Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Shining River—Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how SHINING RIVER collects, shares, and uses any information that relates
to you when you use our Site(s) (including the Main Shining River website, https://www.shiningriver.com ; the “Manna From My Father’s Hand” blogging and current content site, https://manna.shiningriver.com, and the Mending Music site, https://www.shiningriver.com/mendingmusic ), when you engage with us on
social media, or otherwise interact with us (your “Personal Data”). This Privacy Policy also explains the
rights you have concerning the Personal Data that we process and how you can exercise these rights.

Principles

SHINING RIVER manifests its commitment to privacy and data protection by embracing the following
principles.

  • SHINING RIVER uses Personal Data lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner.
  • SHINING RIVER collects no more Personal Data than necessary, and only for a legitimate
    purpose.
  • SHINING RIVER retains no more data than necessary or for a longer period than needed.
  • SHINING RIVER protects Personal Data with appropriate security measures.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Data We Collect

This policy applies only to information collected on the Site(s) (as above). We potentially collect two
types of information from visitors to our websites:
     1. Personal Data.
     2. Non-personal Data.
“Personal Data” is information that identifies you personally and that you provide to us, such as your
name, address, telephone number, email address, and sometimes your Internet Protocol (IP) address.
We may collect this information when you create a profile on our Site, visit our Site, or complete a
purchase.
“Non-personal Data” can be technical in nature. It does not identify you personally. Examples of non
Personal Data may include (but are not limited to) cookies, web beacons, and demographic
information.

Usage Data

To improve your experience with our Site we may also collect information on how you navigate the
Site, information about your connection, and the technical means you use to access our Site. This data
may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser
type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time
spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so. We use this
data to improve and customize your shopping experience. You can enable or disable location services
when you use our Service at any time by way of your device settings.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site(s) and we hold
certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous
unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from our Site and stored on your device. Other
tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information
and to improve and analyze our Site. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate
when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some
portions of our Site.

Data Use

SHINING RIVER may use this collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our service
  • To notify you about changes in policies and order details
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Site and services
  • To monitor the propriety of Site usage
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and
    events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired
    about unless you have opted not to receive such information

Data Storage, Transfer, and Retention

The Personal Data that we collected from you is generally stored within a country of the European
Union or the European Economic Area (“EU/EEA”), or the United States of America (“USA”), but may
also, whenever necessary, be transferred to and processed in a country outside of the EU/EEA or USA.
Any such transfer of your Personal Data will be carried out in compliance with applicable laws and
without undermining your statutory rights.
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers
located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data
protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the
data, including Personal Data, to and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your
agreement to that transfer.
SHINING RIVER will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely
and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an
organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your
data and other personal information.
We will hold on to your information for as long as you continue to be a SHINING RIVER customer and
for as long as we are required to keep it to ensure we meet our legal requirements across the globe.

Data Access

Your Personal Data is available and accessible only by those who need the data to accomplish the
intended processing purpose. To the extent necessary, your Personal Data may be shared with
suppliers and subcontractors (processors and sub-processors) carrying out certain tasks on SHINING
RIVER’s behalf and with independent third-parties, including, but not limited to, using personal
information you share with us or that we indirectly collect to verify your identity and for fraud
prevention purposes.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the
Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially
acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Data Disclosure

Under certain circumstances, SHINING RIVER may be required to disclose your Personal Data if
required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a
government agency).

Legal Requirements

SHINING RIVER may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary
to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of SHINING RIVER
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others. We will only share
such information with business partners and trusted affiliates for necessary purposes (ie. to fulfill your
order with the correct address, etc.) Your financial information is handled via trusted affiliates so that
Shining River will only have limited (if any) access to such information. You can save your credit card
information on these affiliated sites if you wish (according to their terms and privacy policies) in order
to limit the need to repeatedly enter such financial information.

Third Party websites and affiliates

Shining River uses several affiliates to expedite order processing, to assist with email communications
and to provide free videos and interaction with users, etc. These include (but are not limited to)

PayPal https://www.paypal.com , Stripe https://www.stripe.com ,  MailerLite https://mailerlite.com, YouTube / 
Google https://www.youtube.com , and https://www.google.com.

Each of these affiliates have their own terms of use and privacy policies that can be read on their corresponding websites. Please keep that in mind when following links, etc.
We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the
practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site(s). In addition, these sites or services,
including their content and links, may be subject to change. These sites/services may have their own
privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website,
including websites which have a link to our Site(s) is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Exercise Your Rights (Contact Us)

We take data protection very seriously and therefore we are dedicated to handling your requests in
relation to your rights stated above. You can reach us at info@shiningriver.com.

Updates to Terms

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically as necessary. Please note the “Last Updated” date
below and take note of any changes that may have occurred since you last read these terms. Your use
of the Shining River website(s) implies an awareness and acceptance of such current polices.

Last updated: May 23, 2026