Our commitment to your data.

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Applicability of the NDPA within the RCCG

This Data Protection Policy ("Policy") governs how RCCG Eternal Springs Parish — a parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God — collects, processes, stores, and discloses personal data through our website, social media platforms, and physical and online ministry forms.

It is issued in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023, the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, and the RCCG Data Protection Policy as published on rccg.org.ng.

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What information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identification details — full name, gender, date of birth, marital status.
• Contact details — email address, phone number, residential or postal address, country.
• Spiritual and ministry information — membership status, baptism record, cell or unit affiliation, prayer requests, testimonies you choose to share.
• Family information — names and ages of children registered for Sunday School or youth ministry, next-of-kin and emergency contacts.
• Giving and partnership records — offerings, tithes, pledges, and any related transaction references (we do not store full card or bank credentials; payments are handled by accredited gateways).
• Technical data — basic web log data such as IP address, browser type, device, and pages visited (see "Cookies & analytics" below).

We collect data through our online forms (e.g. the New Guests Form (NGF), New Believers' Class Form (NBF), Baptismal Class Form (BCF), and Marriage Counselling Form (MCF)), through paper forms used in the parish, and through direct conversation with our pastoral and care teams.

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Policy on use of personal data

By submitting any form on this website or in our parish, you acknowledge the following:

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How we use your information

We process your personal data only for purposes that are clear, lawful, and consistent with our role as a church. These include:

• Welcoming first-time visitors and following up after a service.
• Pastoral care, counselling, prayer support, and home or hospital visitation.
• Membership administration, water baptism, marriage counselling, and child dedication records.
• Communicating service times, sermons, events, and devotional content you have opted into.
• Coordinating cell groups, ministries, workers' meetings, and volunteer scheduling.
• Issuing receipts and acknowledgements for offerings, tithes, and pledges.
• Meeting our legal, regulatory, and statutory reporting obligations.

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Sharing and disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We share data only in the following limited circumstances:

• Within the RCCG — with the National Headquarters, Province, Region, Zone, Area, or another parish, where this is necessary for ecclesiastical purposes (e.g. transferring your membership when you relocate).
• With service providers — trusted vendors who help us run the parish (e.g. hosting, email delivery, payment gateways), bound by confidentiality and data-protection obligations.
• With your consent — for any purpose you have separately agreed to.
• Where required by law — to comply with a court order, regulator, or other lawful request.

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Storage, retention, and security

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or for any longer period required by law. Membership and pastoral records are retained for the duration of your association with the parish and a reasonable period thereafter for archival and historical purposes.

We apply appropriate technical and organisational safeguards — including access controls, encrypted transmission, and trained personnel — to protect your data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

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Your rights as a data subject

Subject to the NDPA and the RCCG Data Protection Policy, you have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of any data that is inaccurate or out of date.
• Request deletion of your data, where we are not legally or ecclesiastically required to retain it.
• Object to or restrict certain types of processing.
• Withdraw any consent you have previously given, at any time.
• Lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

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Cookies and website analytics

This website uses a minimal set of essential cookies and may use privacy-respecting analytics to understand which pages are most useful to visitors. We do not use cookies for advertising or cross-site tracking. You can disable cookies in your browser settings without affecting your ability to read this site.

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Changes to this policy

We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, the wider RCCG Data Protection Policy, or how we use your data. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision. Where changes are significant, we will notify members through our usual communication channels.

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Contact us

If you have any questions about this Policy, or you would like to exercise any of your rights as a data subject, please contact our Data Protection Liaison at the parish: