Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 29, 2026
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how it may be shared, and the choices available to you.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when using our website, including your:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address, when applicable
- Information submitted through contact forms
- Prayer requests
- Newsletter subscription information
- Email and text-message signup information
- Event registration information
- Online giving and donation information
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to us
Prayer Requests
Information submitted through a prayer request form is used for the purpose of receiving, responding to, and praying over submitted requests. When appropriate, prayer requests may be shared with individuals or ministry teams responsible for prayer.
Please avoid including highly sensitive personal information about yourself or another person unless it is necessary for your request.
If our prayer request form provides an option regarding whether a request may be shared with a prayer group or others, we will use the request according to the option you select.
Online Giving
Our website may provide access to online giving or donation services. Payments may be processed through a third-party payment processor or giving platform.
We may receive information regarding your donation, such as your name, contact information, donation amount, date, and fund designation. Complete credit card, debit card, or banking information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment provider rather than Hickory Flat Fellowship Church.
Third-party payment and giving services may maintain their own privacy policies and security practices.
Newsletters and Email Communications
If you sign up for our newsletter, church announcements, or other email communications, we may use your email address and other information you provide to send those communications.
You may unsubscribe from applicable email communications by using the unsubscribe option provided in the message or by contacting us.
Text Messages
If you voluntarily provide your mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages from Hickory Flat Fellowship Church, we may send you church announcements, event information, ministry updates, reminders, and other communications consistent with your consent.
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.
You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP to an applicable message. Where supported, you may reply HELP for assistance.
We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers or SMS consent information with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of making a donation, attending the church, participating in an event, or receiving other services from Hickory Flat Fellowship Church.
Event Registrations
When you register for an event, we may collect information necessary to manage your registration, communicate with you about the event, and administer the event.
Depending on the event, this information may include names of attendees, contact information, attendance details, and other information reasonably necessary for participation.
Contact Forms
Information submitted through our contact forms may be used to respond to inquiries, provide requested information, and communicate regarding church ministries, services, events, or other matters related to your request.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through our website to:
- Respond to questions and requests
- Process and maintain donation records
- Manage prayer requests
- Register individuals for events
- Send newsletters, announcements, and ministry communications
- Send text messages when you have consented to receive them
- Maintain church and administrative records
- Improve our website and online services
- Protect our website, congregation, and organization against fraud, misuse, or security threats
- Comply with applicable legal, financial, and recordkeeping obligations
Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the site, and improve website performance.
We may also use third-party website hosting, analytics, embedded media, maps, social media, or other services that may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
You can control certain cookies through your web browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the operation of some website features.
Sharing of Information
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church does not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted service providers when necessary to operate our website or provide church services. These may include website hosting providers, email and communication providers, event registration systems, payment processors, online giving providers, and other technology providers.
These providers may process information on our behalf according to their applicable terms, privacy policies, and contractual obligations.
We may also disclose information when required by law or legal process or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Hickory Flat Fellowship Church, our congregation, website users, or others.
Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information in our possession. However, no website, electronic transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Children's Privacy
Our website may contain information about children's and youth ministries and events. We do not knowingly use our website to solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.
Parents or guardians who believe a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate permission may contact us to request that the information be reviewed or deleted.
Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties, including online giving, social media, video, event registration, or other services.
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites or services that we do not operate. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information.
Your Choices
You may contact us to request that we update or correct personal information you have provided to us or to ask questions about how your information is handled.
Certain information may need to be retained for legal, financial, tax, security, recordkeeping, or other legitimate organizational purposes.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, practices, technology, or legal requirements.
When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact:
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church
5301 Hickory Flat Highway
Canton, GA 30115
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hickoryflatfellowshipchurch.com
Effective Date: September 29, 2026
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how it may be shared, and the choices available to you.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when using our website, including your:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Mailing address, when applicable
- Information submitted through contact forms
- Prayer requests
- Newsletter subscription information
- Email and text-message signup information
- Event registration information
- Online giving and donation information
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to us
Prayer Requests
Information submitted through a prayer request form is used for the purpose of receiving, responding to, and praying over submitted requests. When appropriate, prayer requests may be shared with individuals or ministry teams responsible for prayer.
Please avoid including highly sensitive personal information about yourself or another person unless it is necessary for your request.
If our prayer request form provides an option regarding whether a request may be shared with a prayer group or others, we will use the request according to the option you select.
Online Giving
Our website may provide access to online giving or donation services. Payments may be processed through a third-party payment processor or giving platform.
We may receive information regarding your donation, such as your name, contact information, donation amount, date, and fund designation. Complete credit card, debit card, or banking information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment provider rather than Hickory Flat Fellowship Church.
Third-party payment and giving services may maintain their own privacy policies and security practices.
Newsletters and Email Communications
If you sign up for our newsletter, church announcements, or other email communications, we may use your email address and other information you provide to send those communications.
You may unsubscribe from applicable email communications by using the unsubscribe option provided in the message or by contacting us.
Text Messages
If you voluntarily provide your mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages from Hickory Flat Fellowship Church, we may send you church announcements, event information, ministry updates, reminders, and other communications consistent with your consent.
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.
You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP to an applicable message. Where supported, you may reply HELP for assistance.
We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers or SMS consent information with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of making a donation, attending the church, participating in an event, or receiving other services from Hickory Flat Fellowship Church.
Event Registrations
When you register for an event, we may collect information necessary to manage your registration, communicate with you about the event, and administer the event.
Depending on the event, this information may include names of attendees, contact information, attendance details, and other information reasonably necessary for participation.
Contact Forms
Information submitted through our contact forms may be used to respond to inquiries, provide requested information, and communicate regarding church ministries, services, events, or other matters related to your request.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through our website to:
- Respond to questions and requests
- Process and maintain donation records
- Manage prayer requests
- Register individuals for events
- Send newsletters, announcements, and ministry communications
- Send text messages when you have consented to receive them
- Maintain church and administrative records
- Improve our website and online services
- Protect our website, congregation, and organization against fraud, misuse, or security threats
- Comply with applicable legal, financial, and recordkeeping obligations
Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the site, and improve website performance.
We may also use third-party website hosting, analytics, embedded media, maps, social media, or other services that may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
You can control certain cookies through your web browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the operation of some website features.
Sharing of Information
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church does not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted service providers when necessary to operate our website or provide church services. These may include website hosting providers, email and communication providers, event registration systems, payment processors, online giving providers, and other technology providers.
These providers may process information on our behalf according to their applicable terms, privacy policies, and contractual obligations.
We may also disclose information when required by law or legal process or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Hickory Flat Fellowship Church, our congregation, website users, or others.
Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information in our possession. However, no website, electronic transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Children's Privacy
Our website may contain information about children's and youth ministries and events. We do not knowingly use our website to solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.
Parents or guardians who believe a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate permission may contact us to request that the information be reviewed or deleted.
Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties, including online giving, social media, video, event registration, or other services.
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites or services that we do not operate. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information.
Your Choices
You may contact us to request that we update or correct personal information you have provided to us or to ask questions about how your information is handled.
Certain information may need to be retained for legal, financial, tax, security, recordkeeping, or other legitimate organizational purposes.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, practices, technology, or legal requirements.
When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact:
Hickory Flat Fellowship Church
5301 Hickory Flat Highway
Canton, GA 30115
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hickoryflatfellowshipchurch.com