Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026

Arouca Baptist Church (“we”, “us”) respects your privacy. This page explains, in plain language, what information this website collects, why, and how we look after it.

Who we are

Arouca Baptist Church, #8 Mission Rd, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago. Website: aroucabaptist.com. Email: aroucabaptist@gmail.com.

Information you give us

Contact form. When you send us a message, we collect your name, email address and whatever you write in your message. We use this only to reply to you and to care for you as a church. Messages are delivered to the church’s email inbox.

Donations. Online gifts are processed securely by PayPal and received by Ends of the Earth Missions, Inc., a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports our ministry. Your card or bank details are entered on PayPal’s website and are never seen or stored by this website. PayPal and Ends of the Earth Missions may share your name, email and gift amount with us so we can say thank you and keep accurate records. PayPal’s own privacy statement applies to payments.

Cookies and similar technologies

This website uses a small number of cookies. You can choose which ones you accept using the cookie banner, and change your choice at any time.

  • Essential cookies keep the website working and remember your cookie choices.
  • Gift basket. If you use the Project Blessings gift catalogue, your basket is saved in your own browser so it is still there if you leave the page. It is not sent to us.
  • YouTube. Sermon videos use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. YouTube may set cookies once you press play.
  • Google Maps. The map on our Contact page is provided by Google, which may set cookies when it loads.
  • Facebook and YouTube links. If you follow a link to our Facebook or YouTube pages, those sites’ own privacy policies apply.

How we look after your information

  • We use your information only for church purposes. We never sell it or share it for marketing.
  • We share it only with the services that help run this website (our web host, email provider and PayPal), or where the law requires it.
  • We keep messages only as long as needed to respond and follow up, and delete them when they are no longer needed.
  • The website is protected with a secure (HTTPS) connection, spam protection and regular security updates.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us at any time to see the information we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it. Just email aroucabaptist@gmail.com. We aim to handle personal information in line with the Data Protection Act of Trinidad and Tobago.

Children

This website is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website. Parents or guardians may contact us about children’s ministries directly.

Changes to this policy

We may update this page from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.

Questions

If you have any questions about your privacy, please contact us.