Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 12, 2025
Church Name: St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Location: Alto, Georgia

St. Thomas the Apostle Church (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our site.

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, or mailing address that you voluntarily provide (e.g., contact forms, newsletter signups, event registration).
   
• Non-Personal Information: Browser type, IP address, pages visited, and general website usage data, typically collected through cookies and analytics tools.
   

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your messages or prayer requests.
   
• Communicate with you about services, events, or church-related news.
   
• Improve the functionality and outreach of our website.
   
• Serve relevant online ads through Google Ads (see Section 4 below).
   

We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for profit.

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience and analyze website usage. These may include:

• Session cookies (to remember your preferences during a visit)
   
• Analytics cookies (to see how people use the site)
   
• Advertising cookies (see below)
   

You can disable cookies via your browser settings, but some features of the website may not function properly.

We use Google Ads to promote our ministry and reach people online. As part of this service:

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other sites.
   
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized ads based on your browsing activity.
   
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings page: https://www.google.com/settings/ads
   
• Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting: http://www.aboutads.info
   

We do not have access to or control over the data collected by Google.

Our site may link to external websites (e.g., social media platforms, event tools, donation platforms). We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites.

We take reasonable steps to protect your information using secure technologies and best practices. However, no method of internet transmission or storage is 100% secure.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that such information has been collected, we will delete it promptly.

You may:

• Unsubscribe from emails at any time.
   
• Contact us to update, correct, or request deletion of your personal information.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact:

St. Thomas the Apostle Church
1636 Mud Creek Rd
Alto, GA 30510
Email: staacapa@gmail.com
Phone: (706) 894-2422

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date.