International Ministerial Fellowship Privacy Policy
International Ministerial Fellowship (“IMF”) seeks to protect your privacy and utilize appropriate technology to safeguard your experience using IMF’s website. This Privacy Statement and the separate of Terms and Conditions document applies to IMF’s website and governs data collection and usage. By using IMF’s website, you consent to the data practices and policies described.
OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Your privacy is important to IMF. To help you protect your privacy, we provide this notice of our privacy policy explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. We reserve the right to update and make changes to this privacy policy at any time. Changes and future versions of this policy will be posted on our website.
OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Users can visit our web site without revealing any personal information. If you choose to provide personal information while on our web site for such purposes as making a donation, becoming an IMF member and partaking in IMF member services, correspondence, registering for a newsletter or event, or some other ministry purpose, then it is our desire to inform you how we will use your personal information.
On some areas of our site, you may be prompted to provide information (for example, if you are making a donation or signing up for membership services) that personally identifies you (“Personal Information”). The types of Personal Information we collect on our website may vary, but may include the following kinds of general information:
Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Credit/Debit Card Information
Checking Account Information
Date of Birth
IP Address
Sensitive Information.When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information:
health data
student data
social security numbers or other government identifiers
information revealing religious or philosophical beliefs
information revealing race or ethnic origin
data about a person's sex life or sexual orientation
biometric data
financial data
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe and Plaid. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://stripe.com/privacy and https://plaid.com/legal/#end-user-privacy-policy.
PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION
IMF recognizes the importance of protecting your information. Our policy is to use this collected information for ministry purposes only, and we seek to maintain appropriate security measures to keep this information private and secure. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the appropriate use of this information, we utilize physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. If you make a payment (e.g., a donation or payment for a member related service) via credit card on our website, credit card transaction data is encrypted under applicable regulatory standards.
However, IMF cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to IMF, and you do so at your own risk. IMF has taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide. You should understand, however, that electronic transmissions via the internet are not necessarily secure from interception, and so IMF cannot absolutely guarantee the security or confidentiality of such transmissions.
AGENTS
In some cases, IMF contracts with companies and individuals (collectively “Agents”) to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include maintaining databases and our website, processing donations, providing ministry services to IMF members, sending email newsletters or other communications to IMF donors or IMF members, and sending mail. These Agents use your information only to fulfill the task we have hired them to perform.
SHARING INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
IMF may share data with trusted third parties that assist IMF with contacting individuals (e.g., email, postal mail, phone calls) or fulfilling requests for IMF’s ministry services. We may share data with other trusted organizations that share IMF’s ministry goals and participate in cooperative database services where contact information is shared between participating groups. Donors and other individuals may request to be excluded from this data sharing by contacting IMF at the contact address provided below.
IMF and IMF’s trusted third parties may share anonymous portions of user information collected on its website with one another. Such information may be used to link to and issue anonymous cookies containing demographic or intent-based data for online behavioral advertising purposes. These cookies don’t contain personally identifiable information. If you would like to opt out of online behavioral advertising, you may visit one of the website provided below: www.aboutads.info/choices or networkadvertising.org/choices.
COOKIES AND OTHER AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION
Some sections of IMF’s website may use “cookies” to store user information. Generally speaking, a cookie is a small string of text that a web site can send to your browser that is intended to enhance your visit. We use cookies to help analyze our website traffic. Cookies help us understand which parts of our web sites are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our web site so we can make suitable improvements to our web site and provide you with a better user experience.
One use of cookies is to save you time by informing the web server that you specifically have returned to a page. For example, if you register with IMF’s site or services, a cookie can help recall your first and last name and billing address or other information needed on subsequent visits. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser preferences to decline cookies.
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. If you choose to decline certain cookies, you may not be able to fully use all the interactive features and services of IMF’s website. The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
We may sometimes utilize software that tracks people subscribing or unsubscribing from each email newsletters or similar electronic communications, who opens email or other electronic messages we send (if your computer supports such capabilities), and who clicks on which links in the email or other electronic communications. In general, we use this information only in aggregate to analyze the effectiveness of our email or similar electronic communications. However, we may at times target recipients of email or other electronic communications based on the information we learn for other communications concerning our ministry we believe may be of interest to such recipients.
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not generally linked to personally identifiable information.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
IMF’s website contains links to other websites. Please be aware that IMF is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to the website and practices of IMF.
PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN
IMF’s website is not intended for users under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or through IMF’s site. IMF does not knowingly collect personal information from users under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on or in IMF’s website or on or through any of their features, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a user under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from a user under 18, please contact us at the contact information below.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR USERS IN THE Uk, sWITZERLAND, OR THE EEA
If you are a resident of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or the European Economic Area (EEA), the following information applies with respect to personal information collected through your use of IMF’s site.
Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing: IMF processes personal information in various ways depending upon your use of IMF’s ministry services (e.g., as an IMF member or as an IMF donor). We process personal information on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to provide the services; (3) to comply with our legal obligations; and (4) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing the services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms related to data privacy.
Transfers: Personal information IMF collects may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, the United States or any other country in which IMF or our affiliates or processors maintain facilities. IMF seeks to ensure that transfers of personal data to a country or an international organization outside the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland are subject to appropriate safeguards.
Your rights: Although IMF is a United States nonprofit organization, you may be entitled to certain rights under the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulations and Data Protection Act 2018, Section 2 of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, or Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation with respect to the processing of your personal data, which include the right to access and rectify and to request erasure of personal data. In order to verify your identity, we may require you to provide us with personal information prior to accessing any records containing information about you. To exercise these rights, please contact IMF at the contact information provided below. You may also raise any complaints or concerns to IMF by contacting us. You may also submit a complaint to any appropriate authority with jurisdiction over IMF.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR CANADIAN RESIDENTS
IMF is a United States not for profit organization and is not seeking to engage in any commercial activity governed by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. If you believe that any of your interactions with IMF are subject to PIPEDA, please contact us at the information provided below.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
IMF is a not for profit exempted from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (California's “Shine the Light” law) permits users of our site that are California residents and who provide personal information in obtaining products and services for personal, family, or household use to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If applicable, this information would include the categories of personal information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared your personal information with for the immediately prior calendar year. You may request this information once per calendar year. To make such a request, please contact us using the information below.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR COLORADO RESIDENTS
IMF does not currently meet the jurisdictional requirements of the Colorado Data Privacy Act (i.e., IMF does not control or process “personal data” of at least 100,000 Colorado residents per calendar year; or derive revenue from the “sale” of personal data of Colorado residents and control or process the personal data of at least 25,000 residents), and therefore is a nonprofit exempt from that act’s requirements.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR VIRGINIA RESIDENTS
IMF is a nonprofit organization exempt from the requirements of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act.
DISCLAIMER
IMF makes no warranties or representations of any kind concerning the accuracy or suitability of the information contained on its website for any purpose. IMF makes no warranties or representations of any kind that the services provided by this website will be uninterrupted, error-free or that IMF’s website or the server that hosts its website are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. Under no circumstances shall IMF, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use of IMF’s website. This exclusion and limitation only applies to the extent permitted by law and is without prejudice to any express provisions to the contrary in any written license or agreement from IMF in respect of the use of any service provided via IMF’s website.
HOW YOU CAN ACCESS OR CORRECT YOUR INFORMATION
You can access your personally identifiable information, make corrections, or request that this information be removed from our system by contacting us at our headquarters, IMF, P.O. Box 98, Minnetonka Beach, MN 55361, by calling 952-346-2464, or emailing us at privacy@imfserves.org. Should you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us.
Revised April 12, 2022
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