This Privacy Policy explains how Desert Bible Church of Arizona (“Desert Bible Church,” “DBC,” “we,” “us”) collects, uses and protects information when you visit desertbible.org, fill out our forms, or receive our emails and text messages. Last updated October 2026.
Who We Are
Desert Bible Church of Arizona is a non-profit church in Scottsdale, Arizona. Our website address is https://desertbible.org. Questions about this policy: (602) 830-8750 or info@desertbible.org.
Information We Collect
- Information you give us: when you fill out a connection card, event or group sign-up, prayer request, volunteer or contact form, we collect what you enter, such as your name, email address, mobile number, mailing address, birthday, family members, and any notes or prayer requests.
- Giving: online gifts are processed by our giving provider; we do not store your card or bank details on this website.
- Automatic information: like most websites, we and our analytics tools collect basic technical information such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and cookies.
How We Use Your Information
- To welcome you and follow up after a visit or connection card.
- To register you for events, groups and classes, and send confirmations and reminders you asked for.
- To send text messages and emails you opted in to receive.
- To care for our church family, including prayer requests and pastoral follow-up.
- To operate, secure and improve our website.
We keep this information in our church management system (Breeze ChMS) and share it only with church staff and ministry leaders who need it to serve you, and with service providers that help us run the website, send email and text messages, or process gifts. These providers may use it only to provide their services to us.
Text Messages (SMS)
If you opt in to text messages on one of our website forms, Desert Bible Church of Arizona may text you about service times, events you signed up for, reminders and important church updates. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to stop receiving texts, or HELP for help. You can also contact us at (602) 830-8750 or info@desertbible.org.
We do not sell or share your SMS opt-in data or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties, except the service providers that deliver our messages. See our Terms & Conditions for the full SMS Terms.
If you give us your email address, we may send you confirmations, reminders and church updates. Every email newsletter includes an unsubscribe link, and reminder emails include a link to stop reminders.
Cookies and Analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar tools (for example Google Analytics) to understand how the site is used and to keep it working. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Embedded content from other sites (such as YouTube, Facebook or Google Maps videos and maps) behaves as if you visited those sites, and they may collect data about you under their own privacy policies.
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.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep contact and attendance records for as long as they help us serve you and our church family, or until you ask us to remove them. Form submissions on the website itself are kept for record-keeping and may be deleted periodically.
Your Choices and Rights
You may ask us to see, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you, or to stop contacting you, by reaching us at (602) 830-8750 or info@desertbible.org. You can stop texts at any time by replying STOP and stop emails using the unsubscribe link.
Children
Our website is intended for adults. Information about children (for example during Desert Bible Kids registration) is provided by a parent or guardian and is used only for children’s ministry, safety and check-in.
Security
We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS). No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect your information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page.