Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 2025

1. Introduction

Faithnet Africa NPC (hereafter “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you feel safe when visiting our website, completing forms, or interacting with our services. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you interact with our landing page for SPCP.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information when you apply for membership, contact us, or use our website:

  • Contact details: Name, email address, phone number, WhatsApp number, postal address (if provided)

  • Ministry information: Role (e.g., pastor), church or ministry name, years of service, qualification details (for SPCP designation)

  • Usage data: IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referral source

  • Communications: Any messages you send via contact/WhatsApp form, email, or telephone

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To process your application for membership in SPCP, including verifying credentials and designations

  • To communicate with you regarding your application, membership status, training, and services

  • To provide access to continuing professional development (CPD) resources, updates, newsletters, and events

  • To improve our website, detect and prevent fraud or abuse, and ensure security

  • To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights or those of our members

4. Sharing Your Information

We will not sell your personal information to third parties. We may disclose your information to:

  • The Society of Pentecostal-Charismatic Practitioners (SPCP) and their authorised agents for the purpose of membership processing and designation recognition

  • Service providers who assist us with hosting, data management, email communications, analytics—where those providers agree to keep your data secure and only use it for our purposes

  • Legal or regulatory authorities if required by law, or to protect our rights or property

5. Data Storage and Security

We store your personal data securely on servers with industry-standard safeguards. We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is fully secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Retention of Personal Data

We will retain your personal data as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined above, or as required by law. If you withdraw your application or membership, we will retain basic records (such as your name and designation history) for our administrative and legal obligations, but we will delete or anonymize other data when no longer needed.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Request deletion or anonymization of your personal data

  • Object to or restrict our processing of your data

  • Withdraw consent where we relied on your consent to process your personal data

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 9 below. We will respond within the time period required by applicable law.

8. Cookies and Tracking

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage and deliver relevant content. You can disable cookies via your browser settings, but doing so may affect the functionality of the site.
We may use third-party analytics providers, who may collect certain information automatically.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns or wish to exercise your data-protection rights, please contact:
Faithnet Africa NPC
Phone: +27 73 168 6825
Email: faithnetafrica@faithnetafrica.org
Website: www.faithnetafrica.org

10. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Effective date” above and post the updated version on our website. We encourage you to check this page periodically to stay informed.