Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 22, 2026
Last Updated: July 22, 2026

Guardians of the Mission (“Guardians of the Mission,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit guardiansofthemission.help, contact us, request or download resources, or otherwise interact with our website.

1. Who We Are

Guardians of the Mission is a Christian ministry based in Cottondale, Florida, United States.

Website: https://guardiansofthemission.help
Email: pastorpettyfbc@gmail.com
Telephone: 850-693-4767

For privacy questions or requests, contact us using the information above.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with the website, we may collect the following information.

Information You Provide

We may collect:

Your name, email address, telephone number, and other information entered into our contact form.
Your email address when you request or download ministry toolkits, guides, teaching materials, or other resources.
The contents of messages, questions, or requests you send to us.
Your email subscription preferences and records of consent.
Information you voluntarily provide when communicating with us.

Please do not submit confidential, financial, medical, or other sensitive personal information through the website unless we specifically request it.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

IP address.
Browser type and version.
Device type and operating system.
Language settings.
Referring and exit pages.
Pages viewed and links selected.
Approximate location derived from an IP address.
Date, time, and duration of visits.
Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.
Information used to identify errors, spam, abuse, or security threats.
Cookie-consent selections and opt-out preferences.

3. Contact Forms

Our contact page uses an embedded form provided by Cognito Forms. When you submit the form, the information you enter is processed by Cognito Forms and made available to us so we can review and respond to your inquiry.

Cognito Forms may collect technical information required to operate and secure the form and prevent misuse. Its handling of information is also subject to its own privacy policy.

Submitting a contact inquiry does not automatically enroll you in marketing emails unless that choice is clearly presented and you affirmatively agree.

4. Resource Downloads and Email Communications

Our website offers ministry resources in exchange for an email address. When you request a resource, we may use your email address to:

Provide access to the requested resource.
Confirm or respond to your request.
Maintain a record of the request.
Send ministry news, resources, announcements, or other emails when you have consented or when otherwise permitted by law.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting pastorpettyfbc@gmail.com.

We may retain limited suppression-list information after you unsubscribe so we can honor your request and avoid sending additional marketing messages. Transactional or individually requested communications may still be sent when necessary.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies, scripts, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies for purposes including:

Operating and securing the website.
Remembering consent and accessibility preferences.
Understanding website traffic and performance.
Displaying embedded media.
Providing contact forms and downloadable resources.
Supporting accessibility features.
Identifying errors, abuse, and technical problems.

Depending on your consent choices and location, cookies may be categorized as follows:

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for essential website functions, security, forms, and preference management.

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember your selections and provide enhanced website features.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website and how the website performs.

Marketing or Tracking Cookies

These cookies may be used by third parties to measure engagement or track interactions across websites for marketing-related purposes.

You may review or change your choices through our Opt-out Preferences page:

https://guardiansofthemission.help/opt-out-preferences/

You may also delete or block cookies using your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may cause portions of the website to function improperly.

Where required by law, nonessential cookies will not be used until the appropriate consent has been obtained.

6. Analytics and Website Statistics

The website may use WordPress.com, Jetpack, or related website-statistics technology.

These services may process:

IP addresses.
Device and browser information.
Referring pages.
Pages visited.
Date and time information.
General website-usage information.

We use this information to maintain the website, understand visitor engagement, improve our content, and identify technical problems.

7. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content

Our website uses or may interact with third-party services, including:

Cognito Forms for contact forms.
Automattic, WordPress.com, and Jetpack-related services for website management, security, or statistics.
Google Fonts for displaying typefaces.
YouTube for video-player and embedded-video functionality.
accessiBe for accessibility-related functionality.
Complianz for cookie notices, consent choices, and opt-out preference management.
Facebook, Instagram, and Meta when social-media content or functionality is displayed.
Website-hosting, email-delivery, security, and technical-support providers.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. These providers may receive your IP address, browser and device information, cookie identifiers, and information about your interaction with their content.

If you are logged into a third-party service, that service may associate your website activity with your account.

Third-party providers maintain their own privacy practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before interacting with their services.

8. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Operate, maintain, and secure the website.
Deliver requested toolkits, guides, and resources.
Respond to inquiries and provide assistance.
Send communications for which you registered or consented.
Manage subscriptions and unsubscribe requests.
Analyze website traffic and improve website content.
Maintain accessibility and visitor preferences.
Identify spam, fraud, abuse, and security incidents.
Debug and correct technical problems.
Enforce our terms and protect our legal rights.
Comply with applicable laws, court orders, and lawful government requests.

We will not use personal information for materially different purposes without providing appropriate notice or obtaining consent when required.

9. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, or another law requiring a legal basis applies, we rely on one or more of the following:

Consent: For optional cookies and email communications where consent is required.
Contract or requested action: To provide a resource or respond to something you requested.
Legitimate interests: To operate, secure, analyze, and improve the website, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
Legal obligations: To comply with applicable legal requirements.
Protection of rights: To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

10. How We Share Information

We may share personal information with:

Website-hosting and management providers.
Analytics and accessibility providers.
Form-processing and email-delivery providers.
Security and technical-support providers.
Attorneys, accountants, insurers, or other professional advisers when reasonably necessary.
Government agencies or other parties when required by law.
Parties involved in protecting our rights, safety, property, or security.
A successor organization if the ministry or website undergoes a transfer, merger, reorganization, or similar transaction.

These service providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services or as otherwise permitted by their agreements and applicable law.

11. Sale, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell personal information for money.

Certain analytics, embedded-content, or social-media technologies may receive online identifiers in a manner that could be considered “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or a “sale” under certain state privacy laws.

Where applicable, you may opt out through our cookie and opt-out controls:

https://guardiansofthemission.help/opt-out-preferences/

12. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

This may include:

Contact-form submissions and correspondence for as long as needed to respond, maintain appropriate ministry records, or resolve disputes.
Download and subscription information until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to necessary suppression-list and legal records.
Consent records for as long as needed to demonstrate and honor your privacy choices.
Technical, analytics, and security information according to the applicable provider’s settings and retention periods.
Information required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, tax, or recordkeeping purposes for the applicable statutory period.

When information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

Confirm whether we process your personal information.
Access or receive a copy of your personal information.
Correct inaccurate personal information.
Request deletion of your personal information.
Request restriction of certain processing.
Object to certain processing.
Withdraw consent.
Receive certain information in a portable format.
Opt out of marketing communications.
Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.
Opt out of targeted advertising.
Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request where applicable.
Submit a complaint to an appropriate privacy or data-protection authority.

You will not be discriminated against for exercising an applicable privacy right.

To submit a request, email pastorpettyfbc@gmail.com and describe the request. We may need to verify your identity before completing it.

An authorized agent may submit a request where permitted by law. We may require proof that the agent is authorized to act on your behalf.

Certain information may be exempt from a request, including information we must retain for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or recordkeeping purposes.

14. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track

Where required and technically supported, we endeavor to recognize legally valid browser-based opt-out signals, such as Global Privacy Control.

Because there is not currently a universally accepted standard for responding to traditional “Do Not Track” signals, the website may not respond to every Do Not Track browser setting.

You may use our cookie and opt-out controls to communicate your preferences directly.

15. International Data Transfers

We and our service providers are located primarily in the United States.

If you access the website from another country, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or another country whose privacy laws may differ from those where you live.

Where required, we rely on consent, contractual safeguards, adequacy decisions, or another legally recognized transfer mechanism.

16. Children’s Privacy

The website and its forms are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the website, contact pastorpettyfbc@gmail.com so we can investigate and delete it when required.

Parents and guardians should supervise children’s use of online ministry materials.

17. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information.

However, no website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. Please do not send highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms or unencrypted email.

18. External Links

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including Amazon, social-media platforms, and other content providers.

We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of external websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to information processed by or on behalf of Guardians of the Mission.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy as our website, services, vendors, or applicable laws change.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or by another appropriate method.

20. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact:

Guardians of the Mission
Cottondale, Florida, United States

Website: https://guardiansofthemission.help
Email: pastorpettyfbc@gmail.com
Telephone: 850-693-4767