Grace Buckler is an award-winning consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 companies, the government, and faith organizations. She is a recognized privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity practitioner. She has presented on numerous privacy topics at global corporations (including Google and Meta), multinational associations, trade groups, educational institutions, youth clubs, and government organizations. Grace is the founder of The Privacy Advocate, LLC, a leading global data privacy consulting firm. She shares more of her knowledge in the companion books Church Privacy Team and Church Privacy Who Cares? You!
I recommend Church Privacy 101. Every church leader and church member needs to avoid violating privacy and intruding on certain private matters. Privacy is important. In my 23 years as an associate minister, my privacy has been violated on different occasions by fellow leaders and members. I didn't like it, but I also didn't confront the individuals who made my private information public. Truthfully, I've gone against my own privacy needs at times by sharing when I knew I didn't desire to do so. Church Privacy 101 empowers people to recognize their privacy needs to not share all their business with everyone in church and outside, and to protect what they share. I'm very cautious with certain private information about myself for many reasons, not limited to safety. The older I get, the more private I am. -Roxanne Zeigler, Paralegal, Retired Nurse, and Minister This is the book everyone wishes they wrote, but they were too scared to do it. Grace is a fearless slayer. She killed it, period! -Peyton Moses, Churchgoer Life-changing! Perfect for a book club just for my family and friends. We need to respect each other's privacy more and stop hurting ourselves. -Erline Brooks, Church Usher and Event Planner Masterfully written and right on time! In the age of social media, influencers, and most recently, artificial intelligence, there is a renewed need to understand the importance of privacy and the effects of disregarding it. Let's get ""real"" about how we do our Father's business and how we do church if we are to have the impact on society and in the lives of believers that we hope to. I often hear that churches are the hospital for the sick and sinners-where we go to learn about and how to live for the One who provides wholeness and restoration. And if churches are the hospitals for sinners, then their number one priority is to protect the privacy of their patients. Grace does an amazing job providing relevant and relatable stories that show readers the impact of privacy in every aspect of society and how relationships, organizations, nations, and even churches are destroyed when privacy is not taken seriously. -Elizabeth A. Hannah, Churchgoer