Privacy Policy

Information Privacy Statement

The Archdiocese of Detroit (“AOD”) respects and protects the privacy rights of all individuals that use aod.org, unleashthegospel.org, detroitcatholic.com, egwdetroit.org, detroitpriestlyvocations.com, detroitcatholicschools.org, 52sundays.com, familiesofparishes.com, protect.aod.org, give.aod.org, givecsa.org, massfinder.org, confessionsfinder.org, evangelicalcharity.org, aodfinder.org, adorationfinder.org, and iamhere.org (“Websites”). Any personally identifiable information that is provided on these Websites will be kept private and only used for its intended purposes and to fulfill the mission and direction of AOD.

This Information Privacy Statement will fully disclose our policy about the collection, maintenance, use, disclosure, and security of personally identifiable information obtained from users of the Websites. By personally identifiable information, we mean a user’s name, address, email address, telephone number, financial information or any other information that can be used to contact an individual, or which is identifiable of a specific individual (“Identifiable Information”). AOD uses commercially reasonable measures to protect Identifiable Information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, or alteration.

Identifiable Information

AOD may provide access to Identifiable Information to AOD’s employees and contractors that have a need to know and have confidentiality obligations to AOD. AOD may also disclose your Identifiable Information as required by applicable law or pursuant to a subpoena, order and/or request of a court or other governmental, legislative or regulatory body. Lastly, AOD may modify your Identifiable Information such that it is not identifiable as yours, and AOD may store, analyze, manipulate, aggregate, display, disclose, distribute, retain and otherwise use such unidentifiable information without restriction. AOD may distribute unidentified information and aggregated statistical information for research and reporting purposes. Except as provided above, your Identifiable Information will not be disclosed, sold, traded or rented to any third parties.

AOD’s obligations under this Information Privacy Statement do not apply to any information or data that: (a) is not identifiable as yours; (b) is or becomes entirely in the public domain; (c) was known to AOD prior your provisioning of information or data; (d) received lawfully from a third party through no breach of any obligation of confidentiality owed to you; and/or (e) created by AOD independently of its access to or use of your Identifiable Information.

Security

The security of the Websites, servers and other computer equipment used to bring you the Websites is a high priority of AOD. We maintain the Websites and all associated data with technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification, and improper disclosure of all information under AOD’s control. AOD follows reasonable industry-standard security procedures such as encrypted administrative communication, restricted access to underlying machines, and firewalls at network access points. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of the Site or databases, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to use through the Internet. To assist with maintaining your privacy, AOD requires you to keep any usernames and passwords you use to access the Internet and the Site strictly confidential.

Technical Information

AOD will collect certain technical information from your computer when you access or use the Websites. Below we have summarized this technical information:

Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses are identification numbers assigned to a user’s computer by its Internet Service Provider each time the user logs onto the Internet, or are permanently assigned if a user has an open connection to the Internet.

AOD maintains standard web logs that record basic information about visitors to these Websites. Our web logs contain the following information:

  • The type of browser you are using when you access these Websites, for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox etc.;
  • The type of operating system you use, for example, Windows 10;
  • Your location through geo-location services;
  • The Internet domain from which you access these Websites and/or the address of the website you linked here from; and
  • The date(s) and time(s) you visited these Websites, and the pages you viewed and/or functions you used while you were at these Websites.

AOD does not try to identify individuals or otherwise collect Identifiable Information from IP addresses or web log information. IP addresses and web log information are used by AOD to, among other things, administer the Websites, help diagnose technical problems, to track and analyze aggregate data associated with the Websites, to design the Websites, identify popular features, and in similar ways. AOD may aggregate IP addresses and/or web log information, and may store, analyze, manipulate, display, disclose, distribute, retain and otherwise use such unidentifiable information. AOD may also provide IP addresses and/or web log information to law enforcement agencies if someone tries to alter, impair, or destroy the Site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way.

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. AOD currently uses cookies to recognize your browser or device, learn more about your interests, and provide you with relevant communications. Cookies only apply to website visitors who have opted into receiving email communications from the AOD.

Links

AOD has provided links to other sites on the Websites, including but not limited to, links you may find useful, to facilitate donations, or enable transactions to be processed through the AOD Store. These sites have different privacy policies and you should be aware of each website’s privacy policy before providing any information to those sites. AOD is not responsible for any information you provide to sites that we have provided links to.

Data Protection Rights

AOD would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification: You have the right to request that AOD correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure: You have the right to request that AOD erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that AOD restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to AOD’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability: You have the right to request that AOD transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the Archdiocese of Detroit, Department of Communications, 12 State St., Detroit, MI 48026, or call the AOD at 313-237-5943 or email aodcommunications@aod.org.

Privacy Concerns

Local parish-related concerns should first be addressed with the parish’s pastor, school-related concerns should first be addressed to the principal of the school related to the concern.

If you believe that any of the information held by the Archdiocese is incomplete or inaccurate, you have the right to notify us and make any updates or corrections. To do so, contact the Archdiocese of Detroit, Department of Communications, 12 State St., Detroit, MI 48026, or call the AOD at 313-237-5943 or email aodcommunications@aod.org.

AOD reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this Information Privacy Statement at any time in its sole discretion. AOD will provide notification of any change by posting the change on the Websites. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Information Privacy Statement and all such changes. Continued use of the Websites after any such changes have been posted shall constitute your agreement to such changes.