Gethsemane United Methodist Church is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and accordingly maintains the following privacy policy to protect personal information you provide online.

Basic Confidentiality Policy

It is Gethsemane's policy that personal information that you provide to us, such as your name, postal and e-mail address or telephone number, is private and confidential. Accordingly, the personal information you provide is stored in a secure location, is accessible only by designated staff, and is used only for the purposes for which you provide the information. If you also indicate on our site that you would like to receive information about other Gethsemane programs and services, such as publications, prayer requests, or membership, your personal information will be added to appropriate Gethsemane mailing lists. You can indicate your desire when completing a request form or when you send us e-mail. If at any time you change your mind and would like to add or remove your name from the Gethsemane's mailing list, or correct your personal information, please email us.

No Release of Information to Third Parties

Personal information will not be released to third parties except as requested by you in writing or if release is required by law or is pertinent to judicial or governmental investigations or proceedings. There are no other circumstances under which we will provide or sell personal information to third parties.

If you send us email, you identify yourself to us. This is your choice. However, we do not release such information to other people.

If you follow any of the URLs (links or addresses to other Web sites) that we provide on some of our pages, you are leaving the Gethsemane Web site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. We are not responsible for the contents of these linked sites and only provide these links as a convenience to you.

Prayer Requests

Gethsemane United Methodist Church will, from time to time, post prayer concerns and requests on this web site. In accordance with the above nondisclosure statement, such postings will not include personally identifiable information unless the individual in question provides permission. The postings may, however, include first names, initials or more generic references.

Photos and Images

Gethsemane United Methodist Church will, from time to time, post on this web site images of events in the life of our congregation. We will take reasonable measures to obtain permission from any pictured individual(s) before posting such images. And, in accordance with the above nondisclosure statement, we will not provide any personally identifiable information for any pictured individual(s) without the permission of the individual.

Children's Guidelines

We care deeply about children and understand that they have special privacy needs. Therefore, we have adopted the following privacy policy regarding children (under age 13), and would request that you speak with your children regarding internet usage in general and the reasons for and wisdom of these policies in particular:

• We will not collect, use, or distribute to third parties personally identifiable information concerning children.
• We will not post artwork by or pictures of any child without permission from the child's parent or legal guardian.
• We will not give the child access to unmonitored chat rooms, message boards, email accounts, or other services that would give the child the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable information.
• We will only use the online contact information (such as email) to respond directly to the child's request on a one-time basis and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
• We will not entice the child to divulge more information than is needed to participate in any activity or service.

Website Operator

This web site is operated by Gethsemane United Methodist Church, 2701 Woodland Ferry Rd., Seaford, DE, 19973, (302)629-2862.