Who we are
We are the official website of the Manaus, Brazil mission. Our website is maintained by a variety of missionaries, members of congregations in areas that we serve, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Our goal is to invite others to experience for themselves the fruit Christ offers us. Christ taught that the fruit of righteousness is sown in the peace of those who make peace, and our goal is to share that joy with all of God’s children.
We have a great work to do, and are blessed by the many Elders and Sisters who serve with us. We recognize the tremendous hardship and sacrifices their families make to support their service. We stand as witness to the tremendous power we have seen as Christ’s hand works to change the lives of those we teach–and our own. We created this site with the goal of documenting and sharing those experiences with the friends and family members of those who serve the Lord in this part of his vineyard. While conversion is our goal, we recognize it is only Christ who has the power to touch the hearts and minds of those who turn towards him in faith. He is waiting for us: standing at the door, knocking.
Our website is hosted at https://cristoredentormanaus.faith, to remind us of he, who so lovingly gave his life for us, asks us to follow him in faith.
Comments
Christ taught that we should treat others the way we want them to treat us, and sadly, we all face the temptation to fall short of this teaching. Former Presiding Bishop H. David Burton recognized the dire need for civility in a 2009 statement linked above.
We want everyone to feel welcome here, because as Christ taught, all are alike unto God. For that reason, we collect data when you submit a comment, including information about your browser and IP address. We do this to fight spam, and prevent abuse of our service. We may chose to use platforms like Discourse or Meta to power our comments engine. If you these tools, they too may collect additional information. For example, if you utilize Gravatar to import a profile photo, an anonymized string will be created using your email address. You can learn more about this by visiting the Gravatar service policy–or the policy of the platform you are using to share your content with the community.
Your comment may be held for moderation, but when it is published, it will contain your profile picture, and be visible to the public. Please act in a manner consistent with your values: we reserve the right to enforce both our community guidelines, and the standards of etiquette and decorum Christ expects from each of us.
Media
While the majority of our users are not able to publish media to the site, we would remind you that if you are posting an image (or sharing one in a comment) you should avoid embedding location and other EXIF data as this information is often extracted by others–and any visitor to the site (human or otherwise) can easily do so. We do not have the ability to control your uploads, and so it is important you remember to be safe when sharing online.
In the same spirit, while we welcome and encourage you to share content you find here with your friends & family on social media, please take a moment to consider if your privacy settings on those platforms are configured in the way that you want. Without proper configuration, 3rd party services (like WhatsApp link sharing) may be collecting information you do not intend to share.
Cookies
We use cookies to help operate our website, to provide a consistent user experience and make improvements to our service, and to connect with you across the internet. We strive to be good stewards of your information, and collect as little of it as possible. Christ taught that we should be faithful towards the property of others, just as we expect others to be faithful of our own.
We set temporary cookies when you attempt to log in that do not contain personal information and are discarded when you close your browser (or when your browser clears the expired data if you have adjusted your personal settings.)
If you are an editor of the site, an additional cookie including post IDs you have edited will be saved for an additional period of time, as will your log in cookie. The length of this expiration depends on whether or not you have configured the “remember me” setting during the log-in flow, and we do not have the ability to adjust this on your behalf–but you can adjust it directly by not selecting that option.
When you comment, you are opting in to the collection of your name, address, and any other information you’ve previously connected to the comment tool which are set for your convenience. Many of these providers (like Disqus) have their own privacy policies which you can access through their services. If you need help, please contact us.
Embedded content from other websites
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We may use features from other websites that allow us to embed content on our website–for example the use of a YouTube video player to share a musical performance featuring one of our missionaries. These services may collect data about you, embed additional tracking, monitor your interactions with their content, and may collect additional information if you are an existing or logged in user of their service. We have limited control over this, as embedded content behaves in exactly the same way as if a visitor were to visit that site directly. To learn more about this, we would encourage you to review the privacy policies of those services, and bring your questions to the appropriate representative.
Who we share your data with
We leverage Google Tag Manager to collect the web information we need for both essential, development, and marketing purposes.
Google Tag Manager allows us to share data without accessing it to a variety of tools that help us to measure the performance of our website, the experience you are having, and connect with you on different social media platforms. While we are growing our website, these tools will likely change and evolve, too. When they do, we’ll update this policy. As Christ taught, we are to seek the welfare of Zion, and our goal is to do just that.
In an April 2013 General Conference Address, Elder L. Tom Perry taught that obeying the law is liberty, to the extent we are required to by law, we will practice our belief in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law–as Christ taught in the Doctrine and Covenants, obeying righteous law makes us free.
How long we retain your data
We currently save all comments and related metadata indefinitely. This helps us to develop our ability to moderate comments automatically, which allows us to deliver you a better experience by not having lengthy manual review of comments.
If you have signed up for our mailing list, we will save your information in accordance with the privacy policy you received when you signed up, and you are free to remove yourself at any time, per the terms of that policy.
If we develop subscription and members only features, those services require us to store additional information. You are able to edit some of this data, as are website administrators, but there are some limitations–including the ability to edit your username. While this is not an ideal situation, we continue to improve our experience and welcome any suggestions you may have.
What rights you have over your data
While we are using the internet to help interact and connect, our primary audience are our missionaries, and their families. Our chief goal is to invite all to have personal experiences that help them to develop a personal relationship, however, with Jesus Christ. To that end, we have limited resources to devote to managing data. We are constantly improving here, and want you to feel you have been treated in the way he would want us to treat each other. We appreciate both your patience and understanding as we strive to do right by you. If you have concerns, use the tools here to connect with us, and we’ll do everything we can to help.
Our site is still new, but as we incorporate features like comments, photos, and other material you can request an export of the information we have shared (or, you have contributed). We may be limited in our ability to service these requests by the platform and nature of material, but our intention is to allow you to remove any such information if you desire–or save it.
Any email, member, or subscription services we offer will be subject to a separate, more specific policy we reserve the right to develop in the future.
We are required, by law, to collect certain types of information, and we also require some basic information in order to operate this service (including, but not limited to administrative, cybersecurity, and compliance obligations.) In the Gospel of Mark, Christ taught that we should Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and we strive to follow his example as we administer your information.
Where your data is sent
We want to maintain a safe and vibrant community.
As an official arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we align ourselves with the privacy policy of that organization, available here, and copied below, in its entirety, as of 12/26/24, which was last updated 2021-04-06. Where we are inconsistent with this policy, we recognize we may be in err, and reserve the right to adjust our own policies to align. At this time, as an independently structured entity, we do not forward your interactions with this website directly. This may change as we explore features like integrating improvements to our sign in process.
When you consent, we utilize Google Tag Manager to collect your information in an abstracted way. We do so not to identify users, rather, to help us to better understand how the website is being used, where we can do better, and to make sure our website works. We are also always exploring ways of improving our community. For example, we may use a tool to monitor comments and help manage spam. Some of this information is considered “essential” to the operation of our website, and, in visiting, you agree to it.
You may also see areas where we invite you to subscribe, or join a mailing list. In those circumstances, you’ll receive additional information, in the form of a confirmation email from our mail processing service.
We may change this from time to time, as we strive to be good stewards of your data. This policy was last updated on: 12/26/24
We welcome your feedback, and suggestions which you can provide by contacting our Mission’s Data Privacy Officer:
Data Privacy Officer: Sister SoandSo
Email Address: dataprivacy@xyz.com
Phone: +55 55555555
Phone: +1 555-555-5555
Privacy Policy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
In this Notice, we, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its entities, provide you with information about how we process your personal data. When referring to “us” or “we” or “our” we mean the Church and Church entities.
1. Who controls your personal data?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acts through its representatives and Church entities when we process your personal data. When you share personal data with us, you are sharing it with the Church through Church entities.
a. The Church: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the “Church“) is a community of people who believe the same religious doctrine, practice the same religious rites and ordinances, and are governed by ecclesiastical principles. Local units of the Church, such as wards, branches, stakes, districts, missions, and areas, are merely subdivisions of this community of believers and are not separate legal entities; limited exceptions apply.
b. Church entities: To satisfy temporal affairs needs and fulfill other purposes of the Church, a legal structure composed of various distinct legal entities assists the Church throughout the world. These distinct legal entities (herein “Church entities“) are legally separate from the Church. One of those Church entities, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Utah corporation sole, together with one or more other Church entities, processes your personal data as responsible joint data controllers. Some Church entities may receive personal data as data processors to provide services to those Church entities that act as data controllers. At your request, we will provide you with information as to which Church entities process your personal data.
2. What personal data do we collect?
We collect personal data that (a) you actively submit to us, (b) we record, and (c) we obtain from third parties. We may process your personal data with or without automatic means, including collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, analysis, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction of your personal data.
a. Actively submitted data. You submit personal data to us when you join the Church, seek Church ordinances, request Church materials, request access to Church tools or services, or engage in other interactions or communications with the Church. When you interact with the Church, we generally process name, birth date, birthplace, telephone number, email address, physical address, photo, gender, donation/payment information, and so on. You may provide us with additional information to participate at your own initiative in surveys, contests, or other activities or events, including when you participate in video or audio recordings, such as when using video conferencing technology. Participation in surveys, contests, and similar activities is optional. If you do not wish to participate in, or provide personal data in connection with, such activities, this will not affect your membership status or ability to use available Church tools or services. In each such case you will know what personal data you provide to us because you actively and voluntarily submit the data.
b. Data we obtain from third parties and passively submitted data. When local law permits, you may submit personal data, including contact information about someone other than yourself (in other words, a third party) to allow us to make contact with that person, make a delivery, or otherwise meet your request. When providing personal data about anyone other than yourself, you must first obtain the other person’s informed consent if his or her consent is legally required.
If you or someone else has provided us with your personal contact information and you would like to request that we do not contact you further, please follow the unsubscribe or opt-out procedures provided on the specific site, newsletter or email notification, or please contact us at www.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/DataPrivacy.
We may process and make publicly available personal data obtained from published sources. We may process and publish living information in compliance with applicable local laws.
Your location-based information may be collected by some mobile applications for the purpose of helping you find the nearest temple or meetinghouse location or for a similar reason. You can edit the settings on your device to opt out of location-based services.
When you visit any of our resources, our servers (using log files or filtering systems) may collect information that your web browser sends any time you visit a website. This information may include but is not limited to your Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, operating system, language preference, any referring web page you were visiting before you came to our site, the date and time of each visitor request, information you search for on our resources, and other information collected by cookies or similar technologies. Please refer to the Cookie Preferences tool (“Cookies Tool”) posted on each of our mobile applications and websites to learn more about cookies, including the types of cookies and to specify which cookies we use. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use some sections or functions of our sites or applications, as outlined in the Cookies Tool.
3. For what purposes do we process personal data?
We process personal data for ecclesiastical, genealogy, humanitarian, social welfare, missionary, teaching, and other operational and administrative purposes.
We use personal data to provide ecclesiastical and other related services to fulfill the mission of the Church. We may use and analyze personal data (including data about how you use our tools and services) to (a) contact you or others, (b) create and maintain membership records, (c) fulfill requests you make, (d) seek your voluntary feedback, (e) customize or personalize features or content on our tools or services, (f) evaluate eligibility to participate in temple and other ordinances, missionary service, volunteer or leadership positions, or (g) administer Church religious education, welfare, or other Church programs. In this context, the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is either the necessity to perform contractual and other obligations that we have towards you or carrying out of our legitimate activities as a church.
We may also use your data to comply with applicable laws and exercise legal rights as the basis for our data processing.
We may also use your personal data for internal purposes, including auditing, data analysis, system troubleshooting, and research. In these cases, we base our processing on legitimate interests in performing the activities of the Church.
Text and Messaging: For messaging in the United States and Canada, please see our Text and Messaging Terms and Conditions (Updated 2022-10-20).
4. With whom do we share personal data?
We share your personal data with other parties in the following circumstances:
a. Third-party providers. We may provide personal data to third parties for their processing in performing functions on our behalf as data processors (for example, payment processing, maintenance, security, data analysis, hosting, measurement services, data-driven social media messaging, surveys, and so on). In such instances, in accordance with this Notice and applicable laws, the providers will be contractually required to protect personal data from additional processing (including for marketing purposes) and from transfer.
b. Church entities. We may transfer personal data to any Church entity to accomplish Church purposes. Your general membership information (if you are a member of the Church) and any optional information you may choose to provide (for example, email address and photo or video that you provide or that we capture with your permission) may be shared with Church members in your ward or branch and stake or district, or with other participants in a program in which you participate, as necessary for the Church purposes listed above. Some of your information may also be viewable on a limited and restricted basis on our internet resources, including ChurchofJesusChrist.org. You may opt out of sharing information or limit the optional information you share by modifying your profile preferences on individual resources or by contacting us using the information provided below.
c. Legal requirements. We may access and disclose your personal data, posts, journal entries, online chats, personal notes, content, or other submissions to any resource if we have a good-faith belief that doing so is required by a subpoena, by a judicial or administrative order, or is otherwise required by law. Additionally, we may disclose your personal information and other information: as required by law or to exercise or defend legal rights; to take precautions against liability; to protect the rights, property, or safety of the resource of any individual or of the general public; to maintain and protect the security and integrity of our services or infrastructure; to protect ourselves and our services from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; to investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; or to assist government law enforcement agencies.
5. Where do we store personal data?
We may store your personal data in data centers in the United States, in cloud storage solutions, or on the premises of Church entities. To ensure the adequacy of protection of data that we transfer to other jurisdictions, we have concluded data transfer and processing agreements between the respective Church entities and their service providers, which agreements include Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission in compliance with EU law (which you may be entitled to review if you contact us as suggested at the end of this Notice).
6. How do we secure personal data?
We use technical and organizational measures to protect the personal data we receive against loss, misuse, and unauthorized alteration and to protect its confidentiality. We regularly review our security procedures and consider appropriate new security technology and methods. We also use current encryption technology to encrypt the transmission of data on our log-in pages. However, because we cannot guarantee the complete security of these encryption technologies, please use caution when submitting personal data online.
7. How long do we retain personal data?
We retain collected personal data, including information collected via mobile applications and other submissions, for a reasonable period of time to fulfill the processing purposes mentioned above. We then archive it for time periods required or necessitated by law or legal considerations. When archiving is no longer required, we delete personal data from our records, with the exception of limited historical profile information, general genealogy records, and personal information retained as part of a permanent genealogical, membership, or Church historical record.
8. How can you access and correct your personal data?
We endeavor to maintain the accuracy of personal data and rely on you to ensure your personal data is complete and accurate. You may request access to your personal data and verify, correct, or rectify (including update) it, and block your personal data through your website-specific registration, through your profile, or through your Church Account, as applicable.
If you are a Church member, some of your personal data may be updated only by making changes to your Church membership record. Such changes must be made by contacting the clerk in your Church unit and requesting the change.
You may contact us to exercise additional statutory rights such as data portability, objection in accordance with applicable laws, restriction of processing, and erasure of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
If you experience problems with modifying or updating your personal data, you can contact us as suggested at the end of this Notice.
9. Effective date and amendments.
This Notice is effective April 6, 2021 and may be amended from time to time.
10. Contact us.
Inquiries concerning this Notice or the security of personal data that we process may be sent through our website, fax, or mail:
Web: www.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/DataPrivacy
Fax: +1-801-240-1187
Address: Data Privacy Office
50 East North Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-0005
USA