Privacy Policy
The Maryland Independent Baptist Fellowship (MIBF) operates this website at https://marylandibf.org. We take the privacy of our visitors seriously and have written this policy to explain plainly what information we collect, how it is used, and what choices you have.
This site is informational in nature. We do not sell products, run advertising networks, or share visitor data with third parties for marketing purposes.
Who We Are
Our website address is https://marylandibf.org. The site is maintained by the Maryland Independent Baptist Fellowship, a fellowship of Independent Baptist pastors serving in Maryland. For questions about this privacy policy, please use the contact information on our Contact page.
What Information We Collect
Comments. If you leave a comment on the site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture; the Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Subscriptions. If you subscribe to receive email updates, we collect the email address you provide. We use it only to send the updates you signed up for, and you may unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every email.
Contact form submissions. If you reach out through a contact form, we receive the name, email address, and message you submit. We use this information only to respond to your inquiry.
Embedded content from other websites. Pages on this site may include embedded content (such as videos or maps). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you had visited those websites directly. They may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are stored for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you log in to the site (administrators only), we set several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
We do not use cookies for advertising or cross-site tracking.
Media
If you upload images to the website (administrators only), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments from the same visitor can be recognized and approved automatically.
For registered users (administrators), we retain the personal information provided in the user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Administrators can also see and edit that information.
Email subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you request a password reset (administrators only), your IP address will be included in the reset email.
The website uses standard third-party services to operate, which may receive limited technical data as part of normal web traffic:
- Web hosting for serving the website
- Email delivery services for sending subscription emails and contact form notifications
- Spam filtering for protecting comments and forms
These services act as data processors on our behalf and do not use your information for their own purposes.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have left comments on this site or subscribed to email updates, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not apply to data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make a request, please contact us through our Contact page.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Beyond that, your data is not transferred to third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.
Children’s Privacy
This website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date below.
Contact
For questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please visit our Contact page.
Last updated: June 5, 2026