1. Who we are

This website is operated by Mindful Christianity. Our primary website address is

Home

In this policy, “Mindful Christianity,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the ministry and website operated by Paul and Joel Bane.

2. Information you provide

We may collect personal information when you voluntarily:

• Join the free weekly devotional email list;
• Send a message through our contact form;
• Submit a prayer request or general inquiry;
• Purchase or download a resource through an external store;
• Join or support the Mindful Christianity mission;
• Leave a comment where commenting is available; or
• Communicate with us by email or through social media.

Depending on the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, message, inquiry category, prayer request, purchase-related information, or other information you choose to provide.

3. How we use your information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Send the weekly devotional and related ministry updates;
• Respond to questions, prayer requests, or other messages;
• Provide requested resources or customer support;
• Operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website;
• Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and technical problems;
• Maintain appropriate business and ministry records; and
• Comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information. We also do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

4. Weekly devotional emails

When you join the free weekly devotional, your name and email address may be processed by Mailchimp, the service we use to manage our email list and deliver messages.

You may unsubscribe at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included at the bottom of any devotional email. Unsubscribing stops future marketing or devotional messages, although we may retain limited records when reasonably necessary to honor your request or meet legal obligations.

5. Contact forms and prayer requests

Our contact form may collect your name, email address, the subject of your inquiry, and your message. We use this information to read and respond to your communication.

Our website currently uses WPForms to process contact form submissions. Technical information may also be processed for spam prevention and website security.

We read messages and prayer requests with care, but submitting a message does not create a confidential counseling, medical, attorney-client, or professional relationship.

6. Purchases, memberships, and donations

Books, digital downloads, memberships, donations, and other resources may be offered through third-party services such as Payhip, Amazon, Stripe, PayPal, or other payment platforms.

These providers collect and process the information needed to complete your transaction under their own privacy policies. We generally do not receive your complete payment-card information. We may receive transaction details such as your name, email address, purchased product, membership status, payment amount, and transaction date.

7. Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, our hosting provider, WordPress, security tools, and related website services may automatically process limited technical information, including:

• Internet Protocol address;
• Browser and device type;
• Operating system;
• Pages requested and referring page;
• Date and time of access; and
• Security, diagnostic, and error information.

This information is used to deliver the website, diagnose technical issues, prevent malicious activity, and maintain website security.

8. Cookies

The website and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for website functionality, security, form processing, user preferences, and embedded third-party services.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how some portions of the website function.

9. Comments

If you leave a comment on a page or post where comments are available, WordPress may collect the information entered in the comment form along with your IP address and browser information to assist with spam detection and moderation.

Approved comments and the name associated with them may be visible publicly. Please do not include private or sensitive information in a public comment.

10. External links and embedded content

Our website may link to or display content from services such as Payhip, Amazon, Mailchimp, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Spotify, and other third-party websites.

Visiting or interacting with those services may allow the provider to collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction according to its own privacy policy. Mindful Christianity does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites.

11. When information may be shared

We may share limited information:

• With service providers that help us host, secure, operate, and communicate through the website;
• When you request or authorize an interaction involving an external provider;
• When required by law, court order, or valid legal process;
• To protect the rights, safety, security, and integrity of Mindful Christianity, our visitors, or others; or
• In connection with a legitimate organizational transition, provided the information remains subject to appropriate privacy protections.

Service providers are permitted to process information only as needed to provide their services or fulfill their legal obligations.

12. How long we retain information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to messages, maintaining subscription preferences, supporting transactions, resolving disputes, protecting the website, and complying with legal or accounting obligations.

Retention periods may differ depending on the nature of the information and the service involved.

13. Your choices and privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information we maintain about you. You may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing.

You may always:

• Unsubscribe from devotional emails using the email link;
• Control cookies through your browser;
• Ask us to correct inaccurate contact information;
• Request deletion of information, subject to legal exceptions; or
• Contact us with a privacy-related question or concern.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

14. Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact us so we can review and, when appropriate, remove it.

15. Data security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no website, email system, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

16. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, ministry, services, or legal obligations change. The effective date at the top of this page will show when the policy was most recently revised.