Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 7, 2026

Who We Are

MinusMike.com is the ministry website of Mike Gonzalez. The site provides biblical teaching, leadership and church-health resources, information about books and ministry initiatives, and ways to contact Mike regarding speaking and ministry opportunities.

Information You Provide

When you use a contact or inquiry form, you may provide information such as your name, email address, organization or church, event details, and the contents of your message. Please do not submit confidential, financial, medical, or other highly sensitive information through the website forms.

Information Collected Automatically

The website and its service providers may automatically receive limited technical information, including an IP address, browser and device information, referring pages, pages visited, approximate location derived from an IP address, and cookie or similar identifier information. This information helps operate, secure, and improve the website.

How Information Is Used

Information may be used to respond to messages and ministry inquiries, operate and improve the website, understand general site usage, prevent spam and malicious activity, maintain security, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Personal information is not sold. It is not used for unrelated marketing without an appropriate choice or consent.

Contact Forms and Email

Contact forms are provided through WPForms. Form submissions are transmitted for delivery by email and may be retained in the receiving mailbox for as long as reasonably needed to respond, maintain ministry records, resolve disputes, or meet legal obligations. The current website configuration may not retain a separate, recoverable copy of each submission inside WordPress.

Cookies and Analytics

The site may use cookies needed for security, administration, preferences, and normal website operation. Google Site Kit and Google Analytics are used to understand aggregated website activity and performance. Google may process usage information according to its Privacy Policy. Visitors may also review the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Security and Spam Protection

Wordfence and built-in form protections are used to identify malicious traffic, failed login attempts, spam, and other security threats. These services may process IP addresses, request details, and related technical information for security purposes.

Hosting and Service Providers

The website is hosted through ScalaHosting. Other providers supporting the site may include WordPress, Google, WPForms, Wordfence, and email-delivery services. These providers may process limited information as necessary to provide hosting, analytics, security, form, or email services.

External Links and Embedded Content

The site links to external websites, including ministry websites and Amazon. External sites have their own privacy practices, and this policy does not govern their collection or use of information. Embedded content from another website may behave as though the visitor accessed that website directly.

Data Retention

Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to inquiries, maintaining security records, analyzing site performance, and meeting legal or administrative obligations. Retention periods used by third-party providers are governed by their respective settings and policies.

Your Choices and Requests

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that you have submitted through this site, subject to information that must be retained for legitimate security, administrative, or legal reasons. Requests can be made through the Contact page.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed to children under 13, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If such information is believed to have been submitted, please use the Contact page to request its removal.

Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated as the website, ministry, or service providers change. The effective date at the top of this page will identify the latest revision.

Contact

Questions about this policy or privacy requests may be submitted through the Contact page.