Who we are

Towering Oaks Baptist Church maintains our online presence using the a second-level domain name of toweringoaks.org. We are a Southern Baptist church located in Greeneville TN.

Comments & Messages

When visitors leave comments or messages on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent.

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/.

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.

First Party Cookies

If you leave a comment or message 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 and Third Party cookies

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.

Some content is able to track visitor interactions. We use this content to evaluate effectiveness of the site.

Who we share your data with

If you send a message to our staff, the person who was intended to see the message will see it. Messages of a private nature should be stated as so that the recipient may take steps to keep it private. Do keep in mind that sometimes general aspects of messages may be used as talking points during teaching times. Support staff sometimes sees messages as a part of normal technology upkeep. Should you require more privacy, please schedule a private meeting.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment or send a message, the content and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can follow-up and reflect upon your input.

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

At times, some data is erased or archived. You should keep your own copy of anything you send us. If you find you have current data stored on our site and you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. If you sent a message, that message may be deleted by the recipient in the future – we cannot recover that data, so you should keep your own copy of that data. Anything you provide online is received with the understanding you are keeping a copy of your personal data because we cannot guarantee that everything is retained forever. 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. Messages are sent via email to the recipient of the email, or a person filling a roll on staff.

Who we are

Towering Oaks Baptist Church maintains our online presence using the a second-level domain name of toweringoaks.org. We are a Southern Baptist church located in Greeneville TN.

Comments & Messages

When visitors leave comments or messages on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent.

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/.

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.

First Party Cookies

If you leave a comment or message 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 and Third Party cookies

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.

Some content is able to track visitor interactions. We use this content to evaluate effectiveness of the site.

Who we share your data with

If you send a message to our staff, the person who was intended to see the message will see it. Messages of a private nature should be stated as so that the recipient may take steps to keep it private. Do keep in mind that sometimes general aspects of messages may be used as talking points during teaching times. Support staff sometimes sees messages as a part of normal technology upkeep. Should you require more privacy, please schedule a private meeting.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment or send a message, the content and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can follow-up and reflect upon your input.

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

At times, some data is erased or archived. You should keep your own copy of anything you send us. If you find you have current data stored on our site and you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. If you sent a message, that message may be deleted by the recipient in the future – we cannot recover that data, so you should keep your own copy of that data. Anything you provide online is received with the understanding you are keeping a copy of your personal data because we cannot guarantee that everything is retained forever. 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. Messages are sent via email to the recipient of the email, or a person filling a roll on staff.