የግላዊነት ፖሊሲ

1. ድርጅቱ እና የውሂብ ተቆጣጣሪ

ለግል መረጃዎ ኃላፊነት ያለው የውሂብ ተቆጣጣሪ፦

2. የምንሰበስበው መረጃ እና መጠን መቀነስ

መረጃን የመቀነስ መርህን በመከተል ለአገልግሎቱ የግድ አስፈላጊ የሆነውን ብቻ እንሰበስባለን፦

• Contact Inquiries & Small Group Placement: Name, email address, optional phone number, and ministry interest (e.g., attending a Tuesday gathering, joining a discipleship pod).
• Newsletter Subscription: Email address for weekly devotional emails and gathering updates.
• Event RSVPs: Name, email, guest count, and optional notes (e.g., dietary considerations or ride-share needs).
• Prayer Requests: Name (or anonymous), and prayer request description shared with our pastoral intercession team.
• Leader Portal Accounts: For authorized ministry leaders, login email and bcrypt-hashed password credentials.
• Technical Session Cookies: Essential session cookies (connect.sid), CSRF defense tokens (csrf_token), and UI language preference (lang).

We do not collect Social Security numbers, government identification, financial card numbers on our servers, or intrusive device tracking identifiers.

3. የውሂብ አጠቃቀም ሕጋዊ መሰረቶች (GDPR እና የUS ሕጎች)

የግል መረጃዎን በሚከተሉት ሕጋዊ ማዕቀፎች እናስተናግዳለን፦

• Consent: When you voluntarily submit a contact form, join a small group, sign up for our newsletter, or submit a prayer request. You may withdraw consent at any time.
• Legitimate Religious & Ministry Interests: Facilitating spiritual fellowship, organizing weekly worship services, pastoral care, and member coordination.
• Legal Compliance: Retaining records where required by applicable federal, state, or Maryland laws.

4. የሶስተኛ ወገን አገልግሎት ሰጪዎች

ጥብቅ የግላዊነት ጥበቃ ለማረጋገጥ አጋሮቻችንን በጥንቃቄ እንመርጣለን፦

Meta Pixel፣ TikTok መከታተያ ወይም የማስታወቂያ መከታተያ ስክሪፕቶችን አንጠቀምም።

5. የዕድሜ መስፈርቶች እና የሕፃናት ግላዊነት (COPPA)

Our Young Adults ministry platform is designed for individuals who are 18 years of age or older, or between ages 13 and 17 with explicit parental or legal guardian consent.

In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personal information from children under the age of 13. If we discover that personal data of a minor under 13 has been submitted without verified parental consent, we will promptly delete that information from our database. Parents or guardians may contact us at info@eucmaryland.org to request immediate deletion.

6. የውሂብ ማቆያ እና ስረዛ ጊዜ

የግል መረጃን የምንይዘው አገልግሎቱን ለመስጠት እስከሚያስፈልግ ድረስ ብቻ ነው፦

• Newsletter Subscribers: Retained until you click "Unsubscribe" (which takes effect immediately).
• Event RSVPs: Retained for 90 days following event completion for attendance analytics, then purged or anonymized.
• Contact & Prayer Submissions: Retained for active pastoral follow-up, or until you submit a deletion request.

7. የግላዊነት መብቶችዎ (የመረሳት እና የመሰረዝ መብት)

የትም ቢኖሩ በግል ውሂብዎ ላይ ሙሉ መብት አለዎት፦

8. የኢሜይል ግንኙነት እና CAN-SPAM ተገዢነት

በአገልግሎታችን የሚላኩ ሁሉም ኢሜይሎች የአሜሪካን CAN-SPAM ሕግ ያከብራሉ፦

• Truthful sender information (EUC Young Adults <info@eucmaryland.org>).
• አሳሳች ያልሆኑ እና ትክክለኛ ርዕሶች።
• በኢሜይል ግርጌ ላይ ግልጽ የቤተክርስቲያን ፖስታ አድራሻ።
• በእያንዳንዱ መልእክት ውስጥ ፈጣን የ1-ጠቅታ ምዝገባ ማቋረጫ ሊንክ።

9. የውሂብ አያያዝ ስምምነቶች (DPAs)

ወደ ማስተናገጃ አቅራቢዎቻችን የሚተላለፈውን ውሂብ ለመጠበቅ ከሚከተሉት አቅራቢዎች ጋር አስገዳጅ የውሂብ ጥበቃ ስምምነቶችን እንይዛለን፦

• Google LLC (Google Cloud / Firebase): Compliant with EU Standard Contractual Clauses and ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, and 27018 certifications for cloud database storage and access controls.
• IONOS Inc.: Encrypted SMTP transmission agreement for automated ministry emails and password assistance.

10. የደህንነት እርምጃዎች እና የ72-ሰዓት ምላሽ ፕሮቶኮል

የግል መረጃዎን ለመጠበቅ 256-bit TLS/SSL ምስጠራ፣ ጥብቅ የHTTP ደህንነት ራስጌዎች፣ የbcrypt የይለፍ ቃል ምስጠራ እና የተመሰጠሩ የውሂብ ጎታዎችን እንጠቀማለን።

11. ክፍያዎች፣ ምዝገባዎች እና ተደጋጋሚ ክፍያዎች

Our digital platform does not sell subscriptions, software licenses, or recurring memberships. We do not store credit card numbers on our servers. All community events are 100% free of charge. Any voluntary charitable offerings made to the church are non-recurring, one-time contributions.