Privacy Policy
This Online & Mobile Privacy Practice Notice (“Notice”) applies to the online interface of Bishop Elias R. Lorenzo, O.S.B., specifically the website https://bishoplorenzo.com/ (the “Site” ). This Notice describes how our Site may collect, use, and share information from or about you and explains how information may be collected and used for advertising purposes.
Your privacy is important to us, and we value your trust. We protect your information online. Our Online & Mobile Privacy Practices strictly abide by the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
This Notice applies to relationships established in the United States.
Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Terms
Bishop Elias R. Lorenzo, O.S.B., is committed to protecting your privacy. This Notice describes the Online and Mobile Privacy Practices for bishoplorenzo.com and applies to anyone who visits our website (“Online Services”). This Notice explains which types of personally identifiable information (PII) we collect on our website and what we do with such information. It should be read in conjunction with the Internet Terms and Conditions (if any). This specifically applies to the general use of the Online Services only.
Each time you use our Online Services, you are indicating your acknowledgment and consent to collect, use, and disclose information about you collected through our Online Services as set forth in this Notice. We may revise this Notice periodically without advance notice. We will let you know of any changes by posting a revised Notice on our website with a new effective date. If you do not accept the terms outlined in this Notice or any revised Notice, please do not use our Online Services.
Collecting and Using Information
Personal Information We Collect Online
Bishop Elias R. Lorenzo, O.S.B., uses tools, such as cookies or clickstream auditing, to gather information for internal uses, such as Web analytics, and to personalize your visit. We may collect Personally Identifiable Information, such as your name, mailing address, email address, or telephone number, only when you voluntarily provide it to us through forms on our website (e.g., contact forms, if available). When you browse our Site, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
We Obtain Personal Information from Others
Our Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, social media feeds) from third-party websites. When you interact with this embedded content, these third-party sites may collect personal information from you. Those sites have their own privacy policies. It is always a good idea to review a site’s privacy policy before entering any personal information on that site. Once you leave our Site, our privacy policy is no longer in effect.
Other Information We Collect Online
Other information is any information other than Personal Information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an individual. This can be browser information, information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies, demographic information, and aggregated and de-identified data.
How We Collect and Use Other Information
Our third-party service providers (e.g., Google Analytics, social media platforms) and we may collect and use Other Information in a variety of ways, including:
•Through your browser or device: Certain information is collected by most browsers and/or through your device, such as your device type, screen resolution, operating system version and internet browser type and version. We use this information to ensure the Site functions properly, for fraud detection and prevention, and security purposes.
•Using cookies: Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the device you are using. Cookies we use do not contain or capture unencrypted Personal Information. We collect statistical information about the usage of the Site to continually improve the design and functionality, to monitor responses to our content, to understand how visitors use the Site, and to assist us with resolving questions regarding the Site. We also utilize cookies for advertising purposes.
•Action Tags, Web beacons, and Other Technologies: We use third-party advertising and media companies to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet and to help manage and optimize our Internet business and communications. Through the use of cookies and Action Tags (commonly referred to as Web beacons or GIF tags), which are inserted in various places within our Website, such third-party companies may collect anonymous information about your visits to bishoplorenzo.com and your interaction with our content. For instance, they may keep track of how many of our ads you have seen on other websites before visiting our Website. We may include web beacons in email messages or newsletters (if any) to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. This information is used to understand your browsing behavior and interests so that we can identify your needs and provide content and advertising that is tailored to you.
•Click Stream Auditing: Click Stream Auditing includes information such as a web surfer’s IP address, web pages which have been viewed or acted upon by a web surfer, date and time, domain type, and when a web surfer has responded to an advertisement. We may occasionally combine this information with individual information on an aggregate level to determine the effectiveness of our content and advertising.
•Behavioral Targeting: The third-party companies we use for online tracking have a network of advertising companies and may share anonymous information about your visits to bishoplorenzo.com and other websites with us. This information may be used to provide ads related to content and services relevant to you based on your browsing on bishoplorenzo.com. From time to time, we may also share anonymous information with such third-party companies in an aggregate form, for purposes of analysis and improvement of our Website.
•Geolocation Data: bishoplorenzo.com does not access location data stored on your mobile device without your permission. You may be able to set your device to block access to location data stored on your device; refer to the user guide for your device.
•IP Address: Your IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to the device that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). An IP address is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user visits the Site, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites. We use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping diagnose server problems, and personalizing/tailoring your experience while engaging with us online, for compliance and security purposes, for advertising, and administering the Site.
•Aggregated and De-identified Data: Aggregated and De-identified Data is data that we may create or compile from various sources. This information, which does not identify individual visitors, may be used for business purposes, which may include offering content or services, research, marketing or analyzing market trends, and other purposes consistent with applicable laws.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file containing a string of characters sent to your computer or device when you visit a website. When you revisit the website, the cookie allows that Site to recognize your browser. For security purposes, cookies may be used to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize/tailor your experience while you engage with us, and to recognize your device to allow your use of our online content and services.
bishoplorenzo.com does not store confidential or sensitive personal information in cookies. Cookies cannot be used to capture your email address, obtain data from your hard drive, or gain confidential or sensitive information about you. Additionally, cookies cannot be read by a Website other than the one that sets the cookie. Some Websites, however, use cookies to obtain information from your browser. By default, most web browsers accept cookies automatically.
You have the option to accept or decline cookies during Internet use. You can set your browser to notify you before accepting a cookie so that you can control whether you accept or reject a cookie. You will need to manage your cookie settings for each device and browser you use. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. Keep in mind; if you do not accept these cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Site and some online content and services. Without cookies, we will not be able to recognize your device as a returning user.
Visit the Federal Trade Commission to learn more about how to limit tracking and online advertising by controlling cookies and other tracking technologies attached to your browser .
Online Behavioral Advertising and Google Analytics Advertising Features
bishoplorenzo.com advertises online (through social media pages, and on other sites and mobile apps not affiliated with bishoplorenzo.com). We use Google Ads Remarketing and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to advertise bishoplorenzo.com across the Internet, particularly on the Google Display Network. If you do not wish to see ads from bishoplorenzo.com, you can opt-out by visiting Google’s Ads Settings .
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information, along with third-party audience data (such as age, gender, and interests) for aggregate use for reporting purposes. This information is used to make improvements to our websites and to monitor the effectiveness of website changes.
Some common types of information collected include, but are not limited to, your internet protocol (IP) address; the browser type you’re using; the pages you view on the website; the type of device used to access our websites and mobile apps; the items you click within the site; the state or country from which you access the website; the date and time of your visit; the name of your internet service provider; and certain demographic information Google makes available such as age, gender along with the interests they express in their online browsing and purchasing activities.
This data collection provides a statistical summary that cannot be tracked back to a specific individual. For example, we can view the number of visitors to our Site who use a specific type of Internet browser, but we cannot determine which browser a visitor uses. Please keep in mind this statement refers to general website usage.
Although the analytics tools plant a persistent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. By accessing our Online Services, you are allowing this information to be available to Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy . You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Site by disabling cookies on your browser.
Google Ads
Ads Remarketing will show you ads based on your past interactions with bishoplorenzo.com by placing a cookie in your browser. This cookie does not provide us with identifying information such as name, account numbers, social security numbers, or addresses, nor does it give us access to your computer or mobile device. This cookie is used to indicate to other websites that you visited a page and would be responsive to ads relating to that page.
Social Media
bishoplorenzo.com maintains information on social media sites like X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube through embedded feeds and videos. Posting information on these social media pages will be subject to the privacy and security conditions of the respective social media site. When you interact with embedded social media content on bishoplorenzo.com, the social media platform may collect information about your activities on those properties. The information collected may include whether you viewed a post or video.
Information Use
Information that we collect about you is used to provide you with optimal online experiences with us. We use it to help determine your needs to recommend relevant content and services. We use information about you to authenticate your identity, prevent fraud, and to keep your information secure. Your information is strictly used per applicable laws and this Privacy Policy.
Information Sharing
bishoplorenzo.com may share your information with third-party service providers (e.g., Google, social media platforms) as necessary to operate the Site, provide analytics, and deliver relevant content and advertising, in accordance with the terms described in this Privacy Policy.
Access
bishoplorenzo.com does not maintain a process that allows visitors to review and request changes to their personally identifiable information, including information collected using cookies or other tracking devices. If you believe that bishoplorenzo.com records contain any incorrect information about you, please contact us using the contact information provided on the Site.
Retention and Destruction
bishoplorenzo.com retains personally identifiable information (if any is voluntarily provided) for as long as necessary to provide the content and services for which the information was collected, for legal processes, or to satisfy government retention requirements. When the retention period expires, bishoplorenzo.com destroys data that was maintained in any form in a manner that renders it completely unusable and incapable of restoration.
Third-Party Vendors and Links to Other Websites
We may place links to other websites or third-party vendors on our Site and social media pages. bishoplorenzo.com has no control over any other website and is not responsible for the content on any other site. Users assume all responsibility when they go to other sites via the links on our website and social media pages, and they accept the individual privacy policies of those sites or third-party vendors.
Protecting children’s privacy online
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), as set forth by The Federal Trade Commission, prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices connected with collecting, using, and/or disclosing personal information from and about children on the Internet. bishoplorenzo.com does not intentionally collect personal information from children under age 13 on any of our websites without prior consent from their parents or legal guardians. To learn more about COPPA, please visit https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/privacy-and-security/children%27s-privacy .
