Privacy Policy Updated as of February 22, 2025

The English version of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will govern your relationship with Good News Chinese Christian Church. You can also view the documents in Chinese using an automatic translation tool like Google Translate.

Summary:

We take protection of your privacy very seriously. We are a church and trust is very important to us. In general, we may ask for, collect and use only necessary and minimal private and other information about you. All information that you provide to us is at your discretion and option. You may elect not to provide any information to us. We do not sell or distribute your personal information outside of our church. Only authorized people in special roles within the church may access personal information and only when they have a need to know to provide a service for you or to provide information to you as requested by you. Church employees, deacons and volunteers who may operate in certain sensitive positions with access to your personal information are required to have a background check successfully completed and are required to agree to keep your personal information confidential. Any credit card or personal banking information that you decide to provide to us is subject to additional security standards and is stored separately. We may use a recognized and trusted external service party to process any credit card contributions to the church if you choose. While we attempt to keep our privacy policy as simple and easy to understand as possible, there is great deal of legal information below for your consideration as we attempt to provide to you the greatest degree of transparency and privacy to you.

Introduction to Our Privacy Policy

There are many different ways you can interact online with Good News Chinese Christian Church, like reading content, being generous through giving, joining our email list and other ways. We appreciate your interest in our church and respect your privacy as you interact with us online or on our Mobile App.

This Privacy Policy describes how we may treat your information that we have gathered from our websites and applications offered by Good News Chinese Christian Church, including but not limited to: https://www.goodnewsccc.org, and the services and tools related to the Websites (including, but not limited to, mobile and other software applications downloaded from the Websites or obtained elsewhere) (collectively, the “Services”).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We did our best to keep the document simple, but if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the use of your data, please contact us at Good News Chinese Christian Church, OUR ADDRESS HERE, or on-line at info@goodnewsccc.org.

By accessing or using our Good News Chinese Christian Church site, you agree to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

NOTICE REGARDING DISPUTE RESOLUTION: All disputes or claims arising under this Privacy Policy, or relating in any way to your use of the Websites, Mobile App, or Services, will be resolved by mediation, and, if not resolved by mediation, then by final and binding arbitration as provided for in Section 9 of our Terms of Use. Unless you opt-out, you will only be able to pursue claims against Good News Chinese Christian Church on an individual basis, not as part of any class or representative action or proceeding, and you will only be permitted to seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) on an individual basis.

Application of Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by the Websites, Mobile Apps or Services. It does not apply to information either collected by us offline or collected by unaffiliated Websites, Mobile Apps, or Services. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy governs only information provided to and communicated from the Websites, Mobile App, or Services directly and does not govern any other information or communications that may reference this Website, the Services, or Good News Chinese Christian Church.

If you click “like” or make a comment on or about Good News Chinese Christian Church sites using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, or other social media plugins, your activity may be published on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, or other social media website(s), and be shown to other individuals who visit our Websites. We encourage you to read each social media site’s respective privacy policy for more information.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

Below is an overview of the personal information collected on the Good News Chinese Christian Church Websites, Mobile apps, and services and the purpose of our collection. Please note: The processing of your information depends on the information you choose to provide and the functionality of our services you choose to use. A more detailed description of our processing of your information is available below.

Personal Identifiers (name, aliases, Internet Protocol address, email address, phone number, address, and similar identifiers): Collected to the extent you provide it to us to create an account or for association with your account to ensure proper use and authentication for your account. Your personal information is also used to contact you in connection with your requests and account, as discussed in our Privacy Policy.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. Messages from us may incur carrier messaging and data charges.

Government-Issued Identifications such as Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers): May be collected to the extent that you choose to provide it to us related to an employment application or to volunteer in in certain sensitive positions in which a background check would be prudent and to otherwise process your application.

Financial information (credit card information, banking information, and similar information): Collected to the extent that you choose to provide a donation via electronic means. Otherwise, financial information provided to us online is processed by third-party service providers, as discussed in our Privacy Policy.

Internet or other network activity (browsing history, search history, information on your interaction with our websites, apps, and other services): Collected as you use our sites and services to monitor and ensure the proper operation of our websites, apps, and services; to improve, modify, and update our services and content generally, and to analyze the same internally, and provide de-identified statistical information to third parties.

Geolocation data (physical location or movements): This information is maintained only on your device and is not stored by Good News Chinese Christian Church Church.

Professional or employment-related information or non-public educational information: Collected and processed only to the extent you provide an application for employment or to volunteer for a sensitive position in which a background check would be prudent and to otherwise process your application.

Sensitive Information (religious information, national origin, sexual orientation, race, marital status, health-related information, genetic information, and similar sensitive data): Your use of our Websites, Mobile apps, and services does not reflect any specific sensitive information, and we do not require that you provide us with the same to use our services. To the extent you choose to provide sensitive information to us through your use of our services, we will process it only with your consent.

How We Use Your Information

We collect personal data only when you provide it, both offline and online. You do not need to provide personal information to use Good News Chinese Christian Church websites and services. We may ask you for your name, email address and telephone number if you would like to join our mailing list or join one of our small groups. Beyond the personal information needed to create a profile, you have choices about what additional information you provide to us, which may include your address, the names of family members, gender, and marital status, all of which will be stored in association with your profile. Certain information may be required based on your specific request, such as for employment inquiries, volunteer requests in certain sensitive positions, but we will notify you of such a request.

We may also collect information about you when you send, receive, or engage in communications with us, including when you submit personal information or requests by emailing info@goodnewsccc.org. We retain those communications to process your inquiries and respond to your requests.

When you interact with us, the information you provide to us is generally stored internally and in our third-party relationship software such as Google, Wix or other information management or communication systems.

Your Posts

Our Good News Chinese Christian Church Website, Mobile app, and services have a wide array of functionality which may include streaming video, creating prayer requests, and identifying and communicating with your Good News Chinese Christian Church fellowship, small groups and teams. Some Good News Chinese Christian Church social media applications and services may allow you publish, distribute, and display content related to you or other individuals to the public. We refer you to these third party social media and other websites for your consideration and to the information you chose to “post” and the content and information posted as “user contributions.” User contributions may be made on public areas of third party websites social media accounts you access.

If you elect to disclose personal information, whether through collaborative postings, social media, message boards, or otherwise, this information may be collected and used by others. User contributions to these third party social media and websites are posted and transmitted at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users or third parties with whom you choose to share your user contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that unauthorized persons will not view your user contributions, nor do we accept any liability associated with your user contributions.

Giving

If you choose to provide a donation through one of Good News Chinese Christian Church Websites, Mobile apps, and services, then and only then will you be prompted to provide a credit card, or other financial information necessary to process the transaction. We will collect the designation for your donation if you provide one and personal information such as your name, address, phone number, and/or email address to ensure that your donation is used for the purpose you request and to provide you with an annual giving statement that itemizes your donation(s). We may contact you periodically to inquire if you would like to give to another program or cause. We may contact you through email, mail, or in-app messages to share these opportunities.

This information, excluding your financial information, is stored in our information management system. As of the date of this Policy, we use (ENTER THE NAME OF ANY CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING SERVICES HERE) to process your online donation payments. For information on how third parties process your information, please refer to their privacy policies found here: (ENTER WEBSITE LOCATION OF PROCESSING SERVICE HERE)

For donations you provide to us in person or by mail; We store your financial information separately in a secured application which has restricted access only to authorized church financial personal for as long as necessary to process your donation and as required by applicable law and accounting principles.

Volunteers and Employment Inquiries

You may apply to volunteer for miscellaneous activities and events in person at Good News Chinese Christian Church or through our website. You may also have an opportunity to apply for employment in person and through our sites.

The information we require for employment applications and certain sensitive volunteer opportunities are your first and last name, telephone number, address, social security number, date of birth, and your employment history in the case of a job inquiry. We will store and use this information to process your application and associate it with your profile if one exists. We will use your social security number and date of birth solely for a background check regarding your application to be a volunteer in a sensitive position and/or employee. We will not share either with any third party except for third-party service providers that enable us to perform background checks. We are obligated not to share or use your information for any other purpose. If you become an employee of Good News Chinese Christian Church, your personal information is also used in connection with your employment.

As a volunteer, you may have access to third-party software that allows you to schedule and check in to your volunteer activity and manage other volunteer activities. This location-based information is stored in association with your profile to enable you to see your past volunteerism, and we also use it for our internal analysis.

Automatic Data Collection Technologies

By agreeing to our Privacy Policy, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy. Examples include: web beacons, pixels, tags, and device identifiers called “cookies.” If you use Good News Chinese Christian ChurchChrist Fellowship Websites, Mobile apps, and services without changing your browser or device settings to disable cookies, we assume you consent to receive all cookies provided through Christ Fellowship Websites, Mobile apps, and services sites.

We may use cookies across the different applications, sites and devices. Cookies help to facilitate the best possible user experience in our Church Websites, Mobile apps, and services. We do not use cookies to facilitate interest-based ads from third parties for third-party goods or services.

We may log usage data when you use Good News Chinese Christian Church Websites, Mobile apps, and services, including when you view or click on content, browser type, browser language, perform a search or request, the date and time of your request, install an update, seek new functionality, or use one or more tools offered through our sites. Using our sites from a mobile device may send us data about your location based on your phone settings and access you have granted to the Good News Chinese Christian Church Websites, Mobile apps, and services, as discussed below.

We do not share your personally identifiable information, device identification, or location without your explicit permission. We may have sites on third-party applications such as Facebook, Google, etc. We do not sell your personal information to any third parties, allow our service providers to sell your personal information to third parties, or use your personal information to solicit the sale of third-party goods or services. We may provide these third parties with aggregate de-identified information concerning ads placed on their sites and downloads that result from those ads.

We may use this information to provide a more tailored Good News Chinese Christian Church site experience and communicate with you more effectively. The information is also collected to determine the aggregate number of unique devices using our sites, track total usage, and analyze usage data to provide you with a better experience and improve the quality of our services. If you do not want us to collect this information, you should cease use of our sites.

Although most internet browsers accept cookies by default, you can control cookies through your browser settings and similar tools or agree to refuse all cookies altogether. If you refuse to accept cookies, you may prohibit Good News Chinese Christian Church from delivering the full capability of our sites, and you may prevent the use of certain features and services that require these technologies.

We cannot regulate other sites, content, or applications of third parties. They may place their cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based, targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. Contact the responsible provider directly if you have any questions about targeted content.

WiFi and GPS

Some of our sites may use use GPS or wireless (“WiFi”) information to identify when you are near one of our physical locations. You can provide consent for us to use this information when you first download or begin to use our sites. If you provide consent, we use the information to enable push notifications related to interactions with our Good News Chinese Christian Church sites and physical location.

You also can manually initiate a location search to identify whether you are at our physical. When using specific Good News Chinese Christian Church sites, you can provide us with your location through your browser, zip code, or city, which a third-party search engine will process. We do not store GPS and WiFi information outside of your device. Once your particular session of use of the feature ends, we will cease access to your GPS and WiFi location unless you use the feature again.

After your first use of this functionality and consent for us to use your GPS or WiFi location, we will assume we have consent unless you revoke it through your mobile device’s settings.

Good News Chinese Christian Church Content

We may collect how you use the content available through our sites. We process this information to allow you to access and use content through each session of your use of our sites. You can choose whether to download certain Good News Chinese Christian Church content to your device. You will have the option to allow Good News Chinese Christian Church access to your device’s storage to add and modify this downloaded content. Access to the storage of your device is only used by Good News Chinese Christian Church for downloading this requested content to your device.

It is your choice whether to create, access, or store Good News Chinese Christian Church information and content. We may use information about your use of Christ Fellowship and the inferences we make from that use to provide recommendations to you of other Christ Fellowship content. You may opt out of receiving these recommendations by email, as discussed below.

Communication From Us to You

We may communicate with you through push notification, SMS/Text messages, phone, email, or in-app messages. If we communicate to you through email, you may unsubscribe to these messages via the unsubscribe and or manage preferences link in the emails providing these messages. You can update your push notification settings at any time within the settings menu of the Good News Chinese Christian Church App.

By subscribing, you have provided Good News Chinese Christian Church with consent to send you emails and or SMS/text messages. We may text you about things like events, new content, and requests for volunteer or donation support. The frequency of these messages may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Some of the text messages we send may include links to websites, which will require a web browser and internet access. You may text STOP or REMOVE to opt out or HELP for help at any time to any SMS or MMS message you receive from us or email us at data.privacy@GoodNewsCCC.org. Certain carriers may not be liable for delayed or undeliverable messages.

Security, Legal, and Technical Issues

We may use your information to contact you about account security, legal, and other service-related issues. Please be aware that you cannot opt out of receiving such messages from us. We may use your personal information to investigate, respond to, and resolve legal, security, and technical issues and complaints, including, as necessary, security purposes or possible fraud, violations of law or our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy, or attempts to harm; however, you agree that we have no obligation to prevent or monitor for any of the preceding.

Notice

We may use your personal information to provide notice regarding a security incident or data breach by:

sending a message to the email address you provide, as applicable
posting to a publicly facing page of Good News Chinese Christian Church sites or through an in-app messages
sharing notices through major statewide media and/or telephonic means, including calls and/or text messages, even if sent via automated means, including automated dialers.

Standard text and data messaging rates may apply from your carrier.

Notices sent by email will be effective when we send the email. Notices we provide by posting will be effective upon posting and by in-app messaging when the message is made. Notices we provide through telephonic means will be effective when transmitted or dialed. You consent to receiving electronic communications from Good News Chinese Christian Church relating to your use and access of the services provided by Good News Chinese Christian Church. It is your responsibility to keep your email address and any other contact information you provide to us current so that we may provide these communications to you.

Analytics and Performance

We internally analyze the personal data available to us, the use of content found on our sites, and the inferences we make from that data to provide and update Good News Chinese Christian Church sites, communicate with you, and process information as discussed in this Policy, and for internal analytics such as to observe social, economic, and geographic trends as they pertain to Good News Chinese Christian Church.

In some cases, we work with trusted third parties to perform this research under controls that are designed to protect your privacy as outlined below. For example, we may use your data to generate statistics about overall usage of one of our sites or at specific events,

We may also use de-identified and aggregate user data to market our sites, including communications that promote growth. Where we publicly share stats of our growth, we analyze and publish the data in an aggregated form, protecting your privacy and keeping your identity and personal information confidential. We use data, including user-provided personal information, aggregations of user data collected through the use of our sites, public feedback, and information inferred from this data to conduct internal research and development in order to provide a better overall experience on Good News Chinese Christian Church sites, measure the performance of our sites and increase use of our sites and their features. This is done by making changes to Good News Chinese Christian Church sites that are generally available and by sending messages suggesting functionality and content.

Sensitive Data

By using Good News Chinese Christian Church application and sites, we do not assume that you are of any particular religious affiliation or are expressing to us any particular religious belief. We assume you are interested in the content we provide. We do not require users to provide information about such beliefs or any other sensitive data such as race, ethnicity, philosophical beliefs, or physical or mental health to use Good News Chinese Christian Church sites.

We will not sell your sensitive personal information, but we may need to share it with third-party service providers that enable us to provide the Good News Chinese Christian Church sites and/or certain app features and those service providers are required to keep your personal information confidential and only use it to provide us with their services. We will process the sensitive information we collect and inferences we make about the same in accordance with our Privacy Policy and for the purpose of allowing and facilitating your use of those specific app features.

If you choose to provide any sensitive information to us, we may use that information with other non-sensitive information you provide to perform the services and actions you request, such as sharing or storing content you create. In any event, Gpod News Chinese Christian Church will only process sensitive data you provide to us for Good News Chinese Christian Church’s legitimate activities on your behalf and solely in accordance with the terms of this policy and any additional requests you make about the information. We will also maintain your information subject to appropriate safeguards discussed in this policy and otherwise provided by Good News Chinese Christian Church.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to our collection and processing of your sensitive personal information by turning off and ceasing to use Good News Chinese Christian Church features that use this information, or by contacting us via mail at Good News Chinese Christian Church , (ADD PHSYCIAL ADDRESS HERE) or at data.privacy@Christfellowship.church. Withdrawing your consent may hinder our ability to provide certain functionality.

Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell or share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for their advertising purposes. We may disclose your personal information to third parties to process information as described above and otherwise enable our ability to provide Good News Chinese Christian Church, as further discussed below.

Disclosure on Your Behalf

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to fulfill our obligations, the purpose for which you provide it, a purpose you request when you provide the information, or any other purpose for which we have your consent.

Disclosure by You

If and when you share information through our sites, it is viewable by you and anyone else you choose to share it with. If you give access to your account to other applications and services, based on your approval, those services would have access to your shared information. The use, collection, and protection of your data by such third-party services are subject to those third parties’ policies.

Internal Disclosure

We will share your personal data internally within Good News Chinese Christian Church to help combine the personal information covered across the different aspects of Christ Fellowship Church sites and our other products and services to help provide services to you in a manner that is personalized and useful to you and others. For example, we can personalize potential services to recommend to you using cookies or similar technologies that track what functionality you have already opted to receive.

Service Providers

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use solely to support our sites (such as cloud hosting, cookie providers maintenance, analysis, audit, external marketing, payments, fraud detection, communication, and development), as well as to support our operations (such as communicating with you for potential employment purposes). We may combine the information we have with the information of these service providers to facilitate their support. For example, some of the platforms used to send emails and notifications provided through Good News Chinese Christian Church are built and managed by third parties, so some of your information is sent securely to those services to provide such functionality. They will have access to your information as reasonably necessary to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose it to others or use it for other purposes. We may also provide aggregate, de-identified information concerning the use of Good News Chinese Christian Church sites with third parties.

Content Providers

We utilize certain third parties to provide content on our sites. We do not share the personal information of users with these third parties. We may provide these third parties with aggregate analytics concerning the use of their content using de-identified and anonymized data.

Legal Process and Subpoena

We may need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. We attempt to notify users about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand. We may also need to disclose your information if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

Investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies;
Enforce our agreements with you;
Investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations;
Protect the security or integrity of our sites or
Exercise or protect the rights and safety of Good News Chinese Christian Church, our users, personnel, you, or others.

We also reserve the right to confidentially disclose personal information we have about you in connection with a potential or actual merger or acquisition such as the sale of all or substantially all our assets.

Deleting, Accessing, and Correcting Your Information

How to Make Your Requests

For personal data that we have about you, you may request the following:

Deletion: You may ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data. Please note that doing so may limit your ability to use certain functionality of Good News Chinese Christian Church sites.

Correction/Modification: You may edit some of your personal data through your account or ask us to change, update, or fix your data in certain cases, including if it is inaccurate.

Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or to limit our use of it.

Right to Access and/or Take Your Data: You can ask us for a copy of or disclosure concerning your personal data you provided to us.

Certain laws may provide the right to make additional requests concerning your personal information. If you have provided us with personal information and wish to make such a request under a specific region’s law, include the phrase “[Your State/Country] Privacy Request” in the subject line of your request and send your request via email to data.privacy@GoodNewsCCC.org or via mail to Good News Chinese Christian Church, (INSERT OUR MAILING ADDRESS HERE).

We ask that individuals making requests identify themselves with at least their name, mailing address, and email address and identify the information requested to be accessed, corrected, or removed before we process the request. We may seek additional information to verify a requestor’s identity. We may decline to process requests if we cannot verify the requestor's identity or if we believe the request will jeopardize the privacy of others, violate any law or legal requirement, cause the information to be incorrect, or for a similar legitimate purpose.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under applicable law. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to a verifiable request concerning your personal information unless it is excessive, unduly burdensome, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide a cost estimate before completing your request.

Deleting Your Account Information

You can delete your Good News Chinese Christian Church Church account information at any time. To request deletion of all account data, you must follow the deletion request instructions above; however, when you delete your account, we will delete the information associated with your account, such as user contributions you have created, received, or shared. If you do not want to delete your account or this information but want to temporarily stop using a Good News Chinese Christian Church site, you may cease use, and we will maintain your information associated with your account until you resume use or delete your account, whichever comes first.

We generally retain and process information and user contributions associated with your account until your account is deleted. You can manage, change, and delete certain information associated with your account using the Good News Chinese Christian Church application. If you’d like us to delete your account and all the information associated with your account, you may contact us via email to data.privacy@GoodNewsCCC.org or via mail to Good News Chinese Christian Church, (ENTER OUR MAILING ADDRESS HERE).

If you choose to delete your account or ask that we modify or delete personal information, we will delete and purge personal information we have stored about you in a way that is electronically irreversible; however, we may retain your personal data if we have a legal right or obligation to maintain the information or to meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our rights, or fulfill any other requests from you (for example, to opt-out of further messages or for a copy of your data). Otherwise, if you request that we delete your account, we will delete your account and all the information we have that is associated with your account, except for aggregated statistics based on de-identified information and inferences we have made (for example, the fact that you downloaded our application, without identifying you or maintaining personal information associated with that account).

Our deletion of your information and account will generally take up to 45 days from your request; however, cached information may take up to 30 days to delete. Please note that we have no control of the information you have shared with others through our sites and applications after you close your account, ask to delete information, or attempt to delete your account yourself. Your information and content you have shared may continue to be displayed in the services of others, including search engine results, until their cache refreshes.

Security and Protection

We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data. These include using encryption for your data while being transmitted between your device or browser and our servers and while at rest. Sensitive personal or financial information provided to us is restrictively stored and accessible only to authorized employees, authorized deacons or specifically authorized volunteers who have passed background checks and have signed documents restricting the disclosure of such personal information. However, given the nature of communications and information technology and that the use of the internet has inherent risks and attacks. We cannot warrant or guarantee that information provided to us through our sites or stored in our systems or otherwise will be free from unauthorized intrusion by others, nor can we warrant or guarantee that such data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

Children

We do not collect personal information from any person we know is under 13 without the consent of that minor’s parent or legal guardian.

A parent or guardian may consent to use our sites or services by a minor. However, we ask that you discuss the risks of sharing personal information on the Internet with your children and require that they refrain from communicating with any third parties or sharing any personal information online or otherwise without the supervision of a parent or guardian. Should you allow your minor child to use our sites or services, you are solely responsible for supervising the minor’s use of the same and assume full responsibility for the processing of any information provided to us by that minor.

Where you associate your minor child’s information with your account, we will assume you consent to our processing of that information in accordance with this policy and other privacy notices and terms we may provide to you from time to time. If you allow your minor child to use our sites, we ask that you discuss the risks of sharing personal information on the Internet with your children and require that they refrain from communicating with any third parties or sharing any personal information with other users. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at data.privacy@GoodNewsCCC.org.

Processing of Data

We will only collect and process your personal data where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent where you have given it, contracts, and other legitimate interests. Such legitimate interests include protection to you, us, other users, and third parties, to comply with applicable law, to enable and administer our internal processes, to manage corporate transactions, to generally understand and improve our internal processes and user experience, and to enable us and other users of our sites to connect with you to exchange information, provided that the preceding adequately protects your rights and freedoms. Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object. If you have any questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us via email at data.privacy@GoodNewsCCC.org or via mail to Good News Chinese Christian Church (ENTER OUR MAILING ADDRESS HERE).

Third-Party Information Collection

This Privacy Policy applies only to sites and apps owned and operated by Good News Chinese Christian Church. Our sites may contain links to other websites or apps. You are responsible for reviewing the privacy statements and policies of those other websites you choose to link to or from one of our sites so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and store your information. We are not responsible for the privacy statements, policies or content of other websites or apps, including websites you link to or from a Good News Chinese Christian Church site. Websites containing co-branding (referencing our name and a third party’s name) contain content delivered by the third party, not us.

If you link to other websites, applications, and services or profiles you have with third-party applications, you will provide the personal data stored on those applications to Good News Chinese Christian Church. For example, you may link your Facebook account to your profile, providing personal information you have opted to share through Facebook to Good News Chinese Christian Church. When you do so, we are provided with your Facebook or other applicable social media username. You may revoke the link with such accounts and third-party applications by modifying your settings with those applications. As noted above, third-party sites that link to or are associated with our sites may collect information using automated technologies such as cookies. We have no control over such collection and use, which are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties.

Users Outside the United States

We are based in Florida within the United States, and the laws of the U.S. and the State of Florida govern your use of our sites and this Privacy Policy. If you are using our site from outside this state or country, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the U.S. where our servers are located, and our central database is operated. Our 3rd party service providers may process data both inside and outside of the U.S. and rely on contractual commitments between us and companies transferring personal data that require the protection and security of such data for your privacy. The data protection and other laws of the State of Florida, the U.S., and other countries might not be as comprehensive and may differ from those in your state or country. By using a Good News Chinese Christian Church Church site, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it, as described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time, and your continued use of Good News Chinese Christian Church sites after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes. So, please check this policy periodically for updates. Our policy is to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ Personal Information, we will notify you by e-mail (if you have an email address on record with us) and through a notice on the website home pages. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page.

Disputes; Mediation; Arbitration; Waiver of Class Action

This Privacy Policy is subject to our Terms of Use, including Section 9 of our Terms of Use, which includes mediation and binding arbitration (unless you opt out of arbitration within 60 days of the earlier of your first use of the Websites, Mobile App or Services or registration with the Websites, Mobile App or Services) and a waiver of certain class action rights. Please carefully review these terms, as well as the rest of the Terms of Use, before using our Websites, Mobile Apps or Services.

Let Us Know How We Are Doing

We have taken great measures to ensure that your visit to our Websites, Mobile Apps, and Services is a positive experience and that your privacy is constantly respected. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our privacy practices, please let us know.

Contact Information

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