Website Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is designed to help you understand how Catholic Central (“we” or “us”) collects, uses, and shares personal information collected through our website, grcatholiccentral.org, and its related sites (the “Site”). We value your privacy, and we will not share your personal information with third parties except as described in this privacy policy without your consent.

BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE OR PROVIDE US WITH YOUR INFORMATION.

What This Privacy Policy Covers

This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by the Site. It will notify you of the following:

• What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the Site, how it is used, and with whom it may be shared.
• How cookies are used on this Site.
• What choices are available to you regarding the use of your information.
• How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information.

Personal Information Collection, Use and Sharing

We collect personal information about you, such as your contact information, that you provide through the Site or otherwise communicate to us, including as a result of creating an account, filling out an application through the Site, registering for an event, requesting information, responding to surveys, or making a payment or donation to us.  We also may obtain information about you from third party sources, such as our service providers, vendors, and social media sites.  Finally, we and our third party service providers may automatically record certain information about how you use the Site by using cookies and similar tracking technologies; however, we will not associate this information with your personally identifiable information unless required to do so to cooperate with law enforcement or to comply with law.  We may collect other information from you through the Site that is not specifically listed here, but we will only use such information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Please note that our third party services providers may collect some sensitive personal information about you (e.g., social security numbers, credit card information, or information related to racial or ethnic origin or gender) through the Site to process your application, maintain your account, or otherwise provide you with our services. For example, we use Infinite Campus to host our student, parent and teacher portals, and we use OnBoard to manage our admissions process. We respect your privacy, and we will use measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of this sensitive information and comply with all laws related to the collection, use and disclosure of this information.

We use your personal information to provide this Site and our services; respond to your requests, questions, comments, and feedback; perform website analytics and database management services; create and maintain your account; send you newsletters, event notices, reunion invitations, and marketing communication; and for compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes. We may also use your information to manage and serve ads on third party sites and to tailor ads to your interests and browsing history (called remarketing or interest-based advertising). We do not sell your personal information. While we reserve the right to license or sell aggregate, de-identified information about the visitors to our Site, this information will not contain your personal information or otherwise be individually identifiable.

We will not share your personal information with third parties without your consent except in the following circumstances: as needed for third party service providers to provide us with services (for example, to help us design and operate the Site, provide services to support the Site, process your information, and provide communication on our behalf); with our partners who may offer services to you jointly with us; with class reunion coordinators to invite you to reunions and class-specific groups; and as necessary to comply with applicable law and for other compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes.  Unless otherwise indicated at the time we collect your information, if we allow third parties to access the personal information we collect, we will have contractual provisions or other appropriate protections in place to ensure such access is for limited purposes and in compliance with this privacy policy.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technology

We use “cookies” on this Site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a website visitor’s hard drive to help improve your access to the website and identify repeat visitors. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to login a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our Site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our Site visitors to enhance the experience on our Site and allows us to better educate our community.

Cookies are not the only way to track visitors to a website. We may use similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Sites. If you sign up to receive our e-mails, we will also use cookies in conjunction with these emails. When your browser downloads any graphic content in the e-mail, we may also place a cookie on your computer that will tell us if you come to our Site later.

In addition to our own cookies and tracking technologies, we collaborate with various third-party service providers, such as Google, who also use cookies to help us optimize our Site, understand more about the visitors to our Site, and to provide advertising more targeted to your interests.

How Can You Disable Cookies and Other Tracking Technology?  Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Information about opting out of cookie-based advertising can be found at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org and https://www.neustar.biz/privacy/opt-out. Please keep in mind that cookies and similar technologies are an important part of how the Sites work, and removing, rejecting, or limiting the use of these tools might affect the availability and functionality of our Sites. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.com.

Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Google Services

We use Google Analytics to help us gather statistical information about the visitors to our Site and to market our services. Specifically, we use Google Ads remarketing technology to market our services throughout the Internet, but only if you have turned on Ads Personalization through Google. We also use Google Analytics to help us gather statistical information about the visitors to our Sites and how they use the Sites on an anonymous, aggregate basis. We may use this information to gain a better understanding of the users of our Sites, to improve our Sites, and to improve our services.  We will not associate any data we gather through Google Analytics with your personally identifiable information unless required to do so to cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental request or to comply with law. To understand how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy. Google Analytics relies on cookies. In addition to controlling cookies generally as described above, you may have the ability to specifically control the type of information that Google Analytics uses. You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager. In addition, to provide website visitors more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed an Opt-out Browser add-on, which is available by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, to enable you to opt out of Google’s programs.

Your Choices, Access to and Control Over Your Information

You are not required to provide all personal information identified in this privacy policy to use our Site or to interact with us offline, but certain functionality will not be available if you do not provide personal information. For example, if you do not provide personal information, we may not be able to respond to your request, process your application, perform a transaction with you, or provide you with communication that we believe you would find valuable.

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time, including having your information shared with reunion coordinators. You can do the following at any time by contacting us as detailed at the end of this privacy policy. You may also opt out of certain notifications by changing the communication preferences in your account settings. To request your information be deleted or to request an export of your data, contact us via email at cchscommunications@grcatholiccentral.org.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We take a number of organizational, technical, and physical measures that are designed to protect the personal information we collect, particularly your sensitive information. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.

Third-Party Sites and Services

The Site may contain links to other websites and services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control third party websites, applications, or services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites and services follow different rules regarding their collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read their privacy policies to learn more.

International Data Use

We are located in the United States but may have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be collected, used, and stored in the United States or other locations outside of your home country. Privacy laws in the locations where we handle your personal information may not be as protective as the privacy laws in your home country.

Updates

Our privacy policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this privacy policy and all such changes. Continued use of the Site after any such changes have been posted shall constitute your agreement to such changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at:

Grand Rapids Catholic Central

319 Sheldon Blvd SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

(616) 233-5891

cchscommunications@grcatholiccentral.org

Or use our contact form found here.

Effective Date: 10/9/2020

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