POLICIES

Categorial Policy Contents:
1.) Overview
2.) Social Media
3.) Third-Party Sources
4.) Disclaimers
5.) Prophetic Words & Other Content
6.) Donations and Refunds
7.) Intellectual Property Rights
8.) Privacy Policy
9.) Other General Information

1.) Overview: Lorilei Cooley International Ministries dba Lorilei Cooley Ministries is a Non-Profit Corporation with a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status. Lorilei Cooley Ministries operates and functions in a prophetic and apostolic ministry to help teach and equip others in the body of Christ through; the prophetic, counseling, mentoring, teaching, and equipping through group and public settings. These areas are not limited too what has just been mentioned, but also other areas where help can be provided that is ministry related. Our vision and goal is to use these various areas of ministry mentioned above to encourage, edify, build and uplift the body of Christ corporately. If you require personal one-on-one ministry please seek a pastoral ministry or a church as we are not able to offer individual one-on-one ministry.

2.) Social Media: The social media platforms that we use are; Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, MailChimp and Weebly. For more information on their privacy policies are provided through their direct links below.

The social media platform(s) that we use are a constituent part of our ministry, as we are mainly social media and itinerant based ministry. These platforms are used to release content from our ministry via written on post, our website, released through our mailing list, or released in a video (fb live or a video uploaded onto Youtube) through the social media platforms that we use to operate in our ministry.
Any negative comments, any form of harassment, or other derogatory comments that is deemed inappropriate is not okay and will be reviewed and/or take action as necessary as follows; the comment removed and/or that individual will be blocked on that social media platform to avoid and prevent further inappropriate behavior.
The usage of these different social media outlets is only for the usage to release content or other ministry to the public. Any ministry released whether it is through prophetic word(s) and other content is not for self-promotion, advertisement, marketing or to seek out any other personal means or gain.
In the different social media avenues that we use to share content it is posted publicly for everyone to view, share, and engage with. If you comment on the post or thread, then you are voluntarily consenting/agreeing for it to be made visible to all of the public to see and when you do post on the thread, it gives us the permission to use that content that you post and share. This also applies if we do a Facebook live video and that video is also uploaded on YouTube for replay.
When commenting on a post, video, or on our website please use discretion and be mindful that your comments are made available to the public eye to view. If you wish for your comment or post to be removed please email us and let us know to have it remove and taken down.
If you comment or post within the thread of one of ours posts, a live video or the replay of the video or tag us in a post; promoting your ministry, sharing links to your ministries website, where your book or other merchandise related to your ministry can be purchased, or to promote your ministry event it will be automatically removed and/or you may be blocked from any and all our social media accounts. Any post or video released through this ministry is to release what the Lord wants to share and it is not for personal gain. Please use your own social media account to share and promote your ministry. The social media accounts that we have pertaining to the this ministry is not an outlet for other ministries to promote their ministry.
If content is shared on any of our social media accounts from other ministries it is not for personal promotion such as; speaking engagement fliers with other ministries. If there is such, it will be use to make the public aware that Lorilei is speaking at an event and not using the speaking engagement flier for personal gain.

We send out any written content and updates to our subscribers through our mailing list. If you respond to any of the emails sent out from our mailing list it give us the opportunity to respond back to that individual. Please know that when the mailing list goes out, majority of the emails sent out is content containing prophetic words. Please know that we are not able to offer any one-on-one ministry through the emails if you respond asking for such advice, you share your personal life circumstances through responding to a mailing list email, you ask us if the prophetic shared is for you, or you ask for prayer requests. Please review our policy on item #7 on 'Prophetic Words & Other Content.'

For more information on the Social Media platforms that we use and their privacy policies, please review their direct links below.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/#community-guidelines
Instagram: http://help.instagram.com/519522125107875/?maybe_redirect_pol=0
MailChimp: http://intuit.com/privacy/statement/
Weebly: http://www.weebly.com/privacy

Social Media Accounts
This ministry has TWO Facebook pages, ONE YouTube channel, and ONE Instagram account. Any other account outside these accounts mentioned below please contact this ministry immediately to let us know as those account(s) are fake accounts, email us and let us know.
Facebook page 1: https://www.facebook.com/lorileilcooley
Facebook page 2: https://www.facebook.com/lorilei.cooley
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqgV9R15V6vR2FXnky-b4DQ?view_as=subscriber
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorilei.cooley/

3.) Third-Party Sources:
The information that is collected through the third-party sources that this ministry uses such as; Mail Chimp, Pay Pal, Stripe (bank transfer uses Plaid), Donor Box, and Weebly. These third-parties that were mentioned that we use their direct links to their privacy policies are listed below.

Under the 'Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021: 'This bill establishes standards for the collection of personal data, including prohibiting businesses from collecting such data without consent from the individual except as reasonably necessary for certain permissible purposes. Businesses must publish their privacy policies; implement data security programs to safeguard such data; and provide individuals with reasonable access to, and control of, their collected data.'
We take high importance in keeping any private information collected private. This Privacy Policy is set forth to show you your privacy rights with the various third-party sources we use and how we handle your personal data.
It is by law that we have a privacy policy publicly published and it is important that you read this privacy policy page in its entirety, so that you are completely aware of how we are collecting and using your data.
If you voluntarily choose to visit our website at any time, your visit to our website is subjected to this privacy policy and acknowledgement to all that it contains, and that you agree to the terms of our policies.
MailChimp: Our mailing list is connected and integrated through MailChimp. If, you decide to subscribe to our mailing list through our website your email information is stored within their website database and not through our website's database. They are a third-party entity that we use for our mailing list to send out content and updates related to our ministry.
Please know that when you subscribe to our mailing list that you are voluntarily choosing to subscribe to our mailing list and that you can unsubscribe at any time. There is no obligation to stay subscribed to our mailing list.
If you choose to become a monthly partner, their is no sign up option available on our website to subscribe to the partner mailing list. You will be manually added to our partner email mailing list with the email you used to sign up for the monthly partner recurring charge to receive partner updates.
Contact Form (Weebly): The contact form is on https://www.lorileicooley.com/contact.html page of our website. When we receive email messages through the contact form to contact this ministry; to either share a testimony, to know more about this ministry, or for any other reason.
We do not use any of the information that has been provided and collected into; the first and last name, email and other information that entered in on comment sections of the form to be used for any marketing, advertising nor is it shared with any other outside party or third-party affiliations. We do not disclose any of the personal information collected that are received to this ministry through the contact form to any outside sources, other ministries, individual(s), organization(s), or any other affiliation(s) for any purpose or publicly. All information that is collected through the form is kept private and confidential.
Donations through: Paypal, Venmo, Bank transfer, Credit or Debit Card is done through the integrate application system DonorBox and securely processed through Stripe.
We do not see or have access to any of the financial data that those third-party systems collect such as; bank account numbers, credit and debit card. Any of that information collected is securely saved and processed through their system.
The data collected through those third-party entities that we use are; Name, email, address (if available) for accounting and bookkeeping records for all donations received and to send out annual giving statements to all donors whether via email or by postal United States Post Office mail.
If you choose to donate through Zelle please make sure to notate in the notes section that it is a 'donation.'

Further information about these third-parties sources please visit their direct website for more information.
Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1494
2021 Consumer Data Privacy Legislation: https://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/2021-consumer-data-privacy-legislation.aspx#:~:text=Creates%20the%20Consumer%20Privacy%20Act,or%20before%20the%20point%20of
DonorBox: https://donorbox.org/privacy
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Stripe: https://stripe.com/privacy
Venmo: http://www.venmo.com/legal/us-privacy-policy/
Zelle: http://www.zellepay.com/legal/legal-and-privacy
USPS (United States Post Office): https://about.usps.com/who/legal/privacy-policy/faqs.htm#:~:text=The%20USPS%20only%20collects%20personal,information%20that%20identifies%20you%20personally.

4.) Disclaimers:
Free Resources (Dream Symbol Dictionary and Definition of Numbers):

For the Dream Symbol Dictionary and Definition of Numbers free resources are a tools and guides, please be aware that these resources are used as your own discretion and risk.
You first must seek the Lord first for both the interpretation of your dreams(s) and vision(s) and to the meaning to any numbers in what the Lord is conveying and speaking directly to you.
These free provided resources are just a directive guide and tool, that should not be solely relied upon for full interpretation of your dreams and visions.
We are not responsible or will be held liable for full interpretation of any of your dream(s) or vision(s) that was incorrect, caused you to be misguided, a misunderstanding, misdirection, or confusion if the interpretation was fully and completely based on our free resources alone. Your first and most reliable consult should be the Holy Spirt and not these directive resource tools and guides.

Subscribing to our mailing list (Weebly):
Subscribing to our mailing list is as follows: Once, your email address has been confirmed you will then be automatically added to the mailing list beginning the day of subscribing.

You can unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time as there is no obligation or requirement to subscribe to the mailing list or to stay subscribed to our mailing list. Subscribing to our mailing list is per that individual(s) voluntary choice.
We will not share your email address that you used to sign up for the mailing list for to any outside third-parties, entities, businesses or other ministries.
Your email is kept private and confidential within the Weebly database.
This information that is collected is not use for any solicitation or marketing purposes.
We only send emails out to those who have 'opted in' and subscribed to our mailing list.

5.) Prophetic Words and Other Content:

The prophetic words and/or other content that is released is presented corporately to the Body of Christ. It is recognized that people may be if different season in their life to receive that prophetic word and know that not every prophetic word released is for every person.
Your first source of seeking confirmation if the word is indeed for you or not, is going directly to the Lord upon hearing and/or receiving the word.
What is released through this ministry is inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, alongside, referencing scriptures from the Bible within the prophetic words and/or other content.
Any person that is receiving the prophetic word must take this into consideration; use discernment and evaluate the prophetic word thoroughly, wisdom in how to handle the prophetic word if it is for you, pray and seek the Lord for confirmation if the prophetic word is for you or not, or seek counsel from more experienced and or seasoned leaders if the Lord leads you in that direction.
We are not held liable for the result of; if you became misguided, misdirected, confused, and/or upset that the word did not happen for you, please seek the Lord and/or counsel as this is using wisdom when doing so.
Each person and/or individual, or organization reads and/or receives the prophetic words, or watches via video is at their own risk when reading and/or hearing what is shared and released through this ministry.
The prophetic words or other content released is not used to make money, to extort or extract any money from any individual or organization for any word released from this ministry.
Lorilei writes other content such as blogs and/or articles that will normally coincide with the prophetic words she writes. Please know these other written content are also to encourage and uplift. For complete counseling and clarity please seek the Lord for wisdom and direction.
If you contact this ministry inquiring and/or asking for prophetic word, wanting to pay for a prophetic word, asking use to pray and seek the Lord about your situation to see what the Lord is saying to you, please know that we do not engage in such inquires or requests. Please make the time yourself to seek the Lord for your own individual life and circumstances.

6.) Donations and Refunds:
Donations and Gifts

It is not required, nor does any person(s), groups(s), parties, affiliation(s) and/or any organization(s) obligated, nor required to sow, donate or provide any other financial support to this ministry.
Any donation that is received to us is voluntarily and received to us as a gift.
In addition, some and/or partial of the donations received, may be used to support and/or give to other ministries and/or other ministry organizations as gifts.
We will never not contact any person(s), groups(s), parties, affiliation(s) and/or any other organization(s) asking for money, solicit, or request any financial support to this ministry or any other organization.
If, someone has reached out to you asking for money portraying or imposing as to be part of, affiliated or connected to Lorilei Cooley Ministries please contact us immediately.
All contributions received (donations and gifts) are tax deductible. No goods or services will be provided in exchange from any of the voluntary donations/gifts that are received.

Refunds:

We do not offer any refunds for any of the donations, gifts and/or offerings that are received for any reason.
Our ministry is based in the United States of America (USA) and there laws that pertain to legal restrictions about processing and doing refunds for donations that we must abide by.
If there is any transaction that seems fraudulent, suspicious or raises a red flag we will contact both the vendor that processes payments and/or authorities if required.

7.) Intellectual Property Rights:

Occasionally, we will broadcast a video publicly on various social media platforms such as: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram or even sent via email to our mailing list subscribers. If this happens, we have the right to maintain our claim of intellectual property rights to any of those videos.
When the videos occur whether you participate in the live video or watch replay, you are consenting to the video recording of your voluntary participation and/or the use of the video recording and/or replay of you. You meaning. if you comment on the feed of the live video or replay we have the right to video and it's entirety.
No compensation will be given to you for any kind of participation to and for our ministry. Any participation is voluntary and not required from any person(s).
As it is described and specified in this clause of our policies, you voluntarily consent to the refurnishing of any of your comments, posts and/or emails that are from your participation. Whether it is in whole or in part of your contribution that is in the continuity flow of our supply of information and/or resources, and for the refurnishing or reproduction of that to become part of our intellectual property.
For our Logo's, Trademark, trade name and/or service marks they cannot be used without prior permission or consent
Trademark Rights: Per the United States Trademark and Patent Office the registered trademark rights to our name and any of the content that this ministry outputs whether it be a prophetic word, blog, or video releasing the written content audibly without permission or using it to make it your own is a violation of trademark infringement to the trademark rights we own for the name and content released. This can become a legal matter if the copied content is used without our permission and if it is used for personal gain or to make money off of it. For permission of use please email our office for consent.
If we use a Trademark it will be by the permission of the Trademark's owner. We will not grant others or any third party the right to use that Trademark as this is prohibited and violates trademark right's and the law.
If there is a violation of our Trademark rights against others we will enforce and follow the law to it's fullest extent and report it to the appropriate authorities as deemed necessary to resolve the matter, this includes infringement to our Trademark and intellectual property rights.
If you are the owner of the Trademark, Logo, Tradename, and Service Mark and you believe we have infringed upon your intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of the third-party please let us know by emailing us at office email.
When you contact us please provide the following information below;
- Name, address, telephone number, email address, to verify your registered Trademark through the USPTO.
- Specific information that helps identify the material that you are claiming that there was infringement upon.
- Any information that describes how your intellectual property rights were infringed and violated upon.
- And any other pertinent information that you can provide that relates to the infringement claim.
If you feel that we have infringed upon your intellectual property rights. We will do our best to investigate the matter thoroughly and within a timely manner. Once, the error has been acknowledge we will do our best to bring corrective action on our part once we have been made aware of matter.

Our registered trademark can be found at the USPTO website at: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search

8.) Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is set forth to educate you on your privacy rights and how we handle your personal data. By you visiting our website and/or signing up for our mailing list you are consenting to the following: the collection, use and distribution of your personal data that is according to the terms of this privacy policy.
It is important that you take the time to read our policies page so that you are not only aware of how and why we use your personal data, but also understand your privacy rights.
If you choose to visit our website at any time your visit is subject to this privacy policy and that you agree to the terms of these policies stated.
We consider privacy to information very important and taken seriously. We will not use any of your personal collected to solicit, market, or promote our non-profit ministry.
Through the website provider that we use (Weebly) certain data is collected for metrics and analysis from their provided software within their website. Information that is automatically gathered such as: page views, unique visits, site traffic, and site activity.
Through the website provider that we use (Weebly) there is certain data that is collected through the contact form that use on our website. The information that is gathered such as: first name, last name, email address, date, time, browser type, navigation history and IP address of any visitors to our website is through the use of web logs or files. All information collected is kept secured and confidential through Weebly.
The information that is collected is not used for any solicitation or marketing purposes, nor is it shared with other companies for that reason. Except as it is stated in this policy, that for the company that we use (Weebly) to provide the contact form and mailing list services to you, in which, you agreed to by completing the contact form on our website and/or opting in to be subscribed our mailing list.
Any personal data collected will never be used to send email(s) for any solicitation(s) or ask for money.
By using and/or visiting our website, you agree that we may use your personal data and other information that is collected for the following purposes:
- For the review and management of all financial transactions such as donations, and/or purchases that completed through our third-party servicers (Pay Pal, Stripe, Donor Box, Venmo, or Zelle) that we use for the processing of all financial transactions.
- Occasional emails may be sent out to reach out for support such as, volunteering or prayer.
- To inquire and/or respond with questions in administration of your account.
- Email(s) to receive updates, prophetic words and/or other content for our ministry.
If the any situation should happen that would involve the law, we will be in accordance with any law, this will include; a response to a court order, subpoena or any other legal obligation that would be in response to a law enforcement agency’s request. Under those circumstance, that the courts of law may have the authority to permit your information to be shared and/or transferred to third-parties without your consent.
If any necessary, to seek any legal action against someone(s), business and/or organization (s) who may be causing injury, damage, or interference with our rights, and/or property, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

Cookies & Cache

Cookies are files that created by the different websites that you visit through a browser. The cache remembers parts of pages, like images and pictures, which helps them open faster the next time you visit the website.
When you use a browser, some information is saved from the website in its cache and cookies.
Some cookies stored is used to making logging into a website easier, like remembering usernames, passwords, addresses, credit card information etc.
If you visit our website, a cookie will store your data and help recall the information in future website visits. This makes it easier the next time you visit the website, it prepopulates the stored data from a previous website visit.
If you use one of the most common browsers used today such as; Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Internet Explorer, these browsers will allow you to update your settings to block cookies altogether, notify you every time a cookie is sent, and/or allow usage only to the websites that you choose.
You can also delete the cookies stored on your browser, computer, laptop, and/or tablet etc. For further information of how to do this, you can visit https://us.norton.com/blog/how-to/how-to-clear-cookies
When you visit our website and use the third-party donor application Donor Box to give, the personal information is collected through their integrated system, and we rely upon the encryption implemented by those websites to secure and protect the data collected.
If any personal information collected is accidentally disclosed, unauthorized permission, or stolen we will report it to the third-parties we use and/or authorities as necessary.
If any personal information collected that is no longer needed, we will destroy and if it is archived for records retention purposes, then we will take steps to ensure the security of all archived personal information.

9.) Other General Information:
Our policies are outlined on this page for the purposes and use of Lorilei Cooley Ministries day-to-day operations. Any questions and/or other general information about our ministry, you can email us directly at office@lorileicooley.com. We occasionally update our policies and suggest that you periodically review our polices page as you visit our website, so that you can be made aware and informed of how we are protecting your consumer privacy and information.

Last Updated 10/28/2023

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