ፖሊሲ ምስጢርነት

1. ማሕበርን ተቆጻጻሪ ዳታን

ንውልቃዊ ሓበሬታኹም ሓላፍነት ዘለዎ ተቆጻጻሪ ዳታ፦

2. እንእክቦ ሓበሬታን ምንካይ ዳታን

መትከል ምንካይ ዳታ ብምኽታል ንኣገልግሎትና ኣዝዩ ኣድላዪ ዝኾነ ጥራይ ንእክብ፦

• 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. ሕጋዊ መሰረታት ምምሕዳር ዳታ (GDPR ከምኡውን ሕግታት US)

ውልቃዊ ሓበሬታኹም ኣብ ትሕቲ እዞም ዝስዕቡ ሕጋዊ መሰረታት ንሕዝ፦

• 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. ኣገልገልቲ ሳልሳይ ወገን

ጽኑዕ ውሕስነት ምስጢር ንምርግጋጽ ንመሻርኽትና ብጥንቃቐ ንመርጾም፦

Meta Pixel, TikTok tracking ወይ ናይ መወዓውዒ መከታተሊ ስክሪፕታት ኣይንጥቀምን።

5. መስፈርቲ ዕድመን ምስጢርነት ህጻናትን (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. ግዜ ምዕቃብን ምድምሳስን ዳታ

ውልቃዊ ሓበሬታ ንኣገልግሎት ክሳብ ዘድሊ ጥራይ ንዕቅቦ፦

• 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. መሰላት ምስጢርነትኩም (መሰል ምድምሳስ)

ኣበይ ከም እትነብሩ ብዘየገድስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ውልቃዊ ዳታኹም ምሉእ መሰል ኣለኩም፦

8. ኢመይል ርክባትን ተገዛእነት CAN-SPAMን

ብኣገልግሎትና ዝለኣኹ ኩሎም ኢመይላት ሕጊ CAN-SPAM የኽብሩ፦

• Truthful sender information (EUC Young Adults <info@eucmaryland.org>).
• ዘየደናግርን ቅኑዕን ኣርእስቲ።
• ኣብ እግሪ ኢመይል ግልጺ ኣድራሻ ቤተክርስትያን።
• ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ መልእኽቲ ብሓደ ጠውቒ ምዝገባ ዘቋርጽ መላግቦ።

9. ውዕላት ምምሕዳር ዳታ (DPAs)

ውሂብኩም ንምሕላው ምስ ኣቅረብቲ ክላውድና ሕጋዊ ውዕላት (DPAs) ኣሎና፦

• 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. ስጉምትታት ውሕስነትን መስርሕ 72-ሰዓትን

ሓበሬታኹም ንምሕላው 256-bit TLS/SSL ምስጠራ፣ ጽኑዕ HTTP security headers፣ bcrypt password hashingን ዝተመስጠረ ዳታቤዝን ንጥቀም።

11. ክፍሊታትን ቀጻሊ ወርሓዊ ሒሳባትን

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.