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Last Updated: February 2025
Damascus Original Freewill Baptist Church (“the Church,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit our website at 2958 US-378, Conway, SC 29527 or contact us through this site.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. Full stop.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Contact form submissions — When you fill out our contact form, we collect your name, email address, phone number (if provided), and message. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry or prayer request.
- Analytics data — If you accept cookies, we may use Google Analytics to collect anonymized information about how visitors use the site (pages viewed, time on site, general location by region). No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics.
- Cookie preferences — We store your cookie consent choice in your browser’s local storage so we don’t ask again. This expires after 365 days.
2. Cookies
Our website uses the following types of cookies and browser storage:
- Essential — Stores your cookie consent preference (required for the site to respect your choice). Cannot be declined.
- Analytics (optional) — Google Analytics cookies that help us understand site traffic and improve our content. These are only set if you click “Accept All.”
You may decline optional cookies at any time by clicking Cookie Preferences in the footer.
3. Third-Party Services
This website uses the following third-party services that may load resources from their servers when you visit our site:
- Google Fonts — Loads custom fonts from Google’s servers. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
- Font Awesome (Cloudflare) — Loads icons from Cloudflare’s CDN.
- Google Maps — Our contact page embeds a Google Maps view of our location. Google may collect data per their privacy policy.
- Facebook — We link to our Facebook group. Clicking those links will take you to Facebook’s platform, which has its own privacy policy.
- YouTube — We link to our YouTube channel for live services. YouTube’s privacy policy applies when you visit their platform.
- Google Analytics (optional) — Only loaded if you accept cookies. All data is anonymized with IP anonymization enabled.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party services.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect only to:
- Respond to your contact form messages and prayer requests
- Improve our website content and user experience (analytics only, if accepted)
- Notify you of church news or events if you have specifically requested it
We do not use your information for marketing, advertising, or any commercial purpose.
5. Data Retention
Contact form messages are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry. Analytics data, if collected, is retained per Google Analytics’ default retention settings (26 months). Cookie preference records expire after 365 days.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Decline optional (analytics) cookies at any time via Cookie Preferences in the footer
- Request a copy of any personal information we hold about you
- Request that we delete your information
- Opt out of analytics at any time
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the information below.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us: