Effective Date: 30th June 2025
Last Updated: 22nd July 2025
1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Kingdom Embassy Church (“KE”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your information when you interact with us. Our practices are designed to comply with global privacy regulations, including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act (DPA), Canada's PIPEDA, South Africa's POPIA, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).
This policy applies to all our services, including our in-person events, website https://www.kingdomembassychurch.com/, online forms, donation platforms, and social media livestreams (collectively, our “Services”).
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We collect information to support our ministry and communicate with you effectively. The types of data we collect include:
Data You Provide Directly:
Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and physical address.
Participation Data: Information you provide when registering for events, joining ministry groups, or filling out online forms.
Donation Information: Financial information required to process donations (typically handled by a secure third-party payment processor).
Data from Your Participation in Services:
Media: Your image, voice, and likeness may be captured in photographs or audio/video recordings during our in-person services, events, or interactive online sessions.
Data We Collect Automatically:
Technical Information: IP address, browser type, device information, and general location data when you visit our website or use our digital platforms.
Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, collected via cookies and similar technologies.
3. Why We Use Your Data (Our Lawful Basis)
We only process your personal data when we have a legal reason to do so. Depending on your region, our lawful basis for processing includes:
Consent: When you give us clear permission to process your data for a specific purpose.
Contract: When we need to process your data to fulfill a contractual agreement with you (e.g., registering you for a paid event).
Legal Obligation: When we are required to process your data to comply with the law (e.g., keeping financial records for tax audits).
Legitimate Interest: When we have a legitimate interest in processing your data, such as for securing our website or responding to your inquiries.
Sensitive Data: For processing sensitive (or "special category") data, such as information related to religious affiliation, prophetic insights, prayer requests, or youth ministry participation, we will always rely on your explicit consent.
4. Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of children is especially important. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children without verified parental consent. The age of consent we adhere to is:
13 years old in the United States and Canada.
16 years old in the European Union and the United Kingdom.
18 years old in South Africa.
If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a child without proper consent, please contact us immediately to have it removed.
5. Your Data Protection Rights
We honor your rights over your personal data. Depending on your location, you have the right to:
Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request that we delete your personal data.
Restrict Processing: Request that we limit the way we use your data.
Data Portability: Request that we provide your data in a machine-readable format to you or another service.
Object: Object to us processing your data, particularly for direct marketing.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where consent is our lawful basis for processing.
How to Exercise Your Rights: To make a request regarding any of these rights, please email us at [email protected]. We will need to verify your identity before processing your request and will respond within the timeframes required by law.
6. Data Security and Retention
Security: We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from accidental loss, misuse, or unauthorized access. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
Retention: We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or to comply with legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For example, donation records are retained for up to 7 years to comply with financial audit regulations.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance functionality, analyze performance, and improve your experience. For visitors from regions requiring explicit consent (like the EU/UK), we will display a cookie banner to allow you to manage your preferences before non-essential cookies are placed.
8. International Data Transfers
As we are based in the United States, your data may be stored and processed here. When we transfer personal data from other regions (like the EU or UK), we use legally-approved safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), to ensure your data receives a level of protection that meets the standards of your home country.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or to comply with new laws. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact our privacy team:
Email: [email protected]
Website Contact Form: https://www.kingdomembassychurch.com
Mailing Address: Kingdom Embassy Church, 11310 Montgomery Rd, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA