Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

Gate of Heaven Healing Ministries International ("Gate of Heaven," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of our church members, visitors, and users of our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and protect it, who may have access to it, and the rights you have regarding your personal information.

This policy is intended to comply with applicable Kenyan data-protection requirements, including the Data Protection Act, 2019, the Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021, and other applicable laws and regulations.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Gate of Heaven.

A. Church Member Registration

Our member-registration system is not a public registration system. It is intended only for existing members of Gate of Heaven Healing Ministries International and is accessed through a private form or link provided directly by authorized church leadership.

Depending on the information required for church administration, we may collect:

• Full name
• Gender
• Date of birth
• Phone number
• Email address
• Physical address
• Next-of-kin information
• Department or ministry interests
• Profile photograph, where voluntarily provided

This information is used primarily for church administration, member records, ministry organization, communication, and participation in church departments and activities.

B. Contact Form

The public Contact Form may be used by anyone who wishes to contact the church. Depending on what you provide, we may collect: name, email address, phone number where provided, and the contents of your message. You should only provide information that is reasonably necessary for us to respond to your enquiry.

C. Prayer Requests

Our Prayer Request form is available to members, visitors, and other individuals who wish to submit a prayer request. You may choose whether to provide your name where the form allows this. Depending on what you provide, we may collect: name, phone number, email address, and your prayer request.

Prayer requests may contain sensitive or personal information, including information about health, family circumstances, relationships, finances, or other personal matters.

Please do not include sensitive information about yourself or another person unless you are comfortable sharing that information with the authorized church personnel responsible for receiving and handling prayer requests.

D. Information Update or Deletion Requests

If you request access to, correction of, or deletion of information held by the church, we may collect information necessary to verify your identity and process your request.

E. Technical and Security Information

When you use our website, certain technical information may be processed automatically or temporarily for security and operational purposes. For example, our security systems may temporarily process an IP address or similar technical information to help prevent spam, automated abuse, malicious activity, or unauthorized access. Where such information is collected only for security purposes, we do not intentionally use it to create personal profiles about website visitors.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information only for legitimate church, administrative, communication, security, and operational purposes. Depending on the information provided, we may use it to:

• Maintain church membership records
• Organize members within church departments and ministries
• Communicate with members regarding church activities and matters relating to their participation
• Respond to contact enquiries
• Receive and respond to prayer requests
• Process information correction or deletion requests
• Maintain accurate church records
• Provide requested church services or information
• Improve the security and reliability of our website and systems
• Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access
• Meet applicable legal or regulatory obligations

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

3. Lawful Processing of Personal Information

We process personal information in accordance with applicable Kenyan data-protection law. Depending on the circumstances, information may be processed where you have voluntarily provided the information or given consent where consent is required; processing is necessary for legitimate church administration or services you have requested; processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation; processing is necessary to protect the security of our systems; or another lawful basis permitted under applicable Kenyan law applies.

Where consent is the appropriate legal basis, you may withdraw your consent subject to applicable legal limitations and legitimate requirements for retaining certain information.

4. Church Member Information

Member information is collected for existing members of Gate of Heaven Healing Ministries International and is not intended to be publicly accessible.

A member's department involvement, personal contact information, physical address, next-of-kin information, date of birth, and other private information will not be displayed publicly on this website. General descriptions of church departments, ministries, services, and roles may be published on the website without identifying individual members.

5. Prayer Requests and Confidential Information

Gate of Heaven treats prayer requests with care and respect. Prayer requests are accessible only to authorized individuals who need access for the purpose of receiving, handling, or responding to the request. However, because electronic systems and communications cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure, we cannot promise absolute confidentiality.

We therefore encourage you not to submit passwords, financial account information, identification numbers, or other information that is unnecessary for a prayer request.

6. Who Can Access Your Information

Access to personal information is restricted according to the purpose for which the information was collected. Member information is accessible only to authorized church administrators or personnel whose responsibilities require access to that information.

7. Church Photography, Video and Media

Church services, conferences, events, and other activities may occasionally be photographed, recorded, or livestreamed for church communication, documentation, ministry, or promotional purposes. Such content may be used on the church website, YouTube, Facebook and other social-media platforms, church promotional materials, and church announcements and communications.

If you have a particular concern about the use of your image or personal information in church media, you may contact us using the details provided in this policy.

8. Third-Party Service Providers

We may use trusted third-party technology providers to operate and secure our website and church systems, including:

• Supabase — database and application infrastructure
• Vercel — website hosting, deployment, and analytics
• Upstash — security, rate-limiting, and abuse prevention
• Google services — Gmail, Google Forms, YouTube, Google Maps, and Search Console

9. YouTube, Google Maps, Social Media and External Services

Our website may contain embedded content or links to third-party services such as YouTube, Google Maps, WhatsApp, Facebook, or other platforms. Gate of Heaven does not control the privacy practices of third-party platforms. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing them with personal information.

10. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies necessary for website functionality, security, embedded content, or analytics. Third-party services embedded on the website may also use cookies according to their own practices.

11. Children's Information

The website is not designed to independently collect personal information from children through public registration forms. Where information concerning children is required for church activities or Children's Ministry, it should be provided by or with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

12. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information, including HTTPS/encrypted transmission, restricted database access, password-protected administrative accounts, input validation, and spam/abuse prevention. However, no electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Where you request deletion, we will consider and process the request in accordance with applicable law.

14. Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable Kenyan law, you may have rights including the right to be informed how your data is used, request access to it, request correction, request deletion, object to certain processing, and withdraw consent where applicable.

15. Checking, Correcting or Deleting Your Information

Registered church members may use the private Check Your Info facility, made available directly by church leadership, to review information held about them. For security reasons, we may need to verify your identity before providing access to, changing, or deleting personal information.

16. Data Breaches and Security Incidents

If we become aware of a security incident involving personal information, we will take reasonable steps to investigate, contain, and address it, and make appropriate notifications where required under applicable Kenyan law.

17. International Data Transfers

Some technology providers we use may process information outside Kenya. Where this occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure processing is carried out in accordance with applicable Kenyan data-protection requirements.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date will indicate the most recent revision.

19. Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be directed to us via our Contact page, or email gateofheavenchurchke@gmail.com.

Gate of Heaven Healing Ministries International — Kenya