Your Personal Information: How We Collect, Use and Share It.

Below is a brief overview of the personal information collected on Light Nation and the purpose for our collection. Please note, however, that our processing of your information depends on the information you choose to provide and the functionality of our services you choose to use. A more detailed description of our processing of your information is found below:

Type of Personal Information

Nature and Purpose for Collection

Personal Identifiers (name, aliases, Internet Protocol address, email address, address, and similar identifiers)

Collected to the extent you provide it to us to create an account or for association with your account in order to ensure proper use and authentication for your account. Your personal information is also used to contact you in connection with your requests and account and as discussed in our Privacy Policy.

Government Issued Identifications (BVN, drivers license number, passport numbers, and similar information)

Collected and processed to the extent you provide an application for employment or to volunteer in order to do a background check and otherwise process your application.

Financial information (credit card information, banking information, and similar information)

Collected to the extent you provide a donation to or purchase merchandise from us in person. Otherwise, financial information provided to us online is processed by third party service providers as discussed in our Privacy Policy.

Internet or other network activity (browsing history, search history, information on your interaction with our websites, apps, and other services)

Collected as you use our sites, products and services in order to monitor and ensure the proper operation of our websites, app and services, to improve and customize your experience with regard to the same, to improve, modify, and update our services and content generally, and to analyze the same internally, and provide de-identified statistical information to third parties.

Geolocation data (physical location or movements)

Collected if you choose to use location-based functionality of our services, however, this information is maintained only on your device and is not stored by Light Nation.

Sensitive Information (religious information, national origin, race, marital status, health-related information, genetic information and similar sensitive data)

Your use of our app or services does not reflect any specific sensitive information, and we do not require that you provide us with the same in order to use our services. To the extent you choose to provide sensitive information to us through your use of our services, we will process it only with your consent.

Commercial Information (records concerning your personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies)

Collected and processed only for purposes of donations and to the extent you provide a donation to or purchase a product or services from us.

Inferences we make about our users based on data available to us.

Collected as you use our sites and services in order to improve and customize your experience with regard to our services and to suggest additional functionality and services,

How we use your data to make your Light Nation experience more personal.

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of data we collect from your interaction with Light Nation, as well as how we process that information to enhance your Light Nation experience. When you create a Light Nation account or use any one of our applications or sites, the information we collect is for the purpose of offering a more personalized experience. Your privacy protected.

We take the privacy of the information you provide and that we collect seriously and we implement security safeguards designed to protect your data as discussed below. We do not share your personally identifiable data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for third-party advertising purposes.

It’s your experience.

You have choices about how your personal information is accessed, collected, shared, and stored by Light Nation, which are discussed below. You will make choices about our use and processing of your information when you first engage Light Nation and when you engage certain Light Nation functionality and may also make certain choices in the settings menu of your Light Nation Subscribed account or Member or at https://www.thelightnationchurch.com/settings.

We welcome your questions and comments.

We welcome any questions or comments you may have about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices. If you have any questions or comments, you may contact us by mail at Light Nation, Attn.: Light Nation Support, by email at support@thelightnationchurch.com,

Light Nation mobile applications, such as Light Nation

Light Nation websites, such as https://www.thelightnationchurch.com, support.thelightnationchurch.com.

Other Light Nation applications on other platforms, such as Video streaming applications, Voice assistants

Personal information you provide to us.

You do not need to sign up for a Membership account to use Light Nation. However, Membership allows us to tailor Light Nation to be a more personalized experience. To create a Light Nation Membership account, we require that you provide a first name, last name, and a valid email address with other necessary payment information required by a third party and in this instance the payment gateway. We will use this information to associate you with your specific Light Nation Member account. After you have created a Light Nation Member account, you may also choose to provide your gender, age, website, description of your location, a brief biography, a profile picture, and other information such as User Contributions (defined below). All of these, if provided, will be associated with your account until you delete your account or make a request that the information be deleted as described below.

Beyond the personal information collected to create a Member account, you have choices about what additional information you provide to us. We collect personal data from you when you provide, post, or upload it to Light Nation. You do not have to provide this information; however, if you do not, it may limit our ability to personalize Light Nation and your ability to use Light Nation to its fullest extent. Specific Light Nation functionality for which you may provide and we may process your information is discussed below.

Your user contributions.

Light Nation allows users to publish, distribute, and display certain content (we refer to that as “posted” and the content as “posts”). Posts may be made on public areas of Light Nation, websites, and social media accounts you access through Light Nation, or transmitted to other users of Light Nation or third parties you choose to connect with on Light Nation or other platforms or services. For example, this would include commenting on a friend’s post or creating. Light Nation also allows you to create certain content to be maintained in your account, such as a Note or Bookmark of a Bible verse, some of which you can also post to provide to others. We will call the content created by you, whether or not posted, “User Contributions.

Your User Contributions are processed by us to facilitate your ability to create, use, store, and distribute the User Contribution as you choose. We will associate your User Contributions with your account as long as you opt not to delete them. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in a public manner, whether through collaborative postings, social media, message boards, or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others.

User Contributions are posted and transmitted at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other Users or third parties with whom you choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your shared User Contributions will not be viewed by or used in an unauthorized manner, nor do we accept any liability associated with your User Contributions.

Donations and giving.

If you choose to provide a voluntary donation through Light Nation or a third-party website or platform linked to Light Nation, then and only then will you be prompted and required to provide credit card, bank account, and other financial information necessary to process the transaction. We will collect the designation for your donation, if you provide one, and personal information such as your name, address, country, phone number, and/or email address to ensure that your donation is used for the purpose you request and to provide you with an “Annual Giving Statement” that itemizes your donation(s) for tax purposes or your personal use. We will not store or otherwise process financial information provided to us online for the purposes of donating. If you designate a donation to an institution other than Light Nation, to facilitate your donation, we share your name, email, mailing address, and phone number with the designated institution as well as the date, amount, payment method, and the last four digits of the card or account number used for your donation. As of the date of this Policy, we use insterswitch to process your online donation payments. For information on how these third parties process your information, please refer to their privacy policies, which may be found here:

https://paystack.com/privacy/merchant;

https://flutterwave.com/us/privacy-policy;

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

Communications from you to us.

We collect information about you when you send, receive, or engage with messages from us, including when you submit personal information or requests by emailing support@thelightnationchurch.com or through the website support.thelightnationchurch.com. We retain and use those communications to process your inquiries, respond to your requests, and improve Light Nation and our services. If you are a Member, we will keep your communications to us in association with your account for as long as your Membership is active.

Cookies and other similar technologies.

Importantly, we do NOT use cookies or similar technologies to facilitate interest-based ads for third-party goods or services.

We use cookies to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across the different integrations of Light Nation. Cookies help to facilitate the best possible user experience of Light Nation as they allow us to recognize you and maintain your user preferences from session to session, help us keep your account safe, and generally improve the functionality of the products and services offered through Light Nation. They also help us ensure that Member information is used in association with the correct Member account.

We use cookies to collect details of your use of Light Nation (including traffic data, IP location data, logs, browser type, browser language, the functionality requested, and the timing of your requests), and other communication data and the resources that you access, use, and create on or through Light Nation. We use this information to provide a tailored Light Nation experience for you and to communicate with you more effectively. The information is also collected to determine the aggregate number of unique devices using Light Nation and/or parts of Light Nation, track total usage, analyze usage data, and improve Light Nation functionality for all Users. We may combine this information to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our service.

We generally maintain the data we collect from cookies for 30 days but may save it for a longer period where necessary such as when required by law or for technical reasons. Although most internet browsers accept cookies by default, you can control cookies through your browser settings and similar tools or refuse cookies altogether. If you refuse to accept cookies, you will be able to access Light Nation, but you will prohibit us from delivering the full capability of Light Nation, and you may not have the full experience personalization that require these technologies.

Light Nation cannot regulate other sites, content, or applications linked or provided from within Light Nation or our various other websites and services that are provided by third parties, including your device manufacturer, and your mobile service provider. These third parties may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, and other online services. These third parties may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) targeted content. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Attribution providers.

We advertise Light Nation on third party sites such as playstore, applestore and Google and use third-party software development kits (“SDKs”) to attribute a download of Light Nation to the advertisement placed on the third-party site. We do not sell your personal information to any third parties nor allow our SDK service providers to sell your personal information to third parties or use your personal information to solicit the sale of third-party goods or services. We may provide these third parties with aggregate, de-identified information concerning ads placed on their sites and Light Nation downloads that result from those ads.

Device ID, IP address and network access.

When you access or leave Light Nation websites, we receive the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to next. We also get information about your proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, and/or your ISP or mobile carrier when you use Light Nation. We also receive data from your devices and networks, including your IP address.

We use the IP addresses we collect from our users to process them with public latitude and longitude information related to your Internet Service Provider or mobile service provider in order to determine, and in some instances depict in an aggregate and de-identified manner, the approximate geographic region for each instance of Light Nation use. This latitude and longitude information is stored by us for approximately seven days for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes, but is never associated with any information about you or that would identify you personally.

We also collect and use the wireless (or “WiFi”) permissions of your mobile device to determine if you are connected to a WiFi or cellular network. This information is used to provide an optimized user experience by providing higher resolution media to a user who is on a high-speed WiFi connection rather than a cellular network. WiFi permissions are also used for casting content with Chromecast and similar devices. This information is not stored or shared by Light Nation.

To provide, support, and personalize Light Nation and the Light Nation functionality you request;

To create, maintain, customize, and secure your Light Nation account, if any;

To process your requests and respond to your inquiries;

To provide information on other products or services;

To maintain the safety, security, and integrity of Light Nation and the infrastructure that facilitates use of Light Nation;

For development and internal analysis;

To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;

To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights, including those under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use;

As described in this Privacy Policy;

In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and

For any other purpose with your consent.

Membership.

We use the personal information you provide to create and maintain your Membership account. We also use this information to authorize and authenticate your access to your account. We store this information and information pertaining to your use of Light Nation (including User Contributions) in connection with your Membership account for so long as you are a Member. For example, your first and last name and email address will be stored and used by us in connection with your account name or auto-generated account ID to authenticate you as the correct user of your account. We will also store your User Contributions in association with your Member account to allow you to access, re-access, post, and otherwise utilize your User Contributions as you choose.

Friends and Community

Light Nation will allow you to communicate and connect with other Light Nation users to share Bible verses, User Contributions, and other content. It is your choice whether to communicate or connect with another member and share your information or make user contributions.

To facilitate your connections with other Light Nation Members, you will be given the choice of whether to share with us the contact information stored on your device. You do not have to share this information to use Light Nation or to connect with any particular Member. If you decide to share this information with us, it will only be used to try and associate your contacts with other Light Nation Members to create potential Light Nation connections and will only be stored by us for so long as you have a Light Nation Member account. When you grant access to your contacts on your device for the purpose of friend suggestions, notification of when a contact joins, or sending an invite to Light Nation, that information is stored on our servers in a hashed format for the purpose of offering you this functionality

Features related to your location.

Some Light Nation features use your precise location, if you choose to share it, to provide or suggest content and information, like helping you to check-in to our events like International Ministers Conference (IMC), Festival of Life (FOL), and Light Camp. We will call these “location-based features”. To use or access location-based features, you will be provided the option to share your precise location with us and, if you choose to do so, we will use that information solely to provide location-based features, personalize your experience with Light Nation and internally analyze and develop our products and services.

After you first grant us this permission, we will assume we have your consent to process your location in this way until you revoke or limit your permission. You may choose to revoke or limit your permissions for location sharing through the settings of your device.

If you choose not to share your precise location, some location-related features may still allow for limited functionality (for example, you may still manually search for events around you), but other such features may not be accessible to you. You will still be able to access and use non-location dependent features of Light Nation.

We share your specific location only with your consent. If you choose to make certain location-related information viewable to your friends or the public, you give explicit consent for us to share that information with the audience you specify. You may change this permission at any time in your app settings.

Light Nation content.

We collect the manner in which you use Light Nation and its content, such as your prayer requests, the Light Nation Devotional and Bible plans that you access, and the language in which you choose to utilize that content. We also collect and store the User Contributions you create, such as bookmarks, highlights, and notes. We process this information to allow you to access and use content you create or wish to access through each Light Nation session.

Light Nation content, materials and User Contributions are not to be downloaded nor downloadable to your device. You will have the choice of whether to allow Light Nation access to your device’s storage.

We may use information about your use of Light Nation and the inferences we make from that use to provide recommendations to you of other Light Nation content. For example, based upon a Bible Plan you complete, we may suggest additional Bible Plans to you. You may opt out of receiving these recommendations by email, as discussed below.

Communications from us to you.

We communicate with you through push notification, email, or in-app messages. If we communicate to you with email, you may generally unsubscribe to these messages via the unsubscribe link in the emails providing these messages. You can also tailor your notification settings at any time within the settings menu of the Light Nation App or by visiting thelightnationchurch.com/settings.

Recommendations and Other Communications

We use the data we have about you and inferences we make from that data to recommend certain content and functionality as well as additional products and services offered through Light Nation. We may combine the information you provide us with information we collect through other Light Nation services and products and the inferences we make from the same for our internal development to improve the overall quality of all services and products provided by Light Nation. We may also make recommendations to you for other Light Nation services and products based on the information you provide and we infer. We may also use the data we have about you and inferences we make from that data to contact you regarding other opportunities to engage with Light Nation. We may contact you through push notification, email, telephone or in-app messages to discuss these recommendations and opportunities, how to use Light Nation, and other news messages.

Polls and Surveys

Polls and surveys are sometimes conducted by us through Light Nation. You are not obligated to respond to polls or surveys, and you have choices about the information you provide. Because the purpose of these polls and surveys may vary, we will provide details related to the disclosure and use of personal information in relation to any poll or survey prior to you providing any information.

Security, Legal and Technical Issues

We may use your information to contact you about account security, legal, and other service-related issues. Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving such messages from us. We may use your personal information to investigate, respond to and resolve legal, security, and technical issues and complaints, including, as necessary, security purposes or possible fraud, violations of law or our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy, or attempts to harm; however, you agree that we have no obligation to prevent or monitor for any of the foregoing.

Analytics and performance.

We internally analyze the personal data available to us and the use of Light Nation content, as well as the inferences we make from that data, to provide and update Light Nation, communicate with you and process information as discussed in this Policy, and for internal analytics such as to observe social, economic, and geographic trends as they pertain to Light Nation content. In some cases, we work with trusted third parties to perform this research, under controls that are designed to protect your privacy, as discussed below. We may disclose use of Light Nation content in an aggregated manner with de-identified and anonymized information that does not disclose any particular user or that user’s personally-identifying information. For example, we may use your data to generate statistics about overall usage of Light Nation worldwide or in specific geographic regions or at specific events or locations.

We also use de-identified and aggregate user data to market Light Nation, including communications that promote Light Nation Membership and network growth, such as celebrating the total number of Light Nation installs. When you see stats we share publicly such as global Light Nation engagement, we make sure to analyze and publish the data in an aggregated form, protecting your privacy and keeping your identity and personal information confidential. We use data, including user provided personal information, aggregations of user data, data collected through the use of Light Nation, public feedback, and information inferred from this data to conduct internal research and development in order to provide a better overall Light Nation experience, measure the performance of Light Nation, and increase the use of Light Nation and its features. This is done by making changes to Light Nation that are generally available, as well as sending users messages through Light Nation suggesting Light Nation functionality and content.

Sensitive Data

By downloading and using Light Nation, we do not assume that you are of any particular religious affiliation or are expressing to us any particular religious belief; we merely assume that you are interested in the content we provide. We do not require that users provide information about such beliefs or provide any other sensitive data such as race, ethnicity, philosophical beliefs, or physical or mental health to use Light Nation or create or maintain a Light Nation Member account.

Some features available through Light Nation utilize personal information that may reflect your religious or philosophical beliefs. Before we collect or process this information for such features, we will obtain your explicit consent. In addition to these features, you have control over the content of certain things you create, share, and store through Light Nation, and if you provide us with sensitive information with any content you create, share, and store, we will assume we have your consent to process that information.

We will not sell your sensitive personal information, but we may need to share it with third-party service providers that enable us to provide certain app features, and those service providers are required to keep your personal information confidential and only use it to provide us with their services. We will process the sensitive information we collect and inferences we make about the same in accordance with our Privacy Policy and for the purpose of allowing and facilitating your use of those specific app features, to personalize your user experience, to suggest other content and services, and internally to improve our services. If you choose to provide any sensitive information to us, we may use that information with other non-sensitive information you provide to create a more personalized Light Nation experience for you and to perform the services and actions you request, such as sharing or storing content you create. In any event, Light Nation will only process sensitive data you provide to us for Light Nation’s legitimate activities on your behalf and solely in accordance with the terms of this policy and any additional requests you make about the information. We will also maintain your information subject to appropriate safeguards discussed in this policy and otherwise provided by Light Nation.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to our collection and processing of your sensitive personal information by turning off and ceasing to use Light Nation features that use this information or by contacting us via mail at Light Nation, Attn.: Light Nation Support, by email at support@thelightnationchurch.com; however, withdrawing your consent may hinder our ability to provide certain functionality.

Disclosure on your behalf.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to fulfill our obligations under our Terms of Use, to accomplish the purpose for which you provide it, for any other purpose you request when you provide the information, or for any other purpose for which we have your consent.

Disclosure by you.

When you share information through Light Nation, that information is viewable by you and by anyone else you choose to share it with. If you give access to your Light Nation account to other applications and services, based on your approval, those services would then have access to your shared information. The use, collection, and protection of your data by such third-party services is subject to those third parties’ policies.

Internal disclosure.

We will process your personal data internally within Light Nation and its affiliates to help combine the personal information covered across the different aspects of Light Nation and our other products and services to help provide services to you in a manner that is personalized and useful to you and others.

Service providers and locations.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support Light Nation (such as cloud hosting, cookie providers, maintenance, analysis, audit, external marketing, payment, fraud detection, and development), as well as to support our operations (such as communicating with you for potential employment purposes). We may combine information we have with information of these service providers to facilitate their support. For example, some of the platforms used to send emails and notifications provided through Light Nation are built and managed by third parties, so some of your information is sent securely to those services to provide such functionality. They will have access to your information only as reasonably necessary to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes. We may also provide aggregate, de-identified information concerning connections by Light Nation users with third-parties and their events or locations.

Light Nation content providers.

We utilize certain third parties to provide certain Light Nation content, such as Bible Plans. We do not share personal information of Light Nation users with these third parties. We do, however, provide these third parties with aggregate analytics concerning the use of their content by country using de-identified and anonymized data.

Legal process.

It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. We attempt to notify Users about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand. We may also disclose your information if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (ii) enforce our agreements with you; (iii) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (iv) protect the security or integrity of Light Nation; or (v) exercise or protect the rights and safety of Light Nation, Visitors, Users, our personnel, or others. We also reserve the right to confidentially disclose personal information we have about you in connection with a potential or actual merger or acquisition such as the sale of all or substantially all of our assets.

Deletion: You may ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data. Please note that doing so may limit your ability to use certain functionality of Light Nation. Please note that an email address is required to have a Member account to ensure we can properly authenticate potential users of that account.

Correction/Modification: You may edit some of your personal data through your account or ask us to change, update, or fix your data in certain cases, including if it is inaccurate.

Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or to limit our use of it.

Right to Access and/or Take Your Data: You can ask us for a copy of or disclosure concerning your personal data you provided to us.

Certain laws may provide the right to make these and additional requests concerning your personal information. If you have provided us with personal information and wish to make such a request under a specific region’s law, include the phrase “[Your State/Country] Privacy Request” in the subject line of your request and send your request via email to support@thelightnationchurch.com or via mail to Light Nation, attn.: Light Nation Support.

We ask that individuals making requests identify themselves with at least their name, address, and email address and identify the information requested to be accessed, corrected, or removed before we process the request. We may seek additional information to verify a requestor’s identity. We may also decline to process requests if we cannot verify the requestor's identity or if we believe the request will jeopardize the privacy of others, violate any law or legal requirement, would cause the information to be incorrect, or for a similar legitimate purpose.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under applicable law. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

Some information you have created, received, or used in Light Nation may not be available in a usable form outside of Light Nation. As a result, when you request a copy of your personal information, we will be able to provide personal information you have provided to us, such as your name, address, phone number and the like; however, we may be unable to provide you with content and User Contributions that utilize Light Nation functionality.

Deleting your account.

You can delete your Light Nation account at any time using the settings function in Light Nation; however, when you delete your account we will delete the information associated with your account such as Notes, Bookmarks and other.

User Contributions you have created, received or shared. If you do not want to delete your account or this information, but want to temporarily stop using Light Nation, you may cease using the Light Nation application and we will maintain your account and the information associated with your account until you resume use or delete your account, whichever comes first.

If you choose to delete your account or ask that we modify or delete personal information, we will delete and purge personal information we have stored about you in a way that is electronically irreversible, however, we may retain your personal data if we have a legal right or obligation to maintain the information or to meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our rights, or fulfill any other requests from you (for example, to opt-out of further messages or for a copy of your data). Otherwise, if you request that we delete your account, we will delete your account and all the information we have that is associated with your account, except for aggregated statistics based on de-identified information and inferences we have made (for example, the fact that you downloaded Light Nation, without identifying you or maintaining personal information associated with that account).

Our deletion of your information and account will generally take no more than fourteen days from your request; however, cached information may take up to thirty days to delete. Please note that we have no control of information you have shared with others through Light Nation after you close your account or asked to delete information or attempted to delete your account yourself. Your information and content you have shared may continue to be displayed in the services of others (for example, search engine results) until they refresh their cache.

Children under the age of 13.

We do not collect personal information from any person we actually know is under the age of 13 without the consent of the parent or legal guardian of that minor.

A parent or guardian may consent to the use of their Light Nation account by a minor on that parent or guardian’s profile. Should you allow your minor child to use your account, you shall be solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of Light Nation and assume full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through Light Nation.

Where you associate your minor child’s information with your account, we will assume you consent to our processing of that information in accordance with this policy and other privacy notices and terms we may provide to you from time to time. If you allow your minor child to use Light Nation, we ask that you discuss the risks of sharing personal information on the Internet with your children and require that they refrain from communicating with any third parties or share any personal information with Light Nation or Light Nation users. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at support@thelightnationchurch.com.