Last Updated: 09 October 2025
1. Who We Are
This website (https://www.iagcornerstone.co.za) is operated by Cornerstone Assembly, a registered church within the International Assemblies of God, South Africa.
We are committed to protecting your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA) and other applicable South African laws.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information:
- Identification details: name, surname, contact information (email, phone, address).
- Transaction details: donation amounts, purchase history, and event registrations.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, cookies, and device information.
- Information voluntarily provided via forms, subscriptions, or registrations.
3. Donations, Purchases, and Payments
- All payments are processed securely through PayFast.
- The Church does not collect or store your card or banking details.
- PayFast may collect necessary financial information for processing your transaction. Their Privacy Policy can be found at https://payfast.io.
- Donation and transaction records are retained for legal, financial, and auditing purposes.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Process donations, payments, and event registrations.
- Issue receipts and confirmations.
- Communicate with you about church activities, if you have opted in.
- Improve our services and maintain site security.
- Comply with financial, tax, and legal obligations.
5. Cookies and Website Use
Our website uses cookies for functionality and analytics. Cookies may include:
- Login cookies (to remember user sessions).
- Checkout cookies (to process your cart and payment).
- Preference cookies (to save display and accessibility settings).
You may disable cookies in your browser, but this may affect site functionality.
6. Comments and Media (WordPress Functions)
- If comments are enabled, we collect the data entered into the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information for spam protection.
- Approved comments may display your profile picture if you use Gravatar.
- If you upload images to the site, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
7. Sharing of Information
We will not sell or rent your information.
We may share personal data only with:
- PayFast, to process secure payments.
- Trusted service providers (e.g., IT, hosting, email services) bound by confidentiality agreements.
- Legal authorities, when required by law.
8. Retention of Information
- Payment and donation records are kept as long as required by South African financial law.
- Other personal data is kept only as long as necessary for ministry and operational purposes.
- Comments (if enabled) may be stored indefinitely for community history.
9. Your Rights Under POPIA
You have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction or deletion of inaccurate, outdated, or unnecessary data.
- Withdraw consent for receiving communication.
- Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa) if you believe your rights are being infringed.
Requests can be made by contacting us (see details below).
10. Security of Your Data
- Our site uses SSL encryption (https://) to protect all transactions.
- Access to personal information is restricted to authorized staff.
- While we take reasonable precautions, no online system is completely secure, and users share information at their own risk.
11. Embedded Content
Our website may contain embedded content (videos, images, etc.) from other websites. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, or track interactions independently. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be published on this page with the “Last Updated” date. Continued use of our website after changes indicates acceptance of the updated terms.
13. Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your POPIA rights, please contact us:
Cornerstone Assembly
Address: 10082 Eshowe Street, Extension 5, Thokoza 1426
PO Box 566, Alberton 1450
Email: admin@iagcornerstone.co.za
Phone: +2776 033 7835