Data Collection & Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

World Evangelism is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors, givers, contacts, campaign participants, ministry workers, subscribers, and other people who use this website or submit information through it.

This policy applies where we determine why and how personal data is processed for World Evangelism activities, including giving, reporting, contact follow-up, outreach administration, and website operations.

2. Information We May Process

We may process information you provide directly, including your name, email address, phone number, country, giving amount, giving route, payment reference, enquiry details, and consent confirmations.

We may also process usage information such as IP address, approximate location, browser type, operating system, referral source, pages viewed, timestamps, device information, and website navigation patterns for security, analytics, troubleshooting, and service improvement.

3. How We Use Personal Data

We use personal data to operate this website, process and reconcile World Evangelism giving, attribute gifts correctly, keep ministry records, respond to enquiries, send relevant updates, support follow-up, prevent abuse, maintain backups, and improve the website experience.

Where appropriate, processing may be based on consent, legitimate ministry and administrative interests, performance of a requested service, compliance with legal obligations, protection of vital interests, or the establishment and defence of legal claims.

4. Payment and Transaction Data

Giving on this website is processed through Espees. We share only the information needed to initialize, confirm, reconcile, and report the transaction, such as name, email, amount, giving route, payment reference, and transaction status.

We do not ask you to enter card details on this website for Espees giving. Any funding or purchase of Espees is handled on the Espees platform or app.

5. Sharing Personal Data

We may share relevant data with authorized ministry administrators, technical service providers, payment service providers, professional advisers, group ministry entities, or legal and regulatory authorities where reasonably necessary for the purposes stated in this policy.

We do not sell your personal data. Any third-party service provider is expected to process information only as required for the service they provide or as otherwise permitted by law.

6. Retention and Deletion

Personal data is retained only as long as necessary for the purpose collected, including ministry administration, giving reconciliation, reporting, audit, legal compliance, security, and follow-up.

Where a specific retention period cannot be fixed in advance, we determine retention by the relevance of the record, legal obligations, operational need, and the nature of the World Evangelism activity involved.

7. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may request access to your personal data, correction of inaccurate data, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to certain processing, portability, or withdrawal of consent where processing is consent-based.

You may contact us through the official contact channels on this website to exercise applicable privacy rights or ask questions about how your data is handled.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies may be used for authentication, security, status, preferences, analytics, performance, and consent management. Some cookies are necessary for the site to function, while others help us understand and improve website use.

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking all cookies may affect some website features.

9. User Content

If you submit testimonies, comments, images, videos, or other content for World Evangelism communication, you should ensure you have the necessary rights and permissions to submit it. Such content may be reviewed, edited, declined, or removed where appropriate.

10. Policy Updates

We may update this policy from time to time as the World Evangelism platform, giving flow, or ministry administration develops. The current version will be published on this page.