The Mariner Sands Chapel Privacy Policy (or “Policy”) applies to all information collected through our website (“Site”), mobile application, (“Apps”), social media and/or any related services, marketing or events.

What Information is Collected

Personal information you disclose.

“User Personal Information” is any information about one of our Users which could, alone or together with other information, personally identify them or otherwise be reasonably linked or connected with them. Information such as a username and password, an email address, a phone number, a real name, an Internet protocol (IP) address, and a photograph are examples of “User Personal Information.”

Registration information.

We require some basic information at the time of account creation when registering for events or to receive emails, direct mail or SMS/MMS (text) messages. When you create your own username and password, we ask you for a valid email address. The website or software application may also request your phone number for receiving SMS/MMS messages.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website or Apps. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the website or Apps. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include generic device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Site or Apps and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site or Apps, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. By choosing to use our Site and Apps, you agree to our discretionary use of cookies for general purposes intended to enhance user experience.

Push Notifications.

We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or the mobile application. If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings.

Information collected from other sources.

We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as social media platforms (such as Facebook), as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information (your name, gender, birthday, email, current city, state and country, user identification numbers for your contacts, profile picture URL and any other information that you choose to make public); marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).

How Mariner Sands Chapel uses your information.

We may use personal information collected via our website or Apps for a variety of business purposes, including:

 To send administrative information to youfor religious purposes and/or legal reasons. We may use your personal information to send you announcements and new program information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

  • Fulfill and manage your requestsfor contractual reasons. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your payments, returns and exchanges made through the Site, third-party software or Apps, if any.
  • Deliver targeted marketing to youfor our religious purposes. We may use your information to develop and display content and marketing (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
  • Request feedbackfor our religious purposes and events. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Site or Apps.
  • To protect our websitefor legal reasons. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Site or Apps safe and secure, e.g., for fraud monitoring and prevention.
  • To enable user-to-user communicationwith your consent. We may use your information to enable user-to-user communications with each user’s consent.
  • For other religious purposes:We may use your information for other religious purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and evaluating and improving our website or Apps, programs and services, marketing and your experience.

Sharing Your Information

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

Compliance with Laws. We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process.

Vital Interests and Legal Rights. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent. We share your User Personal Information, if you consent, after letting you know what information will be shared, with whom, and why.

No mobile information (SMS) or content will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Use of cookies or other tracking technology

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. We use third-party analytics and service providers to help us evaluate our users’ use of our website and Apps, compile statistical reports on activity, and improve our content and service performance. We only use these third-party analytics providers on certain areas of our website, and they are limited in the type of User Personal Information they can collect and the purpose for which they can process the information.

By choosing to use our Site and Apps, you agree to our discretionary use of cookies for general purposes designed to enhance user experience.

How we store your information.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this Policy will require us to keep your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it.

How we keep your information safe.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. The following policies and procedures meet the standards and requirements of the GDPR and any relevant data protection laws, including:

  • Data Protection — accountability and governance measures are in place to ensure that we understand and adequately communicate and document our obligations and responsibilities, with a dedicated focus on privacy by design and the rights of individuals.
  • Data Retention & Erasure — our document retention policies and procedures are designed to meet the “data minimization” and “storage limitation” principles and that personal information is stored, archived and destroyed compliantly and ethically. We have dedicated erasure procedures in place to meet the new “Right to Erasure” obligation and are aware of when this and other data subject’s rights apply; along with any exemptions, response timeframes and notification responsibilities.
  • Data Breaches — our breach procedures ensure that we have safeguards and measures in place to identify, assess, investigate and report any personal data breach at the earliest possible time. Our procedures are robust and have been disseminated to all employees, making them aware of the reporting lines and steps to follow.
  • Obtaining Consent — we are revising our consent mechanisms for obtaining personal data, ensuring that individuals understand what they are providing, why and how we use it and giving clear, defined ways to consent to us processing their information.
  • Direct Marketing — we are ensuring clear opt-in mechanisms for marketing subscriptions; a clear notice and method for opting out and providing unsubscribe features on marketing materials.

Collection of information from minors.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the website or Apps, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Site or Apps. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at msandschapel@gmail.com.

Your Privacy Rights

In addition to the policies and procedures mentioned above that ensure individuals can enforce their data protection rights, we provide easy-to-access information via our website and our office, of an individual’s right to access any personal information that Mariner Sands Chapel processes about them and to request information about:

  • What personal data we hold about them
  • The purposes of the processing
  • The categories of personal data concerned
  • The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
  • How long we intend to store your personal data
  • If we did not collect the data directly from them, information about the source
  • The right to have incomplete or inaccurate data about them corrected or completed and the process for requesting this
  • The right to request erasure of personal data (where applicable) or to restrict processing in accordance with data protection laws, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us and to be informed about any automated decision-making that we use
  • The right to lodge a complaint or seek judicial remedy and who to contact in such instances.

Disclaimer of Damages

By using a church website, you assume all risks associated with the use of the site, including any risk to your computer, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file that might be transmitted or activated via a church website or your access to it. Mariner Sands Chapel shall not be liable for any damages of any kind (general, special, incidental or consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits) resulting from the use or misuse of the information contained in a church website.

Copyrights and Trademarks

Copyright (c) 2026 Mariner Sands Chapel

All material on this website is copyrighted by Mariner Sands Chapel, except for some material that is copyrighted by others and used here by permission. Copyrighted material may not be copied, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without the written permission of the copyright holder.

This site also contains some trademarks, which may not be appropriated by persons other than the trademark owner and may not be used contrary to trademark law. If you wish to request permission to use materials in a manner otherwise prohibited herein, please send an email to: msandschapel@gmail.com  or contact us via telephone at (772) 288-5194.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, if any, you can contact us at:

Mariner Sands Chapel

6500 SE Congressional Way

Stuart, FL 34997

Email: msandschapel@gmail.com

Phone: (772) 288-5194.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases; however, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, and/or comply with legal and accounting requirements.

Questions and Contact Information

If you have questions or comments about this Policy, you may email us at msandschapel@gmail.com or by mail at:

6500 SE Congressional Way, Stuart, FL 34997