Privacy Policy Sacredthoughts.org
At Sacredthoughts.org, we value the privacy of our users and are committed to protecting their personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information when you use our website, mobile application, or other online services (collectively, the “Services”). You can use our websites either by as an unregistered user or a registered user, which we collectively will call “visitors.”
Your Agreement
Please read this document carefully because it explains how we will collect, use, share and process your personal information and if you choose to use our websites, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The personal information that we collect is used for providing and improving our websites and making the Bible understandable and accessible. We will not sell, rent or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, and phone number. We may collect this information when you create an account, contact us, or participate in discussions or surveys on our Services.
- Usage data: We may collect information about how you use our Services, including the pages you visit, the features you use, and the links you click. We may also collect information about the device you use to access our Services, such as the type of device, the operating system, and the device’s unique identifier.
- Location data: We may collect information about your location when you use our Services. This may include your IP address or information from your device’s GPS system.
- Contact Us. We use Contact Us forms located on various areas of our websites to allow you to contact us directly with any questions, comments, or requests you may have. This information is used to respond to your questions, comments, and requests.
- Email Registration. You have the opportunity to receive regular emails while visiting our websites. When signing up for email you may be asked to provide certain details, such as email address, name, country, and preferences. Information provided will be used to deliver email to you, personalize your experience and to improve and enhance what we offer. We only send emails to users that have opted-in to receive our mailings. If at one time you signed up for email but no longer wish to be a part of that email list, you may unsubscribe at anytime by clicking Unsubscribe within the email.
- Polls and Surveys. Sometimes we may invite you to participate in polls and surveys. You are not obligated to respond to polls or surveys, and you have choices about the information you provide.
- Contests and Giveaways. Occasionally we may offer opportunities to enter a contest or participate in a giveaway. You are not obligated to enter any contests or giveaways, but if you choose to, you will be required to provide certain information about yourself, such as name, address and email.
- Website Comments. We encourage healthy community discussion on our websites. You do not have to participate in these discussions and if you choose to, you will be required to provide certain details, such as name, email and nickname to comment. Any information that is posted to comments or community sections of our websites will be seen by anyone visiting our websites.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for a variety of purposes, including:
- To provide and improve our Services: We may use your information to operate, maintain, and improve the features and functionality of our Services.
- To communicate with you: We may use your information to send you updates, newsletters, and other communications about our Services.
- To personalize your experience: We may use your information to personalize the content and advertisements that you see on our Services.
- For research and analytics: We may use your information to conduct research and analysis to improve our Services.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- With service providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, analytics, and payment processing.
- With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners for marketing and promotional purposes.
- As required by law: We may disclose your information if we are required to do so by law or in response to a subpoena or court order.
- To protect our rights: We may disclose your information if we believe it is necessary to enforce our terms of service or protect the rights, property, or safety of our company or users.
Providing Your Personal Data to Others
To allow us to provide the features and functionalities necessary to run our websites, we work with several third-party companies. Some of those companies and what we use them for are:
- Google Analytics: General usage statistics on our websites, for example, how long you spend on a specific website and where you came from.
- IBM Watson Campaign Automation: To manage our email program, for example, sending the daily Our Daily Bread emails to our email subscribers.
- WordPress: Delivers the experience you see and interact with on our websites, for example information from registered users on our websites is stored in WordPress.
- Magento: Delivers the experience when you make a financial transaction, for example a donation, on most of our websites.
- WooCommerce: Another tool we use to deliver our website experience when you make a financial transaction, for example a donation, on some of our websites.
- CrazyEgg: General usage statistics used to help identify areas of the site that are most used, not used, and how to make our websites easier to use to spend time in God’s Word.
- Unbounce: A website testing tool that allows us to test multiple ideas at the same time to select number of visitors. For example, we may want to test a different button color to a small group of visitors and see how it performs before having all visitors use it.
- State and Federal Agencies: We may also need to furnish donor information to state or federal agencies in accordance with applicable statutes.
Your Choices
You have the following choices regarding your information:
- Opting out of marketing communications: You may opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in those communications.
- Accessing and updating your information: You may access and update your personal information by logging into your account and making the necessary changes.
Deleting your information: You are entitled to view or delete any personal information we have. If this is something you would like to do, we would be happy to accommodate. Please send an email letting us know at: [email protected].
If you choose to close your account or ask that we modify or delete some or all of your personal information, we will retain your personal data if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our Terms and Conditions or fulfill any others requests from you (for example, to opt-out of further messages or for a copy of your data).
Security and Technical Issues
Protecting your privacy and your information is something we take very seriously. We implement industry standard security safeguards designed to protect your data. All personal data is both stored and transmitted securely using current encryption techniques and can only be accessed by authorized employees. While we do all we can to keep our websites secure, since communications and information technology is constantly changing, and that the use of the internet has inherent risks, although we regularly monitor for possible vulnerabilities and attack, we cannot warrant or guarantee that information provided to us through our websites or stored in our systems or otherwise will be absolutely free from unauthorized intrusion by others, nor can we warrant or guarantee that such data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. We may use your data and communications if we think it is necessary for security purposes or to investigate possible fraud or violations of the law or this Privacy Policy and/or attempts to harm others.
Links to Other Sites
Some of our websites may contain links to other sites. We provide these links as a convenience to you and if you click on any of those links, you will be directed to that site. These external sites are not owned or operated by us. We would strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of those websites. We do not endorse, have any control over, and assume no responsibility, for the content, privacy policies or practices of any external sites or services. If you decide to use any of these links, you are doing so entirely at your own risk.
Children’s Privacy
Our websites are intended for people who are 18 years of age or older. If you are not 18 years of age or older, we ask that you please do not submit any personal information to us. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [email protected] so that we will be able to do the necessary actions.
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our Services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at Scared Thoughts, PO Box 554, Spanish Town, Jamaica W.I., or via this form. Contact.
Effective Date: [21/12/2022]