St. Philip's Episcopal Parish of Laurel, MD is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to the parish Web site. This privacy statement provides information about information gathering and disclosure practices for visitors to www.stphilipslaurel.org.

The Web site is hosted on a server operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (Washington, DC). See www.edow.org for more information on the diocesan web site and policies.

This site contains hyperlinks to other sites. St. Philip's Episcopal Parish is not responsible for the privacy practices of those other Web sites. When visiting such sites, we urge you to be an informed consumer and use caution when providing any personal data. These links are provided for your convenience only. We don't own the listed sites, and we make no promises as to the accuracy of their content or the quality of their services or products.

The St. Philip's Episcopal Parish of Laurel, MD Web site employs the following design features and conventions:

1. This Web site does not place cookies on your hard drive.
2. This Web site does not invoke any client-side applications (applets) to copy any data from your computer memory or hard drive(s), or to alter any data in your computer.
3. This Web site does not collect any hidden data about its visitors other than for statistical purposes. For site management, statistical information is collected in order to assess what information is of most and least interest, to determine technical design specifications, and to identify system performance or problem areas. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. We do not sell the identity of our visitors to anyone.
4. This Web site relies on internet security mechanisms operated by the Diocese of Washington for protection from malicious alteration of its operation. Attempts to upload or change information on this website without authorization or to download and copy with the intent to defraud are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
5. All data about affiliated groups posted on this Web site is with the permission of each individual group.
6. This Web site will not associate names of individual members under the age of 18 with their photos. To achieve this, this Web site avoids the following practices, amongst others:
• Use of mouse-over text to show the name of a person in a picture.
• Use of persons' names in filenames.
• Identifying people under the age of 18 by name in captions.
7. This Web site will not display photos of any person who requests that they and/or members of their family not have their photos displayed on this website. Requests may be sent either to the Web Administrator or the Parish Administrator or by calling (301) 776-5151.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices practices employed on this site, contact the Web Administrator