MEVIC is committed to maintaining your trust. The online privacy policy is designed to protect and safeguard your personal data (any information by which you may be identified) that you may provide online to our ministry.
Awareness
MEVIC makes this online privacy policy available to inform you how your data is collected and used, as well as to warn you about our security practices. We also offer the possibility to remove your name from our database, if you wish.
The information we collect
There are three different ways to receive data from users of our Websites: 1. Through online information requests (email, newsletters, contact forms, etc.); 2. Through requests for materials from our online organization (devotionals, registration for events, campaigns or activities); 3. And through online donations.
The information we may collect online includes name, age, position, full address with postal code, telephone number and email address. In order to continually improve our service and personalize our future communications, we may also ask you for some statistical data, comments, professional interests, and contact preferences.
How information is used
MEVIC uses your data to understand your needs and to provide you with a better online service. We may use your data to personalize our site for you. If you wish, we can also use this data to send you updated information about our ministry’s projects and activities. We also provide the opportunity to remove your name from our database, if you wish. Please review the corresponding section further down in this privacy policy.
In addition, MEVIC will not send you an email that you have not agreed to receive. We may send you e-mail periodically to announce event information. If you choose to provide your postal address in an online form, you may also receive some correspondence from us.
We do not disclose Personal Information
MEVIC never sells, rents, leases or exchanges your personal data with other organizations. MEVIC guarantees that the identity of all those who contact us through this website will be kept confidential. MEVIC may occasionally send information on behalf of other organizations or ministries, when its interests align with those of MEVIC. The use of your personal data will be limited to promoting the activities of the MEVIC ministry and associated ministries.
Safety
MEVIC is committed to ensuring the security of your personal data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain accuracy and ensure the proper use of information, we have established and implemented physical, electronic and administrative procedures to safeguard and protect the information we collect online. When collecting or transferring sensitive data, such as personal data, on the Internet, MEVIC uses encryption software, Secure Socket Layer Protocol (SSL). All data entered is encrypted in your browser, sent over the Internet in encrypted form, and then encrypted on our server. As soon as we receive your data, it is only accessible to a small number of trusted MEVIC employees who have been specially trained to monitor it.
Cookies
From time to time, we may send a “cookie” to your computer. A cookie is a data key that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie cannot read data from your hard drive or read cookie files created by other websites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to recognize your identity when you return to our sites, or to identify areas visited on our network of sites. We may use this information to better personalize the content displayed on our sites.
Many websites install cookies on your hard drive. You can choose to accept cookies by changing your browser settings. Your browser can refuse all cookies, or show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience on our site and other associated sites may be reduced and some features may not work as intended.
Online Children’s Privacy
We are concerned with protecting the privacy of children and young people, and do not collect any personal data beyond what is reasonably necessary to allow them to participate in the activities that we offer on our websites. We encourage you to accompany your child when accessing the Internet and our website in order to ensure that your privacy is well protected.
You can read more about online safety and how to get more involved in your children’s online experience by going to the Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth at Risk website – https://www.cnpdpcj.gov.pt/.
Links to external sites
This website contains links to documents located on websites maintained by other organizations or individuals. When deciding to link to another website, you should be aware that MEVIC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites.
Remove your name from our database
We offer the possibility to remove your name from our mailing list, so that you do not receive further communications from our ministry. If you wish to permanently remove your name, you can send a blank message to the email address remover@mevic.pt. If you find that our information about you is inaccurate or has been changed, you can modify the information by sending an email to geral@mevic.pt.
If you wish to subscribe, remove your subscription or modify your MEVIC subscriptions, email, newsletters, consult our Newsletters.
How to request information
If you have comments or questions about our online privacy policy, feel free to contact us.
