Donor Privacy Policy

Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry (LPGM) is committed to respecting the privacy of our donors. We have developed this privacy policy to ensure our donors that donor information will not be shared with any third party.

LPGM provides this Donor Privacy Policy to make the donor aware of our privacy policy and to inform the donor of the way his/her information is used. We also provide the donor with the opportunity to remove his/her name from our mailing list, if he/she desires to do so.

Information Collected
These are the types of donor information that we may collect and maintain:

• Contact information: name, organization/church, mailing address, phone number, email address;
• Payment information: bank name, routing number and account number; credit card provider, account number and expiration date;  billing address;
• Information about how the donor came to be a constituent of LPGM;
• Information the donor has shared with us, such as questions or comments or suggestions; and
• A donor’s request to receive information from us, such as newsletters, fund-raising appeals, prayer concerns, updates from our global partners, and additional items of interest.

How Information is Used
LPGM uses a donor’s information to understand the needs of the donor and provide the donor with appropriate constituent service. Specifically,

• we use the information to complete a contribution transaction, communicate with the donor, and update the donor on partner news;
• credit card numbers are used only for donation or payment processing and are not retained for other purposes;
• we use donor comments to provide a specific donor with information requested or to provide better service to all donors;
• we take seriously each recommendation as to how we might improve communication .

Use of donor information will be limited to the internal purposes of LPGM and only to further the ministry activities and purposes of LPGM.

LPGM utilizes the expertise of a third party payment service when receiving on-line contributions through our website. You may read the Privacy & Security Policy of the firm that provides Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) online donation technology by clicking on their link at the donation page that appears when choosing to donate to LPGM on this page (https://www NULL.eservicepayments NULL.com/cgi-bin/Vanco_ver3 NULL.vps?appver3=tYgT1GfNxRUldiimjHMvOSGO-jJvS-mqEOUNl2Oa_c-bVUj5bO4SnBpBvkGj-Y2C_szRjQkBd_TowVIM2qGpyogbtr_a7MTtmS78W2oaxOU=&ver=3).

Donors who utilize other online sites, such as Network for Good or GiveMN.org, that eventually forward a donor’s contribution to LPGM for a fee, should consider the privacy policies of those sites.

If a donor has designated a contribution through an employee matching program, the United Way, Thrivent Choice Dollars or any other payment agent, the donor should consider the privacy policies of those organizations.

LPGM cannot be responsible for information a donor shares with such third party service providers as a way to make a contribution to LPGM.

We Respect your Privacy
LPGM will not share, sell, rent, or lease personal information to other organizations or direct mail services. The identity of all our donors will be kept confidential.

Removing a Donor Name from Our Mailing List
It is our desire to not send unwanted mail to donors. Donors may contact LPGM either by telephone, by email or by post mail with a request to be removed from our mailing list. It is our practice to listen to their request carefully. The database will be modified accordingly to ensure that appropriate contact or no contact at all is recorded for the donor. LPGM will also take steps to ensure that the person’s name is removed from any non-database list or record under LPGM’s control.

This policy does not prohibit contact by LPGM that is requested by a person or a person’s representative, even if the person or his/her representative has previously requested to be placed on the “do not contact list.” Contact by LPGM that is requested by a person whose name appears on “do not contact” list shall be limited to providing a direct response to the person’s request and shall not cause the person’s name to be removed from the “do not contact” list unless they indicate otherwise.

A record of all requests for discontinuance of will be maintained.

Constituents who have not made a donation to LPGM
In the case of a person(s) who has a relationship with LPGM but is not a donor, such as someone who receives the LPGM newsletter, LPGM may not collect all the information listed above; however, we still respect the privacy of that person and all other elements of this policy apply to him/her regardless of whether they are a donor or not.

Contact Us
If there are comments or questions about this donor privacy policy,

• Call us at 612.823.5058
• Email us at office@lutheranpartners.org ( office null@null lutheranpartners NULL.org)
• Mail a note to:
  Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry
  122 West Franklin Avenue, Suite 319
  Minneapolis MN 55404