Privacy Policy
July 14, 2026

1. Who We Are and Scope of This Policy

The Bahá’ís of Douglas County, Colorado website (the “Website”) is maintained on behalf of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Douglas County (referred to in this Privacy Policy as “we,” “us,” or “our”). The Website provides information about the Bahá’í Faith, local community activities, events, children’s classes, junior youth groups, devotional gatherings, study circles, and ways to contact the local Bahá’í community.

This Privacy Policy explains the types of personal information that may be collected through the Website, how that information may be used and disclosed, the choices available to visitors, and how to contact us about privacy matters.

This policy applies only to information collected through this Website and through communications initiated through the Website. It does not govern the privacy practices of unaffiliated websites, services, or organizations that may be linked from the Website.

2. Information We Collect Information You Choose to Provide

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

complete a contact or inquiry form;
ask to receive information about local activities, events, or community communications;
register for or inquire about an event, children’s class, junior youth group, devotional gathering, study circle, or other activity;
communicate with us by email or through another contact method made available on the Website; or
otherwise submit information or a message through the Website.

Depending on the form or communication, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, the name or age range of a child or youth, your relationship to the child or youth, event or activity preferences, and any other information you choose to include in a message.

Please do not submit highly sensitive information through an open website form, including Social Security numbers, financial account information, government identification numbers, medical records, or other confidential information that is not necessary for your inquiry.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, Wix and any tools enabled on the Website may automatically collect certain technical and usage information. Depending on the Website’s settings, this may include:

Internet Protocol (IP) address;
browser type, device type, operating system, and device identifiers;
dates and times of visits;
pages viewed, links selected, referring pages, and general interaction data;
approximate location derived from an IP address;
cookie identifiers and consent preferences; and
security, diagnostic, and server log information.

This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, local storage, server logs, and similar technologies. The specific information collected depends on the Wix services, Website features, and third-party tools that are enabled at the time of your visit.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the Website for the following purposes:

to respond to questions, requests, and messages;
to provide information about activities, events, programs, and community life that you request;
to coordinate registrations, attendance, volunteer participation, or follow-up related to an activity;
to communicate with a parent or legal guardian regarding a child’s or youth’s participation;
to send community or event-related email communications when you have requested them or otherwise consented to receive them;
to operate, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Website;
to understand general Website usage and performance;
to maintain appropriate administrative records;
to prevent misuse, fraud, or security incidents;
to comply with applicable law, legal process, or lawful requests; and
to protect the rights, safety, property, and integrity of visitors, participants, the local Bahá’í community, and others.

We will not use personal information for a materially different purpose without providing appropriate notice and, when required, obtaining consent.

4. Legal and Operational Bases for Processing

We process personal information when it is reasonably necessary to respond to a request, provide an activity or communication requested by you, operate and protect the Website, maintain appropriate records, comply with legal obligations, or pursue legitimate community and administrative purposes that do not override the privacy interests of the individuals involved. When consent is the appropriate basis for a particular activity, such as optional email communications or certain nonessential cookies, consent may be withdrawn as described below.

5. How We Disclose Information

Service Providers

We may disclose personal information to service providers that help us operate the Website or support requested communications and activities. These providers may include:

Wix.com and its affiliated hosting, forms, security, analytics, consent-management, and website services;
email, communications, event-management, registration, file-storage, or administrative service providers;
analytics, video, map, social-media, or other embedded-content providers, if those features are enabled; and
other vendors that process information only to provide services on our behalf or as otherwise described in their own privacy notices.

These providers may process information in the United States or other countries, subject to their own terms, safeguards, and legal obligations.

Other Permitted Disclosures

We may also disclose information:

when required by law, subpoena, court order, or other lawful process;
when reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent fraud, misuse, security threats, or harm;
to protect legal rights, safety, property, or the integrity of the Website or community activities;
in connection with a reorganization or transfer of responsibility for the Website or local administrative records, with appropriate safeguards; or
with your direction or consent.

No Sale of Personal Information

We do not sell or rent personal information for money. We also do not intend to use personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. Some third-party services or embedded tools may independently collect information under their own privacy policies; visitors should review those policies and use available cookie or browser controls.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website uses cookies and similar technologies. Some cookies are necessary for the Website to function, remain secure, remember privacy choices, or provide requested features. Other cookies may support functionality, analytics, embedded content, or other optional services.

Where the Website’s consent settings provide the option, visitors may accept or decline nonessential cookies and later change their preferences through the cookie banner or “Cookie Settings” link. Declining optional cookies may affect the availability or performance of certain Website features.

You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Browser-level controls may not affect all technologies and may cause parts of the Website to function differently.

The categories and exact cookies used may change when Wix or enabled Website tools are updated. The Website administrator should periodically review the Wix cookie report and ensure that the banner and this policy remain accurate.

7. Email and Other Communications

We may use the contact information you provide to respond to your inquiry or send information connected to the activity you requested. We will send ongoing or promotional email communications only when there is an appropriate basis to do so, such as your request or consent.

You may stop receiving optional email communications by using the unsubscribe link in the message, when available, or by contacting us at info@bahaisdouglasco.org. We may still send non-promotional messages that are necessary to respond to a request, administer a registration, or provide important information concerning an activity in which you are participating.

8. Children’s and Youth Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience, including adults seeking information about children’s classes and junior youth activities. It is not designed for children under 13 to submit personal information independently.

A parent or legal guardian should submit inquiries, registrations, and personal information concerning a child under 13. Children under 13 should not use an open Website form to send personal information without the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.

If we learn that personal information was submitted directly by a child under 13 without appropriate parental involvement, we will take reasonable steps to delete it or obtain any notice and consent required by applicable law. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted information may contact us at info@bahaisdouglasco.org.

Information concerning children or youth will be used only for appropriate communication, participation, safety, administration, and recordkeeping related to the relevant activity, unless another use is disclosed and authorized.

9. Sensitive Information

Open text fields may allow a visitor to voluntarily provide information that could be considered sensitive. We do not request sensitive personal information through general contact forms unless it is reasonably necessary for a specific activity and an appropriate notice is provided. Visitors should limit submissions to information needed for the request.

If health, accessibility, emergency-contact, or other sensitive information is needed for an activity, it should be collected through a purpose-specific process, limited to what is necessary, protected with appropriate access controls, and retained only as long as reasonably required.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to inquiries, administering activities, maintaining appropriate community or administrative records, resolving disputes, protecting security, and meeting legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the nature of the activity, whether follow-up is expected, and applicable legal or operational requirements. When information is no longer reasonably needed, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or securely dispose of it, subject to backup cycles and lawful retention needs.

11. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. These measures may include limiting administrative access, using account security features, reviewing permissions, and relying on security controls provided by Wix and other service providers.

No website, internet transmission, electronic storage system, or security measure can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should use care when submitting information online and should not send confidential information that is unnecessary for the purpose of the communication.

12. Your Privacy Choices and Requests

You may contact us to request reasonable access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that you have submitted through the Website. You may also ask to withdraw consent for optional communications or other consent-based processing.

To make a request, email info@bahaisdouglasco.org and describe the request with enough detail for us to identify the relevant information. We may need to verify your identity or authority before acting on a request. We may deny or limit a request when permitted by law, when information cannot reasonably be verified or located, when retention is required, or when disclosure would adversely affect another person’s privacy or legal rights.

These voluntary procedures do not expand or waive any rights, duties, exceptions, or exemptions under applicable law. Individuals who have statutory privacy rights may exercise them as provided by applicable law.

13. External Links and Embedded Content

The Website may link to or display content from third-party websites or services, including official Bahá’í websites, maps, videos, social-media platforms, event tools, donation services, or other resources. When you select a third-party link or interact with embedded content, the third party may collect information under its own privacy policy and terms.

We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of unaffiliated third parties. We encourage visitors to review the privacy notices of those services before providing information or interacting with their content.

14. Donations, Payments, and Event Platforms

If the Website links to an external donation, payment, ticketing, or event-registration platform, information submitted on that platform is collected and processed by the platform and any applicable payment processor under their own privacy policies and terms. We may receive limited transaction or registration information needed for acknowledgment, event administration, accounting, or recordkeeping, but we do not receive or store complete payment-card details unless expressly stated in a separate notice.

15. Visitors Outside the United States

The Website is operated for a local community in Colorado, United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other locations where Wix or other service providers operate. Privacy laws in those locations may differ from those in your country.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the Website, our practices, service providers, or legal requirements. The “Last Updated” date at the top of the policy will show when it was most recently revised. When changes are material, we may provide additional notice through the Website, the cookie banner, or another reasonable communication method.

17. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:

Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Douglas County

Email: info@bahaisdouglasco.org

Website: bahaisdouglasco.org

Please do not send highly sensitive information by ordinary email.

Privacy Policy July 14, 2026