Privacy

This page explains what information Heartland Church of Branson receives through this website, how we use it and the choices you have. We collect as little as we can.

Information we receive

• When you visit. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, processes basic technical information such as your IP address, the type of browser and device you use, and the pages you request. This is used to deliver the site and to protect it from abuse. We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies and does not identify individual visitors.
• When you contact us. If you call or write, we receive your name, your contact details and whatever you choose to tell us.
• When you give. Online gifts are processed by Stripe. Your card or bank details go directly to Stripe and are not seen or stored by this site. We receive your name, your email address, the amount and date of your gift, and the type of card and its last four digits.

Cookies and tracking

This site does not use advertising or social media trackers and does not set advertising cookies. Stripe's checkout page and Cloudflare's security checks may set cookies that are needed to process a payment or to block abuse.

How we use information

• To reply to you.
• To pray for you, if you ask.
• To record gifts, send receipts and provide giving records.
• To keep this site working and secure.
• To meet legal and financial reporting duties.

Prayer requests

Prayer requests are treated with care. They are shared only with the pastor and the people in the church who are asked to pray, and they are not published or shared outside the church without your permission.

Who we share information with

• Companies that provide services to the church: Cloudflare for hosting and security, Stripe for payments, and our email provider. They handle information on our behalf and under their own privacy policies.
• Authorities, when the law requires it or when it is needed to protect someone's safety.

We do not sell or rent your information, and we do not share it with other organizations for their marketing.

How long we keep information

Giving records are financial records, and we keep them for at least seven years. Messages and prayer requests are kept only as long as we need them to respond and to care for you.

Security

This site is served over an encrypted connection, payments are handled by Stripe, and access to your information is limited to the people in the church who need it. No website can promise perfect security, but we work to protect what you share with us.

Children

This site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them online. If you believe a child has sent us information, call (417) 282-8481 and we will delete it.

Your choices

You can ask to see, correct or delete the information we hold about you, or ask us to stop contacting you. Giving records that we are required to keep cannot be deleted, but we will tell you what we hold.

Changes to this page

If we change how we handle information, we will post the new version here and update the date at the top of the page.

Questions

Call (417) 282-8481 or write to Heartland Church of Branson, PO Box 1704, Branson, MO 65615.