1. Introduction
Welcome to GospelLink ("GospelLink," "we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our services, which involve transforming Sunday sermons into concise, memorable recaps delivered via text message (SMS) throughout the week (the "Services").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use our Services.

2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Services depends on the content and materials you use, and includes:

3. How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Services to:

• Create and manage church accounts.

• Process sermon content using our AI to generate and deliver concise recaps.

• Deliver sermon recaps to congregants via SMS on behalf of the church.

• Facilitate communication between the church and GospelLink.

• Process payments and send receipts or confirmations.

• Improve the accuracy, effectiveness, and quality of our AI models and recap generation.

• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve the Services and user experience.

• Provide customer support and respond to inquiries.

• Send administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies.

• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

• For any other purpose with your consent, or the consent of the church providing the data.

4. How We Share Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

• With the Respective Church: Information related to recap delivery and engagement for their specific congregation may be shared with the church that provided the congregant contact information. Sermon content remains the property of the church.

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work (e.g., SMS gateway providers, cloud hosting services, payment processors, AI infrastructure providers, analytics services). We will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure these third parties are obligated to protect your information.

• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

• Aggregated/Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for research, analysis, or other purposes.

• With Your (or the Church's) Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent or the consent of the church that acts as the data controller for the relevant data.

5. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties.

6. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information (including sermon content and congregant phone numbers as provided by churches) for as long as a church’s account is active, as needed to provide you Services, or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Sermon content is generally processed and stored as directed by the church.

7. Your Rights and Choices
a. For Church Administrators:
- Account Information: You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by contacting us using the contact information provided below.
- Sermon Content: You have control over the sermon content you upload and can typically manage or delete it through your account or by request.
- Congregant Lists: You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of congregant lists and ensuring you have appropriate consent for us to send SMS messages on your behalf.

8. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the relevant age of digital consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child, please contact us.

9. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

GospelLink
Email: hello@gospellink.io