Privacy Policy for HowToPrayExamples.com

Last Updated: May 12, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to HowToPrayExamples.com. Our mission is to provide simple prayers and spiritual guidance. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our member services.

By creating an account and using our member section, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us and automatically when you use our site.

A. Information You Provide (For Members):

When you create an account using a social login service (Google, Facebook, X/Twitter), we collect the following information that these services provide to us based on your privacy settings with them:

• Identifiers: Your First Name and Last Name.
• Contact Information: Your email address.
• Profile Data: Your profile avatar (image).

We do not have access to or store your social media account passwords.

B. Information Collected Automatically:

• Log Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time spent, and dates of access.
• Cookies: See our Cookies section for more detail.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To create and manage your member account.
• To provide you with access to exclusive member content and features.
• To communicate with you, such as sending you administrative emails (e.g., account verification, changes/updates to features, technical and security notices).
• To personalize your experience on our site.
• To analyze and improve our services and user experience.
• To display advertisements to you through Google AdSense (see Cookies section).

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are from the EEA, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information is:

• Performance of a Contract: Your data is necessary to provide you with the member account you requested.
• Consent: For optional communications like newsletters (if offered), we will ask for your explicit consent.
• Legitimate Interests: We have a legitimate interest in improving our website, analyzing user trends, and ensuring network and information security.

5. How We Share Your Information

We value your privacy. We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Trusted third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, data analysis, email delivery). These providers are obligated to keep your information confidential.
• Legal Obligations: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, sale of company assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. If you choose to delete your account, we will remove your personal data from our active databases. We may retain anonymized data for analytical purposes.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
• Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): The right to request that we erase your personal data.
• Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.
• Withdraw Consent: The right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information.

You can exercise many of these rights by accessing your member account settings or by contacting us at hello@howtoprayexamples.com.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information.

• Essential Cookies: Required for the member login system and core site functionality.
• Preferences Cookies: Used to remember your preferences and settings.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the website.
• Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense): Used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you. You can opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings or www.aboutads.info.

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our site.

9. Third-Party Links and Services

Our site contains links to third-party sites (like social media platforms) and uses third-party services for login (Google, Facebook, X). This Privacy Policy does not apply to those services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service you use.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will promptly delete such information from our records.

11. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. We will also notify registered users via email.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:

Email: hello@howtoprayexamples.com