Privacy Guidelines and Agreement

Your privacy is important to us.  Christ Our Savior, COS, is committed to keeping information secure that is collected from those people that visit our website. We have designed these guidelines for information gathered and image usage to reflect our commitment and consideration to the people that are visiting and using our website and social media pages. 

Collection of Information

This website collects various information , such as: 
  • Information given voluntarily by the individual which may include your name, address, email address, etc. which may be used to deliver services requested.
  • Information automatically collected may include cookies, third party tracking technologies, and server logs.
The intent of information collected is to provide services and information you have requested. We will collect personal information only when you knowingly provide us with this information because of completed surveys, completed membership forms, and emails. 
Christ Our Savior may have occasion to collect information regarding the type of browser you are using, IP address or type of operating system to assist us in providing and maintaining quality service. 

Use of Information Collected

Christ Our Savior may collect and make use of collected information to deliver services you requested.
Christ Our Savior, does not and will not, sell, rent, or lease lists of names or information collected to any third parties.
Christ Our Savior, may disclose personal information, without prior notice to you, if required by law :
  • to remain in conformance with any decrees, laws, and/or statutes in order to comply with any process which may be served upon Christ Our Savior.
  • to give to our church body that they require to keep us in good standing and abiding by the constitution and by-laws of our Synod.

Links to other Websites

The COS website does contain links to other websites. We do not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices, or other procedures of other websites to which we are linked.  We encourage all of our users to visit and be aware of any and all of the website privacy policies for sites that they visit. 

Image Use Guidelines 

  • While we cannot control every person’s social media, we ask that you are sensitive to the pictures you are taking at COS events and posting on your personal social media. We ask that you do not tag or label people unless they have approved of that tag or label.
  • We, Christ Our Savior, will not put names or tags on the photos that we post on social media or the website connected to Christ Our Savior without consent. 
  • Christ Our Savior will not put private information such as phone numbers, emails, addresses, workplaces, or etc. on our public or private sites without the permission of the person whose information we are asking to share.

Image Usage

Some of the places that we may use a photo that includes your image…
  • Website- public
  • Facebook page- public
  • Facebook group- private
You must be a member of the group to see posts. In order to be a member of the group, you must be approved by an administrator of the group. To make a decision about approval we verify your connection or membership to Christ Our Savior.
  • Twitter- public
  • Instagram- public
  • Pamphlet or other printed materials- public
Some of the places these are used is; to hand out to visitors, new members, neighborhoods, and new residents in the area

Acceptance and Opt-Out

By using the website, you are accepting the terms we have set forth in these guidelines.  By being part of an event, you are consenting to the use of your image and likeness for publicity purposes.
You always have permission to ask us not to use your photo. If you do not wish to have your image or likeness used in any manner, please contact the church office and let us know. 
  • If you see our communications coordinator or a volunteer taking photos and do not wish to be photographed, please move out of the area and let us know, in a polite manner, that you do not wish to be photographed.
  • The parents of our children in our Early Childhood Center, Sunday School, and VBS or other children’s events will be given a waiver to sign that allows them to decline us the use their child’s image.
Image Use Waiver