Effective Date: June 12, 2025
Website: chicagoexploremore.com

At The Archdiocese of Chicago ("we" or "us") we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring your experience on this website is secure, respectful, and aligned with our mission. We may use third-party service providers to facilitate our service on this website. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information and personal data when you visit the website.

We are committed to handling your personal information with high standards of information security. We take appropriate physical, technical, and administrative steps to maintain the security and integrity of personal information we collect, including limiting the number of people who have physical or logical access to your data, as well as employing a multitude of technical controls to guard against unauthorized access.

As we continue to develop our website and take advantage of advances in technology to improve the services we offer, this privacy policy likely will change. We therefore encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. We will post those changes on the website or update the privacy policy modification date.
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1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: Name, email address, and other information you choose to provide, when you fill out form, download a resource, or subscribe to communications.
  
• Technical Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, and usage patterns via cookies and analytics tools.

Some web browsers and devices permit you to broadcast a do not track (DNT) preference. At this time, we do not modify your experience based upon whether such a signal is broadcast.
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2. How We Use Your Information

We may collect your personal data through lawful and transparent means, with explicit consent where required. The data we collect and process is necessary for the purpose of the website, in our legitimate interest, and limited to the stated purpose.

We use your data to:

• Provide and improve our digital services and offerings
  
• Respond to inquiries and support requests
  
• Deliver newsletters, resources, and updates related to our mission
  
• Analyze site usage to optimize our content and performance
  

We do not sell or rent your personal data.
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3. Cookies & Tracking

Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience. For more information about cookies including removing any or all of your cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org. You may elect to refuse cookies through your web browsers. Please refer to your browser's Help instructions to learn more about cookies.

We also use analytics services (like Google Analytics) to better understand visitor interactions. If you would like to remove the Google Analytics and DoubleClick cookies, please go to tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/, respectively. You should be aware that this will affect your Google cookies on all sites, and not just ours.
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4. Data Sharing & Disclosure

We may share your data with service providers only as necessary to deliver our services. All providers are required to protect your information in accordance with this policy.

For example, we may work with an outside service provider to: (a) manage a database of contact information; (b) assist us in distributing emails; (c) assist us with marketing and data collection; (d) provide us storage and analysis; (e) provide fraud prevention; and (f) provide other services designed to assist us in maximizing our potential. We require that these outside companies agree to keep confidential all information we share with them, use the information only to perform their obligations in our agreements with them, and abide by applicable data privacy laws.

Compliance with Law: We may provide access to information when legally required to do so, to cooperate with police investigations or other legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website, to limit our legal liability, and to protect our rights or to protect the rights, property, or safety of visitors of this website or the public.
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5. Children's Privacy

Protecting children's privacy is important to us. Our website is a general audience site. We do not collect or maintain information from this website for those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is targeted to attract anyone under 13. We also do not send email correspondence to any user of this website who tells us that they are under the age of 13 without their parent's consent.

Children under the age of 13 should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any personal information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children's online activities and use parental control or other web filtering technology to supervise children's access to the web.

While visiting our websites, you may link to websites operated by our business partners or other third parties. This does not mean that we endorse these websites. We do not make any representations or warranties about any website you may access through this website. They are independent from us, and we have no control over, or responsibility for, their information or activities.

In addition, our privacy practices may differ from those of these other sites. If you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not this privacy policy. Make sure you understand any website's privacy policies before providing personal information.
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6. Data Security

We implement appropriate safeguards to protect your data. While no system is 100% secure, we use encryption, limited access controls, and industry-standard tools to reduce risk.
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7. Data Privacy Rights

You may exercise your rights in accordance with the applicable law of your state to the extent applicable to a 501(c)(3) organization. These rights vary by state and may include the following:

• Know about the personal information we collect about you and how it is used and shared
• Access or request a copy of your data
• Request correction or deletion of your data
• Withdraw consent or unsubscribe from communications
• Appeal a decision we made about your privacy rights
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To exercise these rights, you may contact us here DPVM@archchicago.org. Please identify your state of residence with your submission.
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8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted here with a revised effective date. Continued use of our site means you accept the revised policy.