Privacy Policy​

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Last Updated: April 4, 2026

I A C World Ministries, including I Am Church, I Am Changed, and any affiliated ministry pages, websites, forms, programs, communications, or digital services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “I A C World Ministries,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), values your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable law.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit our websites, use our online services, submit forms, make donations, register for events, request prayer or ministry support, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with us online (collectively, the “Services”).

By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

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1. Scope of This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through our Services, including:

• I Am Church at https://www.iamchurchsc.org/

• I Am Changed

• other affiliated ministry pages, ministry forms, and websites that are owned or controlled by I A C World Ministries and that post or link to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, applications, donation processors, social media platforms, video platforms, or other services that we do not own or control, even if we link to them. Those third parties have their own privacy practices and policies, and we encourage you to review them.

 

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information, depending on how you interact with us:

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A. Information You Provide Directly

We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• your name

• email address

• telephone number

• mailing address

• donation information

• billing information

• event registration details

• volunteer information

• prayer requests

• ministry inquiries

• messages, testimonies, comments, or other communications you send to us

• any other information you choose to provide

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B. Payment and Donation Information

If you make a donation, payment, or purchase through our Services, payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors or service providers. We may receive limited transaction-related information necessary for administration, donor relations, recordkeeping, fraud prevention, fulfillment, or legal compliance.

We do not represent that we store full payment card details except where expressly stated and lawfully permitted.

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C. Information Collected Automatically

When you use our Services, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain information, such as:

• IP address

• browser type and version

• device identifiers

• operating system

• referring pages and URLs

• pages viewed

• date and time of access

• clickstream and interaction data

• approximate location derived from IP address

• cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies

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D. Social Media and Publicly Available Information

If you interact with us through social media, comments, embeds, or other public-facing channels, we may collect information you make available to us or to the public, subject to the applicable platform’s settings and policies.

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E. Sensitive Information

We do not intentionally request or collect sensitive personal information unless reasonably necessary for a lawful and ministry-related purpose, or unless you voluntarily provide it to us, such as in a prayer request, pastoral care communication, accommodation request, or similar communication.

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, medical insurance details, account passwords, or other highly sensitive information through general contact forms unless we specifically request it and provide an appropriate method for doing so.

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3. Sources of Information

We may collect information:

• directly from you

• automatically through your use of the Services

• from service providers acting on our behalf

• from payment processors, registration systems, email tools, or similar platforms

• from social media platforms

• from publicly available sources

• from affiliates, ministry partners, or other organizations when you direct or authorize them to share information with us

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4. How We Use Information

We may use personal information for lawful purposes including to:

• operate, maintain, and improve our Services

• respond to inquiries, prayer requests, and ministry communications

• process donations, registrations, and transactions

• send confirmations, receipts, newsletters, ministry updates, and requested information

• administer events, volunteer opportunities, and ministry activities

• personalize user experience

• conduct internal analytics, reporting, and research

• maintain the security and integrity of our systems

• detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, or unlawful activity

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

• enforce our policies, terms, and legal rights

• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

• create aggregated, deidentified, or anonymized information

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5. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable under laws such as the GDPR or UK GDPR, we may process personal information on one or more of the following legal bases:

• your consent

• performance of a contract or taking steps at your request before entering into a contract

• compliance with a legal obligation

• our legitimate interests, including operating our ministry, administering communications, improving our Services, protecting our systems, preventing fraud, and managing relationships with donors, members, visitors, and community participants, except where overridden by your rights and interests

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6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, embedded tools, and similar technologies to operate the Services, remember preferences, analyze site traffic, improve functionality, and support outreach or communications.

Some cookies are essential to the operation of the Services. Others may be used for analytics, performance measurement, personalization, or marketing, depending on how the website is configured.

Where required by applicable law, we will seek consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies. You may also be able to manage your preferences through your browser settings, our cookie banner, or other tools provided on the site.

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7. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information as follows, to the extent permitted by law:

• to our affiliated ministries, churches, programs, and internal personnel

• to vendors, contractors, and service providers who help us operate the Services

• to payment processors, email platforms, website hosts, analytics providers, event tools, IT providers, or cloud service providers

• to attorneys, accountants, auditors, insurers, and other professional advisors

• to ministry or event partners when necessary to carry out a request, activity, event, or service you initiated or authorized

• to law enforcement, regulators, courts, or other parties when required by law, subpoena, court order, or legal process

• when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect rights, safety, property, systems, or legal interests

• in connection with a merger, restructuring, transfer, reorganization, or other transition involving some or all of our operations

• with your consent or at your direction

We do not sell personal information for money. However, some data-sharing involving cookies, pixels, analytics, or advertising technologies may be treated as “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under certain laws. Where applicable, you may have the right to opt out.

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8. Retention of Information

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:

• provide requested services or communications

• maintain donor, ministry, church, and administrative records

• complete transactions

• comply with legal, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations

• resolve disputes

• enforce agreements

• protect against fraud, misuse, or security incidents

Retention periods vary based on the type of information and the reason it was collected. We may also retain information in backup or archival systems for a limited period as permitted by law.

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9. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

• know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, or retain

• request access to personal information

• request correction of inaccurate personal information

• request deletion of personal information, subject to legal exceptions

• obtain a portable copy of certain personal information

• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

• object to certain processing

• restrict certain processing

• opt out of certain disclosures, sales, sharing, or targeted advertising, where applicable

• not be unlawfully discriminated against for exercising applicable privacy rights

To exercise any applicable privacy rights, please contact us using the contact information below. We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests. We may deny or limit a request where permitted by law.

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10. Communications Preferences

You may opt out of promotional or newsletter emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us directly.

Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send administrative, transactional, security-related, donation-related, ministry-response, or legally required communications.

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11. Children’s Privacy

Our Services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without legally sufficient authorization.

If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13 in a manner not permitted by law, we will take reasonable steps to delete it or otherwise comply with applicable legal requirements.

If you believe a child has provided us with personal information inappropriately, please contact us.

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12. International Data Transfers

Our Services are operated primarily in the United States. If you access our Services from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other jurisdictions.

Where required by applicable law, we will rely on lawful transfer mechanisms and safeguards for international data transfers.

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13. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you provide information and use the Services at your own risk.

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14. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content

Our Services may include links to third-party websites, apps, maps, videos, donation tools, livestream platforms, social media tools, or other embedded services. Those third parties may independently collect information about you.

We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of third parties not under our control. Your interactions with those services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

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15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in our discretion. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above. If required by law, we may provide additional notice.

Your continued use of the Services after any revised Privacy Policy becomes effective constitutes your acknowledgment of the updated Privacy Policy, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

16. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or would like to exercise applicable privacy rights, please contact us at:

I A C World Ministries / I Am Church
1427 Laurens Rd Suite E
Greenville, SC 29607
Email: iamchurchsc@gmail.com
Phone: (864) 252-7670

Privacy Contact: Jeffrey Akers
Privacy Rights Request Email: iamchurchsc@gmail.com

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17. Reservation of Rights

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to waive, limit, or impair any rights, defenses, privileges, immunities, exemptions, or legal protections available to I A C World Ministries under applicable law.

We may retain, use, or disclose personal information as necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, preserve evidence, protect persons or property, prevent abuse, maintain the security and operation of the Services, or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

If any portion of this Privacy Policy is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions will remain in full force to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Additional Notice for California Residents

This section applies only to the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), or other California privacy laws apply to the relevant processing activity.

California law gives certain residents rights regarding personal information collected by covered entities. Although the CCPA does not generally apply to nonprofits, some California privacy obligations may still apply in certain contexts, and we may choose to honor certain requests where appropriate. (California Privacy Protection Agency)

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Categories of Personal Information We May Collect

In the preceding 12 months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:

• identifiers, such as name, email address, address, phone number, IP address, and online identifiers

• personal information described in California customer records laws, such as contact and donation-related information

• internet or other electronic network activity information, such as browsing activity and interactions with our Services

• geolocation data derived from IP address

• audio, electronic, or similar information if you submit voice messages, media, or recordings

• professional or volunteer-related information you choose to submit

• inferences drawn from usage information

• sensitive personal information where voluntarily provided or lawfully collected for a permitted purpose

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Business or Commercial Purposes

We may collect and use personal information for the purposes described in the main Privacy Policy, including administration, donor relations, website operations, analytics, event administration, security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, and communications.

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Categories of Recipients

We may disclose personal information to:

• affiliated ministries and internal personnel

• service providers and contractors

• payment processors and donation tools

• analytics and website vendors

• professional advisors

• legal authorities where required

• other parties with your consent or direction

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Sale, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell personal information for money. However, certain online tracking or analytics practices may be treated under California law as “sharing” or similar activity. Where applicable, California residents may request to opt out of such processing.

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California Privacy Rights

If California law applies to the relevant processing, California residents may have the right to:

• know the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected

• know the categories of sources from which personal information is collected

• know the purposes for collecting, using, or disclosing personal information

• know the categories of third parties to whom personal information is disclosed

• request deletion of personal information, subject to exceptions

• request correction of inaccurate personal information

• request access to and portability of certain personal information

• opt out of sale or sharing, where applicable

• limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable

• not be unlawfully discriminated against for exercising applicable rights

To submit a request, contact us at iamchurchsc@gmail.com or call (864) 252-7670.

We may need to verify your identity before completing your request. You may also designate an authorized agent where permitted by law.

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Additional Notice for EEA and UK Residents

This section applies to individuals located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”), to the extent applicable law requires.

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Controller

For purposes of applicable data protection law, the data controller is:

I A C World Ministries / I Am Church
1427 Laurens Rd Suite E
Greenville, SC 29607
Email: iamchurchsc@gmail.com
Phone: (864) 252-7670

Privacy Contact: Jeffrey Akers
Email: iamchurchsc@gmail.com

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Legal Bases

We may process your personal data on the legal bases described in Section 5 above, including:

• consent

• contract

• legal obligation

• legitimate interests

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Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• be informed about how your personal data is used

• access your personal data

• request correction of inaccurate personal data

• request erasure of personal data

• request restriction of processing

• object to processing

• withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent

• request portability of certain personal data

• lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority

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International Transfers

If your personal data is transferred outside the EEA or UK, including to the United States, we will use lawful transfer mechanisms where required.

The prior EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework is no longer the current framework. The European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision in 2023, and international transfers may also rely on other lawful safeguards where appropriate. (cyprus.representation.ec.europa.eu)

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Exercising Your Rights

To exercise your rights, contact:

Jeffrey Akers
Email: iamchurchsc@gmail.com
Phone: (864) 252-7670

For Wix, the two setup pieces most worth matching to this policy are your cookie banner and your privacy/cookie controls, since Wix specifically supports consent for non-essential cookies, consent logs, and an opt-out link for relevant data-sharing scenarios. (Wix Support)

I can also give you a matching Terms & Conditions and Cookie Policy in the same tone and structure.

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