(Last Updated: February 21, 2023)

Agape Love Institute, Inc. (“Agape Love”) respects your privacy and preferences. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth the terms under which Agape Love collects and uses your personal information.

This Privacy Policy applies when you make donations, request assistance, register for events, purchase products, or otherwise provide information to Agape Love, through avenues such as phone, text, email, social media, applications, postal mail, events and other in-person interactions, in response to solicitations, or via the Agape Love website located at www.agapeloveinstitute.org (the “Website”).

Personal Information Agape Love Collects

The personal information (“Personal Data”) Agape Love collects includes, but is not limited to, your name, address, phone number, email address, and other personally identifiable information. Agape Love collects this data in situations such as the following:

  • If you interact with the Website, cookies may collect certain Personal Data (e.g., location, IP address, etc.) to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website usage, and assist in various marketing efforts.
  • If you use the Website “Contact” form, phone number (voice and/or text), or email addresses to obtain additional information, receive financial assistance, or to be connected to resources, Agape Love may request specific data pertaining to your request, to be used in accordance with that request.
  • If you sign up to receive the Agape Love newsletter, general contact information will be collected to allow communication with you.
  • If you supply payment information (e.g., bank account or credit card information) to Agape Love for donating or processing payments, we will use that information to facilitate such donations or process such payments. Credit card information is never stored in Agape Love systems.
  • If you visit the Agape Love office, you may be required to register as a visitor by providing information such as your name, email address, phone number, date/time of arrival, and purpose of your visit.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you also may be required to provide information regarding your health status, including COVID-19 related symptoms, exposure to COVID-19 positive individuals, and recent travel history.
  • You may engage with Agape Love through third-party social-media sites, plugins and applications, such as Facebook and Instagram. When doing so, you may allow Agape Love to access certain information from your profile (e.g., name, email address, photo, gender, birthday, location, list of friends/contacts, who you follow and or who follows you, your likes, etc.). When you provide information to Agape Love through an application, on the Website, or on social networking platforms, it may be viewable by other users of these sites and, in such instances, Agape Love is not responsible for, and cannot prevent, use of the information by third parties. Some applications, sites, and plugins allow you to control what data and information you share. For more information about how they treat your information, refer to their privacy policies, settings and terms of use.

Information Sharing & Selling

Agape Love will not sell your Personal Data to third parties, including third party advertisers. There are, however, circumstances in which we may disclose, transfer, process, or share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

  • Business Transfers: During the course of business development, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. You acknowledge and agree that any successor to or acquirer of Agape Love (or its assets) will continue to have the right to use your Personal Data and other information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
  • Subsidiaries and Affiliates: We may also share your Personal Data with our subsidiaries and/or affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. Our subsidiaries and affiliates will be bound to maintain that Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
  • Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: We, like many businesses, sometimes engage other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, order fulfillment, fraud prevention, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we engage another company to perform such functions, we may provide them with information, including Personal Data, in connection with their performance of such functions.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law (including, without limitation, responding to a subpoena or request from law enforcement, court, or government agency) or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary.

Links to Other Websites

The Website may contain links to other websites that may collect your Personal Data. Agape Love is not responsible for privacy practices and policies or content of these other websites.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time. Agape Love reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the latest version of this Privacy Policy on the Website. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Website after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.