Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 23, 2026.

Emmaus OCIA supports parish OCIA formation, participant care, records, communication, and related workflows. This Privacy Policy explains the information Emmaus OCIA may collect, how it is used, and the choices available to people who use the website, mobile app, and related communication tools.

Emmaus OCIA may collect information provided directly by users or parish staff, including names, contact information, parish affiliation, OCIA role, account credentials, formation records, document review status, attendance records, communication preferences, and consent records.

The service may also collect technical information needed to operate and secure the application, such as device, browser, log, session, diagnostic, and security-event information.

Emmaus OCIA uses information to:

• Provide parish OCIA recordkeeping and formation workflow tools.
• Support participant, guardian, sponsor, godparent, teacher, and staff communication.
• Send account, event, reminder, due-work, and operational notifications when enabled.
• Maintain security, auditability, troubleshooting, and service reliability.
• Respond to support, setup, and contact requests.

Emmaus OCIA stores communication preferences, consent records when applicable, message delivery records, and related audit details needed to operate account, event, reminder, due-work, and operational notifications.

Information is shared only as needed to operate the service, support the parish workflow, comply with legal obligations, protect the service, or use service providers such as hosting, email, captcha, storage, analytics, or security vendors.

Emmaus OCIA does not sell personal information.

Emmaus OCIA retains information for as long as needed to provide the service, support parish records, meet operational and legal needs, resolve disputes, and maintain audit history. Retention may vary by parish record type and applicable requirements.

Users may update account information, notification preferences, and communication choices where those controls are available in the application.

Emmaus OCIA uses administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, but the service is designed to limit access according to role, parish affiliation, and operational need.

For privacy questions, contact the parish that invited you to Emmaus OCIA or use the contact form on the Emmaus OCIA website.