Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 27, 2026
Last updated: June 27, 2026

Gospel In Action Missions (“GIAM,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit gospelinactionmissions.org, submit a form, make a donation, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with us.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with the website.

Information you provide directly

You may provide information such as:

  • Your name

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Mailing or billing address

  • Donation amount and donation preferences

  • Information needed to issue a donation receipt

  • Comments, prayer requests, questions, or other information submitted through a form

  • Communication and subscription preferences

  • Any other information you voluntarily provide

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through general contact forms unless it is necessary for your request.

Donation and payment information

When you make a donation, we may collect information needed to process and administer the donation, including your name, contact information, donation amount, payment status, transaction identifier, and receipt information.

Payment card and financial account information is processed by our third-party payment processor, such as Stripe. GIAM generally does not directly receive or store complete payment-card numbers or card-security codes.

Payment processors may collect and use information in accordance with their own privacy policies and legal obligations.

Information collected automatically

When you access the website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

  • Internet Protocol address

  • Browser type and version

  • Device type and operating system

  • Referring website

  • Pages viewed

  • Date and time of access

  • General geographic information derived from an IP address

  • Website interactions and navigation activity

  • Cookie, session, and similar identifiers

  • Error, security, and diagnostic information

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics services, security tools, and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Process and acknowledge donations

  • Provide donation receipts and maintain financial records

  • Respond to questions, prayer requests, and other inquiries

  • Provide information about GIAM’s mission, programs, and activities

  • Send newsletters or other communications requested by the recipient

  • Maintain records of donors, supporters, and communications

  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the website

  • Understand how visitors use the website

  • Detect spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats

  • Troubleshoot technical problems

  • Comply with accounting, tax, legal, and regulatory obligations

  • Enforce applicable website policies

  • Protect the rights, safety, and property of GIAM and others

  • Carry out other purposes disclosed when information is collected

We will not use personal information in a materially different way without providing appropriate notice when required.

3. Donor Privacy

GIAM respects the privacy of its donors.

We do not sell or rent donor names, mailing addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, or donation information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

We may use donor information to:

  • Process and document donations

  • Provide acknowledgments and receipts

  • Maintain required financial and tax records

  • Communicate about GIAM’s activities and giving opportunities

  • Respond to donor questions

  • Prevent fraud and protect our systems

  • Comply with legal obligations

Donor information may be shared with service providers that assist us with payment processing, donation management, website hosting, email delivery, accounting, recordkeeping, security, or similar operational functions. These providers receive information only as reasonably necessary to provide their services or comply with applicable law.

A donor may ask to remain anonymous in public recognition materials. Anonymous recognition does not prevent GIAM and its service providers from retaining information needed to process the donation, issue receipts, prevent fraud, and comply with legal or accounting obligations.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Keep the website functioning properly

  • Remember visitor preferences

  • protect forms and donation features from fraud or abuse

  • Maintain secure sessions

  • Understand website traffic and usage

  • Diagnose errors and improve performance

  • Support embedded or third-party content

Cookies are small data files stored on a visitor’s browser or device.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website functionality, including forms, donations, videos, maps, and other interactive features.

Where required, we may provide additional cookie notices or consent controls.

5. Analytics

We may use website analytics services to understand how visitors find and use the website.

Analytics providers may collect information such as IP addresses, device information, browser details, approximate location, referring pages, pages visited, and interaction data.

Analytics information is generally used to evaluate website traffic, improve content, diagnose problems, and understand the effectiveness of GIAM’s communications.

The information collected by an analytics provider is also subject to that provider’s privacy practices.

6. Contact Forms and Email Communications

When you submit a contact form or send us an email, we may retain your message and contact information so that we can respond, provide requested assistance, maintain appropriate records, and follow up when necessary.

Email communications may pass through third-party email, hosting, anti-spam, or delivery providers.

You may unsubscribe from nonessential promotional or newsletter emails by using the unsubscribe instructions included in those messages or by contacting us.

We may continue sending transactional or administrative communications, such as donation receipts, security notices, responses to requests, or legally required notices.

7. Third-Party Services

We use third-party service providers to operate portions of the website and conduct GIAM’s activities. These providers may include:

  • Website hosting providers

  • WordPress plugins and related service providers

  • GiveWP or other donation-management providers

  • Stripe or other payment processors

  • Email-delivery and communication providers

  • Form-processing and spam-prevention providers

  • Website analytics providers

  • Security, backup, and performance providers

  • Accounting and recordkeeping services

  • Embedded map, video, social-media, or content providers

These third parties may collect or process information under their own privacy policies, terms, and legal obligations.

GIAM does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of services they choose to use.

8. Embedded Content and External Links

Pages on this website may include embedded videos, maps, social-media content, donation tools, or other content supplied by third parties.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third party’s website directly. The provider may collect data, use cookies, employ additional tracking technologies, or monitor your interaction with the content.

The website may also contain links to websites operated by other organizations. GIAM is not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of external websites.

9. When We May Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information:

  • To service providers performing work on our behalf

  • To process donations and financial transactions

  • To maintain accounting, tax, audit, and organizational records

  • To protect the website and prevent fraud or abuse

  • When required by law, legal process, court order, or governmental request

  • To protect the rights, safety, and property of GIAM, our visitors, donors, personnel, volunteers, or others

  • In connection with a reorganization, merger, transfer of assets, or similar organizational event

  • With your consent or at your direction

  • For another purpose disclosed when the information is collected

We may also disclose aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify an individual.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including:

  • Providing requested services

  • Maintaining donor and financial records

  • Meeting accounting and tax requirements

  • Responding to inquiries

  • Maintaining security and fraud-prevention records

  • Resolving disputes

  • Enforcing agreements

  • Complying with legal obligations

Retention periods vary according to the type of information and the reason it was collected.

Donation, payment, accounting, and tax records may be retained longer than general contact-form submissions because of financial and legal recordkeeping requirements.

When information is no longer reasonably needed, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to technical limitations and legal requirements.

11. Information Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.

These measures may include:

  • Secure website connections

  • Access restrictions

  • Account authentication

  • Software and security updates

  • Website backups

  • Anti-spam and fraud-prevention controls

  • Payment processing through established third-party providers

  • Limiting access to individuals who reasonably need the information

No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Visitors should not send highly sensitive information through unencrypted email or general website contact forms.

12. Your Choices and Requests

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may request that we:

  • Confirm whether we maintain personal information about you

  • Provide access to certain personal information

  • Correct inaccurate information

  • Delete information that we are not legally required to retain

  • Stop sending nonessential promotional communications

  • Update your communication preferences

  • Explain how information has been used or disclosed

To submit a privacy request, email:

support@gospelinactionmissions.org

Please include enough information for us to identify the relevant record and understand your request. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

Certain information may be exempt from access, correction, or deletion requests, including information that must be retained for tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, security, legal, or organizational recordkeeping purposes.

We will not discriminate against anyone for making a privacy request.

13. Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through this website, please contact us at support@gospelinactionmissions.org so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

Photographs, stories, or information concerning children involved in GIAM’s ministry activities may be published only under the organization’s applicable consent and safeguarding practices.

14. Visitors Outside the United States

GIAM is based in the United States, and information submitted through the website may be processed and stored in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from those in your country or region.

Visitors outside the United States should consider this before submitting personal information.

15. Do Not Track and Privacy Signals

Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” settings or other privacy preference signals.

Because there is not a universally accepted technical standard governing every type of signal, the website may not respond uniformly to all browser-based signals.

We will update this section if our practices or applicable legal requirements change.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in:

  • Our website

  • Our services

  • Our information practices

  • Third-party providers

  • Applicable legal or regulatory requirements

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Material changes may also be communicated through the website or another appropriate method.

17. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or GIAM’s privacy practices may be sent to:

Gospel In Action Missions
Email: support@gospelinactionmissions.org
Website: gospelinactionmissions.org