Introduction
The privacy of users of the Global Christian Support platform is very important to us. We make every effort to ensure its protection. These rules explain how we use your personal information. Spoiler: almost in no way.
Intellectual Property Rights
This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (seqlegal.com) and modified by Website Planet (www.websiteplanet.com)
Collection of Personal Data
Your data always belongs to you, and only you. We do not enter into advertising agreements and do not collect confidential personal data. Global Christian Support is funded directly from the founders' own savings.
For analytics collection, we use open-source Plausible Analytics, which is routed through our statistics subdomain to count website visits. This service is paid, so it measures without collecting personal confidential data of users and without using cookies, browser cache, or local storage. This means we do not know which sites other than Global Christian Support you visit, your interests outside the platform, or other personal data (exact address, phone number, etc.). All the information we receive for statistics is aggregated (generalized, which combines many individual indicators into one general one) and does not contain personal information.
What data do we collect?
URL of viewed pages on the Global Christian Support website to get a general quantitative indicator of visits to each publication;
HTTP referrer to understand the source of traffic to our website;
Browser name;
Operating system;
Device type;
Country, region, city;
Information about your email address that you used to register on our website (not used for mailings unless you have given your consent);
Information you entered when creating a profile on our website – for example, your name, profile picture;
Information you posted on our website for the purpose of publishing it on the Internet, including the content of your publication;
Information contained in any messages you sent us by email or through our website, including the content of the message and metadata;
Any other personal information that you voluntarily send to us.
All user data is processed exclusively on servers located in the European Union and protected by EU laws.
For additional information, see Plausible: GDPR, CCPA and cookie law compliant site analytics.
The data you transmit to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in these rules or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use them for the following purposes:
administering our website and business;
personalizing our website for you;
providing you with the opportunity to use the services available on our website;
sending you email notifications that you specifically requested;
providing authors with statistical information about the reading of publications (however, they will not be able to identify any individual user from this data);
processing requests and complaints made by you or about you, relating to our website;
for ensuring the security of our site and preventing fraud;
for verifying compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.
We will not transfer your personal information to any third-party company for direct marketing use.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to any of our employees and officers to the extent and for the purposes defined in these rules.
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information:
in cases where required by law;
in connection with any current or future legal proceedings;
for the purpose of establishing, exercising, or defending our legal rights;
We will not disclose your personal information to third parties, except as provided in these rules.
International Transfers of Personal Information
Personal information that you publish on our website, through the Internet, may be available worldwide. We cannot prevent its distribution or improper use for criminal purposes by third parties.
Retention of Personal Information
These rules and procedures are designed to ensure our compliance with our legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of the information you provide to us.
Information that we process for a specific purpose or purposes shall not be kept longer than necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this document, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal information in cases where required by law or where we believe that these documents may be relevant to any ongoing or future legal proceedings.
Protection of Your Personal Information
We will take adequate technical and organizational measures to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information.
All personal information you provide will be stored on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the Internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the world wide web.
You are responsible for keeping your password for accessing our website confidential. We will never ask you for your password (except when you are trying to log in to your account on our website).
Your Rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; the provision of such information will be subject to: the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (we usually accept a photocopy of your passport, certified by a notary).
We reserve the right to withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
Third-Party Websites
Our website contains hyperlinks to third-party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
The deletion of your personal information occurs at the moment you delete your account from our platform.
What cookies do we use?
A cookie is a small piece of data stored on a user’s computer or device during a visit to a website. We do not use cookies to store personal data or track users' activities on the Internet. Cookies allow the website to ‘remember’ your actions or preferences over time.
We use onlytechnical cookies, we do not store your personal data, not even your IP address.
Technical cookies are necessary to enable your navigation on the Site and ensure security. Technical cookies include files strictly necessary for browsing our Site. Technical cookies also allow security measures to be applied.
These are the specific files:
Your Global Christian Support account token, which helps you stay logged in (authorized) when you visit the site again. It is valid for only 10 minutes, after which it is replaced with a new one to improve the security of your profile.
Refresh Account Token, which allows you to stay logged in on the site even after a long absence (from 10 minutes to 1 month). This token is used to keep you logged in to the site even if you have not visited it for an extended period.
Device ID – a randomly generated string that allows the Token or Refresh Account Token to be used only on the device you authorized. This helps ensure that your account is accessible only from devices you have authorized.
None of these cookies consist of your personal data and therefore are not used for advertising purposes. They are necessary for convenient use of the Site and to improve the protection of your account.
You can block the use of these cookies and delete them through your browser settings, but this may affect the correct operation of the Site. Deleting these described cookies will require you to log in each time you visit the platform.
Changes and Amendments
We reserve the right to periodically make changes and amendments to these rules and publish their new version on our website. You should periodically check this web page to ensure you understand the content of the changes made to these rules. We may also inform you about changes to these rules through the notification system on our website or by email.
