Right to the Heart Ministry Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 23, 2022
This website is owned and operated by Right to the Heart Ministries, a 501 © 3, as well as our brands AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Arise Esther, Arise Esther Evening, Arise U and all courses therein, as well as Leading Hearts, Arise Daily, Peace Quiz, God Test, Golden Scroll Awards, Christian Market Book Awards) (“Right to the Heart Ministries,” “we”, “our” or “us”). Our Site and Services, defined below, are intended for users in the United States.
As a nonprofit that supports events, courses, classes, awards shows, our associations, members, conferences, and readers of our free e-subscription magazine and free e-devotional. We at Right to the Heart Ministries recognize the importance of data privacy compliance and take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes the types of personal information (as defined below) that we collect, how we use it, how and when we share it, and the rights you have regarding your information. It also explains how we use the information to communicate with you and how you can make requests to us about your information. As part of our commitment, we want to understand how your information is used to improve our interactions with you as well as our products, marketing, and services.
This Notice applies when you use or access the website, www.righttotheheart.com, www.PeaceQuiz.com, www.PeaceBlueprint.com, www.ariseu.com, www.ariseestherevening, http://www.ariseesther.com/, www.LeadingHearts.com, http://www.goldenscrollawards.com/, www.scrollawards.com, www.ChristianMarketAwards.com, or any of our various subdomains or portals (the “Sites”); or otherwise provide Personal Information or interact with us online or in-person. For the purpose of this Notice, “Personal Information” means any personal information relating to an identified or identifiable individual that is protected by applicable privacy laws. We refer to all of the above as “Services.” By using the Services, you agree to our Terms of Service.
Donor Privacy Policy
Right to the Heart Ministries uses your information to understand your needs and interests and provide you with better service.
We do not share or sell our donors’ personal information. Any contribution information is kept in strict confidence and is not shared with anyone outside of Right to the Heart Ministries.
This policy applies to all information received by Right to the Heart Ministries, both online and offline. This privacy protection includes the any of our ministry websites and subdomains of, http://www.righttotheheart.com/, www.PeaceQuiz.com, http://www.peaceblueprint.com/, www.ariseu.com, www.ariseestherevening, www.ariseesther.com, www.LeadingHearts.com, http://www.goldenscrollawards.com/, www.scrollawards.com, www.ChristianMarketAwards.com, as well as any electronic, written or oral communications.
Any online donation information received through a third-party service provider will be used only for processing the donation.
Personal Information Collected on our Site
This is a description of the information we may collect from you through our Site or Services, including Personal Information.
When You Provide Your Information
When you interact with our Sites or Services through webforms or inputs/uploads on our Site, telephone calls, letters, emails and other communications, we may collect Personal Information:
- Contact and account information. Such as your first and last name, email address, home or business address, telephone numbers, mobile numbers and password;
- Financial information. Such as any payment information which includes but is not limited to your credit card or debit card number, online payment service payment information, as well as bank account information, including checking transactions to and from our accounts. We will also collect your payment, service, and purchase history;
- Social media information. Such as your social media handles, content and other data shared with us through third-party features that you use on our Site or Services (such as tools, widgets and plug-ins offered by social media services like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube) or posted on social media pages (such as our social media page or other pages accessible to us);
- Other information. Such as information that could reasonably be used to identify you personally or identify your household or device.
Like many organizations, we and our service providers may automatically collect and/or store certain information when you visit or interact with the Site or Services (“Usage Information”). This Usage Information may be stored and/or accessed from your personal computer, laptop, tablet, mobile phone or other device (a “Device”) whenever you visit or interact with our Site. Usage Information may include:
- Your IP address, IDFA, Android/Google Advertising ID, IMEI, or another unique identifier.
- Your Device location or other location information, including the zip code, state or country from which you accessed the Site or Services.
- Your Device characteristics.
- Certain other Device data, including the time of day you visit our Site or other information used to provide analytics or other usage information.
- Your Device functionality (including browser, browser language, settings and behavior, operating system, hardware, mobile network information).
- Referring and exit web pages and URLs.
- The areas within the Site that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences.
- Information about your engagement with our emails; and
- Statistical information about how both unregistered and registered users, collectively, use the Site and Services. This aggregate information is derived from Personal Information but cannot be tied back to you or your web browser.
The Site may include functionality that allows certain kinds of interactions between the Site and your account on a third-party website or application. The use of this functionality may involve the third-party site providing information to us. For example, we might obtain information about the traffic and usage of our Site from third parties. These third parties also use cookies and other tracking technologies to capture information about your interactions with Right to the Heart Ministries. Right to the Heart Ministries does not have control over the information that is collected, used, and shared by these third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of these third parties to understand their privacy practices.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used to improve your experience using the Right to the Heart Ministries websites. Visitors are provided products tailored especially for them, or to inform them about new features or services.
While Right to the Heart Ministries uses third party vendors to communicate with you or analytics reporting, your information, including your email address, will not be sold, shared or disclosed with any third party outside of the Right to the Heart Ministries family unless otherwise noted in a specific consent or other entry, or as necessary to provide communications from Right to the Heart Ministries through third party vendors. Right to the Heart Ministries employs strict security measures to safeguard online transactions, and personal information is stored in a secured database and always sent via an encrypted channel.
Second, we use any Personal Information provided, or collected by your permission. This Personal Information may be used to process or fulfill an order, request, service, or to contact you regarding an opportunity, service, courses, publications, event, or product, or any other business, spiritual, humanitarian, or commercial purposes. As a part of this, we may process your purchases of, or requests for, our products and services.
Improve Our Communication, Services, or Site
We may process certain Personal Information to order to reach/email you or communicate with you regarding our services, features, offers, new products, or events for you to consider, or which you have purchased or received. You may opt out of these communiques at any time.
In order to bring you our best service or to meet your needs and expectations, we may process your Personal Information so that we can analyze or research your needs, interests, or use of our products, services, courses, or events, as well as to help us develop new products.
To Comply with Applicable Laws
We adhere to applicable laws and regulations, such as tax laws, that require us to process certain Personal Information. In addition, we may keep records for our own administrative purposes, and we will also comply with necessary legal and regulatory obligations, as well as respond to lawful governmental requests.
To Enforce our Terms, Agreements, or Policies
We may also use Personal Information in order to maintain a safe, secure, and trusted environment for you as well as our constituents, in an effort to ensure our terms, policies, and agreements with you and any third parties are enforced.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies, small text files sent by your computer, whenever you visit our site. We may use additional tracking technologies to help personalize your experience, analyze user trends, and improve the Site and Services. These tracking technologies allow us to collect information such as your device type, browser type, interactions with our Site, geographic location, your web request, the date and time of your web request, your Internet Protocol address, the domain name of your Internet service provider and other data. If you can be identified from this information by combination with other pieces of information, then we will treat this information as Personal Information.
You can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but it is possible that doing so may cause limited functionality of the Site.
We may use the following types of cookies:
- Analytics cookies. Also known as “performance cookies,” these cookies collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
- Functionality cookies. Also known as “preference cookies,” these cookies allow a website to remember choices you have made in the past, like what language you prefer, what region you would like weather reports for, or what your user name and password are so you can automatically log in.
- Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for you to browse a website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. While it is not required to obtain consent for these cookies, what they do and why they are necessary should be explained to the user.
Other data technologies may be used that collect comparable information for security and fraud detection purposes.
Your Choices
Cookies
Please refer to your web browsers “help” section on their toolbar for information on how to receive a notification when you are receiving a new cookie to find instructions regarding how to turn them off. The most popular browsers are listed for your connivence and include: Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
Note that once cookies are turned off, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site and you may lose certain functions of the Site.
Do Not Track
Your browser may offer you a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) option, however there is no agreed upon standard of practice for how websites like ours should process a DNT. Currently, our websites do not monitor or take an action to these signals or other mechanisms.
Communication Preferences
- With your consent, Right to the Heart Ministries communicates with you via a variety of digital media. To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from computers which support such capabilities. You may opt out of receiving emails from us at any time. To manage your communications preferences with Right to the Heart Ministries — or to opt out of communications entirely — please unsubscribe at the bottom of our emails or contact us at Your Device location or other location information, including the zip code, state or country from which you accessed the Site or Services.
- Your Device characteristics.
- Certain other Device data, including the time of day you visit our Site or other information used to provide analytics or other usage information.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here.
How We Share Your Information
Services Providers
We share your Personal Information with our third-party service providers who provide services such as website hosting, data analysis, information technology, customer service, email delivery, online advertising, auditing, and other services.
Third Party Advertising
We share information about your use of our Site and Services, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners, like Facebook, to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases using cookies or other technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).
You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting Bing, Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn.
Other
Aside from the instances described above, we will only share your Personal Information:
- with your consent.
- to comply with the law and to protect and defend our rights or property or that of our customers, employees, visitors, or the public;
- to respond to claims or comply with legal process served on Right to the Heart Ministries (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court order);
- to enforce or apply our policies or agreements, and
- if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure.
The Site is operated in the United States. If you are in another country or jurisdiction, please know that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. By using the Site and providing us with information, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States. It is important to note that the privacy laws in the United States may not be as comprehensive as those in other countries such as those in the European Union (“EU”). Our service providers use appropriate safeguards to transfer your Personal Information to the United States.
Security
We use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please contact us at ReachOut2Linda@gmail.com.
Third Party Links
Out Site may contain links to other websites such as social media platforms, other websites, and event and partner websites. These websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Please review the Privacy Notices or Policies of those websites to understand the privacy practices of these third parties.
Your General Data Protection Regulation Rights
While our site is intended for users in the United States, this section of our Privacy Notice applies if you are a data subject who resides or is in the European Economic Area (“EEA”). We adopted this Policy to honor European privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Any terms defined in the GDPR have the same meaning when used in this Section. In most instances, Right to the Heart Ministries is the data controller for processing Personal Information provided to us through the Site.
We hope to ensure that the Personal Information we possess are always accurate and therefore we encourage you to update your information in your own account in case any changes have occurred. We have listed below the rights that you may be able to exercise in respect of the processing of your Personal Information, subject to applicable law. We take every reasonable step to ensure that the Personal Information that we process are limited to the Personal Information that are reasonably required in connection with the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.
If you are a resident of or located within the EEA, you have certain data protection rights. These rights include:
- The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Information by contacting us at the contact information below.
- The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information.
- The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Information.
- The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
- The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Right to the Heart Ministries relied on your consent to process your Personal Information.
We rely on the following legal bases for processing your Personal Information:
- Processing of your Personal Information that you provide to us when you interact with our Services is necessary to respond to or implement your request prior to entering a contract with us.
- We will send you information by email on our new products and services only with your consent or if you otherwise opt-in to receiving those communications. If you do not provide us with your consent to the processing of your Personal Information for this purpose, we will not send you this information. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Our use of data relating to your use of the Site or Services, described above, is necessary for our legitimate interests in understanding how the Site and Services are being used by you, to improve your experience on it and our Services offerings. We have also a legitimate interest in aggregating and/or anonymizing the information that we collect through our Site or Services and using this information for our business purposes, as described above. When we process your Personal Information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you, and your rights under data protection laws. Our legitimate business interests do not automatically override your interests – we will not use your Personal Information for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you, unless we have your consent, or those activities are otherwise required or permitted to by law. You have the right to object to processing that is based on our legitimate interests, as further described below.
Right to the Heart Ministries will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. We will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers or those of our third-party data storage providers.
GDPR NOTICE
If applicable, you may exercise any of your rights under the GDPR by submitting a verifiable data subject request to us by using the contact details below. You may make a request related to your Personal Information or on behalf of someone for which you have authorization. You must include your full name, email address, and attest to the fact that you are a citizen or resident of the EEA by including your country of citizenship or residence in your request. We may require you to confirm your identity and/or legal standing for the request as well as your residency in the EEA in order to obtain the information. We will respond to your request within 30 days or let you know if we need additional time.
Please note that we will ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests, and we may deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity or authority to make the request.
Should you wish to raise a concern about our use of your data (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority; however, we hope that we can assist with any queries or concerns you may have about our use of your Personal Information first by contacting us using the information in the Contact Us section below.
California Privacy Rights
This section of our Privacy Notice applies to consumers who reside in California. We adopt this section to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and California Privacy Reform Act (“CPRA”).
Personal Information Regarding California Consumers
We collect certain types of Personal Information about you during your relationship with us, as stated above. We collect the following categories of Personal Information from California consumers within the last twelve (12) months: identifiers; Internet or other electronic network activity information; audio/video information from phone or web-based calls with us; professional or employment-related information; and inferences drawn from the foregoing.
We collect this information from you, automatically and from third parties.
If you are curious about the CCPA, please reach out to us at ReachOut2Linda@gmail.com to submit a written request to the address provided below and specify that you want to know what personal information we have about you, that you prefer that we delete your information, or that you prefer to be removed from our marketing materials. We may require additional information from you to allow us to verify your identity and note that are only required to respond to requests once during any calendar year.
Data Sharing Regarding Direct Marketing
California Civil Code § 1798.83 further permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident, you may ask us to refrain from sharing your Personal Information with certain of our affiliates and other third parties for their marketing purposes. Please tell us your preference by contacting us at ReachOut2Linda@gmail.com.
Children’s Policy
Our Site and Services are not directed at children under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect or receive Personal Information from them. If you believe that we have received Personal Information from a child under the age of 18, you may contact us at ReachOut2Linda@gmail.com to request deletion of that information.
Privacy Policy Updates
Changes to our Privacy Notice, will be indicated by the modified notice's effective date. If required by the applicable law, we will notify you of the changes. By continuing to use the Site or Services or providing us with information following such a replacement Notice being uploaded, you agree that you will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the Privacy Notice as changed.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact us at:
Right to the Heart Ministries
PO Box 6421
Longmont, CO 80501
Email: ReachOut2Linda@gmail.com
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RIGHT TO THE HEART MINISTRIES is a 501 (c) 3 ministry founded by author and speaker Linda Evans Shepherd in 1999, an organization created to educate and to spread the good news about Jesus. www.RightToTheHeart.com
The Right to the Heart Media Network:
ABOUT ARISE DAILY
Arise Daily is a daily devotional ministry of Right to the Heart. www.AriseDaily.com
ABOUT LEADING HEARTS MAGAZINE
Leading Hearts Magazine is a magazine ministry of Right to the Heart. www.LeadingHearts.com
ABOUT ADVANCED WRITERS AND SPEAKERS ASSOCIATION
Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) is made up of authors and speakers and is a ministry of Right to the Heart. www.AWSA.com
ABOUT GOLDEN SCROLL AND CHRISTIAN BOOK MARKET AWARDS
These awards are giving to AWSA authors and other authors in the Christian market and is a ministry of Right to the Heart Ministries. www.GoldenScrollAwards.com
ABOUT GOD TEST
God Test is a website presentation of the good news about Jesus Christ and is a ministry of Right to the Heart. www.GodTest.com
ABOUT PEACE QUIZ/ PEACE BLUEPRINT
Webinar, quiz, and course to bring hope to the hurting and to point readers to the good news. We are offering practical tips and not practicing medicine or advising people to refrain from doctor prescribed medication. www.PeaceQuiz.com
ABOUT LEADING HEARTS MAGAZINE
Leading Hearts Magazine highlights the lives of women who lead and follow God’s calling. The magazine is ministry of Right to the Heart. www.LeadingHearts.com
ABOUT ARISE U
Arise U is a Right to the Heart offers classes and courses related to the ministries of Right to the Heart Ministries. www.AriseU.org
ABOUT ARISE ESTHER & ARISE ESTHER EVENING
Conferences, events, and helps for women. A ministry of Right to the Heart Ministries. www.AriseEstherEvening.com
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