Your privacy is important to us. It is Japhet Mkondya Ministries' policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you, including across our website, https://Japhetmkondyaministries.org, and other sites we own and operate. 

This policy is effective as of 24 May 2022 and was last updated on 24 May 2022. 

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Information We Collect

Information we collect includes both information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services and promotions, and any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products and services. 

 

Types of Data Collected

Personal Information

We may ask for personal information which may include one or more of the following: 

• Name 

• Email 

• Phone/mobile number 

• Home/Post address

 

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

​Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Japhet Mkondya Ministries uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

 

Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information

We only collect and use your personal information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you. 

 

Collection and Use of Information

We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our website: 

• Sign up to receive updates from us via email or social media channels 

• Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content 

• Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies 

• When you mention us on social media 

 

Use of Data

The Ministry uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service

• To notify you about changes to our Service

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so

• To provide customer support

• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service

• To monitor the usage of our Service

• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

 

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

We may disclose personal information to: 

• a parent, or subsidiary, whenever it's necessary to do so. 

• third-party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, for example, IT service providers, data storage, hosting and server providers, advertisers, or analytics platforms 

• our employees, contractors, and/or related entities 

• sponsors or promoters of any competition, sweepstakes, or promotion we run 

• courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers, as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights 

• third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, services, or direct marketing to you third parties to collect and process data 

 

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

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Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

 

International Transfers of Personal Information

The personal information we collect is stored and/or processed where we or our partners, and third-party providers maintain facilities. Please be aware that the locations to which we store, process, or transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If we transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries: (i) we will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) we will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. 

 

Security of Your Personal Information

When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. 

Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security. We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach. 

You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services.

 

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. If your personal information is no longer required, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you. 

However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes. 

 

Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information.

Japhet Mkondya Ministries' legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

• Japhet Mkondya Ministries needs to perform a contract with you 

• You have given Japhet Mkondya Ministries permission to do so 

• Processing your personal information is in Japhet Mkondya Ministries' legitimate interests 

• Japhet Mkondya Ministries needs to comply with the law

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Japhet Mkondya Ministries will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

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If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. 

• The right of rectification. 

• The right to object. 

• The right of restriction. 

• The right to data portability 

• The right to withdraw consent 

 

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American
Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

• StripeTheir Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy

• PayPal / BraintreeTheir Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

 

Limits of Our Policy

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices, Please check their privacy police and see what they can offer for the safety of your information before proceeding 

 

Changes to This Policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our services processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy. 

If required by law, we will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information. 

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Children's Privacy

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Japhet Mkondya Ministries does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records

 

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us using the following details: 

Japhet Mkondya Ministries
E-Mail:Japhetmkondya@gmx.de

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