Privacy Policy

At The New Social Gospel, we are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you interact with our website at https://newsocialgospel.org.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://newsocialgospel.org. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to community, justice, and equity, inspired by the teachings of the social gospel.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us with spam detection to keep our site safe and user-friendly. Additionally, an anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you have an active profile. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if linked to Gravatar) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors to the website may download and extract this data from your images. To protect your privacy, ensure any sensitive metadata is removed before uploading.

Cookies

To enhance your experience on our site, we use cookies for various purposes:

Comments: When you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience to avoid re-entering details for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.
Login: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser. When you log in, we set cookies to save your login details and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep your login active for two weeks. Logging out will delete login cookies.
Editing/Publishing Content: When you edit or publish content, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply stores the post ID of the article. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. Embedded content behaves as if you are visiting the external website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, include additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these external sites for more information.

Who We Share Your Data With

We respect your privacy and do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. However, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to help ensure security.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments: When you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, without moderation delays.
User Accounts: For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information anytime (except for username changes). Website administrators can also view and manage this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an export file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you provided. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to maintain the security and integrity of our site. This process helps us prevent spam and ensure a safe experience for our users.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the data we hold about you, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for trusting The New Social Gospel with your information.