Effective Date: September 1, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how faith.legal (“faith.legal,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit this website (the “Site”) or interact with the resources, forms, or email updates we offer. faith.legal publishes educational articles and resources on AI governance, compliance, and related legal topics for pastors, church administrators, and ministry leaders. Nothing on this Site constitutes legal advice, and using the Site does not create an attorney-client relationship (see our full disclaimer in the site footer).
By using this Site, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
Information you provide directly. We collect information you choose to submit through forms on the Site, including:
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, when you visit the Site our servers, hosting provider, and security/content-delivery provider (Cloudflare) automatically log certain technical information, which may include your IP address, browser type and version, device and operating system information, referring and exit pages, and the date, time, and pages viewed during your visit. This information is used for security (for example, bot and abuse protection), site performance, and understanding aggregate traffic patterns — not to identify you individually.
Cookies and similar technologies. The Site uses a cookie consent tool that recognizes the following categories of cookies, consistent with the choices you make in the cookie banner:
The Site also loads an accessibility widget from Elementor’s cloud service, which helps visitors adjust display and accessibility settings; this widget does not currently share information with us beyond what’s needed to load its features.
You can accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies through the cookie banner when you first visit the Site, and you can change your choices at any time by clearing your browser’s cookies for this Site or, where available, reopening the cookie preferences panel. Most browsers also let you block or delete cookies through your browser settings; note that blocking necessary cookies may affect how the Site functions. The Site does not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not use the information you submit through our forms to make any automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, and we do not knowingly sell your personal information.
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with:
Submissions to the “Suggest a Topic” and “Stay Updated” forms are stored within our WordPress site and/or forwarded to our email inbox; we do not currently sync this information to a separate third-party email marketing platform. If that changes, we will update this Policy to name the provider.
We retain information submitted through our forms for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your request, maintain our records, or as required by law. If you subscribe to email updates, we retain your email address until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. You can request deletion of your information at any time using the contact information below.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information, which can include the right to:
To exercise any of these choices, contact us at contact@faith.legal. We will respond within a reasonable time and in accordance with applicable law.
This Site is intended for adult ministry leaders, pastors, and church administrators. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your jurisdiction). If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.
Our articles may reference or link to third-party tools, vendors, or websites (for example, AI tools or church management platforms discussed in our content). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies directly.
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, including security and bot-protection services provided by Cloudflare, to help protect information submitted through the Site. However, no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated version on this page with a revised “Effective Date.” Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us at:
Email: contact@faith.legal
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://faith.legal.
Suggested text: 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.
Suggested text: 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.
Suggested text: 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 visit our login page, 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.
Suggested text: 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Suggested text: 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.
For users that register on our website (if any), 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.
Suggested text: 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.
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
