Privacy Policy
Last Modified: November 14, 2024
Introduction
At David Hernandez Ministries and Encounter Church (the “Ministry” or “Church”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. In this privacy policy, the words “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to David Hernandez Ministries and Encounter Church.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit any of our family of websites, including:
www.davidhernandezministries.com
www.holyspiritschool.com
www.encounter.church
and any other website owned or operated by us (collectively, our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.
This policy also applies to information we collect:
When you contact us by mail, telephone, email, text, social media, or other electronic means.
Through our mobile applications (the “Application”).
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services.
When you support us through donations or purchase products.
When you attend certain of our events.
Whenever you otherwise access our products, programs, services, or communicate with us.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this Website, you agree that you have read, understood, and accepted this privacy policy.
Table of Contents
Who Can Use Our Site?
What Information Do We Collect and How?
What Information Do You Provide to Us?
What Information Do We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies?
What Information Do We Collect Offline?
How Do We Use Your Information?
How Is Your Information Disclosed, and What Choices Do You Have Regarding Its Use and Disclosure?
How Do You Access and Correct Your Information?
Data Security
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
SMS Terms and Conditions
Inquiries and Complaints
1. Who Can Use Our Site?
Our Website and Application are not intended for children under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, you may use the Website and Application only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without parental or guardian consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at contact@davidhernandezministries.com.
2. What Information Do We Collect and How?
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website and Application, including personal information such as name, postal address, email address, and telephone number, as well as behavioral information such as usage patterns and details about how you are accessing our Website and Application. We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us, automatically as you navigate through the site (e.g., IP addresses, cookies, web beacons), and from third-party service providers and ministry affiliates.
3. What Information Do You Provide to Us?
The information we collect on or through our Website and Application may include: information provided by filling in forms, records and copies of your correspondence with us, survey responses, transaction details, and user contributions, such as prayer requests or testimonials.
4. What Information Do We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies?
As you navigate and interact with our Website or Application, we may use automatic data collection technologies to gather details such as traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, information about your computer and internet connection and information about your mobile device. We may also collect information about your online activities over time across third-party websites (e.g., Google Analytics). The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. This helps us to improve our Website and Application and to deliver a better and more personalized service. Some content on the Website may be served by third parties who may use cookies and tracking technologies. We do not control these third-party technologies but may offer ways to manage them.
5. What Information Do We Collect Offline?
When you contact us to support us through donations, attend events, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect contact information, financial information, and details of your activities and involvement.
6. How Do We Use Your Information?
We use information we collect to manage our Ministry activities, respond to your inquiries, process or facilitate donations or purchases, send you marketing and promotional communications in accordance with your marketing preferences, deliver targeted advertising to you, identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns, provide requested information, products, or services and notify you of changes or updates to our terms and policies.
7. How Is Your Information Disclosed, and What Choices Do You Have Regarding Its Use and Disclosure?
We do not sell your personal information to anyone. We may disclose aggregated, non-personally identifying information. In specific situations, we may share information with affiliates or service providers with proper safeguards in place. You can control how we use your information, opt-out of electronic communications, and adjust settings in your account. If you prefer not to have your information used or shared as outlined in this notice: you may choose not to provide your information, though it may be required for making a donation, purchase, or transaction, or to access certain features of our Website. You may opt out of information collection by our Application at any time by uninstalling it. If you wish to stop receiving emails or other electronic communications from us, you can simply click the 'unsubscribe from this list' link provided at the bottom of any email we send. You can update your email subscriptions by clicking the ‘update your preferences’ link at the bottom of our emails. If you do not want to receive mail and telephone contact from us, please email contact@davidhernandezministries.com and request to be removed from our mailing list.
8. How Do You Access and Correct Your Information?
To review, update, or correct your information, sign in to your account or email contact@davidhernandezministries.com. Please note: we are only able to delete your personal information by also deleting your user account. We may be unable to fulfill a request to delete or modify information if doing so would violate legal requirements or result in inaccuracies. Additionally, if you remove your User Contributions from the Website, copies may still be visible in cached or archived pages, or may have been saved by other users of the Website. Access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, are subject to our terms of use.
9. Data Security
We retain your information only as needed for our purposes or as required by law. We implement safeguards to protect your information. All information you provide to us is stored securely on our servers, which are protected by firewalls, or in cloud storage provided by a third-party hosting company. Payment transactions are encrypted during transmission for security. The safety of your information also depends on you. If we have provided, or you have chosen, a password to access specific parts of our Website or Application, it is your responsibility to keep this password confidential. We ask that you do not share your password with anyone. Please also exercise caution when sharing private or personal information in public areas of the Website, as information shared in these areas may be visible to any user of the Website. While we strive to protect your personal information, please be aware that transmission over the internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of any personal information transmitted to our Website or Application, and any such transmission is at your own risk. We are not responsible for any bypass of any privacy settings or security measures implemented on the Website.
10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
This policy may change periodically. Continued use of the Website signifies your acceptance of the updated terms. If we make significant changes to how we handle users' personal information, we will notify you via the email address associated with your account and/or by posting a notice on the Website or Application homepage. Please ensure that the email address we have on file for you is current, active, and able to receive messages, and we encourage you to periodically check our Website and this privacy policy for updates. The date of the most recent revision to this privacy policy is shown at the top of the page.
11. SMS Terms & Conditions
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David Hernandez Ministries respects your privacy. We will not share or use your mobile number for any other purpose. We will only use information you provide to transmit your text message. Nonetheless, we reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, to avoid liability, or to protect our rights or property. When you complete forms online or otherwise provide us information in connection with the Service, you agree to provide accurate, complete and true information. You agree not to use a false or misleading name or a name that you are not authorized to use. If we, in our sole discretion, believe that any such information is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, we may refuse you access to the Service and pursue any appropriate legal remedies.
12. Inquiries and Complaints
For any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at contact@davidhernandezministries.com.