The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the statutory provisions (GDPR, TKG 2003). In this data protection information, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing on our website.

Contact with us
If you contact us using the form on the website or by email, the data you provide will be stored by us for six months for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

Cookies
Our website uses so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your end device with the help of the browser. They do not cause any damage.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
If you do not want this, you can set up your browser so that it informs you about the setting of cookies and you only allow this in individual cases.
If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

TLS encryption with https
We use https to transmit data tap-proof on the Internet. By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data. You can recognize the use of this data transmission security by the small lock symbol at the top left of the browser and the use of the https scheme as part of our Internet address.

Storage of access data in server log files
You can visit our website without providing any personal data. We only store access data in so-called server log files, such as the name of the requested file, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is analyzed solely to ensure trouble-free operation of the site and to improve our offer and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about your person.

TranslatePress
This site uses the translation service TranslatePress of SC Reflection Media SRL, Str. Armoniei, nr. 23A, Ap. 46, Timis County, Timisoara City, Romania.

The purpose of using this service is to offer our users the opportunity to use our website in another language.

We are not aware that any data is transferred to SC Reflection Media SRL in the process.

The legal basis for the use of TranslatePress is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The use of TranslatePress is in the interest of easy accessibility and accessibility of our online offers for international visitors. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in the TranslatePress privacy policy at https://translatepress.com/privacy-policy/.

MailChimp privacy policy
Like many other websites, we also use the services of the newsletter company MailChimp on our website. MailChimp is operated by The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA. Thanks to MailChimp, we can send you interesting news very easily by newsletter. With MailChimp, we don’t have to install anything and can still draw from a pool of really useful functions. Below we take a closer look at this email marketing service and inform you about the most important data protection aspects.

What is MailChimp?
MailChimp is a cloud-based newsletter management service. „Cloud-based“ means that we do not have to install MailChimp on our own computer or server. Instead, we use the service via an IT infrastructure – which is available via the internet – on an external server. This way of using software is also known as SaaS (Software as a Service).

With MailChimp, we can choose from a wide range of different email types. Depending on what we want to achieve with our newsletter, we can run single campaigns, regular campaigns, autoresponders (automatic email), A/B tests, RSS campaigns (sending out at a predefined time and frequency) and follow-up campaigns.

Why do we use MailChimp on our website?
Basically, we use a newsletter service to keep in touch with you. We want to tell you what’s new with us or what attractive offers we currently have in our program. We always look for the simplest and best solutions for our marketing measures. And that’s why we chose Mailchimp’s newsletter management service. Although the software is very easy to use, it offers a large number of helpful features. This allows us to create interesting and beautiful newsletters in just a short time. Thanks to the design templates offered, we design each newsletter individually and thanks to the „Responsive Design“, our content is also displayed legibly and beautifully on your smartphone (or other mobile device).

Thanks to tools such as the A/B test or the extensive analysis options, we can see very quickly how our newsletters are received by you. This allows us to react if necessary and improve our offer or our services.

Another advantage is Mailchimp’s „cloud system“. The data is not stored and processed directly on our server. We can retrieve the data from external servers and thus conserve our storage space. In addition, the maintenance effort is significantly lower.

What data is stored by MailChimp?
The Rocket Science Group LLC (MailChimp) maintains online platforms that enable us to contact you (if you have subscribed to our newsletter). If you become a subscriber to our newsletter via our website, you confirm your membership of a MailChimp email list by email. So that MailChimp can also prove that you have registered with the „list provider“, the date of registration and your IP address will be stored. MailChimp also stores your e-mail address, name, physical address and demographic information such as language or location.

This information is used to send you emails and to enable certain other MailChimp functions (such as newsletter analysis).

MailChimp also shares information with third parties to provide better services. MailChimp also shares some data with third-party advertising partners to better understand the interests and concerns of your customers so that more relevant content and targeted advertising can be provided.

Through so-called „web beacons“ (these are small graphics in HTML emails), MailChimp can determine whether the email has arrived, whether it has been opened and whether links have been clicked. All this information is stored on the MailChimp servers. This provides us with statistical evaluations and allows us to see exactly how well our newsletter was received by you. In this way, we can adapt our offer much better to your wishes and improve our service.

MailChimp may also use this data to improve its own service. This can be used, for example, to technically optimize the dispatch or to determine the location (country) of the recipients.

The following cookies may be set by Mailchimp. This is not a complete list of cookies, but rather an exemplary selection:

Name: AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT
Value: Prod
Purpose: This cookie is necessary to provide the Mailchimp services. It is always set when a user registers for a newsletter mailing list.
Expiration date: after the end of the session

Name: ak_bmsc
Wert: F1766FA98C9BB9DE4A39F70A9E5EEAB55F6517348A7000001311141511-3
Purpose: The cookie is used to distinguish a human from a bot. This allows secure reports to be created on the use of a website.
Expiration date: after 2 hours

Name: bm_sv
Wert: A5A322305B4401C2451FC22FFF547486~FEsKGvX8eovCwTeFTzb8//I3ak2Au…
Purpose: The cookie is from MasterPass Digital Wallet (a MasterCard service) and is used to offer a visitor a secure and simple virtual payment process. For this purpose, the user is identified anonymously on the website.
Expiration date: after 2 hours

Name: _abck
Wert: 8D545C8CCA4C3A50579014C449B045311141511-9
Purpose: We were unable to find out more information about the purpose of this cookie
Expiration date: after one year

Sometimes it may happen that you open our newsletter via a specified link for better display. This is the case, for example, if your e-mail program does not work or the newsletter is not displayed correctly. The newsletter will then be displayed via a MailChimp website. MailChimp also uses cookies (small text files that store data on your browser) on its own websites. Personal data may be processed by MailChimp and its partners (e.g. Google Analytics). This data collection is the responsibility of MailChimp and we have no influence over it. In MailChimp’s „Cookie Statement“ (at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/) you can find out exactly how and why the company uses cookies.

How long and where is the data stored?
As MailChimp is an American company, all data collected is also stored on American servers.

In principle, the data remains permanently stored on Mailchimp’s servers and is only deleted if you request this. You can have your contact deleted by us. This will permanently remove all your personal data for us and anonymize it in the Mailchimp reports. However, you can also request the deletion of your data directly from MailChimp. All your data will then be removed there and we will receive a notification from MailChimp. After we receive the email, we have 30 days to delete your contact from all connected integrations.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
You can withdraw your consent to receive our newsletter at any time within the received email by clicking on the link at the bottom. If you have unsubscribed by clicking on the unsubscribe link, your data will be deleted from MailChimp.

If you access a MailChimp website via a link in our newsletter and cookies are set in your browser, you can delete or deactivate these cookies at any time.

Deactivation or deletion works slightly differently depending on the browser. The following instructions show you how to manage cookies in your browser:

• Chrome: Delete, activate and manage cookies in Chrome
• Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari
• Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer
• Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies
• Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

If you do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. This allows you to decide for each individual cookie whether you want to allow it or not.

MailChimp is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. You can find more information on this at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&tid=311141511. You can find out more about the use of cookies at MailChimp at https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/, and information on data protection at MailChimp (Privacy) can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

Your rights
In principle, you have the right to information, correction, deletion, restriction, data portability, revocation and objection with regard to your data stored by us. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection claims have otherwise been violated in any way, you can reach us at kyriosministries@gmail.com or the data protection authority.

Contact details
Kyrios Ministries

820 Chestnut CT
Chatham, IL 62629

kyriosministries@gmail.com
www.kyriosministries.org