Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 1, 2026
1. Purpose and Scope
New Life Ministries International (the "Society," "we," "us," or "our") is a nonprofit society located in British Columbia, Canada. We are committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when a person visits our website, makes a donation, registers for an event or program, volunteers, communicates with us, or otherwise interacts with the Society.
2. Personal Information We Collect
- Name, mailing address, email address, and telephone numberDonation, payment, transaction, and receipt information.
- Event, program, ministry, volunteer, or membership registration information.
- Communication preferences.
- Information submitted through inquiries, prayer requests, applications, forms, or surveys.
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, website activity, and cookies.
- Any other information voluntarily provided to us.
Payment card information is generally collected and processed directly by our third-party payment processor. The Society does not normally store complete credit or debit card numbers.
3. How We Use Personal Information
- Process donations, registrations, purchases, and other payments.
- Issue payment confirmations and, where legally permitted, charitable tax receipts.
- Administer events, programs, memberships, ministries, and volunteer activities.
- Respond to questions, requests, or concerns.
- Send administrative notices, newsletters, updates, or other communications.
- Maintain accurate financial, donor, member, and organizational records.
- Prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, and misuse of our website.
- Improve our website, services, programs, and communications.
- Meet legal, regulatory, accounting, insurance, and reporting obligations.
- Carry out other reasonable purposes identified when the information is collected.
4. Consent
We collect, use, and disclose personal information with consent, except where otherwise permitted or required by law. Consent may be provided expressly, electronically, verbally, or through a person's actions.
A person may withdraw consent to certain uses of personal information by contacting us, subject to legal, contractual, and operational restrictions. Withdrawing consent may prevent us from providing certain services, processing registrations, or communicating with that person.
5. Donations and Payment Processing
Online payments and donations may be processed through third-party payment processors, banks, or financial institutions. These providers may collect and process payment information under their own privacy policies and terms.
We encourage users to review the privacy practices of the applicable payment provider. The Society is not responsible for the independent privacy practices of third-party payment processors.
6. Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not sell or rent personal information.
- Payment processors, banks, accounting providers, software providers, website hosts, email platforms, and other service providers that assist us.
- Government authorities, regulators, law-enforcement agencies, or courts when required or permitted by law.
- Professional advisers such as accountants, auditors, insurers, and legal counsel.
- Other parties with consent.
- A successor organization in connection with a restructuring, amalgamation, transfer, or similar organizational change, where legally permitted.
Service providers are given only the information reasonably required to perform their services.
7. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to maintain website functionality, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website, improve performance and security, and measure the effectiveness of communications or campaigns.
Users can adjust browser settings to reject or limit cookies, although some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
8. Communications
We may send communications relating to donations, registrations, memberships, events, programs, volunteer activities, or other interactions with the Society.
Where consent is required, promotional or informational emails will include an unsubscribe option. Administrative communications concerning a transaction, registration, donation, safety issue, or account may still be sent when necessary
9. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction.
No electronic transmission or storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we take reasonable steps appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
10. Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to satisfy legal, accounting, tax, insurance, and operational requirements.
When information is no longer required, we will securely destroy, delete, or anonymize it, subject to applicable law and record-retention requirements.
11. Access and Correction
A person may request access to personal information that we hold about them and ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
We may need to verify identity before responding. Access may be limited where permitted or required by law, including where disclosure would reveal personal information about another person.
12. Children and Youth
Where we collect information relating to children or youth, we take reasonable steps to obtain consent from a parent, guardian, or authorized representative when appropriate.
Parents and guardians may contact us to ask about personal information collected concerning their child.
13. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the content, security, terms, or privacy practices of those websites.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The revised version will be posted on our website with an updated effective date.
15. Privacy Contact
Privacy Officer
New Life Ministries International
362 - 255 Newport Dr Port Moody, BC V3H 5C7 Canada
Email: info@newlifeministriesintl.ca
Telephone: 604-767-1969
