Website Privacy Notice

Pivot Ministry, Inc. (Pivot) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of information you provide us through this site. This Website Privacy Statement describes the information we collect from our website and how we use and protect that information.

Personal Information we Collect

For the purpose of this Privacy Notice, “personal information” means information that may identify you as an individual.

We may collect personal information directly from you if you interact with our website including expressing an interest in joining a class, making a referral, offering to volunteer your time, making a financial donation, completing an online form, or emailing us through a link on the website. This information may include your name, telephone number, email address, or other information you provide us.

Like most organizations, we, and our service providers, including our web host and developer, also collect information that allows us to personalize your visits to the website through the use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies that enhance your experience and gather information about visitors and visits to our website. Please refer to the Cookies and Similar Technologies section below for additional information.

Donation forms on this website are processed by a third party. If you make a donation through this website, Pivot will not have access to or collect credit card numbers and will only be informed the payment was made.

How we use Personal Information

The personal information that we collect from and about you helps us personalize and continually improve your experience on our website. We may use the personal information we collect from you in some of the following ways:

To deliver they type of content that may be of interest to you.
To contact you to respond to your requests or provide you with information that might be of interest.
To troubleshoot problems about the website.
For testing, research, analysis, and development related to our website, which may include identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our communications.
To protect the safety and security of our workforce, guests, property and assets, including monitoring activities on devices, networks, and communications.
As necessary or appropriate to protect against fraudulent, illegal or unethical activity.
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
To comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal, governmental or judicial process.
To perform the original purpose for which the personal information was collected

How we Share Personal Information

We may share your personal information as follows:

With your consent.
To vendors we engage to provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting, email delivery, and data analytics providers.
In the event that we transfer our operations to another entity.

We may also disclose your personal information as permitted by law in the following circumstances:

If we determine that that the disclosure is necessary to comply with the request of a law enforcement or regulatory agency or other legal process.
To protect the health, safety or other legitimate rights or property of our organization, partners, employees, or the general public.
To pursue available remedies or limit damages.
To respond to an emergency.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

A cookie is a small text file that is sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device. The cookie enables the website to recognize unique visitors and make the use of the site more meaningful. This information may include, your IP address, web browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, country, location, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and other web browsing information.

We use several types of cookies on our website. Some of these cookies are placed by us, while others are placed by certain service providers. They may include:

Web beacons which collect information such as loading errors and most visited pages.
Site analytics cookies which monitor how our website is performing and how you interact with it and allow us to improve our website and applications.
Functional cookies that remember who you are as a user of our website.
Social media cookies that integrate with social media platforms and help you share content from our website to your chosen social media platform.

You may choose to turn off certain cookies through your browser settings. However, if you do so, you may not have access to some features of our website. For information about cookies in general, please visit https://allaboutcookies.org/

Safeguarding your Personal Information

We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no system or online transmission of data is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of personal information transmitted online. We encourage you to take reasonable precautions to safeguard your personal information which may include accessing the website within a secure environment.

Retention of Personal Information

We will store the personal information you provide for as long as we believe is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose(s) for which we collected it or to comply with applicable laws, contracts, or other rules or regulations.

Links to Third-Party Websites

Our website includes links to websites that are owned or operated by others (“third-party websites”) These include websites that process donations and manage our relationships with our donors, volunteers, graduates, participants, and other interested parties. When you use a link to visit a third-party website, that website’s privacy notice will apply. We have endeavored to work with only reputable organizations but we are not responsible for the content or links that appear on those websites.

Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you believe this website might have any information from or about a child under the age of thirteen, please contact us at the address provided below.

Users Outside the United States

Our website is intended for users and activities located in the United States and this Privacy Notice describes how we use and disclose your personal information pursuant to United States laws. We make no representation that that our website is appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. By using this website you understand and agree that your personal information will be processed in the United States or in the countries where our vendors are located.

Changes to Privacy Notice

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice at any time. As organizational needs change, we will review our practices regarding the collection and use of personal information and amend this Privacy Notice as appropriate. We will notify users of any such changes by posting such changes on the website. Your continued use of our website after the effective date posted at the top of this page constitutes your acceptance of the amended Privacy Notice.

Questions and Feedback

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Notice or how we collect and use personal information, please contact us at [email protected] or 336.725.8767 x 131.

Effective June 5th, 2023