1. Who we are

Center for Spiritual Living Fort Lauderdale (“CSL Fort Lauderdale,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a spiritual community and nonprofit organization located at 4849 North Dixie Highway, Oakland Park, FL 33334. We are a member community of Centers for Spiritual Living. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share and protect information when you visit cslftlauderdale.org (the “Site”), use our mobile app, attend our services, classes and events, register or buy tickets, give, rent our space, join our mailing list or text updates, or otherwise interact with us.

By using the Site or our services you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us

• Contact and visit requests — first and last name, email, phone, city, the topic you are interested in, and your message.
• Mailing list and text updates — first name, email address and, if you choose, your mobile number and your consent to receive text messages.
• Event registration and tickets — name, email, phone, number of tickets, ticket type, and any information an event asks for (for example dietary or accessibility needs).
• Giving and payments — amount, frequency and designation. Card and bank details are entered directly with our payment processors (see section 5); we do not store full card or bank numbers on our servers.
• Prayer requests — the request and any contact details you choose to share.
• Space rental inquiries — your organization, event type, date, expected attendance and contact details.
• Volunteer, youth and class sign-ups — contact details and information needed to place you or your child appropriately.

Information collected automatically

• Device and usage information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, links clicked, referring page and the date and time of your visit.
• Cookies, pixels and similar technologies (see section 6).
• Approximate location derived from your IP address.

Information from others

We may receive information from our payment, ticketing, giving (Fellowship One), livestream (BoxCast), email and text-messaging providers, and from social media platforms when you interact with our pages.

3. How we use your information

• Respond to your questions, visit requests, prayer requests and rental inquiries.
• Send newsletters, service and event announcements, and — only if you opt in — text messages.
• Register you for events, issue tickets and QR codes, send confirmations and reminders, manage capacity and waitlists, and check you in.
• Process gifts, donations, ticket purchases and refunds, and provide giving statements.
• Operate, secure, maintain and improve the Site, the app and our programs, including understanding which pages and events are most helpful.
• Measure and improve our outreach and advertising (see section 6).
• Keep our community safe, including our youth programs, and comply with legal, tax and accounting obligations.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with other organizations for their own marketing.

4. Text messages (SMS)

If you check the box to receive text messages, you agree to receive recurring informational and promotional text messages from CSL Fort Lauderdale at the number you provide, which may be sent using automated technology. Consent is not a condition of attending, registering, purchasing or giving.

Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP at any time to opt out and HELP for help, or contact us using the details below. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

We record the date, time, wording and source of your consent. Your mobile number and text-message consent are never sold, rented or shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing purposes. We share them only with the service provider that delivers our messages, under confidentiality obligations.

5. Payments, giving and third-party services

We use trusted third parties to provide parts of our services. Their own terms and privacy policies govern the information they collect:

• Payment processing — Stripe and PayPal process online ticket and event payments. Card details go directly to them.
• Giving — online gifts made through our giving forms are processed by Fellowship One (Ministry Brands).
• Livestream — our Sunday services are streamed through BoxCast.
• Mobile app — our current app is provided through Ministry Brands; our new app will be operated on our behalf by our web partner.
• Email, text-messaging and customer-relationship tools — used to send newsletters and messages and to manage contacts.
• Website hosting, maps and video — our host, Google Maps and YouTube/Vimeo embeds.

We share only the information each provider needs to perform its service.

6. Cookies, analytics and advertising

We use cookies and similar technologies to make the Site work, remember preferences, understand how the Site is used, and measure our outreach. These may include Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, and the Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Pixel. These tools may collect information about your visit, such as pages viewed and actions taken, and the providers may combine it with information they already have.

You can control cookies through your browser settings, opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, manage ad preferences at Google Ad Settings and in your Facebook/Instagram settings, and learn more at aboutads.info. Blocking cookies may affect how the Site works.

Our Site does not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

7. Photos, video and livestream

Our Sunday services and many events are photographed, video-recorded and/or livestreamed, and images may appear on our Site, app, social media and printed materials. By attending, you consent to being photographed or recorded in public areas. If you prefer not to appear, please let a staff member or usher know, sit outside the camera area, or contact us and we will make reasonable efforts to remove an image of you. We do not knowingly publish identifiable images of minors without permission from a parent or guardian.

8. Children’s privacy

The Site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. Information about children in our Youth Center and programs is collected from parents or guardians and used only to care for and communicate about the child. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us online, contact us and we will delete it.

9. How we share information

• With service providers who help us operate (section 5), under obligations to protect it.
• With Centers for Spiritual Living, our global organization, where needed for membership or ministry purposes.
• When you ask us to — for example, if you register for an event presented with a partner organization.
• If required by law, subpoena or court order, or to protect the safety, rights or property of our community, guests or others.
• In connection with a merger, affiliation or reorganization of our organization.

10. How long we keep information

We keep information only as long as needed for the purposes described here, including legal, tax, accounting and safety requirements. Giving records are generally kept for at least seven years. Mailing list information is kept until you unsubscribe. You may ask us to delete your information at any time (section 11).

11. Your choices and rights

• Email — use the unsubscribe link in any email.
• Text messages — reply STOP.
• Access, correction and deletion — contact us to see, update or delete the personal information we hold about you. We may need to verify your identity, and we may keep information we are required to keep by law.
• Cookies and ads — see section 6.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local law; contact us and we will honor them as required.

12. How we protect information

We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards, including encrypted (HTTPS) connections, limited staff access and reputable service providers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please do not send sensitive information, such as card numbers, by email or through our contact form.

13. Links to other sites

The Site links to sites we do not control, such as ticketing, giving, social media and partner organizations. Their privacy practices are their own; please review their policies.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when it last changed. Significant changes will be posted on this page, and where appropriate we will notify you by email.

15. Contact us

Questions or requests about your privacy? Contact us:

Center for Spiritual Living Fort Lauderdale
4849 North Dixie Highway, Oakland Park, FL 33334
Phone: 954-566-2868
Office hours: Monday–Thursday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Online: cslftlauderdale.org/contact