Privacy Policy

A. Introduction

1. The privacy of interviewees on the Miracle Ribbon website (NGO) “Miracleribbon” is very important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. This policy explains how we will use your personal information to promote the miracles of the Virgin Mary and other Saints to people.

2. By consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy during your first visit to the website, you permit us to use cookies each time you visit our site.

B. Collection of Personal Information

The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used:

• Your statements or parts thereof related to the miracle(s) you experienced, aimed at demonstrating to the world the grace and miraculous nature of God and the Virgin Mary.
• Any portion of the Interview or ideas contained therein for creating written, electronic, or other works, as well as for social media posts and videos, which may subsequently be published.
• Information about your computer, including your IP address, geographic location, browser type and version, and operating system.
• Information you provide when registering your interview on the “Miracleribbon” website.
• Any publication or part thereof and all material disclosed during the interview, for which you grant permission to name you as the source, use your name, image (and any additional elements), voice, and any relevant biographical information, for material published and in any exhibition, distribution, promotion, or advertising of the material.
• Information entered or derived during your Interview, such as your name, profile photos, gender, birth date, personal status, interests, educational background, and employment information.
• Any other personal information you submit to us.

Before disclosing any personal information of a third party, you must obtain their consent regarding the disclosure and processing of their personal information, in accordance with this policy.

C. Use of Your Personal Information

The personal information submitted to us, such as the interview content, is used for the purposes specified in this policy on the relevant pages of the Monastery’s website. We may use the personal information for the following purposes:

• Managing our website
• Maintaining the security of the website and preventing fraud
• Enabling the use of services available on our website
• For any purpose, including advertising, trade, or any commercial purpose globally, using all available means
• Sending non-promotional communications
• Sending notifications via email related to your requests
• Sending our newsletter by email if requested (you may inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter)
• Managing inquiries and complaints submitted by or about you related to our website
• Confirming compliance with the terms and conditions of use of our website (including monitoring personal messages sent through our private online messaging service)

Any personal information provided for publication on our website will be published or otherwise used in accordance with your license.

Your privacy settings can be used to restrict the publication of your information on our website and can be configured using the privacy controls on the website.

D. Sharing Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, or professional advisers or representatives for the purposes set out in this policy.

We may disclose your personal information:

• As required by law
• In connection with any current or future legal proceedings
• To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to third parties to prevent fraud and reduce credit risk)
• To any party we reasonably believe may apply to a judicial or competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where we reasonably believe that such authority would order disclosure of those personal details.

Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

E. International Data Transfers

The information we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred among any of the countries in which the Monastery has access to facilitate its use in accordance with this policy.

Collected information may be transferred to the following countries that do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in the European Economic Area: the USA, Russia, Japan, China, and India.

Personal information published on our website or submitted for publication may be available worldwide. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

You expressly agree to the international transfer of personal data described in Section E.

F. Retention of Personal Data

Section G defines our data retention policy and procedures designed to ensure we comply with legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal data.

Personal data processed for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than necessary for that purpose.

Despite other provisions in Section G, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

• To the extent required by law
• If we believe documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings
• To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including fraud prevention and credit risk reduction)

G. Security of Your Personal Information

We will take necessary precautions, both technical and organizational, to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal data.

All personal data provided will be stored on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.

You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted over the internet.

H. Amendments

We may update this policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you understand any changes to this policy.

I. Your Rights

By providing the statement for the publication of the interview given for these purposes, you explicitly waive any right to enforce or restrict the use of the Interview, including, but not limited to, its display, distribution, promotion, advertising, social media postings, and other materials or derivative works stemming from it.

You acknowledge that you hold no ownership rights in the interview or any use thereof or any derivative works. We may retain personal information you request within the allowable period under the law.

J. Third-Party Websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and information from, third-party websites. We have no control over and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

K. Updating Information

Please let us know if the information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

For further assistance or questions, please reach out at: info@miracleribbon.org