Terms & Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE FOR GOD’S GLORY MINISTRIES INC.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS“) WITH DUE CARE AND DILIGENCE AND BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND IT, AS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT EXPLICITLY DESCRIBES THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND SHALL REMAIN BOUND BY THESE AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE USING THE WEBSITE. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONSTITUTE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT (THE “AGREEMENT”) BETWEEN YOU AS A USER OR VISITOR (REFERRED TO AS “YOU”, “YOURS”, “SPONSOR”, AND/OR “USER”) AND https://forgodsgloryministries.net/. WEBSITE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “WE” “OUR” OR “US” “PLATFORM” “WEBSITE”) BEING OWNED AND MANAGED BY US, HAVING REGISTERED OFFICE AT P.O Box 406, Accokeek, Maryland 20607., AND ANY SERVICES INCLUDING ITS VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, TIK TOK, X, ETC,) EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS, BUTTONS, WIDGETS, ADVERTISEMENTS, COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION SERVICES, AND ITS OTHER COVERED SERVICES, LINKING TO THESE TERMS (“SERVICES“), AS WELL AS INFORMATION, TEXT, LINKS, GRAPHICS, PHOTOS, SOUNDS, VIDEOS OR OTHER ELEMENTS APPEARING ON THE SERVICES (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS  “THE CONTENT“) YOU USE, RECEIVE OR ACCESS FROM OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT USE THIS PLATFORM FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT IS DECLARED ILLEGAL OR UNLAWFUL BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU VIOLATE OR BREACH ANY TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT, IT MAY RESULT IN CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS OR REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE USER, INCLUDING SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF THE USER ACCOUNT. WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME FOR ANY REASON WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. WE THEREFORE ADVISE YOU TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE TERMS TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY CHANGES. BY CONTINUING TO USE THE PLATFORM AFTER THE TERMS ARE UPDATED, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES ACCESSED THROUGH THE PLATFORM. BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT AND CHECKING THE “I AGREE” (OR SIMILAR) BOX, OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE “TERMS”).

 1. Scope

FOR GOD’S GLORY MINISTRIES INC. (P.O. Box 406, Accokeek, Maryland 20607), is the operator of the Internet platform (the “platform”). The rights and responsibilities of anyone using the site and using its features are governed by these General Terms of Use, which are applicable to all users and visitors. These General Terms of Use should be read in conjunction with the platform’s Privacy Policy.

2. User registration, contract signing, and user rights.

• • User registration and contract completion.

It is free to register as a user. By completing the platform’s registration form and selecting the “Register” button, the user get registered. The user executes a legally binding offer to enter into a contract for the use of the platform by completing the registration process. The user receives an email confirmation as soon as they register. When the user clicks the confirmation link in the email, the agreement to use the platform is finalised. The restricted portion of the platform is only accessible to registered users. All rights and responsibilities during the use of the platform’s offered features are covered by the use relationship for registered users.

• Usage authorization.

  • Access is permitted to users who are acting with the approval of their legal representatives or who possess complete legal competency. Nonetheless, in every situation, the user must be at least 16 years old.
  • Legal person as user (organisation or company): Only an authorised representative may register a legal person (organisation or business) or handle an organization’s project. When registering, managing, carrying out, and/or being in charge of an organization’s content on the platform, an authorised representative represents that the organisation or company has given him/her permission to do so and that the information about the organisation, the project, including its description, stakeholders, and reports, is accurate. Upon inquiry, he or she will validate this authority by presenting the necessary documentation. He or she will continue to be permitted, until informed differently, to provide a legally enforceable response to any inquiries about the organization’s webpage and its projects or the company on the platform and to submit and receive the required statements to and from the website.
  • Even in cases when a user satisfies all requirements for inclusion as a user, the website has the right to reject their registration without providing a reason.

3. The user’s responsibilities and additional tasks.

• • • The user bears all responsibility for their behavior on the site, including the veracity of the material they submit and how they utilize it. The user must attest before using the website or engaging in any activity that their actions and content do not violate the General Terms of Use, the website’s policies, statutes, morality, or the legal rights of third parties (such as rights to trademark, the right to use one’s name, copyright and data protection laws, youth protection regulations, general personal rights, and competition law). Specifically, before uploading text and photographs, the user agrees to have the necessary consent from participants, affected parties, and benefactors, such as the photographers and the people shown or mentioned. They also agree to provide the website with proof of this at any time upon request.
    • When using the platform, the user must remember that the website—which consists of all users as well as the operators—operates on the principles of respect for one another and just and acceptable interactions. Issues pertaining to worldviews, political or religious convictions, in particular, call for sensitivity to and tolerance for the various ideas of others.
    • It is illegal to directly post, provide links to or otherwise facilitate access to the following content on the platform:

• Content that harms or jeopardizes the development of adolescents, particularly that which is violent, pornographic, or otherwise immoral.
• Information that praises or encourages violence, hatred, or prejudice in any way.

      The user is obliged:

• To supply all requested information that is required to fulfil the terms of the contract, including full and correct information on his or her identity and age for the appropriate registrations;
• to not sign up for another registration;
• should promptly rectify any later changes to the desired data in the appropriate administrative function;
• to guarantee that third parties do not have access to their login and password;
• to prevent any use of the services of via his or her own account by third parties,
• Should notify as soon as possible by emailing at mforgodsglory@gmail.com if the account or password of the user has been used without permission, or if there are signs that it could be used without permission soon.
  • The user must abide with the legal standards for data security and protection.

It is best to avoid loading the platform too much. Specifically, actions that might jeopardise the website’s IT systems’ availability, stability, and integrity are forbidden.

The website has the right to delete or restrict content from the platform at any time if it becomes aware of it.

Users are asked to report content they come across that they believe breaches any laws currently in effect, these General Terms of Use, or any of the guiding principles. They can do this by sending an email to mforgodsglory@gmail.com or a letter to P.O. Box 406, Accokeek, Maryland 20607.

3.9. A barred user cannot use the platform again, not even with other platform accounts, and they are not allowed to re-register.

3.10. In the event that a user has not utilised their platform account for more than two years, the website retains the right to deactivate them.

     4. Intellectual Property Rights.

• • The material (text, photos, logo, project description, project title, or other information) that the user posts on the platform may be used for any reason as long as it serves the specific needs of the services that are offered within the platform’s parameters. Website possesses the specific right to keep the information, make it available to the public through the platform, and change it—most notably, to make it shorter while maintaining the original meaning. Explicit and clearly specified instructions to the contrary will not be altered while inputting the material.
  • All fundraising campaign information posted on the platform is still viewable as inactive fundraising campaigns even after your usage connection and fundraising campaign have ended. In order to maintain openness and enable users to follow the use of donations and document the money’ usage, these are still displayed on the site as dormant fundraising campaigns.

    5. Confidentiality

Confidential Information refers to all confidential, nonpublic information or materials encompassing personal data, technical, financial, or strategic information, business affairs, or other operations and their associated companies, Services (including pricing), or otherwise, disclosed by either party to the other party, directly or indirectly, orally or in writing, and identified by the disclosing party as confidential or proprietary. The recipient of confidential or personal information acknowledges that the disclosure of such information may result in irreparable loss, damage, or injury to the disclosing party. The recipient agrees to; (1) exercise reasonable care and caution in safeguarding all information and data; (2) refrain from disclosing such information to third parties without prior approval or written consent from the disclosing party; (3) utilize it solely for the purposes for which it was disclosed, unless otherwise stipulated herein; and (4) in accordance with applicable data protection laws (“Personal Information“). Website will not utilize, retain, sell, or disclose such personal information except as expressly outlined in this agreement. These restrictions do not apply to Confidential Information, excluding Personal Data, if;

• It is publicly available;
• It was lawfully obtained from a third party by the recipient without such restrictions;
• It was already known or in possession at the time of receipt;
• It was independently developed by the recipient without violating this Agreement or accessing or using the Confidential Information; or
• It’s disclosure is mandated by law, regulation, or court order, provided that the receiving party promptly notifies the disclosing party, where permissible.

 

  6. Provision of the platform.

Website will make every effort to maintain the platform’s availability and uninterrupted operation. A 97% annual availability rate is the desired outcome. There is no assurance of a specific availability. Website is specifically permitted to disconnect the platform from the network for both planned and unplanned maintenance. Website has the right to alter the platform’s design, functionality, and other aspects as it sees fit. The platform is only available for use with the most recent version. Website is not required to save copies of the material or save them on behalf of users.

    7. Liability.

• • The liability of website is excluded for all damages and liability claims, regardless of their legal grounds (e.g. defects liability, default, impossibility of performance, breach of duty or tort), except for claims;
• due to injury to life, body and health,
• due to fraudulent intent or on the basis of a warranty,
• due to willful intent or grossly negligent conduct of .org, its legal representatives or vicarious agents.

 

 8. Data transfer and liability for misuse of data.

• • Data transfer to the Donor.

    • Thank you message

The following data is transferred to the Donor:

• Full name of the Donor
• or company
• Donation date and time
• Amount donated
• The respective project or fundraising campaign specified in the donation process as the desired fundraising goal
• If relevant, project requirements
• Donation type (one-off donation or regular donations)
• If relevant, frequency of donations in the case of regular donations (e.g. monthly, annually)

On the basis of these General Terms of Use, the donor may use the received data solely for the respective thank-you message mentioned above and for the purpose of allocating the donation to an individual. Under no circumstances may the organization or the fundraiser use the transmitted data for advertising purposes without the express consent of the sponsor.

• Data transfer to the organization for other purposes

  • If the sponsor has granted permission for the platform to be used, the website will forward the sponsor’s data to the sponsor’s chosen organization as the intended recipient of the donation for the purposes specified in that consent, which will only apply to that specific donation in each case. For instance, the data may be shared based on consent so that the organisation can periodically send the sponsor updates about their work and the progress of the project (e.g., newsletters). In this scenario, the dataset includes the sponsor’s first and last name, company name, e-mail address, address information, donation amount, desired recipient of the donation, project requirements, and a statement regarding whether the donation is one-time or ongoing and the donation interval if any regular donations (e.g. monthly, yearly). Sending its own newsletter in compliance with the law is the organization’s own responsibility (e.g. in terms of competition and data protection legislation). The website is not accountable for making sure that the permission declaration it receives for the data transfer provides the organization with a legally sound foundation upon which to distribute its newsletter.
  • Additionally, information is sent to the organisation for statistical analysis in an effort to maximise fundraising efforts and raise the amount of donations received. First and last name of the sponsor, company name if applicable, email address, postcode, city, date, time, and amount of donation; channel of donation (e.g., organisation website); intended recipient of donation; type of donation (one-time or recurring); interval of any recurring donation (e.g., monthly, yearly); and information about whether the sponsor has subscribed to the project newsletter (see project newsletter following donation in the Privacy Policy) are all included in the transferred data. It is imperative for the organisation to guarantee that the statistical assessment yields only anonymous data and that no personal profiles or similar data is generated. Moreover, the entity is prohibited from reidentifying the information. Sponsors’ credit card numbers and bank account information are never kept on the website or sent to the organisation.

• Limitation of the use of the sponsor data when data is transferred

The organisation is not permitted to use the sponsor data supplied for any reason other than the ones specified by the website at the time of data transfer, especially not for commercial purposes.

 

• Transfer of data to partners of the website.

Under no circumstances may the partner use the transferred data of the authorized representative of the organization for purposes other than those explicitly stated and agreed upon at the time of transfer. This means that the partner is strictly prohibited from using this data for any unintended purposes, including but not limited to advertising, marketing, or any other form of promotion. The data is to be used solely for the purpose for which it was originally transferred, ensuring that the privacy and integrity of the authorized representative’s information are maintained at all times. Any deviation from this agreement will be considered a breach of contract and may result in legal consequences. The partner is expected to handle the data with the highest level of confidentiality and in accordance with all relevant data protection laws and regulations.

• Indemnity

Should any of the aforementioned conditions be broken, the organisation, the fundraiser, or the partner will hold website harmless from any ensuing obligation to third parties and will pay website back for any resultant losses, including reasonable legal defence expenses.

9. Changes to Terms and conditions of use

These General Terms and Conditions are valid from July 2024 onwards. Platform reserves the right to make changes to these General Terms of Use at any time without restriction, in particular in order to adapt them to legislative or technical changes. The changed conditions will be announced on this website no later than four weeks before their entry into force. Registered users will be informed by e-mail about upcoming changes at the latest four weeks before their entry into force. We therefore advises you to regularly review the current version on its website. If a registered user does not object to the validity of the new conditions within four weeks after receipt of the e-mail, the changed conditions shall be deemed as having been accepted. Website will separately inform the registered user in the e-mail containing the changed conditions about the possibility of objecting and the significance of this four-week period.

10. GENERAL TERMS

11. Governing law and place of jurisdiction.

These terms and conditions shall be used in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of Maryland, USA.

1. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These terms constitute the entire agreement between platform and you and expressly replace, supersede and terminate all prior agreements and understandings whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter governing their relationship.

1. HEADINGS

Headings of paragraphs are only for convenience and not intended to limit or define the scope or interpretation of this Agreement.

1. SEVERABILITY

The remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in force and effective even if any portion, term, or provision of this agreement is found to be void, illegal, unlawful, unenforceable, or in violation of any law of a federal, state, provincial or local government having jurisdiction over this agreement.

1. FORCE MAJEURE

shall not be held liable for and shall be excused from failure to perform or delay in performing all or any part of its obligations as specified under this Agreement if such failure or delay is directly or indirectly caused by the factors or circumstances reasonably beyond the control of , whether or not foreseeable, including, without limitation, acts of God, act of public enemy, embargo,  fire, flood, storms, earthquake, pandemic, fog, strike or other labor dispute, acts of terrorism, government requirement, or civil or military authority.

1. ASSIGNMENT

These terms shall be binding on the parties, their successors and permitted assigns. You are strictly prohibited to transfer, assign or delegate any of your rights, duties, or obligations under these terms, or any part thereof, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Any assignment in violation of this section shall be void.

1. WAIVER

Website’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these terms will not be considered a waiver of such right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if it is made in writing. Except as expressly outlined in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these terms or otherwise.

1. COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in multiple separate counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original, but all of which shall collectively constitute one document. The parties may exchange electronically signed signature pages via facsimile transmission or any other method that signifies an intent to be legally bound by the terms and conditions outlined in this Agreement.

11. CONTACT

If you have any questions, complaints or queries about these terms, please don’t hesitate to contact us in the ways listed below;

Name: Ann Marie Williams

Email Address: mforgodsglory@gmail.com

Office Address: P.O Box 406, Accokeek, Maryland 20607.

Contact No: (240) 4586733