Who we are

This website is operated by Wilson and Natalie Geisler. Our website address is https://thegeislers.org.

This stie shares information about our ministry calling, Wilson’s service with Joshua Project, opportunities to partner with us, and missions-related resources.

For questions about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you, contact us at: contact@thegeislers.org

Information we collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Submit a contact, prayer, partnership, or subscription form
• Sign up to receive ministry updates
• Schedule a conversation
• Make a donation through the embedded donation service
• Communicate with us by email

Depending on the form or service used, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, message, prayer request, communication preferences, donation information, or other information you choose to provide.

We may also automatically receive limited technical information when you visit the site, such as your browser type, device type, approximate location, referring website, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit.

How we use your information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your messages, questions, or prayer requests
• Communicate with you about our ministry
• Send ministry news, prayer updates, and other information you requested
• Arrange and manage scheduled conversations
• Process and acknowledge donations
• Maintain our partner and supporter records
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Improve the site’s content, navigation, performance, and security
• Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, or other malicious activity
• Comply with legal, financial, or administrative obligations

We do not sell your personal information.

Comments

Comments are not currently enabled on this website. We therefore do not collect information through public comment forms.

Should comments be enabled in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated to explain what information is collected and how it is used.

Media

Visitors cannot currently upload images or other media directly to this website.

Images and other media displayed on the site may contain information supplied by their creators. We take reasonable steps not to publish images containing unnecessary embedded location information.

Contact forms and email subscriptions

When you submit a form on this website, we may collect the information entered into the form, together with limited technical information needed to deliver the submission, prevent spam, and maintain site security.

Our website uses WPForms to provide forms. Information submitted through a form may be delivered to us by email and may also be transferred to service providers we use to manage communications and ministry relationships.

When you subscribe to ministry updates, your name, email address, subscription status, and related information may be stored and processed by Mailchimp, our email communications provider. Mailchimp may also record information associated with email delivery and engagement, such as whether a message was delivered, opened, or a link was selected.

Every regular ministry email sent through Mailchimp will include a way to unsubscribe or update your communication preferences. Mailchimp processes subscriber information on behalf of its customers and provides tools for correcting, exporting, and deleting contact information.

Span and security protection

Our forms may use Cloudflare Turnstile or similar security technology to determine whether a submission is being made by a person rather than an automated system.

These tools may process limited technical information about your browser, device, network connection, and interaction with the form for security and fraud-prevention purposes.

Donations

Donations are processed through an embedded giving service provided by Axia International and its payment-processing providers.

When you make a donation, the information you provide is transmitted to and processed by Axia and its service providers. This may include your name, contact information, donation amount, payment information, designation, and other information needed to process and document your gift.

We do not directly receive or store your complete payment-card or bank-account credentials on this website. We may receive donor contact information, gift details, and transaction records from Axia so that we can acknowledge gifts, communicate with supporters, maintain ministry records, and meet financial or administrative obligations.

Axia International transfers donor contact and giving information directly to our Mailchimp account. This may include your name, email address, mailing address, gift details, giving history, and communication status. We use this information to acknowledge gifts, maintain supporter records, and send ministry and prayer updates related to the work you are supporting.

When you provide an email address in connection with a donation, you may be added to our ministry-update mailing list as disclosed during the donation process. Every marketing or ministry-update email includes an opportunity to unsubscribe, and we will honor your communication preferences. Unsubscribing from ministry updates does not prevent us from sending necessary gift receipts, administrative notices, or other messages directly related to your donation.

Your use of the donation service is also subject to the privacy and security practices of Axia and its payment-processing providers.

Scheduling

When you choose to schedule a conversation, you may be directed to Microsoft Bookings.

Microsoft Bookings may collect information such as your name, email address, telephone number, appointment selection, notes, and other information you provide while scheduling. Microsoft Bookings uses this information to arrange the appointment and send confirmations, reminders, changes, or cancellation notices.

Microsoft states that Bookings may store customer contact information, appointment information, and notes within the Microsoft 365 environment used by the organization providing the booking page.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use this website.

Google Analytics may collect information such as:

• Pages viewed
• General session and usage information
• Browser and device information
• Approximate geographic location
• Referring websites or links
• Interactions with pages and site features

Google Analytics uses cookies and related technologies to distinguish users and sessions. Google states that its standard implementation may collect session statistics, approximate location, browser information, device information, and a client identifier stored in a first-party cookie.

We use this information in aggregate to evaluate website performance and improve the usefulness of the site. We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, or other directly identifying form information to Google Analytics.

Google processes Analytics information according to its own policies and provides website owners with controls related to data collection, advertising features, location and device data, and retention.

Cookies

This website and the services used on it may place cookies or similar technologies in your browser.

Cookies may be used to:

• Remember technical preferences
• Maintain website security
• distinguish visitors and sessions
• Measure website traffic and usage
• Support embedded content
• Prevent spam and automated submissions
• Support email, scheduling, and donation features

Google Analytics may set cookies used to distinguish visitors and understand how the site is used.

Embedded services, including videos, donation forms, scheduling tools, and other third-party content, may also set their own cookies or use similar technologies according to their privacy policies.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the operation of some website features.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded or linked content such as videos, donation forms, scheduling tools, maps, images, articles, or other materials provided by third parties.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those third parties may collect technical information, use cookies or related technologies, and record your interaction with the embedded content.

Examples may include:

• YouTube
• Axia International
• Microsoft Bookings
• Google services
• Other missions organizations or resource providers

Your interaction with those services is also governed by their respective privacy policies.

Who we share your information with

We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and administer our ministry communications. Depending on how you interact with the site, these may include:

• Hostinger, for website hosting and technical infrastructure
• WPForms, for website forms
• Mailchimp, for storing subscriber and donor information received through website forms or transferred by Axia, and for sending gift acknowledgments, ministry updates, prayer communications, and related messages.
• Google Analytics, for website traffic and usage analysis
• Cloudflare, for spam prevention, security, and form protection
• Microsoft Bookings, for scheduling
• Axia International and its payment providers, for donations and donor administration
• Email, database, automation, backup, security, or technical-support providers used to maintain the site and our ministry records

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, and operate according to their own terms and privacy policies.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, or legal process
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of ourselves or others
• Investigate fraud, security incidents, abuse, or unlawful activity
• Fulfill financial, accounting, tax, or ministry-administration requirements

We do not sell or rent our contact lists to advertisers or unrelated third parties.

How long we retain your data

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for legitimate ministry, administrative, financial, security, or legal needs.

For example:

• Contact-form submissions may be retained while we respond and maintain appropriate communication records.
• Email-subscription information may be retained while you remain subscribed and for a reasonable period afterward to document your subscription status or unsubscribe request.
• Scheduling information may be retained as part of our appointment and communication records.
• Donation and donor records may be retained as necessary for gift acknowledgment, accounting, reporting, tax, legal, and ministry-administration purposes.
• Analytics information is retained according to the retention settings established in Google Analytics.
• Security logs and technical records may be retained for a limited period to protect the website and investigate problems.

We may retain limited information after a deletion or unsubscribe request when needed to honor the request, maintain a suppression record, comply with law, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, or preserve required financial records.

What rights you have over your data

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have the right to request that we:

• Confirm whether we hold personal information about you
• Provide access to or a copy of your information
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• Delete information that we are not legally or administratively required to retain
• Restrict or object to certain uses of your information
• Withdraw consent for future communications
• Provide information in a portable format

You may unsubscribe from ministry emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those messages.

To make another privacy request, contact us at: contact@thegeislers.org

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Some information may need to be retained for legal, financial, security, recordkeeping, or administrative purposes.

Where your data is sent

Information collected through this website may be processed or stored by service providers located in the United States or other countries.

For example, form, email, analytics, scheduling, donation, hosting, security, and embedded-content providers may process information on systems located outside your state or country. Those locations may have privacy laws that differ from those where you live.

Where required, service providers may use contractual or other legal safeguards for international transfers of personal information.

Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through the website.

Anyone who believes that a child has provided personal information through the site may contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to websites operated by Joshua Project, Axia International, ministry organizations, resource providers, and other third parties.

We are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of websites we do not control. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policy of any third-party website they visit.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, service providers, ministry practices, or legal obligations change.

The current version will be posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date at the top will be revised when material changes are made.

Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact:

Wilson and Natalie Geisler
Email: contact@thegeislers.org
Website: https://thegeislers.org