What are the PrayerRequest.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policies?
Please review our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which you agree to by use of our site at PrayerRequest.com:
Site Terms of Service
Welcome! This is a Christian forum to post your prayer requests and reply to others. Once you register for your free sign in account, you can post right away. It should only take a moment.
Prayers are only allowed to be made to the One and Only God, through his One and Only Son Jesus Christ. Prayers elevating or asking intercession of any one else such as Mary, Joseph, Peter, or the saints are not allowed. Prayers should also include that they are made in Jesus' name.
Please do not specify your contact information or attempt to solicit other people here. Other types of inappropriate prayers or actions may also result in closing your access to this system. These rules may change at any time without notice. In our sole discretion, we reserve the right to apply these rules and to deny access to anyone at any time for any reason. By using this site, you agree that we may automatically create an account for you to enable full site access and functionality. Continued use of this site constitutes acceptance of these terms.
Please do not post personal information such as names, dates, and places of anyone - yourself or others. Any materials which you post here may remain here indefinitely and be seen by anyone in the world forever including public search engines, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. You will not require us to delete any of your account information or remove any of your posts. To mitigate the effects of when this does happen, we may edit any information in a post in our sole discretion without notice.
Please limit your new prayer request threads to one new thread per 60 minutes. Otherwise, the site can become hard for others to use. You can submit multiple prayer requests in a single thread. Please see the Knowledge Base article at PrayerRequestHelp.com for more details.
You acknowledge that any post made by you on the Site is public, without restriction. If you don't want your posts permanently made public, do not use the Site. The Internet is public. It is also permanent. Once a post has been online, it is generally preserved in the cache of search engines. It will also be available via simple search for as long as any search engine exists. Using or posting to the Site is a service with value even if there is no upfront monetary charge to you for it. In exchange for the value of using or posting to the Site, you grant the owners of the Site a permanent, irrevocable license to use any materials you post to the Site ("User Content") including permission to use the materials in search engines, social media sites, email and similar outlets used in connection with the Site. By posting User Content on the Site, you warrant and represent that you own the rights in and to the User Content or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute User Content.
Please see our separate Privacy Policy linked at the bottom of each page for additional information about how we handle your data.
We are glad to have you join us!
Privacy Policy
We are PrayerRequest.com ("we", "our", "us"). We're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This notice explains our online information practices and how your information is collected, used, and transmitted. Your continued use of this site constitutes acceptance of both this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. If you have questions about your personal information please contact us.
Information We Collect
The type of data that we collect and process includes:
- Your name or username
- Your email address
- Your IP address
- Additional information you choose to share in your profile
- Log files of all requests for files on our web servers (maintained for approximately four weeks)
Information Collection Methods
We collect this information when you:
- Register as a member
- Fill out our contact form
- Browse this site
- Complete your profile fields
- Make posts or send messages
How We Use Your Information
Your information may be used to:
- Manage your site membership
- Inform you of site activity
- Record IP addresses for certain actions
- Send important announcements and newsletters (with opt-in/opt-out options)
- Collect non-personally identifiable analytics data
Content Visibility and Retention
- All public posts may be retained indefinitely and are viewable on this site, search engines, social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest), and other places on the Internet
- Private messages are only viewable by the recipient and site administrators
- IP addresses are only visible to site administrators and moderators
- Full profile pages are only visible to logged-in members
- Some profile elements (display name, photo, post count, member title) may be visible to guests
Cookies and Security
Cookies are small text files which are set by us on your computer which allow us to provide certain functionality on our site. We have a detailed cookie policy and more information about the cookies that we set on this page.
- Cookies are used to maintain login status and site-related variables
- For new visitors, we may automatically create an account using random information
- We implement suitable security measures to protect your information
- We do not sell or distribute your information to third parties
Personal Information Guidelines
- Please do not post personal information such as names, dates, and places of anyone
- We reserve the right to edit any information in posts at our sole discretion without notice
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Request corrections to incomplete or inaccurate information
- Request erasure of your personal data
- Contact us regarding any privacy concerns
Changes to Policy
We may make changes to this policy at any time. Continued use of the site following changes indicates acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions about your personal information, please contact us.
Information at the site is also viewable at:
https://www.prayerrequest.com/help/terms/
https://www.prayerrequest.com/help/privacy-policy/
When contradictory, the terms at the www.prayerrequest.com site are more recent and will prevail over this help desk site or article.