Sunshine Ministries is committed to respecting your online privacy and security. We have developed this privacy policy to ensure our web visitors that information you provide to websites of Sunshine Ministries will not be shared with any third party.
Awareness. Sunshine Ministries provides this Online Privacy Policy to make you aware of our privacy policy and security practices, and to inform you of the way your information is collected and used.
Information Collected. On some Sunshine Ministries websites you can provide contact information or make ministry contributions. Here are the types of personal information that we collect:
- contact information: name, complete address, phone number, email address;
- payment information: credit card number and expiration date, checking account number, bank routing number and billing information;
- other information you wish to leave.
How Information is Used. Sunshine Ministries uses your information to understand your needs and provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete a transaction, communicate back to you, update you on ministry happenings, and to personalize our website for you. Credit card numbers and bank account numbers are used only for donation processing and are not retained for other purposes.
No Sharing of Personal Information. Sunshine Ministries will not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to other organizations. We assure you that the identity of all who contact us through our websites will be kept confidential. Use of personal information will be limited to the internal purposes of Sunshine Ministries and only to further the ministry activities and purposes of Sunshine Ministries.
Security. Sunshine Ministries is committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the proper use of information, we have established and implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We use Internet encryption software and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card or bank account information. Once we receive your credit card or bank account information, it is accessible only to a small number of trusted Sunshine Ministries staff who have been specially trained in processing and protecting this information.
Cookies. From time to time, we may send a “cookie” to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Once placed onto your machine, the cookie will allow the website to “recognize” you as a unique individual. A cookie can’t read data off your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to recognize you when you return to our sites, or to identify which areas of our network of websites you have visited. We may use this information to better personalize the content you see on our sites.
Many websites place cookies on your hard drive. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other websites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
Removing Your Name From Our Mailing List. If you would like to request reduced mailings or removal from our mailing list, please send us an email by
clicking here. Please note clearly in the message body of the email either “reduced mail” or “remove me from your mailing list”. If you choose reduced mail, please indicate whether you would like to receive 3 mailings and 3 newsletters per year or one mailing and 3 newsletters per year. We will update our mailing list with your request as soon as reasonably possible. However, please note it may take 6-8 weeks for changes to our mailing list to take effect.
Contacting Us. If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please send us an email by
clicking here.