Privacy Policy

Effective: February 26, 2026

1. About Us

“We”, “us” or “our” means Cape Cod Bible Alliance Church (CCBAC), located at 3600 Main St, Brewster, MA 02631. If you have questions, contact office@ccbac.org.

2. About This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share personal information when you use our websites, online forms, online giving, church management tools, email, and text messaging (collectively, the “Services”).

3. What Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect It

  • Contact information: name, email, phone number, mailing address and similar details when you sign up for emails, newsletters, registrations, or text messages.
  • Participation and registration information: information you submit when registering for events, groups, classes, youth/kids activities, volunteering, or ministry involvement (for example household details, emergency contacts, grade level for youth events, and preferences you choose to share).
  • Giving and payment information: if you give or pay through our Services, payment information is typically collected and processed by third-party payment processors and handled according to their privacy policies.
  • Communications: information you provide when you email, call, text, or submit forms to us.
  • Website and device information: information collected automatically such as IP address, device/browser type, pages visited, and basic analytics/cookie data to help our site function and improve.

4. How We Use Your Personal Information

  • To send church communications (newsletters, announcements, event details, ministry updates, and service alerts).
  • To process registrations, participation, volunteer scheduling, and church administration.
  • To respond to questions, requests, and support needs.
  • To understand and improve our Services (basic analytics and engagement).
  • To protect safety, prevent fraud, and comply with applicable laws.

5. What Is Our Legal Basis For Processing

Where applicable, we process personal information based on consent (for example, SMS opt-in), legitimate interests (operating and communicating as a church), contractual necessity (event registrations you request), and legal obligations.

6. How We Share Your Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information.

  • Service providers: we may share information with trusted vendors that help us operate the Services (for example email delivery, texting, church management, registrations, analytics, and payment processing).
  • Legal and safety: we may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, property, or safety of CCBAC or others.
  • Business transitions: if CCBAC were to undergo a major organizational transition involving assets, information may be transferred consistent with law and this policy.

7. Your Marketing Choices (Email and Text Messaging)

Email

You can unsubscribe using the link in an email or by contacting office@ccbac.org. If you opt out, we may still send non-promotional messages related to church operations (for example service alerts).

Text Messaging (SMS)

  • Opt-in: you may opt in by submitting your phone number through a form (online or paper), registering for an event, joining a messaging list, or other opt-in methods we provide. Consent to receive texts is not a condition of purchase.
  • Message frequency: varies.
  • Fees: message and data rates may apply.
  • Opt-out: reply STOP at any time to stop receiving texts (you may receive a final confirmation text).
  • Help: reply HELP or email office@ccbac.org.

We do not share or sell phone numbers for third-party marketing.

8. Retention of Your Data and Deletion

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including church operations, legal compliance, and responsible recordkeeping. You may request deletion by emailing office@ccbac.org. Some records may be retained as needed for legal, financial, security, or ministry recordkeeping purposes.

9. International Transfers

Some service providers may store or process data outside your state or outside the United States. When data is transferred, we seek to use reputable providers that maintain appropriate safeguards.

10. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain processing of your personal information, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To request this, contact office@ccbac.org.

11. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information using administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards. No system can be guaranteed 100% secure.

12. Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date and post the updated policy where it is used.

13. Contact Us

Cape Cod Bible Alliance Church
3600 Main St
Brewster, MA 02631
office@ccbac.org