Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 14, 2026
Last Updated: August 1, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Sanmi Dawodu Ministries (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible at sanmidawodu.org. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and what rights you have in relation to it.

This policy applies to all information collected through our website at sanmidawodu.org, including our blog, prayer resources, newsletter, user registration, contact forms, and any other services offered through the site.

Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with any of its terms, please discontinue use of the site.

2. Who We Are

Sanmi Dawodu Ministries is a personal Christian ministry platform providing biblical teaching, prayer devotionals, spiritual growth content, and life coaching resources. Our mission is to help believers grow in their walk with God through daily devotionals, prayer series such as our 40 Days of Prayer guide, teaching on biblical brokenness and repentance, and encouragement for those seeking to return to God after backsliding. We share this content through our website, email newsletter, SMS updates, and social media platforms.

Owner and Data Controller: Sanmi Dawodu, Chicago, Illinois, United States
📞 +1 202 731 2355
🌐 sanmidawodu.org

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information You Provide Directly

When you interact with our website, you may voluntarily provide us with:

Name and email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter, register for an account, or submit a contact form
Phone number — when you opt in to receive SMS spiritual updates, prayer reminders, or devotional messages
Username and password — when you create a registered account on the site
Comments and messages — when you leave a comment on a post or send us a message through the contact form
Coaching or booking inquiry details — when you reach out for life coaching sessions, speaking engagements, or consultations

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically by our systems and third-party tools, including:

IP address, browser type and version, operating system
Referring URL and pages visited
Date and time of your visit
Device type and cookies/tracking data

3.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party platforms when you interact with our social media presence on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), or WhatsApp.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To provide and operate our website and display content
To send you our daily devotional, prayer series, and biblical teaching content by email if you have subscribed
To send you SMS spiritual updates and prayer reminders if you have opted in to text messaging
To respond to your inquiries and contact form submissions
To process coaching and ministry appointment bookings
To improve our website content, structure, and performance
To protect the security of our website
To comply with legal obligations

We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making or profiling. You may unsubscribe from email or SMS communications at any time using the unsubscribe link or reply instructions included in every message.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our legal basis for

Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertising on eligible editorial pages. We do not place AdSense ads on checkout, cart, account, product, contact, legal, unsubscribe, confirmation, or email and SMS opt-in pages.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings. You may also review choices offered by participating third-party advertising vendors at YourAdChoices. Other third-party vendors or ad networks may use cookies or similar technologies under their own privacy policies and opt-out procedures.

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, personalized advertising will not be enabled until a Google-certified consent management platform has collected the choices required by applicable law and the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework. When the consent message is available, visitors can accept, reject, manage, or withdraw their advertising choices through that message.