Who we are
Our website address is: https://pilgrimsm.org. We are Pilgrim Lutheran Church, located in Santa Monica, California.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
- Contact Forms: When you reach out to us via our online contact forms, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and any message you choose to provide. We use this information strictly to respond to your inquiry, answer your questions, or provide pastoral and administrative support.
- Website Analytics: We use a privacy-focused tool (WP Statistics) to count page visits so we know which parts of our website are most helpful. We have configured this tool to automatically anonymize (hash) your IP address. We do not use third-party trackers (like Google Analytics), meaning your browsing activity is not shared with outside advertising networks.
- vCard Downloads on Contact Pages: We provide downloadable vCards so you can easily save our contact information to your device. Downloading these files does not collect, capture, or track any of your personal data.
Cookies
Because we do not have public user accounts, do not allow public comments, and do not use third-party tracking analytics, our website is incredibly lightweight on cookies. We do not use cookies to track your behavior across the internet.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (such as Vimeo videos for our divine services or Google Maps). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These third-party websites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties. We only share your data with trusted service providers (such as our Church Management System) for the sole purpose of church administration, communication, and pastoral care. These providers are contractually obligated to keep your information secure and private.
How long we retain your data
Information submitted through our contact forms is transferred to our secure internal database and kept for as long as necessary to address your request, provide ongoing pastoral care, or maintain our internal church administrative records.
What rights you have over your data
If you have submitted a contact form on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Contact form submissions may be routed through an automated spam detection service and are transmitted to our secure third-party church management database for storage and administrative use.