Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 31, 2025
Last Updated: March 31, 2025
Church Musician Finder (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website, https://churchmusicianfinder.com, and any related services (collectively, the “Service”).
By using the Service, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
a. Information You Provide
- When you register for an account, submit a job listing, or create a profile, we collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Church or musician details
- Profile photos or logos
- Any other content you choose to submit
b. Automatically Collected Data
- We may collect:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Pages visited and time spent on the site
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
- Display job listings and musician profiles
- Facilitate connections between churches and musicians
- Communicate with you about your account
- Improve and secure the Service
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your data to third-party advertisers or networks.
3. Cookies and Tracking
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep you logged in
- Remember your preferences
- Analyze traffic and performance
You can manage cookie settings in your browser at any time.
4. Third-Party Tools
We may use third-party services (e.g. analytics tools, social login providers) that may collect data as governed by their own privacy policies.
We encourage you to review those policies when using Google or Facebook login.
5. Data Sharing
We may share your data:
- With service providers who help operate the site
- When required by law
- To protect the rights or safety of our users or platform
We do not share your data with advertisers or unrelated third parties.
6. Your Rights
You may:
- Update or delete your account information
- Request a copy of your data
- Withdraw consent for processing (where applicable)
To request any of the above, email us at churchmusician(at)kgydigital.com (email masked to prevent bots. Replace (at) with @
7. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and administrative safeguards to protect your data. However, no online system is 100% secure.
8. Children’s Privacy
This platform is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We’ll notify you of any material changes on the site or via email.
Additional Informaiton
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
NextEND Social Login
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Nextend Social Login collects data when a visitor register, login or link the account with with any of the enabled social provider. It collects the following data: email address, name, social provider identifier and access token. Also it can collect profile picture and more fields with the Pro Addon’s sync data feature.
Who we share your data with
Nextend Social Login stores the personal data on your site and does not share it with anyone except the access token which used for the authenticated communication with the social providers.
Does the plugin share personal data with third parties
Nextend Social Login use the access token what the social provider gave to communicate with the providers to verify account and securely access personal data.
How long we retain your data
Nextend Social Login removes the collected personal data when the user deleted from WordPress.
Does the plugin use personal data collected by others?
Nextend Social Login use the personal data collected by the social providers to create account on your site when the visitor authorize it.
Does the plugin store things in the browser?
Yes, Nextend Social Login must create a cookie for visitors who use the social login authorization flow. This cookie required for every provider to secure the communication and to redirect the user back to the last location.
Does the plugin collect telemetry data, directly or indirectly?
No
Does the plugin enqueue JavaScript, tracking pixels or embed iframes from a third party?
No
WP Job Manager
This site adds the following cookies to help users resume job submissions that they have started but have not completed: wp-job-manager-submitting-job-id and wp-job-manager-submitting-job-key
Solid Security
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Cookies
A cookie named “itsec_interstitial_browser” is created to track a user’s login process to implement enhanced security features.
Security Logs
The IP address of visitors, user ID of logged in users, and username of login attempts are conditionally logged to check for malicious activity and to protect the site from specific kinds of attacks. Examples of conditions when logging occurs include login attempts, log out requests, requests for suspicious URLs, changes to site content, and password updates. This information is retained for 60 days.
Who we share your data with
This site is scanned for potential malware and vulnerabilities by the SolidWP Site Scanner. We do not send personal information to the scanner; however, the scanner could find personal information posted publicly (such as in comments) during the scan.
How long we retain your data
Security logs are retained for 60 days.
BuddyPress
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Sites powered by BuddyPress rely heavily on user-provided data. In this section, you should note what data you collect, from both registered users and anonymous visitors.
Profile Data
In this section you should note what information is collected on user profiles. The suggested text gives an overview of the kinds of profile data collected by BuddyPress.
Suggested text:When you register for the site, you may be asked to provide certain personal data for display on your profile. The “Name” field is required as well as public, and user profiles are visible to any site visitor. Other profile information may be required or optional, as configured by the site administrator.
User information provided during account registration can be modified or removed on the Profile > Edit panel. In most cases, users also have control over who is able to view a particular piece of profile content, limiting visibility on a field-by-field basis to friends, logged-in users, or administrators only. Site administrators can read and edit all profile data for all users.
Messages
In this section you should describe any personal data related to private messages.
Suggested text:The content of private messages is visible only to the sender and the recipients of the message. With the exception of site administrators, who can read all private messages, private message content is never visible to other users or site visitors. Site administrators may delete the content of any message.
Cookies
In this section you should describe the BuddyPress-specific cookies that your site collects. The suggested text describes the default cookies.
Suggested text:We use a cookie to show success and failure messages to logged-in users, in response to certain actions, like joining a group. These cookies contain no personal data, and are deleted immediately after the next page load.
We use cookies on group, member, and activity directories to keep track of a user’s browsing preferences. These preferences include the last-selected values of the sort and filter dropdowns, as well as pagination information. These cookies contain no personal data, and are deleted after 24 hours.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects data such as pages visited, time spent on pages, geographic location (by IP), and browser/device type. This data helps us improve user experience and optimize our content. Google may retain and process this data according to Google’s Privacy Policy.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Meta (Facebook) Pixel
We use the Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel) to measure the effectiveness of our Facebook and Instagram advertising campaigns. This tool allows us to understand user actions on our site after they click on a Facebook ad, and may allow us to retarget ads. No personally identifiable information is collected unless you explicitly provide it.
You can manage your preferences through Meta’s Ad Preferences.
Session Tracking Tools
We may use session tracking technologies that help us better understand how users navigate and engage with the site. These tools capture anonymous data such as clicks, scroll behavior, and time spent on pages. This information is used solely to improve functionality, usability, and performance. Personal information is not collected through these tools.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact:
KGY Digital LLC
395 Sawdust Rd. #3052
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Email: churchmusician(at)kgydigital.com (email masked to prevent bots. Replace (at) with @