Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 27, 2026

• Miracles by the Bay, Inc., doing business as ACIM Lectures, is a Florida nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

• We provide educational resources through acimlectures.org.

• We respect your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through our website, how it is used, how it may be shared with service providers, and the choices available to you.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you contact us by email or through a contact form, you may provide information such as:

• Your name

• Your email address

• The contents of your message

• Other information you choose to provide

Please do not send sensitive personal, financial, or medical information through our contact form or by email.

Website-Usage Information

Our website is hosted through Google Sites, and we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website and educational resources.

These services may process technical and usage information such as:

• Pages visited and actions taken on the website

• Approximate geographic location

• Browser and device type

• Operating system

• Referring website or source

• Date and time of visits

• Cookie or similar device identifiers

• Google Analytics processes IP information differently depending on the visitor's location. For visitors in the European Union, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Google states that Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses; IP information may be used temporarily to derive approximate geographic information and is then discarded. For visitors outside those regions, Google may use IP addresses for purposes such as basic service functionality, spam detection, and approximate geographic reporting, after which raw IP addresses are discarded.

• We use this information primarily to understand website traffic, improve our educational resources, maintain website security, and evaluate the effectiveness of our outreach.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• Respond to questions and messages

• Operate, maintain, and improve the website

• Understand how visitors use our educational resources

• Measure the effectiveness of our outreach

• Identify and address technical or security issues

• Protect the website from misuse

• Maintain appropriate organizational records

• Meet applicable legal and administrative obligations

• We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

• We do not use personal information collected through our website for targeted advertising.

3. Cookies and Google Services

• Our website and the service providers that support it may use cookies and similar technologies.

• The website is hosted through Google Sites, and we use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and understand how visitors interact with our content. Google may process information collected through these services according to its applicable privacy policies and settings.

To learn more, please review:

• Google's information about how it uses information from sites or apps that use its services

• Google Private Privacy

• Google Analytics Privacy Controls 

• You may limit or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.

• Google Analytics also provides tools that allow users to limit certain forms of analytics collection. Availability and operation of these controls may vary depending on your browser, device, location, and Google's current services.

4. Video and Third-Party Services

• Our website may use third-party services, including video hosting, website hosting, analytics, security, email, donation-processing, and other service providers necessary to operate our website and provide our educational resources.

• These providers may process certain technical or usage information when you access or interact with their services through our website.

• Our website may display video content hosted by Vimeo.

• Vimeo-hosted videos may be embedded directly into our website. When you view or interact with an embedded Vimeo player, Vimeo may process certain technical and usage information and may use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with its privacy practices and the settings of the Vimeo player. Vimeo's documentation states that its embedded player may use cookies for functions including player preferences, analytics, and security. For more information, please review the Vimeo Privacy Policy⁠.

Other Service Providers

We may use additional service providers when necessary to:

• Host and operate the website

• Deliver video or audio content

• Process donations

• Send requested communications or reminders

• Provide website security

• Analyze website usage

• Maintain technical infrastructure

• We seek to use reputable service providers and expect them to process information in accordance with their applicable agreements, privacy policies, and legal obligations.

5. How We Share Information

We may share information:

• With service providers that help us host, operate, secure, analyze, or maintain the website

• With service providers necessary to provide services you request, such as donation processing or communications

• When reasonably necessary to protect our rights, users, organization, or website

• When required by law, court order, or other valid legal process

• These service providers process information according to their applicable agreements and privacy policies.

• We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

• We do not share personal information with third parties for targeted advertising.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to inquiries

• Operate and protect the website

• Provide requested services or communications

• Maintain appropriate organizational records

• Satisfy applicable legal or administrative obligations

• Information processed by third-party service providers may be retained according to their respective settings, agreements, and retention policies.

When personal information is no longer reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, we may delete, anonymize, or otherwise securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal or recordkeeping requirements.

7. Data Security

• We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect the information under our control.

• However, no website, email service, internet transmission, or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

• Please excersise caution when sending information electronically and avoid sending sensitive personal, financial, or medical information through our website or email.

8. Your Privacy Rights and Requests

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information

• Request deletion of personal information

• Request restriction of certain processing

• Object to certain processing where applicable

• Request portability of certain personal information where applicable

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

These rights vary depending on applicable law and may be subject to legal or recordkeeping requirements.

To submit a privacy request, please email:   contact@acimlectures.org

• We may need to verify your identity before completing a request in order to protect your personal information.

• We will respond to valid privacy requests within the period required by applicable law.

9. External Links

• Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organizations, including service providers, educational organizations, and other external resources.

• We do not control and are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of external websites.

• We encourage you to review the privacy policy of each external website you visit.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website is intended for a general audience.

• We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.

• If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information directly to us, please contact us. We will review the request and, where appropriate and legally required, delete the information.

• Because our educational resources are publicly available, parents and guardians are encouraged to supervise children's use of internet services as appropriate.

11. International Visitors

• Miracles by the Bay provides educational resources to visitors around the world.

• Personal information may be processed by Miracles by the Bay or by our service providers in countries other than the country in which you are located. These countries may have data-protection laws that differ from those in your country.

• Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is processed in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements.

• Visitors in jurisdictions providing additional privacy rights may exercise those rights as described in Section 8 of this Policy.

12. No Sale of Personal Information or Targeted Advertising

• Miracles by the Bay is a nonprofit educational organization.

• We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information.

• We do not use personal information collected through our website for targeted advertising.

• We do not operate the website as an advertising-supported commercial service.

• Our use of analytics is intended to help us understand website usage, improve our educational resources, maintain security, and evaluate outreach.

13. Changes to This Policy

• We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, or privacy practices.

• Any revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

• We encourage visitors to review this page periodically for the latest version.

14. Contact Us

• If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your personal information, please contact us at:  contact@acimlectures.org

Miracles by the Bay, Inc. doing business as ACIM Lectures

Website: acimlectures.org

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