Last updated: September 29, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Our Adventist Life (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit OurAdventistLife.com (the “Site”) or contact us. It also explains your privacy rights and how to use them.
We keep data collection to a minimum. We do not sell your personal information, share it for advertising, or run ads on the Site.
Table of Contents
- Who We Are
- Information We Collect
- How We Use Your Information
- Prayer Requests and Faith-Related Information
- Who We Share Information With
- Cookies
- International Data Transfers
- How Long We Keep Your Information
- How We Protect Your Information
- Children’s Privacy
- Your Privacy Rights
- Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track
- Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
- Changes to This Policy
- Contact Us
1. Who We Are
Our Adventist Life is based in Ohio, United States. We are responsible for the personal information described in this policy (under European law, we are the “data controller”). You can reach us at contact@ouradventistlife.com.
2. Information We Collect
Information you give us
- Contact form messages and Bible questions: your name, email address, and message.
- Prayer requests: your name (optional), email address, and the details you choose to share.
- Free resource requests: your name, mailing address, and email address, so we can send you the materials you asked for.
- Comments: your name, email address, website (optional), and comment. We also record your IP address and browser user agent with each comment for moderation and spam prevention. Comments are public once approved. Your name and comment are shown on the Site, but your email address and IP address are never displayed.
- Recipe ratings and submissions: your rating, and for recipe submissions, your name, email address, and anything else you enter in the form.
- Photos you upload: before uploading, please remove any location data (EXIF GPS) embedded in your images, because other visitors could download and view it.
Information collected automatically
- Analytics data: with your consent where required, Google Analytics 4 collects information such as pages visited, time on the Site, general location (country or city), device type, and browser. GA4 does not store IP addresses. See our Cookie Policy for details.
- Server and security logs: our hosting provider automatically records basic technical information, such as IP address, browser type, and the date and time of visits, to keep the Site running securely.
- Spam protection data: when you comment, rate a recipe, or submit a form, your IP address, browser user agent, and referring page may be checked to filter out spam.
3. How We Use Your Information
| Purpose | Legal basis (for EU/UK visitors) |
|---|---|
| Answering your questions, messages, and Bible questions | Our legitimate interest in responding to you. If your message reveals religious beliefs, your explicit consent |
| Praying for your prayer requests | Your explicit consent |
| Mailing free resources you requested | To fulfill your request |
| Publishing and moderating comments and recipe ratings | Your consent when you submit, and our legitimate interest in moderating the Site |
| Filtering spam | Our legitimate interest in keeping the Site safe |
| Understanding how visitors use the Site (analytics) | Your consent |
| Complying with the law and protecting our rights | Legal obligation or legitimate interest |
| Enforcing our Comment Policy and Terms of Use, including blocking repeat violators | Our legitimate interest in protecting the Site and its community |
We do not use your information for automated decision-making or profiling. We will not add you to an email list unless you sign up for one.
4. Prayer Requests and Faith-Related Information
Prayer requests and Bible questions can reveal information about your religious beliefs, health, or personal life. Under European law, this is “special category” data. We treat it with extra care:
- We collect it only when you choose to send it and give your explicit consent.
- We use it only to pray for you or answer your question. We never publish it or share it without your permission.
- Only we can see it, and we delete it on the schedule in section 8.
- You can withdraw your consent and ask us to delete your request at any time.
5. Who We Share Information With
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share it only with service providers who help us run the Site. They may use it only to provide their services to us:
| Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Hostinger | Website hosting and server security |
| Google (Google Analytics) | Website analytics, with consent where required |
| Google (reCAPTCHA) | Spam protection on submission forms |
| Automattic (Akismet) | Spam filtering for comments and forms |
| Automattic (Gravatar) | Showing your profile picture next to comments, if you have a Gravatar account. A scrambled version (hash) of your email address is checked against Gravatar |
| CookieYes | Managing your cookie consent choices |
| Postal and shipping services | Delivering free resources you requested |
We may also disclose information if the law requires it (for example, a court order), to protect the safety of any person, or to protect our rights. If the Site ever changes ownership, your information may be transferred to the new owner under this same policy.
6. Cookies
We use a small number of cookies. They keep the Site working, remember your comment details if you choose, and, with your consent, power Google Analytics. Our Cookie Policy lists every cookie we use and explains how to change your choices.
7. International Data Transfers
We are based in the United States, and our service providers may process data in the US and other countries. If you are in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, your information will be transferred to the United States. When our providers transfer this data, they use recognized safeguards such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
8. How Long We Keep Your Information
| Information | How long we keep it |
|---|---|
| Contact messages and Bible questions | Up to 2 years, then deleted |
| Prayer requests | Up to 12 months, then deleted |
| Mailing addresses for free resources | Deleted within 90 days after we mail your materials |
| Comments and recipe ratings | As long as they remain on the Site, or until you ask us to remove them |
| Google Analytics data | 14 months (see our Cookie Policy) |
| Server logs and backups | Deleted automatically on our hosting provider’s regular cycle |
| Comments that are not approved or are marked as spam | Deleted within 30 days |
| IP addresses, email addresses, and records of policy violations for blocked users | For as long as the block is in effect |
We may keep information longer only if the law requires it.
9. How We Protect Your Information
We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), secure hosting, and limiting access to ourselves. No website can be 100% secure, but we work to protect your information and will notify you and the authorities of any data breach if the law requires it.
10. Children’s Privacy
The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU/UK) without a parent’s or guardian’s consent. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Everyone: No matter where you live, you can ask us to:
- Tell you what personal information we have about you and give you a copy.
- Correct information that is wrong.
- Delete your information, including your comments, prayer requests, and messages.
If you have been blocked from commenting for violating our Comment Policy or Terms of Use, we may keep the minimum information needed to keep the block in place, such as your IP address and email address, even if you ask us to delete your other information.
EU, UK, and Swiss visitors also have the right to:
- Restrict or object to how we use your information.
- Receive your information in a portable format.
- Withdraw your consent at any time. This does not affect anything we did before you withdrew it.
- Complain to your local data protection authority. In the EU, you can find yours at edpb.europa.eu. In the UK, it is the ICO. In Switzerland, it is the FDPIC.
US visitors: Some states, including California, give residents additional rights over their personal information. We extend the rights above to all US visitors. We do not sell or share personal information for targeted advertising, and we will never treat you differently for exercising your rights.
How to make a request: Email contact@ouradventistlife.com or use our contact page. We may need to confirm your identity, usually by replying to the email address you used with us. We will respond within 30 days. You may also have an authorized agent make a request on your behalf.
12. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track
We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals from your browser as a request to opt out of analytics cookies. There is no common standard for “Do Not Track” signals, but because we do not track visitors across other websites, our practices already meet that preference.
13. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
The Site may link to other websites or include embedded content, such as YouTube videos. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited the other website, and those sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the content. This Privacy Policy does not cover third-party sites, so please review their privacy policies.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will change the “Last updated” date at the top, and if we make significant changes, we will post a notice on the Site.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, email us at contact@ouradventistlife.com or use our contact page.