Privacy Policy – Global Ethiopian Adventist Cyber Ministry (GEACM)

Who we are

Welcome to the Global Ethiopian Adventist Cyber Ministry (GEACM) website. Our mission is to provide a platform for the Ethiopian Adventist community to connect, share, and grow in their faith. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information is collected for the purpose of spam detection and ensuring the security of our website.

Media

If you choose to upload images to our website, please ensure that they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Any location data included in the images can be downloaded and extracted by visitors to the website.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience on our site. If you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This ensures that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Upon logging in, we will also set up several cookies to store your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies are valid for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.

Embedded content from other websites

Our articles may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, or articles. This embedded content behaves in the same way as if you have visited the other website.

Please note that these websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

In the event that you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment on our website, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is to ensure that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, without holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users have the ability to see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. However, the username cannot be changed. Website administrators also have access to view and edit this information.

Your rights over your data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you have the right to request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. This includes any data you have provided to us. Additionally, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure the security and integrity of our website.

Should you have any further questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Your privacy is important to us, and we are dedicated to providing a safe and secure online environment for our community.