Protecting your private information is a priority for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington (CDA) and the CDA Hospital Ministry. This Statement of Privacy governs data collection and usage, and applies to the CDA Hospital Ministry, its informal extension “Padre Pio Ministry to the Suffering” and associated website www.padrepioministry.org. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to “CDA Hospital Ministry” or “Padre Pio Ministry to the Suffering” also include www.padrepioministry.org. The Padre Pio Ministry website is a non-profit news and information site. By using this Padre Pio Ministry website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information 

CDA Hospital Ministry will collect personally identifiable information (PII) on its site, www.padrepioministry.org, when you subscribe to its newsletter or submit a testimonial or prayer request.  To complete these transactions CDA will collect PII, such as your:

• First and Last Name
• E-mail Address
• Mailing Address

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use services available on the Site. These may include: (a) subscribing to the site to receive update emails; (b) submitting a testimonial; (c) submitting a prayer request; (d) requesting copies of the Prayer booklet. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to information or booklets that you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information 

CDA Hospital Ministry collects and uses your personal information to maintain and monitor its website, and deliver the information or booklets you have requested.

CDA Hospital Ministry may also share your personally identifiable information with trusted affiliated entities (Catholic Diocese of Arlington) to inform you of other events, activities or volunteer opportunities available from CDA and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties 

CDA does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

CDA may eventually share data with trusted partners to send you emails or provide support or assistance. All such third parties will be prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to CDA Hospital Ministry, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

CDA may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on CDA Hospital Ministry or the website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of CDA Hospital Ministry; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of CDA Hospital Ministry, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior 

CDA Hospital Ministry may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within www.padrepioministry.org, in order to determine what CDA Hospital Ministry information or events are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content within CDA Hospital Ministry site to visitors whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information 

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by CDA Hospital Ministry. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the site, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Padre Pio Ministry website.

Links 

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information 

CDA Hospital Ministry secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. CDA Hospital Ministry and Padre Pio Ministry website has a security infrastructure to secure your personal information both while in transit through its site and while at rest (stored) in its database.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

E-mail Communications 

From time to time, CDA Hospital Ministry may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from CDA, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the unsubscribe button.

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Changes to this Statement 

CDA Hospital Ministry reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information 

CDA Hospital Ministry welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. In that case, please contact CDA Hospital Ministry at:

CDA Hospital Ministry
7401 St. Michael’s Lane
Annandale, Virginia 22003

Email Address: 
HospitalMinistry@arlingtondiocese.org

Telephone number: 
703-594-9736

Effective as of September 1, 2024