1. Overview
ChurchVerified ("we," "our," or "us") provides digital audit, search engine optimization, AI schema deployment, and mapping calibration services for religious institutions and ministries via churchverified.com. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect information when you request a free audit or purchase our services.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
- Information You Provide Voluntarily: When you submit our Free Audit form or engage our Church Verified Sprint, we collect details including your name, email address, phone number, role, church name, physical address, and church website URL.
- Publicly Available Church Data: To perform your visibility audit and configure map pins, we collect publicly accessible information about your ministry, such as current service times, social media profiles, Google Business Profile entries, Apple Maps listings, and geographic coordinates.
- Automated Website Logs & Analytics: Like most web platforms, our hosting servers collect basic technical logs, including your browser type, device information, IP address, operating system, and pages visited, to ensure site security and proper functionality.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information collected strictly for legitimate business and operational purposes, including to:
- Perform your requested AI search visibility and map pin audit.
- Deliver your audit findings and provide technical recommendations.
- Execute agreed-upon sprint deliverables (e.g., generating JSON-LD schema, calibrating visitor parking GPS coordinates, and syncing local directory listings).
- Respond to your questions, support requests, or service inquiries.
- Prevent fraudulent submissions, unauthorized access, and malicious activity.
4. Information Sharing & Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information or church contact data. We only share information in the following limited circumstances:
- Mapping & Directory Platforms (As Authorized): With your consent during an active engagement, we submit your church's public physical location, visitor parking coordinates, and service times to mapping platforms (such as Google Maps, Apple Business Connect, and Bing Places) to fulfill service deliverables.
- Trusted Service Providers: We may share data with vetted third-party vendors who provide essential infrastructure for our business (e.g., secure web hosting, transactional email delivery, and form handling). These providers are contractually bound to keep your data confidential.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose information if required to do so by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulation.
5. Data Security & Storage
We implement appropriate technical and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. Submissions through our site are transmitted via secure HTTPS encryption.
6. Data Retention
We retain your contact details only as long as necessary to provide your requested audit, fulfill client engagements, maintain administrative records, and comply with legal obligations. You may request the deletion of your contact information at any time.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Regardless of your location, you have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete details.
- Request that we delete your contact information from our systems.
- Opt out of any follow-up communications at any time.
8. Children's Privacy
Our website and services are intended exclusively for church leaders, administrators, and adults over the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
9. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our operational practices or legal requirements. When changes are made, the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will be revised.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at:
ChurchVerified
Email: [email protected]
Website: churchverified.com