Legal & Privacy

“The Peoples Church” and “Living Truth” are ministries and official trade names of Peoples Ministries Inc., a registered charity in Canada. Donations may be designated to The Peoples Church, Living Truth and Peoples Ministries Inc. under our charitable registration number: 13063-7051 RR0001.

The Peoples Church (“we, “us” or “our”, as appropriate) is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the personal information entrusted to us by its donors, supporters, employees, and other stakeholders (“you” or “your”, as appropriate). We value the trust of those we deal with, and of the public, and recognize that maintaining this trust requires that we be transparent and accountable in how we treat the personal information that you choose to share with us.

Depending on where you live, The Peoples Church may not be under any statutory obligations with respect to the protection of the information that you provide to us. Even where this is the case, The Peoples Church’s privacy practices are guided by and based on globally accepted privacy principles, as further outlined in this Privacy and Security Policy (“Privacy Policy”).

The Terms & Conditions form part of this Privacy Policy.

What is Personal Information?

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, the term “personal information” means any information about an identifiable individual. This typically includes any information that can be used to distinguish, identify or contact a specific individual, such as name, birth date, address and other information pertaining to such individual’s identity, as well as financial information, which may be presented in any form. An individual’s opinions or beliefs, as well as facts about, or related to, the individual or the individual’s behaviour may also be considered personal information. Anonymous or aggregate information that cannot be tracked back to you personally, or business contact information and certain publicly available information, such as names, addresses and telephone numbers as published in telephone directories, are not typically considered to be personal information and therefore may not be treated as such by The Peoples Church.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

Personal information collected by The Peoples Church may include your name, address and other contact information to verify your identity, credit card or bank account or other payment information for donation purposes or for purchasing online products, information related to the programs that you may wish to support, language preferences, demographic information such as age and gender, communication preferences for marketing purposes, giving, engagement and donation history, details about your engagement experience, behavioural activity and other personal and non-personal information which has been provided by you through your engagement with us, use of our website, or by third parties.

How do we Collect, Use, Store, and Disclose your Personal Information?

We may collect personal information directly from you or from third parties that have the right to disclose such personal information to us. Anyone from whom we collect such personal information should expect that it will be carefully protected. Consent to collect your personal information can be obtained in person, via telephone, mail, through the Internet, through third parties that The Peoples Church contracts with and through various activities and engagement with The Peoples Church. By engaging with The Peoples Church (or the third parties contracted by The Peoples Church) you agree to our collection, use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not provide us your personal information or contact us at giving@thepeopleschurch.ca to opt- out.

We collect, use and disclose personal information for a variety of different purposes, such as to process your donations and legacy gifts, service your account and needs, better understand your activity and giving preferences, identify you in our system, establish, manage and maintain a relationship with you, understand your past engagement with us, track behavioural activity, authenticate you when you sign into our systems, manage our business and operations, respond to your questions regarding your account and past donation history, provide you with relevant communications, fundraising and marketing materials, share important information and notices with you, improve your experience, issue tax receipts, for analysis, research and market segmentation purposes, as otherwise permitted or required by law.

The Peoples Church uses technology features such as log-in registration, cookies, and click through tracking software. For more information, please see Cookie & Web Technologies Notice. The Peoples Church also logs information such as the IP addresses and the types of web browsers used by visitors to our website. This type of information may be used for research and analysis purposes, to provide a better service to website visitors or for marketing purposes. For more information see our Terms & Conditions and our Cookie & Web Technologies Notice. The Peoples Church does not rent or sell personal information to any other organization, however, we may share this information with The Peoples Church employees, and/or third-party service providers for the purposes of marketing, research, analysis, verifying an individual’s identity, to provide support for and communicate information about The Peoples Church programs and initiatives, complete a financial transaction and to service your account. When this occurs, we supply only the information that is required to provide the services, and strict terms of confidentiality are established. We may also share personal information where required by law or under any regulatory requirement that may be imposed on us, from time to time.

How to Update, Access, Amend, or Correct your Personal Information?

Subject to certain exceptions, The Peoples Church believes that you should be able to know what personal information we hold about you and to whom we may have disclosed that information. You should also be able to correct such information if you believe that any personal information, we hold about you may be inaccurate, or request the deletion of your personal information, unless the retention is otherwise required by law. To find out more, contact us at giving@thepeopleschurch.ca.

How do we Protect your Personal Information?

We do our best to maintain technical, contractual, administrative and physical security measures to protect your personal information in a manner that is reasonable and appropriate to the nature of the personal information you provide to us. For example, we use password protocols and encryption software to protect personal and other information we receive when a donation is made and/or a product is purchased on-line. Our software is routinely updated to maximize protection of such information.

Personal information gathered by us is kept in strict confidence. The Peoples Church employees are authorized to access personal information based only on their need to deal with it for the reason(s) for which it was obtained. Safeguards are in place to ensure that personal information is not disclosed or shared more widely than is necessary to achieve the purposes described above and we use commercially reasonable efforts to contractually require any person or organization providing services to The Peoples Church to comply with federal and provincial privacy legislation.

Your personal information is kept for as long as it is deemed necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. This period may extend beyond your relationship with us. When removed from our systems, your personal information is securely erased, destroyed or appropriately anonymized.

Updates to this Policy

This Privacy Policy is regularly reviewed. The Peoples Church reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy without prior notice to you and such modifications will be effective immediately, unless otherwise stated. We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy carefully and check this website regularly for information on our most up-to-date practices. You are deemed to have accepted any modifications made to this Privacy Policy and our practices if you continue to provide personal information to us after publication of such modifications.

Questions related to The Peoples Church’s Privacy Policy, should be sent to giving@thepeopleschurch.ca – Attention: Privacy Officer

Further information on privacy, and your rights regarding your personal information, may be found on the website of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Your Acceptance 

Welcome to the website operated by The Peoples Church (the “Site”). 

By using or visiting this Site, you agree to (1) the terms and conditions expressed on this webpage; (2) our privacy policy found at Privacy & Security; and (3) all other terms referenced herein. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE SITE. 

The Peoples Church may, at its sole discretion, modify or revise these Site Terms & Conditions and its related policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications. Any modifications will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the Site, and you waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such modifications. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes or modifications will confirm your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Therefore, you should periodically review the Site Terms & Conditions and applicable policies from time-to-time to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Site. 

Our Commitment 

The Peoples Church is committed to protecting the privacy of the children and adults living in the communities we serve. As part of this commitment, The Peoples Church prohibits the use of any child photos as displayed on the Site on any other websites, whether personal or commercial. The Peoples Church is also committed to protecting the privacy of its donors, supporters, employees, and other stakeholders. For more information on The Peoples Church’s Privacy and Security Policy, please click here Privacy & Security. 

Content 

The content, data, images, and videos found on this Site are the property of, or under license to, The Peoples Church and may not be redistributed, copied, or modified, altered or used without the express prior written permission of The Peoples Church. 

The use of, modification of, or linking to any images, photos, videos, stories and other content found on this Site, without the express prior written permission of The Peoples Church is strictly prohibited. 

From time to time, the information displayed on this Site may be incorrect or incomplete. By using the Site, you agree to hold The Peoples Church, its directors, officers, employees and volunteers, or related affiliates harmless from any damages resulting from any such errors or omissions. 

The Site may contain links to other third party websites. The Peoples Church is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any of those third party websites. 

Limitation Of Liability 

In no event shall The Peoples Church, any other PMI entity, or any of their respective directors, members, employees or agents be liable for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind (including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits or loss of data, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise) arising out of, or in any way connected with, the use of or inability to use the Site, the services, the content or the materials contained in or accessed through the Site, including without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from reliance by user on any information obtained from The Peoples Church, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to The Peoples Church’s records, programs or services. In no event shall the aggregate liability of The Peoples Church, whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence, whether active, passive or imputed), product liability, strict liability or other theory, arising out of or relating to the use of or inability to use the Site or the services or to these Site Terms exceed any compensation you have paid, if any, to The Peoples Church for access to or use of the Site. 

Trademarks 

The “The Peoples Church” trademarks and trade names along with the other logos, service marks, slogans, and any other indicia for source of goods and services (collectively the “Marks”) and trade dress contained on the Site are, unless otherwise stated, owned and/or used under license by PMI, The Peoples Church or their affiliates and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of The Peoples Church. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing the Marks or trade dress of The Peoples Church without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, trade names, logos, service marks and slogans mentioned on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any third-party trademarks, trade names, logos, service marks, products, services, processes, other information or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by The Peoples Church. 

Accessibility 

The Peoples Church is committed to digital accessibility, and to conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level A and AA and complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) effective communication requirements, and other applicable regulations. For more information related to our Accessibility practices, please visit Accessibility at The Peoples Church. 

General 

These Terms & Conditions are subject to change without notice. The Peoples Church reserves the sole right to determine how its resources, the Site and Marks may be used. Decisions regarding third party use and linking are at the sole discretion of The Peoples Church and may be revised or rescinded without prior notice. 

The Peoples Church, or its authorized service providers, use cookies, web beacons and third party tracking software, such as Google Analytics, to collect information about how often users visit this website (“Site”), what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they visited prior to coming to this Site. 

Google Analytics uses or shares this information in accordance with its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At any time, you can stop Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Site, by blocking, deleting or disabling cookies on your browser or device setting. 

Web beacons or similar technologies are used to collect certain information when you receive and open email communications from us. This information may include the date and time you first opened our email, the number of times it was opened and the number of click-throughs on any links in our email to you. This information helps us track activity, improve this Site, and provide more relevant and effective communications and marketing materials. We may also use this information for internal reporting, research and analysis. 

When you visit our Site, we, or our service providers, may place a cookie on your computer or device which may store certain personal and non-personal information which you have provided through your use of our Site. We may also allow our service providers and third-party companies (such as advertising agencies) to place a cookie or web beacon on your computer or device to recognize when your computer or device is used to visit another website and as a result, display to you advertisements on these other websites about us, or track your other online activity. 

Most browsers permit you to delete or disable cookies. Depending on your browser, you may also use your browser’s privacy settings to block cookies from being placed on your device. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use some of the features of our Site. You may also see the Ad Choice icon in association with our web advertisements on third party websites. Click the icon for information about behavioral-based online advertising, including how to opt out of such advertising. Opting out of behavioral-based online advertising does not mean you will no longer see online advertisements, only that such advertisements will not be targeted to you based on your online behaviour. 

Questions or comments may be directed via email to communications@thepeopleschurch.ca. 

Updated: August 2025