Legal Disclaimers
PRIVACY POLICY
Protecting your private information is our priority. Thank you for choosing to be part of our city at Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc. (“company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). When you visit our website www.LHMIinc.org, mobile application, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.lhmiinc.org and Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc. and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc. include www.lhmiinc.org, LHMI, Inc., Life College and www.lhmiinc.org/lifecollege. The LHMI, Inc. website is a Religious Organization site. By using the LHMI, Inc. website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites or Apps and our services. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, LHMI, Inc. may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
If you purchase LHMI, Inc.'s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
LHMI, Inc. may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
- Age
- Gender
- Race
- Religion
- Household Income
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through LHMI, Inc.'s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
LHMI, Inc. collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
LHMI, Inc. may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from LHMI, Inc. and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
LHMI, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
LHMI, Inc. may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. LHMI, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to LHMI, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
LHMI, Inc. may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on LHMI, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of LHMI, Inc.; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of LHMI, Inc., or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
LHMI, Inc. may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within LHMI, Inc., in order to determine what LHMI, Inc. services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within LHMI, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by LHMI, Inc. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the LHMI, Inc. website.
Use of Cookies
The LHMI, Inc. website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize LHMI, Inc. pages, or register with LHMI, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps LHMI, Inc. to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same LHMI, Inc. website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the LHMI, Inc. features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the LHMI, Inc. services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
LHMI, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. LHMI, Inc. uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
LHMI, Inc. does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of LHMI, Inc. by contacting us here:
- Email: techsupport@lhmiinc.org
E-mail Communications
From time to time, LHMI, Inc. may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from LHMI, Inc. or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from LHMI, Inc., you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by "replying STOP" or "clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.".
Changes to this Statement
LHMI, Inc. reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
LHMI, Inc. welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that LHMI, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact LHMI, Inc. at:
Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc.
10727 Tucker Street
Beltsville, Maryland 20705
Email Address: contactus@lhmiinc.org
Telephone number: 443-574-5464
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MEDIA POLICY
Our church services may involve photography and/or video recordings which may contain your likeness. By attending any of our programs, seminars, Life College, and or services, which include Funerals and Weddings, you consent to the photography, recording, distribution or any other lawful use of the materials and waive any and all rights you may have in connection with such materials.
Any such images and recordings will be the property of Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc. headquarters and branches (hereafter referred to as "the Church”) and may be used by the Church or its agents for further distribution or marketing OR on its website, streamed to those off-site or in printed materials to share our programs and activities.
Any such images and recordings by the Church shall be are available to the general public via our website, or streamed to off-site platforms or for distribution or any other lawful use of the materials. Any privately produced service, program and/or activity recorded at the Church remains the sole property of the Church and may be requested pending approval of the Media Team, for a fee, due before delivery of final product(s).
You also hereby release the Church and its leadership, staff, or agents from any liability that may arise from the use of such materials. Your consent, waiver, and release shall extend to any individual who is under your care, guardianship, or agency.
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All recorded media at LHMI, Inc. are the property of LHMI, Inc. with all rights and privileges reserved to LHMI, Inc. within fair use limitations. Any person or organization not affiliated with the church may not use copy, alter or modify the church photographs, graphics, videography or other, similar reproductions or recordings without the advance written permission of an authorized designee from Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc..
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Additionally, if you see a photo on the church's website or social media pages that includes you or your child and would like it removed, please contact us in writing at contactus@lhmiinc.org. Please note we cannot remove your image from video or live stream services, programs and/or activities. Attendance and participation in any or all LHMI, Inc. services, programs, events that are streamed, recorded or captured indicates your agreement to being captured and except expressed indicated will be among our media archives or broadcasts. Please understand that Lighthouse Ministries International, Inc. has no control over the recording, use and posting of images or other media by non-church staff (e.g., by community members, news outlets) and no ability to remove such media from publications, including internet or social media sites, that are not run by the church.
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Effective as of August 22, 2018; May 7, 2023.