Privacy Policy

Welcome to SayTheRosary.org (the "Website"), a charitable project and religious mission of Charitable Work Corporation, a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Throughout this Privacy Policy, "we," "us," and "our" refer to Charitable Work Corporation and its SayTheRosary.org project.

We are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of everyone who visits our Website, participates in our prayer activities, submits prayer intentions, or supports our charitable mission.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect personal information when you interact with SayTheRosary.org.

By using our Website, you acknowledge the information practices described in this Privacy Policy.

SayTheRosary.org is one of the charitable and religious missions of Charitable Work Corporation.

Our mission is to encourage daily prayer of the Holy Rosary, strengthen Catholic faith, and provide free spiritual resources to individuals, families, and communities.

Our guiding message is:

"The Best 15–20 Minutes of Your Day!"

We recognize that religious beliefs, prayer intentions, and personal circumstances can be deeply private.

We are committed to handling personal information responsibly, limiting its collection to legitimate purposes, and respecting the trust placed in our ministry.

Depending on how you interact with our Website, we may collect the following categories of information.

3.1 Information You Voluntarily Provide

You may choose to provide personal information when you:

• Submit a prayer intention or prayer request.
• Contact us with questions, comments, or feedback.
• Subscribe to newsletters or ministry updates.
• Make a voluntary charitable donation.
• Participate in ministry activities or other available Website features.

This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, prayer intentions, donation details, or other information you voluntarily provide.

We encourage visitors to share only the information reasonably necessary for the intended purpose.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you access our Website, our hosting provider and other technology services may automatically collect certain technical information.

This information may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address.
• Browser type and version.
• Device type and operating system.
• Pages visited and time spent on the Website.
• Date and time of access.
• Referring websites or links.
• General geographic location derived from technical information.

We may use this information to maintain Website functionality, improve the visitor experience, understand Website usage, and protect against security threats.

3.3 Donation Information

When you make a charitable contribution, we or our designated payment processing providers may collect information necessary to process and document your donation.

This may include your name, contact information, donation amount, transaction date, payment confirmation, and information required for financial reporting or charitable contribution acknowledgments.

Payment card and other financial information may be collected and processed directly by third-party payment providers.

The collection, processing, and storage of payment information by those providers are subject to their applicable privacy and security practices.

We use personal information only for legitimate purposes related to the operation of our Website, our charitable activities, and our religious mission.

These purposes may include:

• Providing access to our prayer resources and ministry activities.
• Receiving and responding to prayer requests.
• Processing and acknowledging charitable donations.
• Responding to inquiries and providing assistance.
• Sending newsletters and ministry communications when requested or otherwise permitted.
• Improving Website content, functionality, and accessibility.
• Understanding general Website usage and visitor engagement.
• Maintaining Website security and preventing misuse.
• Meeting applicable legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations.

We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with those described in this Privacy Policy without providing any notice or obtaining any consent required by applicable law.

We understand that prayer requests may contain sensitive personal information relating to health, family relationships, financial circumstances, religious beliefs, or other private matters.

We ask visitors to exercise discretion when submitting prayer intentions and to avoid including unnecessary personal details about themselves or other individuals.

Prayer intentions submitted privately will be used for the prayer-related purpose described at the point of submission.

We will not intentionally publish personally identifiable prayer intentions without appropriate authorization.

Where visitors expressly request that an intention be shared publicly or included in a recorded prayer, we may use the information in accordance with that request and the permission provided.

Visitors should understand that information intentionally made public through recordings, broadcasts, or other published materials may be accessible to others.

If you wish to request the removal of a previously submitted prayer intention, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Policy.

All charitable contributions made through SayTheRosary.org are received by or on behalf of Charitable Work Corporation, the nonprofit organization responsible for the project.

We respect the privacy of our donors and are committed to handling donor information responsibly.

Donor information may be used to:

• Process charitable contributions.
• Maintain accurate donation records.
• Issue donation confirmations and tax acknowledgments.
• Respond to donor questions.
• Provide information about our charitable activities when permitted.
• Comply with applicable financial, tax, and reporting requirements.

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

We may share information with authorized service providers when necessary to process donations, maintain records, fulfill administrative responsibilities, or comply with legal obligations.

Donors may request that their names not be publicly acknowledged in connection with their contributions, subject to applicable legal disclosure requirements.

Visitors may have the opportunity to subscribe to newsletters, prayer reminders, ministry announcements, and other communications from SayTheRosary.org.

If you subscribe, we may use your email address to deliver the communications you requested.

You may unsubscribe from optional communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the message or by contacting us directly.

We may continue to send essential administrative communications relating to donations, requests you have submitted, or other transactions where appropriate.

We do not sell or rent our email subscriber lists.

Our Website and its third-party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to support Website functionality, security, performance, and visitor analytics.

Cookies are small data files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.

Depending on the technologies enabled on our Website, cookies may be used to:

• Maintain Website functionality.
• Remember visitor preferences.
• Understand general Website traffic.
• Measure content engagement.
• Support embedded audio and video services.
• Identify technical problems or security threats.

You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some Website features or embedded services.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate information and choices concerning nonessential cookies.

SayTheRosary.org may provide prayer recordings, videos, podcasts, and other religious content through our Website and third-party media platforms.

These services may include external video hosting, podcast distribution, audio streaming, and related content delivery providers.

When you access embedded or externally hosted content, the applicable third-party provider may collect technical information, use cookies, or process information in accordance with its own privacy policy.

Charitable Work Corporation does not control the independent privacy practices of these providers.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of the third-party services they choose to use.

We do not sell or rent personal information.

We may disclose personal information in the following limited circumstances:

Authorized service providers: We may share information with providers that support Website hosting, payment processing, email delivery, data storage, analytics, security, or other operational functions.

Legal obligations: We may disclose information when required by applicable law, a valid legal process, or a lawful government request.

Safety and security: We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of Charitable Work Corporation, our visitors, or others, consistent with applicable law.

Organizational administration: Information may be shared with authorized personnel or representatives of Charitable Work Corporation when reasonably necessary to carry out our charitable mission and administrative responsibilities.

With your permission: We may share information for other purposes when you have provided appropriate authorization.

We expect service providers handling personal information on our behalf to use it only for authorized purposes and to maintain appropriate safeguards.

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.

These measures may include access controls, secure communications, appropriate service-provider safeguards, and limitations on access to personal information.

Access to personal information is restricted to individuals and service providers who have a legitimate need to use it.

Although we make reasonable efforts to protect the information entrusted to us, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.

We cannot guarantee absolute security.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, meet our operational needs, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and its purpose.

For example, donation and financial records may be retained as necessary to meet tax, accounting, and nonprofit recordkeeping requirements.

Prayer requests, contact information, and newsletter subscription records may be retained for the period necessary to fulfill their intended purposes.

When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.

We respect your ability to make informed decisions about your personal information.

Subject to applicable law and reasonable identity verification, you may contact us to request that we:

• Provide information about personal data we maintain about you.
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Delete personal information that is no longer necessary or legally required.
• Remove you from optional email communications.
• Withdraw permission for certain uses of your information.
• Address concerns about how your information has been handled.

We will review and respond to requests in accordance with applicable law and our legitimate operational obligations.

Certain information, such as records required for financial reporting, tax compliance, or other legal purposes, may need to be retained.

To exercise your privacy choices, please contact us using the information provided in Section 19.

SayTheRosary.org welcomes families and encourages children to participate in the Holy Rosary under appropriate parental or guardian supervision.

Our publicly available prayer resources do not require children to submit personal information.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental or guardian authorization.

Parents and guardians are encouraged to supervise children's online activities and to submit prayer intentions or other information on their behalf when appropriate.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where the collection was not authorized or legally permitted, we will take appropriate steps to delete the information or otherwise address the situation in accordance with applicable law.

Parents or guardians who believe that their child has submitted personal information may contact us to request assistance.

Our Website may contain links to external websites, Catholic resources, social media platforms, donation services, or other third-party content.

These external websites operate independently and may have their own privacy policies and information practices.

Charitable Work Corporation is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites and services that we do not control.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing personal information.

SayTheRosary.org is accessible to visitors throughout the world.

Charitable Work Corporation operates in the United States, and information collected through our Website may be processed or stored in the United States or in other countries where our authorized service providers operate.

Privacy and data protection laws may differ between jurisdictions.

Where applicable law provides additional rights or imposes specific requirements concerning international data transfers or the processing of personal information, we will address those requirements as applicable to our activities.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our Website, ministry activities, technology, information practices, or applicable legal requirements.

When changes are made, we will update the effective date at the beginning of this Policy.

Material changes will be communicated through appropriate means when required by applicable law.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Terms of Use published on SayTheRosary.org.

The Terms of Use establish the conditions governing access to and use of the Website, while this Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, shared, and protected.

Both documents apply to the SayTheRosary.org project operated by Charitable Work Corporation.

For the full terms, please review the Terms of Use available on our Website.

If you have questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us through our official websites.

Charitable Work Corporation

A nonprofit organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Charitable Organization: www.CharitableWork.org

Religious Mission: www.SayTheRosary.org

Please identify your inquiry as a privacy-related request so that it can be directed appropriately.