Who we are
We are the Knights of Columbus, Council #13217.
We are affiliate with St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell, Georgia
Our website address is: https://koc13217.org.
Comments
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An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, 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.
Cookies
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If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
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Embedded content from other websites
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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Privacy Notice (National HQ)
OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR DONORS, MEMBERS, & WEBSITE VISITORS
The Knights of Columbus (“K of C”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors, members, and visitors to our websites. We maintain a high level of confidentiality through staff training and strict policies, and through oversight of any outside companies who help us administer our insurance or charitable work, and we will not sell, trade, or otherwise share your name or personal information with any other unaffiliated companies.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
When you interact with us for business and charitable purposes (the “Services,”) we collect information from or about you that alone or in combination may be used to identify you (“Personal Data”), as described below:
Personal Data That You Provide: In order to provide the Services to you, the K of C may collect personal data from you such as your full name, address, date of birth, social security number, telephone number, email address, occupation, preferred method of contact, type of inquire or areas of interest, membership number, council and council number. We may also collect certain information related to your financial transactions such as policy numbers, credit card information, account balances, and payment history.
WHAT OTHER INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Automatically Collected Data: When you interact with us, we receive and store certain data automatically. We may store such data or it may be included in databases owned and maintained by our affiliates, agents, or service providers. We may use automatically collected data and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Services, the number of visitors to each page of our website, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet Service Providers.
In operating the Services, we and third parties that help operate our services may use a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Services gives to your browser when you access the Site. Our cookies help operate the Services and analyze Site usage more accurately. For additional information on our Cookie Policy, please click here. On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar.
Please refer to this section for information on how to receive a notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of our Services’ features.
Our third party vendors may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this Site and other sites in order to provide you advertising regarding our Services based upon your browsing activities and interests. The only way to completely “opt out” of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology is to actively manage the settings on your browser or mobile device.
Please refer to your browser’s or mobile device’s technical information for instructions on how to delete and disable cookies, and other tracking/recording tools (to learn more about cookies, clear gifs/web beacons, and related technologies. You may not be able to control tracking technologies through if you access our Sites or Services on your mobile device. You may wish to visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org and/or the Network Advertising Initiative’s online resources, at http://www.networkadvertising.org. You will continue to receive generic ads. The Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, third-party ad servers and ad networks.
Please contact or consult the respective privacy policies of such ad servers or ad networks for more information.
Aggregated Personal Data: We may aggregate data, including Personal Data, and use such aggregated data to provide our Services.
HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?
We use your information to:
- send you emails, text messages, SMS* or newsletters;
- analyze website usage; and
- process charitable donations.
*When you contact our call center, we may use the phone number already on file on your account to send a one-time passcode (OTP) via SMS to verify your identity. This will be a transactional message and used solely for the purpose of account security and authentication. We do NOT use this process for marketing. Text message and data rates may apply. You may reply STOP to opt out or HELP for assistance.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
We take reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Services from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be fully secure and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us. We do not accept liability for unintentional disclosure.
WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO?
This Privacy Policy applies to the Services and your usage of our websites (including but not limited to our “Insurance” and “Find an Agent” request contact forms, our “Find a Council” application, our customer service forms, our Member Portal, and our Knights of Columbus Charities donation form.)
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Knights of Columbus Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by us (the “Third Party Sites”). The policies and procedures we describe here do not apply to the Third Party Sites. The links from our Services do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed the Third Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.
Through our Services, you can choose to access certain social media websites and services that are owned and/or controlled by third parties (including, without limitation, Facebook, X, Instagram, Pinterest, Spotify and YouTube — such websites and services, collectively, the “Social Media Services”). When you elect to access and use the Social Media Services, you will be sharing your information (which will include Personal Data if you elect to share such information) with those Social Media Services. When you interact with our pages on those Social Media Services, you will also be sharing your information with Knights of Columbus. The information that you share with the Social Media Services and with us through those Services will be governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the providers of each such Social Media Services and not by the K of C Privacy Policy and procedures we describe here.
WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES AND HOW CAN YOU OPT OUT?
If, at any time, you prefer not to receive further email communications from K of C (except in connection with information, products or services that you specifically request), you may unsubscribe from such communications via a link provided in every email that K of C sends to you. If, at any time, you prefer not to receive any other form of communication from K of C, you may unsubscribe from such communications by contacting us at privacy.officer@kofc.org.
HOW OFTEN DO WE UPDATE OUR PRIVACY POLICY?
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post all changes to this Privacy Policy on this page. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your agreement to the Privacy Policy as changed.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS?
Your access to and use of our Services is subject to the Terms of Use which is available here.
ARE THERE ANY STATE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
Applicable California privacy legislation permits visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request to access such information, please email privacy.officer@kofc.org. Within thirty (30) days of receiving such a request, we will provide a list of the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names and addresses of these third parties. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year.
We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.
WHOM SHOULD YOU CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRIVACY POLICY?
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site, you
may contact the Privacy Officer at: privacy.officer@kofc.org or Knights of Columbus
1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510 Attn: Privacy Officer
Canadian Residents may also mail to: Knights of Columbus
PO Box 220
Montreal QC H2Y9Z9 Attn: Privacy Officer
Updated May 18, 2026