Effective Date: October 2, 2023

Central Church of God (“Central Church” or “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, protect and disclose your Personal Information when you use our website, www.Centralnc.org (“Site”) and mobile application (“App”). We refer to the Site and App together as our “Services.”
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact us through the “Contact Us” page on the Site.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
“Personal Information” means information that alone or in combination identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal Information does not include information that has been deidentified or aggregated in a way that it cannot be used to identify a specific individual. We use this anonymized data in compliance with applicable laws governing such data.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
When you access or use the Platform, we may collect:
Identifiers: Information such as your real name, alias, email address, telephone number, postal address, online identifier, IP address and other similar information.
Payment Information: Credit card numbers, bank routing and account numbers, and other payment information. We collect payment information through our third party payment processor and do not store this information.
Demographic Information: Information such as your age, gender, marital status, medical conditions, or about physical or mental disabilities.
Internet Activity: Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our Site.
Device information: Information such as the IP address, general geographic location, operating system, browser type, language preferences, mobile phone number, device identifier, and other similar information associated with a device used to access, use, or interact with the Platform.
Geolocation Data: Imprecise location information, like the city, state and ZIP code associated with your IP address.
Medical Information: Medical information related to pastoral care and prayer requests.
Background Checks: Information used to perform background checks through third party providers, including driver’s license numbers and social security cards, and the results of background checks.
Images: Images including your picture.
Other information you provide to us.

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
Directly from You
We collect your Personal Information directly from you when you access, use, or otherwise interact with our Platform, such as when you create an account or request more information about us.
From You Automatically
We may collect certain information about you automatically when you use our Site, such as your IP address, mobile carrier, and other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to your computer or device when you access the Internet. For more information, see the “Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies” section below.
From Third Parties
We may receive your Personal Information from third parties including from:
Service Providers: We may receive Personal Information about you from third parties that we use to provide you with services, such as the service provider that hosts our Site.
Analytics Providers: We may receive Personal Information related to your use of our Site from third party analytics providers. For more information, see the “Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies” section below.
Others: We may receive Personal Information about you from other third parties, such as other individuals who refer you to us.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
The primary purposes for which we use Personal Information are:
Communications: We may use your Personal Information to send you emails, calls, and text messages to provide you with alerts, updates, newsletters, promotions, and other communications. We will also use your Personal Information to respond to you when you contact us.
Account Creation: We may use your Personal Information to create and service your online account with us.
Processing Donations: We use your Personal Information to process your online donations.
Operations: We may use Personal Information for our operational purposes including but not limited to: (1) carrying out our obligations and enforcing our rights arising from any contracts we have entered into, including, without limitation, any contracts between you and us; (2) operating and improving our services and Platform; (3) conducting statistical or demographic analysis; (4) customizing your experience with our Platform; (5) preventing fraud; (6) assessing the success of our communication efforts and (7) other business purposes permitted under applicable law.
Law Enforcement/Legal Purposes: We may use Personal Information to cooperate with law enforcement or other legal purposes including: (1) complying with legal and regulatory requirements; (2) satisfying contractual obligations; (3) cooperating with law enforcement or other governmental agencies for purposes of investigations, public safety or matters of public importance when we are legally required to do so or believe that disclosure of Personal Information is necessary or appropriate to protect the public interest; and (4) protecting and defending against legal actions or claims.
Other: We may use Personal Information for those purposes in which you authorize or instruct us to use it.

SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
To operate our Site and provide our Platform, we may share certain Personal Information that we, or third parties acting on our behalf, have collected, with certain third parties. The third parties that we may share Personal Information with include:
Service Providers: We may share Personal Information with service providers. For example, we may share Personal Information with vendors to help us host and manage our Site; improve the content and functionality of the Site; perform data analysis and statistical analysis; troubleshoot problems with the Site; provide email services; provide data processing; and support or provide the security of the Site.
Payment and Billing Processors: In addition to the service providers above, we share Personal Information with payment processing and billing service providers such as MyWell for payment processing and billing services.
Parties to Business Transactions: In the event of an anticipated or actual merger or acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets, we may transfer or allow third parties to use information owned or controlled by us, including Personal Information. We reserve the right, in connection with these types of transactions, to transfer, share, assign, or sell your Personal Information and other information we have collected to third parties or to authorize such third parties to use any such information, including for due diligence, as part of any of the transactions described in this paragraph. Any Personal Information you submit or that is collected after this type of transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity.
Government and Law Enforcement: We may share your Personal Information with individuals or private parties where necessary to enforce and comply with the law, to protect our property or legal rights, for the safety of the public or any person, to prevent harm, to protect the security and integrity of the Platform and any equipment used to make the Platform available.
Professional Advisors: We may share Personal Information with our professional advisors, such as our attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, and business advisors, in their capacity as advisors to Central Church.
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and other tracking technologies (collectively “Cookies”) on our Site. A Cookie is a small text file that our Site saves onto your computer or device when you use the Site that provides us certain information about your activities. Cookies allow the Site to remember your actions and preferences and recognize you or your browser, along with some information you provided. Web beacons / pixel tags are small graphics on a webpage that monitor your activity when viewing a webpage.
We use these tools to make our Site function properly; provide personalized experiences; tailor our interactions with you; help with our communication efforts; provide us with valuable data and statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our Site and to help us improve our Site; and help us improve our Services.

Analytics: We may use Google Analytics to collect and process information about your use of the Site. Google sets Cookies on your browser or device, and then your web browser will automatically send information to Google. Google uses this information to provide us with reports that we use to better understand and measure how users interact with our Site. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s page on “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.” You may download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for each web browser you use, but this does not prevent the use of other analytics tools. To learn more about Google Analytics cookies, visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage on websites.
YOUR CHOICES
You may update or correct any Personal Information you have provided us by editing your account information on our Site or by contacting us through the “Contact Us” page on our Site.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We are active on social media, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Christian World Media, and Twitter (“Social Media”). Anything you post on Social Media is public information and will not be treated confidentially. We may post (or re-post) on the Site and our Social Media pages any comments or content that you post on our Social Media pages. Your use of Social Media is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the applicable Social Media providers.
VIDEOS
The Site contains videos and embedded content, including visible content and/or feeds scripts embedded in the Site's code. Our service providers may collect data about how you interact with such content, including what videos you watch.
SECURITY OF INFORMATION
We are committed to protecting the security of your Personal Information. We use commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain the security and privacy of Personal Information we collect and use in connection with our Site. Nevertheless, when disclosing Personal Information, you should remain mindful that there is an inherent risk in the transmission of information via the internet and mobile platforms.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We may collect the name, age and other relevant activity information about children under the age of 18 as necessary to provide our youth programs.
CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
This Policy may change at any time. Unless otherwise noted, those changes will be effective as soon as they are posted. If changes are made to this Policy, we will make it known on our Site and App or by email and will indicate the last date it was updated above. Please check back periodically to see if our Policy has been updated.
CONTACT US
We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. Please contact us through the “Contact Us” page on our Site or using the address below with any questions or feedback you have pertaining to our privacy practices.
Central Church
5301 Sardis Road
Charlotte, NC 28270