Privacy Policy
Last updated: Feb 1, 2025
At Lifegate Church (“the Church”, “we”, “us”, “our”), located in Kansas City, protecting your privacy is a priority. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is meant to help you understand what information we collect, why we might collect it, and how we use it. It is important to understand this Policy and how it affects you so please take the time to read it carefully. If you have any questions about this Policy at any time, please feel free to contact us.
This Policy covers official channels of Lifegate Church Kansas City, such as our website as well as any of the official mobile or TV applications we provide. This Policy may be updated at any time, so please check back here periodically to catch any updates that may have occurred since you last visited.
What we collect and why
We collect information provided by you when using services provided by the Church. The type of information we collect depends on which services you use when interacting with the Church. This information may include your name, payment data, and contact information such as your phone number or e-mail address. We may collect this when you request prayer, give monetarily to the Church, contact the Church with a question, or sign up to stay connected with us.
Your contact information is collected expressly for the purpose of reaching back out to you or providing you with updates about the Church. This information is never sold or provided to any external party by the Church.
Payment data information, such as a credit card number or bank account number, provided when giving to the Church through any of our channels is stored with our payment processor. Please review their policies to ensure you fully understand what information is collected and why. Please contact our payment processor directly with any questions you may have regarding their policies.
We collect information from your use of our services. When using services such as our mobile applications, we collect device information that is not personally identifiable to you. Examples of this information are the operating system of your device, manufacturer, or unique device identifiers. This is done to provide a better experience when using our services and also helps us keep track of active usage of our services.
We may also request access to your device’s calendar or geolocation information depending upon which services you use within our applications. If you have provided our applications with these permissions, you may opt out of these at any time from within your device’s settings.
We may also send push notifications from time to time to help keep you informed of upcoming events or announcements. You may opt out of these at any time from within your device’s settings.
Protecting your data
We implement technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is entirely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Legal bases for processing your information
We collect and process personal information based on your consent, our legitimate interest in providing church services, or as necessary to fulfill contractual obligations.
We want to be clear about why we collect and use your information. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or any other location where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, here’s a breakdown of the legal reasons for processing your data:
- Consent: We use your information when you’ve given us permission to do so. You can change your mind at any time.
- Contractual Obligation: We use your information when it’s necessary to fulfill services you’ve asked for or to respond to your requests.
- Legal Obligation: Sometimes the law requires us to keep and use certain information, particularly for legal, tax, or compliance reasons.
- Legitimate Interest: We may use your information to better understand how people interact with us, improve what we offer, and protect our systems.
- Vital Interest: In rare situations, we may use your information to protect someone’s safety or well-being.
Your data rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: You can request corrections to your personal data.
- Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information, subject to legal or operational requirements.
- Objection and Restriction: You may object to or restrict certain processing activities.
- Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a commonly used format.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@lifegatekc.org.
Cookies
This website uses “cookies” during your visits to this site to help provide a better viewing experience. Please view our cookie policy for a more in-depth explanation of what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control them.
How long we keep your data
We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
External links
At times, we may share information from one of our affiliates through our website or applications. We may also provide links to external parties of which we feel may be beneficial to our users. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any services offered by external parties and is limited to your time within our website or applications.
Our providers
Lifegate Church partners with many technology providers to deliver the best experience possible for our visitors. We would encourage you to familiarize yourself with the following privacy policies:
https://planning.center/privacy/
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
http://churchonlineplatform.com/privacy
https://www.boxcast.com/legal/privacy
Changes
Our Privacy Policy may change occasionally which is why we encourage you to check back here periodically. Your understanding of this Policy is important to us. We do not currently provide any direct notification to you of changes to this Policy. We will, however, keep an archive of any changes to this Policy for your review. Please reach out to us at info@lifegatekc.org if you have any questions regarding this policy.
