Privacy Policy
Personal Information
We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"), receiving direct mailings and/or direct calls. The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications, mailings, phone calls and/or newsletters. The legal basis for processing your information in this manner was the consent you gave us (either written or verbal) or as a follow-up to a previous donation or inquiry.
We may process information relating to transactions, including donations, that you enter into with us and/or through our website ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the necessary reporting of a transaction between you and us.
Financial transactions relating to the Saint Benedict Institute is handled by our payment services provider, PayPal, and via direct payments to St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers' privacy policies and practices at http://www.paypal.com and http://www.stfrancisholland.org.
You have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest. To request the erasure of your data, email us at info@saintbenedictinstitute.org.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.
International transfers of your personal data
Our office and hosting facilities are located in the United States of America. The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of this country. Transfers to this country will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission, a copy of which can be obtained at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection_en.