Privacy Policy

Presentationflow.ministrybranch.com
Effective Date: February 21, 2026
Last Updated: February 21, 2026

1. Introduction

MinistryBranch.com ("Company," "we," "us," "our") and its service Presentationflow.ministrybranch.com ("Service" or "Platform") are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and other applicable federal and state laws.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Service.

2. Definitions (California CPRA 2026)

  • Personal Information (PI): Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could be reasonably linked with a particular consumer or household.
  • Sensitive Personal Information (SPI): A subset of PI including:
    • Social Security Numbers, financial account numbers, or credentials
    • Precise geolocation data
    • Racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, union membership
    • Genetic data, biometric data, health information, sex life or sexual orientation information
    • Citizenship or immigration status
    • Contents of consumer mail, email, text messages, or voice communications
  • Consumer: A natural person who is a California resident
  • Business: Our organization as defined under CPRA
  • Household: Two or more consumers related by blood, marriage, or adoption residing at the same address
  • Service Provider: A for-profit legal entity that processes personal information on our behalf
  • Contractor: A for-profit entity that processes personal information for a business purpose other than providing the services specified in a contract

1. Important Note - Free Service

Presentationflow.ministrybranch.com is a FREE platform operated entirely on donations and community support. We do not charge users for access or services. We do not provide data backups or guarantee service availability—you are responsible for maintaining your own backups of all content and data. We cannot endorse or guarantee any specific service level due to our volunteer-based operation.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information Provided Directly by You

When you create an account, use our Service, or communicate with us, we collect:

  • Account Information: Full name, email address, password, church/organization name, profile picture
  • Contact Information: Phone number, mailing address (optional)
  • Payment Information: Billing address, payment method (processed securely via Stripe; we do not store full card details)
  • Content You Create: Presentations, slides, text, images, videos, and other media you upload
  • Communication Data: Messages, support tickets, feedback, survey responses
  • Authentication Data: Google OAuth tokens (for Google Drive integration)

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

We automatically collect information about your interaction with our Service:

  • Device Information: Device type, operating system, browser type, IP address, device identifiers
  • Usage Data: Pages visited, features accessed, time spent, clicks, interactions, presentation analytics
  • Location Data: Inferred from IP address only (not precise geolocation unless you explicitly provide it)
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: See Section 6 (Cookie Policy)
  • Storage Data: IndexedDB, localStorage, sessionStorage contents from your browser
  • Error Logs: Crash reports, error messages, performance metrics

2.3 Information from Third Parties

  • Google: Email, basic profile information via Google OAuth (Drive integration)
  • Analytics Providers: Aggregate usage patterns (if enabled)

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the Personal Information we collect for:

4.1 Service Delivery

  • Providing, maintaining, and improving the Service
  • Creating and managing your account
  • Processing transactions and sending related confirmations
  • Delivering customer support and responding to inquiries
  • Debugging and troubleshooting technical issues
  • Generating and storing slide previews and content thumbnails

4.2 Communication

  • Sending transactional emails (account verification, password resets, service updates)
  • Sending marketing communications (with your consent)
  • Notifying you of policy changes
  • Responding to your requests and questions

4.3 Analytics and Optimization

  • Understanding how users interact with our Service
  • Identifying usage trends and optimizing features
  • Conducting internal research and analytics
  • Measuring advertising effectiveness (if applicable)

4.4 Legal and Safety Compliance

  • Complying with legal obligations and court orders
  • Enforcing our Terms of Service and other agreements
  • Protecting against fraud, abuse, and security threats
  • Protecting the rights, property, and safety of our Company, users, and the public

4.5 Sensitive Personal Information

We do NOT intentionally collect, use, or share Sensitive Personal Information, except where necessary to provide the Service or comply with law. For example:

  • Religious affiliation may be inferred from "church" organizational context but is not used for profiling or discrimination

4. How We Share Your Information

4.1 Service Providers

We may share information with third-party Service Providers who assist us:

  • Google Cloud: Infrastructure and hosting
  • Email Services: Transactional email delivery
  • Analytics Platforms: Usage analytics (anonymized)

These providers are contractually bound to use your data solely to provide services and maintain confidentiality.

4.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose information when required by law:

  • Subpoenas, court orders, or government requests
  • Compliance with DMCA takedown notices
  • Protection against fraud or security threats

4.3 Aggregated and De-Identified Data

We may share aggregated, anonymized data that does not identify you personally for research, analytics, and other purposes.

4.4 Public Sharing (User Choice)

If you explicitly choose to share a presentation or collaborate with others, those individuals will have access to the shared content.

4.5 No Sale or Sharing for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising

We do NOT sell your Personal Information. We do not share your PI for cross-context behavioral advertising. You have the right to opt-out under CCPA/CPRA.

5. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA 2026)

5.1 Right to Know (Lookback: 2022-Present)

You have the right to request:

  • Categories and specific pieces of PI we collected about you in the past 12 months
  • Categories of sources from which PI is collected
  • Our purposes for collecting PI
  • Categories of third parties with whom we share PI
  • The specific PI collected about you (lookback extends to January 1, 2022 for CPRA)

5.2 Right to Delete

You have the right to request deletion of PI we collected from you, subject to certain exceptions:

  • Information necessary to comply with legal obligations
  • Information required to detect security incidents or fraud

5.3 Right to Correct

You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information.

5.4 Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information

If we collect Sensitive Personal Information, you may request that we limit our use to providing the Service or complying with legal obligations.

5.5 Right to Opt-Out

  • Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: Not applicable (we do not sell or share your data)
  • Opt-Out of Marketing Communications: You may opt-out of promotional emails by clicking the "unsubscribe" link

5.6 Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA/CPRA rights.

5.7 Global Privacy Control (GPC) Signal

We honor user-enabled Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals. When you enable GPC, we will treat it as a request to opt-out of sale/sharing of PI.

6. Data Retention and Your Responsibility

IMPORTANT: We do NOT provide automatic backups or data recovery services. You are responsible for maintaining your own backups of all content and presentations. If you delete content from our Service, we cannot recover it. We recommend exporting your presentations regularly.

We retain limited account information for operational purposes, but deletion requests will result in permanent data loss. Save your work locally before requesting account deletion.

7. Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction, including:

  • SSL/TLS encryption for data in transit
  • Encrypted databases for data at rest
  • Regular security audits and penetration testing
  • Access controls and authentication mechanisms
  • Employee confidentiality agreements

However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee absolute security. You use our Service at your own risk.

9. Contact Us

For privacy-related questions, concerns, or requests, please contact:

MinistryBranch.com
Privacy & Compliance Team
Email: privacy@ministrybranch.com
Mail: MinistryBranch.com, Legal Department