1. Who handles your information
Loveworld Sons of Ministry (SOM) handles information submitted through this website. Use the contact details below for privacy questions, communication preferences or requests relating to your information.
2. Information you provide
- Mailing list: your email address, an optional name when supplied, signup source, IP address and subscription status.
- Contact and private questions: your name, email, optional phone number, message and IP address. Contact messages can also include a subject and last name.
- Events: registration details such as your name, email, optional phone number and church or zone.
- Community contributions: your display name, email, question or story, optional creative-work link and publication permission. Event feedback also identifies the event.
Provide only information needed for your request. Do not include another person’s private details without permission. Ministry submissions may reveal religious beliefs; avoid including sensitive information you do not wish the team to receive.
3. How information is used
We use submissions to respond to requests, administer registrations, review contributions, improve events and manage opted-in SOM communications. Technical information supports website operation, security and spam prevention. Where applicable data-protection law requires a lawful basis, these uses rely on the relevant permission, the interactions you request, our legitimate interests in operating the website, or legal obligations. Publication through the community form requires the contributor’s explicit permission and editorial review.
Community emails are not displayed publicly. Published contributions can show the approved text and display name. Newsletters and other editorial publications may include credited contributors and community celebrations as part of their published content. Contact us to raise a concern about information appearing in a publication.
4. Cookies and browser storage
Session cookies support form security, temporary feedback and browser-session participation. Poll votes, helpful-answer marks and challenge completions are associated with a hashed session identifier.
Saved content, recently opened items and reading position use your browser’s local storage. These lists are not submitted to the website database by those features and are not synchronized between devices. You can remove saved items or clear browser storage. Blocking cookies or storage can affect forms and these interactive features.
5. Services and external content
Hosting, website administration and configured email services may process information needed to operate the site. Authorized SOM staff can manage submissions and export subscriber or registration lists for the purposes described above. Information may be disclosed where required by law or necessary to address misuse.
The website uses Google Fonts and may display externally hosted videos or streaming content. When your browser connects to these services, the provider can receive technical information such as your IP address and may use its own cookies or storage. External social links and the newsletter download website have their own privacy practices. Where processing involves another country, the applicable protections and transfer requirements must be considered for that service.
6. Retention
Retention depends on the purpose: whether correspondence is still being handled, whether registration or event follow-up is still needed, whether a subscription is active, and whether a contribution remains published. Legal requirements, security incidents and disputes can affect how long records are needed. Browser-local saves and reading progress remain until you remove them or clear browser data. Contact us for information about a particular record or to request deletion.
7. Your choices and requests
You can ask to unsubscribe from SOM updates, correct your details, withdraw publication permission or request removal of a contribution. Depending on applicable law and the processing involved, you may also have rights to access, erase, restrict, object to or receive a copy of your information. We may need to confirm your identity before fulfilling a request. You can raise a complaint with the data-protection authority responsible for your location.
8. Younger visitors
If you need a parent or guardian’s help to decide what personal information to share, ask them before using a submission form. Parents or guardians can contact us about a young person’s information or a published contribution.
9. Updates
We may update this notice when website features or information practices change. The date above identifies this version. Significant changes to how submitted information is used should be explained before that new use begins.