Privacy Policy

House of Providence places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate the House of Providence’s firm commitment to the privacy of our members and website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by House of Providence’s website, www.thehofp.org , and how this information is used. 

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What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected 
House of Providence members that register for www.thehofp.org and individuals that sign up to receive House of Providence e-communications voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and email address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You may always "opt out," either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages. 

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IP addresses 
House of Providence uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.thehofp.org , and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic. 

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Cookies
www.thehofp.org uses "cookie" messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you've done and told us before. The "cookie" is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you're particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.thehofp.org , so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly. 

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How Your Information May Be Used 
We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send email alerts to you; to answer your requests; to process your membership application; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitors to our website. This lets us see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our users' needs. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties. 

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Email Privacy
House of Providence does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization. 

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External Links 
www.thehofp.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.thehofp.org domain, and House of Providence is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk. 

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Modifications 
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.

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HOPe Wins App Privacy Policy
‍House of Providence built the HOPe Wins app as a Free app. This SERVICE is provided by House of Providence at no cost and is intended for use as is.This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at HOPe Wins unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

‍Information Collection and Use
‍For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to Name, Email Address, Other User Contact Info, Payment Info, User ID. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app Google Play Services

‍Log Data
‍We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

‍Cookies
‍Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

‍Service Providers
‍We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:To facilitate our Service;To provide the Service on our behalf;To perform Service-related services; orTo assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

‍Security
‍We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

‍Links to Other Sites
‍This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

‍Children’s Privacy
‍These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

‍Changes to This Privacy Policy
‍We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.This policy is effective as of 2021-11-01

‍Contact Us
‍If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at jreid@thehofp.org.