Privacy Policy 

 

Introduction

 

Exhortation Files, LLC is an Inspirational Biblical Faith Based organization and our user's privacy is of extreme importance to us here at Exhortation Files( Exf.)  (referred to in this policy as Exf. (an abbreviation for Exhortation Files). We are fully committed to protect their personal information and use it properly.

 

To that end, this Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") describes how Exhortation Files together with its affiliates (Companies, Affiliates and Ministries... also referred to below and on this website as "the "Website", "Exf., "Our", we, Exhortation Files and it's staff members or "Us" refers to Exhortation Files), collect, use and share your Personal Information ("PI") as well as an explanation of the data rights you may have in that Personal Information. This Privacy Policy applies to all Exhortation Files users, including unregistered visitors, registered users, and premium users (collectively, "Users", "you", or "your"),  (exhortationfiles.com and any of its subdomains, the "Website", web applications, (" Apps"), mobile applications ("Mobile Apps), and related services (collectively, the Services). This Privacy Policy is not intended to override the terms of any terms of any commitment or contract that you may have with us, nor any rights you may have under other applicable data privacy laws. Prior to accessing or using our Services, please read this policy and make sure that you fully understand our practices in relation to your personal information. If you read and fully understand this Privacy Policy, the premises of this website, any and all social media spaces we occupy and are not in agreement with or remain opposed to our Biblical Beliefs and Faith based teachings and or Faith based practices or principles  presences or based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you are free to leave, can immediately leave and/or must immediately leave and can discontinue use of all and any of our websites, social media spaces and any of our services,  or services, we provide. Exhortation Files and its staff members, do not intend to offer spiritual advice, educate, coach or direct or provide any legal advice, legal therapies, therapy, etc to anyone regardless of the age of the individual(s).  Exhortation Files and its staff members are not responsible for anyone's responses nor actions who uses the scriptural content/context offered on this website, social media content/nor any internet merchant space (s) and social media space(s) or events we occupy or contribute to/share content/intellectual material with/to or attend at any organization. Exhortation Files and its staff members are free to share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the United States First Amendment (Freedom of Speech)/Fourteenth Amendment (Fundamental Freedom of Religion). 

 

The Holy Bible is public domain. Public domain is/are free to use, and can be recorded (video) (written) readings, text and (audio/visual/craftings (t-shirts, inspirational books, etc.) references to scripture can be shared without any hassles.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding our policy, you can contact us at exhortationfiles.com. 

 

2025 Exhortation Files all content on this website, including text, graphics, audio and video is the original work protected by the Copyright Act. Unauthorized use or duplication for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.

 

 FAIR USE Act Disclaimer Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 allowance is made for "fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research,non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. 

 

The Holy Bible is public domain. Public domain is/are free to use, and can be recorded (video (written) readings, text and (audio/visual/craftings (t-shirts, inspirational books, etc.) references to scripture can be shared without any hassles.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding our policy, you can contact us at exhortationfiles.com. 

 

2025 Exhortation Files all content on this website, including text, products, graphics, audio and video is the original work protected by the Copyright Act. Unauthorized use or duplication for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.

 

This Policy describes our privacy practices- what personal information we collect about our users, what we do with it, how we share it and your rights regarding that personal information. By accessing or using any of our services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.

 

Respect of Privacy

Exhortation Files (I, We, Our, Ours, Us ) and staff members (leadership team, employees)  respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The following Privacy Policy (the or this “Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website, Exhortationfiles.com (our “Website”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information, as well as how you can control our use of it.

This Policy applies to information we collect including but not limited to:

• On this Website;

• Through your communication with us. our leadership team, ministers or our staff members;

• Through your communication or posts on the Member or Website Forums;

• Through blog comments; prayer requests

• In email, text and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

This policy does not apply to information collected by:

• Ministers offline, staff members offline,the leadership team, including at Exhortation Files (Exf., Exhortation Files Charitable, Exhortation Files) events; and

• Any third party, including subsidiaries, affiliates and Ministers and/or Exhortation Files or its Affiliates Program(s), through any application, content, or advertising that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand the policies and practices regarding your information and how it will be treated. By using this Website, you consent to our collection and use of certain information in the manner described in the Policy, and you agree to be bound by this Policy. By signing up for our mailing list, sending prayer requests, becoming a member, or subscribing to our newsletters or services, you also consent to receive periodic communications from us. Please refer to this Policy for changes, as developments on the internet frequently evolve, and we would like to keep you up-to-date. Your continued use of this Website after any changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

Who may/may not use this site

Children under the age of 18:

This Website is not intended nor designed to attract children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under age 18. No one under age 18 may make purchases, use any of the interactive comment features of this Website, or provide any personal information, including but not limited to name, email address, physical address, or birth date. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us by one of the methods listed in the “Contact Us” section below and/or use the listed information on our  separate "Contact Us" page/tab on this website. Exhortation Files and it's staff members, do not intend to offer spiritual advice, educate, coach or direct or provide any legal advice, therapy, or any type of counseling to anyone age 18 and under, nor is Exhortation Files and its staff members responsible for anyone who is under/over the age of 18 that uses the scriptural content offered on this website, social media content/nor any internet merchant space (s) and social media space(s) or platforms we occupy. The information we share on this website is for educational and faith based inspirational use only.

Information we collect and how we use it

Information we collect: 

We may collect personally identifiable information about you, including but not limited to your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, birth date, IP address, and credit card or bank account number (payment information) on our third party affiliate payer sites or systems. Additionally, we may collect information that does not personally identify you including the type of browser you used to access the Website, the time and date you accessed it, and the pages you accessed during your visit (such as Visitors' and Users' browsing and 'click-stream' activity on the services, session heatmaps and scrolls, non-identifying personal information regarding the Visitors or Users device, operating system, internet browser, screen resolution, language and keyboard settings, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, etc.)

We collect this information in a variety of ways, including but not limited to when you:

 

• Visit the Website, 

• Purchase, order, return, exchange, or request certain information about our products and services;

• Sign up for a membership; 

• Prayer requests (via phone/website or any other method of communication)

• Prayer requests (This information will be used for prayer requests only. And any subject matter can be used or discussed for spiritual teaching - your name and any identifying information will be omitted. By sending a prayer request you expressly agree to share this information with Exhortation Files staff and team members)

• Subscribe to receive our newsletters or emails;

• Attend a member webinar or event;

• Post content in any Member Forums (social media) or elsewhere on the Website;

• Contact Us page; Blog page comments or responses

• Enter into a contest, sweepstake, or respond to a survey;

• Provide us with comments or suggestions; or

• Share the Website contents with others via email or social media using our “share” capabilities.

• We promise that we do not sell any of your personal information to third parties.

To provide scriptural educational, and Biblical faith based inspirational services, Exhortation Files collects personal information about our users. This personal information comes from you when you visit or use our services. Personal information we collect automatically and personal information we collect from other sources.

 

Cookies, Tracers, Log Files and Tracking Technology:

 

Our Website utilizes “cookies.” A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. It allows us to recognize you when you return to the Website, provide us with information to personalize the Website in accordance with your preferences, and improve the overall performance of the Website. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. You may also decide not to receive cookies from this Website (see additional information in the “Opt-Out” section below).

 

We may also utilize “tracers,” “web beacons,” and “log files” to determine which pages you visit, what browser you used to access the Website, the date and time you accessed it, the number of clicks, and other related website statistics on an individual user and aggregate level.

Any usage tracking is for internal use only for further development of Exhortationfiles.com.

The Company (including its third party service providers) may inactively collect information from you that is not personally identifiable information. This may include but is not necessarily limited to your Internet IP address, browser type, domain name, operating system and referring website. The Company may also collect information about your browsing behavior, such as the date and time you visit the Website, the areas or pages of the Website that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing the Website, the number of times you return to the Website and other click-stream data. This helps us at Exhortation Files assist you by allowing us to understand how visitors use the Website. This data also becomes part of your unique profile and allows us to make your shopping experience beneficial. We or a third party designated by our website affiliates (such as Google Analytics), may also collect information from your activities on the Website as well as other sites for the purpose of providing advertisements and other content that is customized to your interests and preferences. To accomplish all this, and also to allow us to offer our customers streamlined ordering and other useful features, We, as do many web sites, use and allow our third party advertising companies to use the technologies listed below and other similar technologies (the “Tracking Technologies”):

Protection of your information

Security of your personal information:

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of your personal information in our custody and control. We are also committed to employing commercially reasonable procedures and technology in order to protect the security of our Website.

Although we do our best to protect your personal information, We cannot guarantee nor do we guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. If you are a member or where you have chosen a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We also urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website. The Member/Blog Forums, while part of a “Member/Blog-only” community, are message boards that become accessible and public once you post your messages/comments or use any emoji such as like/love, etc on a blog. The information you share may be viewed by other users of the Website, and may result in unwanted e-mail or contacts from third parties.

 

Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk and Exhortationfiles.com and any of its staff members or affiliates are not responsible for any transmission of your personal data/ information.

You may be able to create an account on my Website with a username and password. We recommend you exercise extreme care in protecting your password information and do not publicly share any of your passwords. You are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account password, and you are responsible for any access to or use of the Site by you or another person or entity using your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by or on behalf of you.

ALTHOUGH WE WILL TAKE (AND REQUIRE OUR THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS TO TAKE) REASONABLE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM AND STORED ON THE SITE, BECAUSE OF THE OPEN NATURE OF THE INTERNET, EXHORTATION FILES CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED ON SERVERS, TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM A USER, OR OTHERWISE.

WE AT EXHORTATION FILES AND ITS AFFILIATES CARE WILL DO OUR BEST TO BE  ABSOLUTELY SAFE FROM INTRUSION BY OTHERS, SUCH AS HACKERS. ACCORDINGLY, EXHORTATION FILES AND ITS STAFF MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY THEFT OR LOSS OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR DAMAGE TO, OR INTERCEPTION OF ANY DATA OR COMMUNICATIONS. BY USING OR ACCESSING THIS SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ASSUME THESE RISKS.

Third party affiliates, links, and advertising:

This Website may contain advertising for or links to my affiliates, business partners, or other third parties. Please refer to the individual policies of any links and affiliates found on the Website as they may have different collection, protection, and disclosure procedures from those contained in this Policy. Exhortationfiles.com, its staff members, Ministers, Speakers, Leaders, interviewees, interviewers and guests and its affiliates are not responsible for the content or for the policies of these third party websites.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose information that does not identify any individual without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide us with as follows:

• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email address to share content from the Website with another person, we will transmit the content of that e-mail and your e-mail address to that recipient; 

• To use as a teaching example (without using personal identifiers such as name, address, etc) as a lesson or to aid as a teaching Biblical example

• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;

• With your consent;

• To our subsidiaries and affiliates;

• To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support the business of Exhortation Files and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed to them;

• To comply with any court order, law or legal process or to respond to any government or regulatory request;

• If we believe the disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Exhortationfiles.com Online, LLC., Ministers, our leadership team, staff members, vendors, Exhortation Files' customers, or others; and

• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of ExhortationFiles.com Online, LLC’s assets

Choices about how we use and disclosure your information

Information disclosure and correction requests:

You may request access to the personal information that we have about you. If you are a registered user or member, you can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page. You may also contact us (see “Contact Us” section below/page) to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions, as defined in the Terms of Use, from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users or any Third party carriers/affiliates. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request certain information regarding our disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, once per calendar year. To make such a request, please contact us using the methods listed in the “Contact Us” section below.

Opt-Out:

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website.

If you do not wish to have your personal information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending me an email stating your request or advising us of such matter using the "Contact Us" page. You may also change your marketing preferences or remove yourself from visiting or commenting on (by using emojis, liking, bookmarking, up to and including alphabetical/numerical characters/content on) or at (Exhortationfiles.com) website(s), and all social media space(s)/forums or platforms Instagram: (ExhortationFiles), Facebook: (ExhortationFiles), and TikTok: (2exhort2pray). 

If at any time you wish to stop receiving email from us, you can always remove your name from our mailing list by sending an email to exhortationfiles@gmail.com stating that you wish to unsubscribe and indicating in the subject line of the email “NO EMAIL”. Although we will promptly remove your name from our email list upon receiving your request, it is possible that you may still receive emails from Exhortation files  that had been initiated prior to your name being removed from the list.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions, feel free to contact a staff member at  Exhortation Files by one of the following methods: 

Email: Exhortationfiles@gmail.com

Website: Exhortationfiles.com