Who we are

Our website address is: https://amos37.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Amos37 collects email addresses via our MailChimp Service for only the purpose of our Newsletter and ministry information.  -See MailChimp’s Privacy Policy Here.  Our email [email protected] (Joshua Toupos)

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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

Analytics

Amos37 collects analytics data for ministry use only via Google Analytics code for traffic and page use.  WordPress collects no data, Other Plugins that track analytics data: iTunes, BuzzSprout, Monarch Social/Elegant ThemesTwitter, Better Click to Tweet, We do not sell or share any data that is not part of Terms of Service with our professional licenses.

Heateor Social Login

If you are using social login feature of our Heateor Social Login plugin, you can add following in the privacy policy of your website:

We collect your public profile data only from your consent that you grant before initiating Social Login, from the social network used to login at our website. This data includes your first name, last name, email address, link to your social media profile, unique identifier, link to social profile avatar. This data is used to create your user profile at our website. You can revoke this consent at any time from your profile page at our website or by sending us an email.

Who we share your data with

Amos37 shares data for ministry use only as part of the industry standard “Terms of Service” we are required to use their services.  Amos37 uses Google Analytics code for traffic and page use.  WordPress collects no data, Other Plugins that track user data for site use only.   iTunes, BuzzSprout, Monarch Social/Elegant Themes.  If you make a donation we use Secure Third Party Service PayPal which holds the information as part of our Terms of Service.  We do not sell or share any data that is not part of Terms of Service with our professional licenses and have updated to new (GDPR) General Data Protection compliance.  Amos37 takes online security seriously and has made all reasonable steps to protect you and our data for all users.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.  All comments are held in moderation before being approved.  Spam and spammy links are deleted immediately via our SpamShield Services.

For users that register on our website (Amos37.com), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information and delete users and offensive at our discretion.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.  WP-SpamShield in use.  GDPR Compliant

Plugin: Smush

Note: Smush does not interact with end users on your website. The only input option Smush has is to a newsletter subscription for site admins only. If you would like to notify your users of this in your privacy policy, you can use the information below.

Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers.

Your contact information

You may reach us via email [email protected]

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Amos37.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Amos37.com’s sole discretion. Amos37.com encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.