated submissions
• Investigate and respond to potential abuse of our contact system

Submission details — including your IP address, the email address you entered, the recipient, and whether the submission was flagged as suspicious — are stored in a secure audit log. These logs are accessible only to authorized church administrators and are retained for a limited period for security and auditing purposes. They are never sold, shared, or used for marketing.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies and local storage for:

• Analytics — to track anonymous usage data (only with your consent)
• Preferences — to remember your cookie consent choice

You can manage cookies through your browser settings at any time.

Your Choices

When you first visit our website, you will be asked whether you consent to analytics tracking. You may accept or decline. If you decline, no analytics data will be collected during your visit.

To change your preference, you can clear your browser's local storage for this site and you will be prompted again on your next visit.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: