Privacy Statement | Anointed Works

Data Security

Edition: 5.0

Effective Date: November 2, 2018

Last Updated: 11/10/2025

Anointed Works L.L.C. (AW) (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.anointedworks.org website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”) and the Anointed Works® social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, Patreon, Reddit, Rumble, TikTok, TruthSocial, YouTube, X

Purpose: The FTC has served as the primary federal authority on privacy policy and enforcement since the 1970s, when it began implementing one of the earliest federal privacy regulations—the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Although advancements in technology have introduced new privacy challenges, the FTC's fundamental approach has remained steady: the agency combines law enforcement, policy initiatives, and educational efforts for consumers and businesses to safeguard personal information. This ensures that individuals feel confident in utilizing the numerous advantages offered by the evolving marketplace. You can read more about these regulations from the FTC here.

This Privacy Policy informs you of our Terms and Conditions regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service on the website and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve our Service and offered services. By using the Service, you agree to the required collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from our website. Our Privacy Policy also applies to all entities we own or are affiliated to Anointed Works®.

Definitions

Service
Service is the https://www.anointedworks.org website operated by Anointed Works L.L.C.

Personal Data
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data
Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors & Service Providers
Data Processor or Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)
Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection & Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types Of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email Address
First Name & Last Name
Phone Number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal Code, City
Cookies & Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect, and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Cookie Disclaimer: We use basic cookies on our website, but our cookies do not track you, build a digital footprint about you, track your browsing history or create personalized ads to show you. They store your log in info and help the pages load faster. By creating an account on our website you consent and agree to our use of those basic cookies. Even if you do not agree or give consent, our domain host, Wix, will do it anyway without our permission or consent. As you can see, neither you or we can turn off “basic” required cookies, but we are required by law to post a cookie and state our intentions so you have transparency about the data being collected. Our Cookie disclaimer appears on the desktop and mobile version and you can either accept or reject additional cookie settings that Wix offers to you.

Use of Data

Anointed Works® uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service.
To notify you about changes to our Service.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer support.
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
To monitor the usage of our Service.
To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

Message Data

If a member, visitor, affiliate, vendor or business partner message us on our website using the Live Chat feature, use the contact form or send us emails that are harmful to our image or reputation or our employees is not allowed. We retain certain these types of messages and the data will be kept in our secure, encrypted database strictly for protection purposes. No one outside of the Board sees these messages or has access to this data. It will never be sold or shared with others outside of the Corporation. Any messages sent to us with the intent to defame, harm, troll or threaten our lives is automatically collected and will be used in a court of law should we decide to press charges.

Legal Basis Processing Personal Data Under The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Anointed Works® legal basis for collecting, and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Anointed Works may process your Personal Data because:

We need to perform a contract with you.
You have given us permission to do so.
The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.
For payment processing purposes.
To comply with the law.

Retention Of Data

Anointed Works® will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies. Anointed Works® will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to, and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Anointed Works® will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data

Business Transaction

If Anointed Works® is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Disclosure For Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Anointed Works® may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Anointed Works® may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect and defend the rights or property of Anointed Works®.
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
To protect against legal liability.

Security Of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our Policy “Do Not Track” Signals Under The California Online Protection Act (CALOPPA)

Our domain host (Wix) does not track you nor does our website. However, the feature in general is something we do not support. Do Not Track (DNT) is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Your Data Protection Rights Under The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Anointed Works® aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Anointed Works relied on your consent to process your personal information.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors). We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

Apple Store In-App Payments

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww

Google Play In-App Payments

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

PayPal / Braintree

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Public Platform Data

If you choose to register to use our Service and make a account, you will be given a profile. Profiles are private or public whichever type of profile you choose, both profiles will use your social network account details (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.) that you provide to us or give your social network permission to provide us. This also includes sensitive information, such your phone number, email address, username, date of birth, city, zip code, country of origin and more. All of these details are optional. You can fill out these details and keep it private or make these details public.

Profile Policy: We do not permit or advise our members to display the city, location, zip codes, DOB or phone numbers on their public profiles. It is considered a doxing violation and will put you (member) at risk. We realize Wix permits our users to have the "option" to be private or public and list any details, whether it be personal or professional. We ask that our members (even professionals) who wish to proceed with public profile, to list information that will not connect directly to your personal residence unless he/she is comfortable with their sensitive information, like a personal residence, being made public. Members must understand that if you disregard our policy on this and you make your profile public, your profile is available to anyone on the internet, cyber criminals, scammers, military, governments, literally anyone who has access to the internet and visits our website and your profile will be able to see your information We want our members to be safe and be wise when deciding what information to post publicly. No one here has anyway to stop you if you choose to have a public profile and we cannot legally bar you from making your profile private or public. Anointed Works®, our partners, our collaborators, vendors, etc. are not liable for your information being leaked or doxed by another party nor are we liable for any damages, losses, etc. you may experience if you choose to list sensitive information on your public profile.

We will likewise share certain information with the relevant social network such as your app ID, access token and the referring URL. If you choose to allow a third-party service to access your account, we will share certain information about you with the third party, such as allowing sellers to view and manage your orders through our shopping features, and enabling third-party platforms and partners to better authenticate users. Depending on the permissions you grant, the third party may be able to obtain your account information and other information you choose to provide.

Sharing Data

We do not share information with advertisers, advertising partners, publishers or and third-party measurement companies to show how many and which members who use our Service have viewed or clicked on an advertisement. To our knowledge, our plan with Wix does not permit us to market or advertise. Good! We do not like advertising or sharing information with others to find more ways to annoy our members. With this, providing us feedback is not shared with anyone, only the AW Support agents or Help Desk agents will see your responses, but neither party sells your responses or uses your feedback a a means to track, target or harasses you.

We do not share your data with independent researches that exist to facility research that meets certain criteria. We will never invest into this feature, as we have no use for it and find it to be pointless for you and for us.

Privacy Data Frameworks

Wix (domain provider) adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The company is dedicated to collaborating with data protection authorities and utilizes alternative dispute resolution methods to address unresolved complaints. Additionally, Wix offers tools and resources to assist users and their website visitors in understanding and complying with global privacy regulations, including the GDPR and CCPA.

Wix's Commitment To Data Protection Frameworks

Self-Certification: Wix has officially certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

Cooperation With Authorities: Wix pledges to work alongside EU Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) regarding unresolved complaints.

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Wix is committed to engaging a third-party dispute resolution provider in the U.S. for any complaints that remain unresolved.

Compliance Tools: Wix provides various tools and information to support users in aligning with privacy regulations, such as the GDPR and CCPA. This includes features like cookie banners, consent settings, and data access controls.

User Responsibilities

User Compliance: While Wix supplies the necessary tools, it is ultimately the user's responsibility to configure their website and policies to ensure full compliance with relevant privacy regulations.

Visitor Consent: Users must implement and customize tools to guarantee they obtain consent from visitors before collecting and processing personal data.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the ages of (15) and (18) (“children”). We do not collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers. Read our Child Safety Policy to learn more.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Policies page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted to the website.