Privacy Policy

Spring of Life • Calling & Mission

Our Commitment

Spring of Life is a platform rooted in biblical truth, for sharing resources and building connections, dedicated to helping people respond to God’s calling and live out the mission God has given them.

We respect your privacy. We process personal information for clear purposes and only as actually needed, and we take reasonable measures to protect it.

This policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information when you visit the Spring of Life website, contact us, or use related features.

Website covered: springoflifecm.org

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you communicate with us by email or through the website’s contact features, we may receive your name, email address, and any content you choose to provide.

If the website offers subscriptions or other features that require you to fill in information, we will explain the purpose at the time of collection and ask only for the information needed for that purpose.

Please do not include unnecessary sensitive information, such as identity documents, financial account details, or health information, in general messages or emails. Personal experiences you share may also contain private matters such as faith or family; please choose carefully how much you share.

Information Generated by Operating the Website

The website is hosted by Cloudflare. When you visit the website, Cloudflare processes your IP address, the time of your visit, the addresses of the pages you visit, and browser information in order to deliver web pages, determine the region of access, and maintain website security. Website operation logs are kept for 3 days.

The website uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to measure visits, including the pages visited, referring URLs, browser and device type, and country or region. This service does not use cookies, and the statistics are not used to identify individuals.

When you register an account, we collect the username/nickname, email address, occupation, and job title you enter. Your password is stored in encrypted form, and we cannot see it. If you choose to sign in with a Google account, we obtain your account’s name, email address, and profile picture from Google.

When you sign in, we record the IP address and browser information used to sign in, for account security. To prevent abuse, the number of requests for actions such as signing in, registering, and sending emails is recorded by IP address.

How We Use Information

We use information for the purposes stated at the time of collection, including:

Responding to inquiries, handling feedback, and related communication;
Providing resources or services you have requested;
Sending content updates if you have agreed to subscribe;
Maintaining website operation, security, and download features;
Understanding website visits through the analytics tools actually in use, to improve our content and the reading experience.

We will not automatically add you to a subscription list because you contacted us or downloaded a book. Before using personal information for a new purpose, we will inform you and obtain any necessary consent as required.

Cookies and Third-Party Services

The cookies, local storage, and third-party services used by the website are as follows:

Sign-in cookies: set only after you sign in, to keep you signed in; valid for up to 30 days and cleared when you sign out. When you sign in with Google, short-lived cookies are also used to complete sign-in verification.
Browser session storage: the “Biblical Figures” video playlist records its scroll position in your browser’s session storage; this is cleared when you close the page.
Analytics: Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies.
Embedded video: “Biblical Figures” videos are played through Mux. When you play a video, Mux collects information about playback, device, browser, and network for playback analytics, and may set cookies in your browser; if you are signed in, your account ID is provided to Mux along with the playback information.
Third-party sign-in: if you choose to sign in with Google, the sign-in process is handled by Google and is subject to Google’s privacy policy.

You can manage cookies or local storage through your browser settings, but turning off certain necessary functions may affect your use of the website.

External links on the website take you to other services. How those services handle personal information is described in their respective privacy policies.

We do not sell personal information, nor do we provide it to others for their own marketing.

To operate the website, handle email, or provide services you request, we may engage service providers to process necessary information, and we require them to handle it only for the agreed purposes and with appropriate confidentiality and security.

Where required or permitted by law, we may also provide necessary information to the relevant authorities.

We will not publish stories, testimonies, or personal details you have shared with us in private communication without first obtaining your separate consent.

The service providers we currently use are:

Cloudflare: website hosting, operation logs, and analytics (global network).
Neon: account database; data is stored in the United States.
Resend: sending sign-in link and password reset emails; located in the United States.
Mux: video playback and playback analytics; located in the United States.
Google: Google account sign-in; our contact email is provided by Google Workspace.

As a result, relevant information is stored and processed in countries or regions outside mainland China, such as the United States.

Data Retention and Protection

Personal information is kept only for as long as needed to fulfill the relevant purposes and meet necessary legal requirements. Information that no longer needs to be kept is deleted or anonymized in an appropriate manner.

We take reasonable protective measures suited to the nature of the information and limit access to personnel who genuinely need it for their work.

Retention periods for each type of information are as follows:

Account information: kept for as long as your account exists; you may contact us to delete your account.
Sign-in sessions: valid for up to 30 days; sign-in records (including the IP address and browser information used to sign in) are kept with the account.
Sign-in links and password reset links: expire after 15 minutes and 1 hour, respectively.
Request counts for abuse prevention: only the most recent count is kept for each IP address.
Website operation logs: kept for 3 days.
Contact records: kept in our contact mailbox and deleted once the matter has been resolved and they are no longer needed.
Subscription information: the website does not currently offer subscriptions.

Your Choices and Requests

You may contact us to learn how we handle your personal information and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, request access to, correction of, or deletion of that information.

If you have subscribed to content updates, you can stop receiving them by using the unsubscribe option in the email or by contacting us.

You may also withdraw consent you have previously given. Withdrawing consent may affect features that rely on that information; if any information must be retained by law, we will let you know.

Contact Us

For questions about privacy, personal information, or this policy, please contact the Spring of Life privacy contact:

info@springoflifeleadership.org

Policy Updates

When the website’s features or the way we handle information change, we will update this policy accordingly. For significant changes to how personal information is used, we will give separate notice or obtain consent as required.

Last updated: October 10, 2026