Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

First Unitarian Church of Memphis, known as Church of the River, recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of its website users. The First Unitarian Church website was created to provide information to its members and to those interested in First Unitarian Church. The goal of this site is to encourage user participation in the church, to deliver electronic services to the public, to provide electronic information to its members, and to help create a welcoming atmosphere for those seeking a religious community of inquiry and affection where one may grow his or her soul.

Personal and Confidential Information

First Unitarian Church of Memphis does not use its website to collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to a user's request or input or to complete an online transaction. First Unitarian Church does not collect information for commercial marketing from this site and will not send unsolicited email to you.

First Unitarian Church does not provide personal information to third parties. Website usage summary statistics are gathered for site management and other purposes such as determining technical design specifications, identifying system performance issues and assessing what information is of most and least interest to our users.

The following information is automatically collected and stored about your visit:

• The Internet domain and IP address from which you access this website
• The type of browser and operating system used to access the site
• The date, time and duration of the visit
• The pages visited
• If you link to this site from another website, the address of that site

If a user chooses to provide personal information, such as sending an email or submitting a form to First Unitarian Church, First Unitarian Church may use that information to respond to the user's message and to assist in obtaining information the user may have requested. The First Unitarian Church treats emails and submitted online forms the same way it treats other communications.

In order to provide electronic commerce capabilities, the name, address and payment information (if applicable) that the user might provide when using this website may be collected, processed and disclosed to complete an online transaction and for record keeping for billing, permits, licenses and other business-related purposes.

Cookies or other technology may transfer information from this website to the hard disk on your computer for record keeping purposes. Cookies or similar technology can make the Internet more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular site. The use of cookies or similar technology is an industry standard, and many major websites use them to provide features that users find useful. Cookies identify a user's computer but do not personally identify users. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies but you can set your computer to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of everything offered on this site if you do so.

Please be aware that we livestream and record video of all our church services for public viewing on the worldwide web, and this may include scenes of worshippers in the pews.

Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, information submitted to First Unitarian Church may be subject to disclosure to another party provided by law.

Privacy Policy for Minors

Any information collected by the First Unitarian Church website from children 13 and under is subject to the same guidelines of the general privacy policy.

Security

Unless a particular page on this website indicates that encryption technology is being used, the user should not assume that information uploaded through that website to the First Unitarian Church server will be treated as confidential. If a user submits information to the server through a page containing visible indicators of active encryption technology, First Unitarian Church will take all reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of such information but shall nevertheless not be held liable for any injury caused by the disclosure of that information, whether caused by security breach, accident, inadvertence, or any other act resulting in disclosure.

The First Unitarian Church reserves the right to change this policy at any time.