Privacy Policy
The Global Co-Mission, Inc.
Effective Date: July 27, 2026. Previous version: February 1, 2026.
The Global Co-Mission, Inc., a Florida nonprofit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ("GCOM," "we," "us," or "our"), is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you visit our website at www.gcom.world and its subdomains (the "Website"), make donations, sign up for newsletters, subscribe to our text or messaging programs, or otherwise interact with us online.
Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Personal information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, donation details, communication preferences, or other information you submit when you:
Sign up for newsletters, updates, or our text, WhatsApp, or social messaging programs
Make a donation
Register for or inquire about an event or campaign
Contact us via forms, email, phone, or messaging platforms
Consent records, including the date and time of your sign-up, your IP address, the web page or form you used, the specific consent language displayed to you, and the communication channels you selected. We retain these records to document your permissions and to comply with applicable communications laws.
Automatically collected information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring pages, and time and date of access. This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, analytics tools such as Google Analytics, and advertising and analytics pixels, including the Meta Pixel and Google tags, which may collect browsing activity on our Website for measurement and audience-building purposes.
Payment information for donations, which is processed securely by third-party payment providers. We do not store full payment card details.
How We Use Your Information
We use collected information to:
Provide services and send newsletters, event invitations, campaign updates, and stories from the field
Process and acknowledge donations, including issuing tax receipts
Communicate with you about our programs, volunteer opportunities, and giving opportunities, through the channels you have consented to
Improve our Website and analyze usage trends
Measure the effectiveness of our outreach and reach people with similar interests
Comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, and enforce our policies
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell personal information for money, and we do not rent or trade our email or mailing lists. We do share limited information with advertising platforms as described in the "Advertising and Social Media Platforms" section below. Some state privacy laws define that activity as a "share" or a "sale" even when no money changes hands. You may opt out of it at any time by contacting connect@gcom.world.
We may share your information with:
Service providers who help us operate, including customer relationship and email or SMS marketing platforms, donation and fundraising platforms, payment processors, website hosting and domain providers, and analytics providers. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and to use it only to provide services to us.
Legal authorities, where required by law, subpoena, or legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of GCOM, our supporters, or others.
A successor entity, in the event of a merger, acquisition, or transfer of assets, with notice where feasible.
We honor donor privacy and will not disclose donor identities publicly without consent, except as required for IRS compliance or public disclosure rules applicable to 501(c)(3) organizations.
Mobile Information and Text Messaging
No mobile information will be sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
The Global Co-Mission, Inc. uses text messaging to send updates, stories from the field, and giving opportunities to individuals who have opted in. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Reply STOP to any message to opt out. Reply HELP or contact us at connect@gcom.world or +1 (727) 404-3434 for assistance. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
Service providers who help us deliver messages, such as our messaging platform and telecommunications carriers, may process this data solely to transmit our messages on our behalf and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.
Our text messaging program is available only to individuals 18 years of age or older who are the subscriber or customary user of the phone number provided.
Messaging on Third-Party Platforms (Including WhatsApp and Social Messaging)
Where you have opted in, we may send you updates, stories from the field, and giving opportunities through direct messaging on third-party platforms. These currently include WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram, all operated by Meta Platforms, Inc.; TikTok, operated by TikTok Inc.; X, operated by X Corp.; and LinkedIn, operated by LinkedIn Corporation. We use each platform's direct messaging features only where the platform makes them available for this purpose and only where you have consented to be contacted there.
We may add other messaging platforms in the future as our outreach grows. Where we do, we will obtain your consent for that platform before messaging you on it, and we will update this Policy to identify it. We will not move your contact information from one messaging platform to another without your consent.
Messages sent through these platforms are delivered by the platform operator, and your use of them is also governed by that operator's own terms and privacy policies. We do not control how those operators collect or process information within their own services.
Phone numbers and account identifiers used to deliver these messages are processed solely to deliver the messages you requested. They are not shared with advertising platforms and are not used to build advertising audiences.
You may opt out at any time by replying STOP or otherwise indicating that you wish to stop receiving messages, by blocking or unfollowing the account, by using any opt-out control the platform provides, or by emailing connect@gcom.world. We honor opt-out requests however they are phrased, not only when a specific keyword is used.
These messaging programs are available only to individuals 18 years of age or older.
Public interactions on our social media accounts — comments, replies, mentions, reviews, and posts on platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn — are not covered by this section, even where we also use direct messaging on the same platform. Those interactions are public or semi-public by nature and are governed by the policies of the platform on which they occur.
Advertising and Social Media Platforms
We advertise on social media, video, search, and professional networking platforms to share our work and reach people likely to be interested in it. These currently include Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Google (including YouTube and Google Search), TikTok, LinkedIn, and X. We may advertise on additional platforms in the future, and will update this Policy to identify them.
To do this, we may share email addresses in hashed form with these platforms so they can match them to existing accounts. This allows us to show relevant content to people who already know us, to avoid showing donation appeals to people who have already given, and to reach new audiences with similar interests. Hashing means the address is converted into a coded value before it is sent; the platforms are permitted to use this information only to provide the advertising service to us and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.
We also use advertising and analytics technologies on our Website, including the Meta Pixel, Google tags and Google Analytics, and equivalent tags from the other platforms listed above. These technologies may record pages you visit and actions you take on the Website, and may be used to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and to build advertising audiences.
We do not share phone numbers, text-message opt-in data, or data from any messaging platform with advertising platforms for any purpose. Email addresses and website activity are the only categories of information we use for advertising.
To opt out of the use of your information for advertising, contact connect@gcom.world. You may also manage advertising preferences directly through your account settings on each platform, and manage cookies and tracking through your browser settings.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, analytics, performance, and advertising. You can manage your preferences through your browser settings, and you can opt out of Google Analytics through Google's opt-out browser add-on. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of parts of the Website.
Your Choices and Rights
Email. Unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email, or by contacting us.
Text messages. Reply STOP to any message to opt out. Reply HELP for assistance.
WhatsApp and social messaging. Reply STOP, indicate in any wording that you wish to stop receiving messages, block the account, or email connect@gcom.world.
Cross-channel opt-out. If you ask us to stop contacting you generally, rather than on a specific channel, we will suppress your information across email, text, WhatsApp, and social messaging. If you ask us to stop only on one channel, we will honor that request as made. Text and messaging opt-outs are processed immediately; email opt-outs are processed promptly and in all cases within ten business days.
Advertising. Contact connect@gcom.world to opt out of the use of your information for advertising audiences.
Access, correction, and deletion. You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting connect@gcom.world. We will respond to these requests from any individual, regardless of whether a particular privacy statute applies to us, subject to information we are required to retain by law or for legitimate recordkeeping purposes as described under "Data Retention" below.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, or as required by law:
Donation and financial records: retained for at least seven years to satisfy IRS and charitable recordkeeping requirements.
Consent and opt-out records: retained for at least four years following the end of the relationship, to document permissions and honor opt-out requests. These records are retained even after a deletion request, because they are what allow us to keep you suppressed and to demonstrate that your preferences were honored.
Marketing contact data: retained until you opt out, and for a limited period thereafter for suppression purposes.
Website analytics data: retained according to the settings of the analytics providers we use.
International Users and Data Transfers
The Global Co-Mission, Inc. is based in the United States, and the information we collect is stored and processed in the United States. If you provide information to us from outside the United States, you understand that it will be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country.
We conduct ministry and campaign work internationally, including in Nigeria, Brazil, and other countries. Residents of those countries and of other jurisdictions may have additional rights under local law, including under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), and the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation. To exercise any such rights, or to ask what law applies to information you have given us, contact connect@gcom.world and we will respond.
Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children's Privacy and Age Requirements
Our Website is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it.
Our text messaging, WhatsApp, and social messaging programs are available only to individuals 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly enroll anyone under 18 in these programs, and we will remove any such individual upon learning of it.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided us information, or that someone under 18 has been enrolled in a messaging program, contact connect@gcom.world.
Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to external sites and platforms that we do not control. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, and we encourage you to review their policies.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. For material changes, we will provide notice by email or through a prominent notice on the Website before the changes take effect.
Contact Us
For questions about this Policy, or to exercise any of the rights described above:
The Global Co-Mission, Inc. 7901 4th St N, STE 300 St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Privacy and General inquiries: connect@gcom.world
Phone: +1 (727) 404-3434
Last updated: July 27, 2026.