Agape Policies
Safety is our utmost concern for our guests participating in activities at Agape’ Wilderness Retreat Center. The activities included in this policy include team building activities, the low ropes course, our gaga pit, the nine square in the air game, hiking, fishing and free play time.
Participants in retreat activities understand that there is a certain amount of risk involved in any activity and that that risk increases with the difficulty of the activity. By taking part in these activities, the participant acknowledges and accepts these risks.
No participation with the team building activities or low ropes course are allowed without the presence and direct supervision of a qualified and authorized Agape’ Wilderness Retreat Center representative. Anyone using these facilities without such supervision or whom willfully ignore clear instructions, accepts full responsibility for any injury caused by their activities whether the injury is on themselves or someone else and for any damage done to the facilities. Any Agape’ Wilderness Retreat authorized representative will be familiar with the team building and low ropes activities and the safety requirements of all of the activities.
All the above listed activities, are designed for daylight hours. Any unauthorized use after dark are prohibited and those using the facilities in an unauthorized manor accept full responsibility for any injury caused by their activities whether the injury is on themselves or someone else and for any damage done to the facilities.
Certain natural barriers may be present along the trails (downed trees, rocks, exposed roots or branches). Caution should be used at all times while hiking on the trails. Hikers should not leave the marked trails into unmarked, unmaintained areas.
Approved 7/20/2018
We realize that sometimes even the most airtight plans can change, and we will do our best to be flexible if you should have to cancel your reservation unexpectedly. We will always work with your group on rescheduling your reservation and will be happy to transfer your deposit in full to hold an alternate date for your retreat.
Most groups schedule retreats months in advance and it can be difficult to fill dates that open up with less than 30 days notice. Since we still incur costs associated with retreat cancellations, we have adopted the following policy to handle reservation cancellations:
- If your group is unable to attend the retreat in which you originally registered, you may reapply your entire deposit to secure an alternate date as long as that date is within 12 months.
- If you cancel your reservation at least 30 days prior to the start of your retreat, your deposit will be refunded, less a $50.00 registration cancellation fee to cover our administrative costs.
- If you cancel your reservation less than 30 days prior to the start of your retreat you forfeit all of your deposit.
This policy is intended to support you in keeping your commitments, and is not intended as a penalty. If you have special mitigating circumstances, please discuss with us by phone (502) 255-7676 or email.
In order to secure requested dates for any retreat/camp, a $200.00 deposit is required. Dates are not secured until the deposit is received by Agape’ Wilderness Retreat Center. In the event that a second group selects retreat dates that conflict with previously requested but unsecured (no deposit received) dates, Agape’ Wilderness Retreat will attempt to contact the initial requesting group to secure the deposit before accepting the other group’s deposit. Only 3 attempts to secure the necessary deposit will be made before cancelling the initial request and accepting the deposit from the new request for the dates in question.
If your group is unable to attend the retreat in which you originally registered, you may reapply your entire deposit to secure an alternate date as long as that date is within 12 months of the original date. If you cancel your reservation at least 30 days prior to the start of your retreat, your deposit will refunded, less a $50.00 registration cancellation fee to cover our administrative costs. If you cancel your reservation less than 30 days prior to the start of your retreat, you forfeit 100% of your deposit.
Approved 4/22/2018
Agape’ Wilderness Retreat Center has a variety of facilities for use by church groups, school groups and others desiring to have a retreat or conference at the location. We cater to Christian organizations specifically but not exclusively. We reserve the right to exclude groups who have values and beliefs that are contrary to the Christian faith especially if their intent for the use of the facility is to teach, publicly expose, and/or further expand values and beliefs that are inconsistent with our Christian faith.
We expect our guest to treat the facilities with care and respect and to follow any instruction of the representatives of Agape’ Christian Ministries, Inc. with regard to our facilities.
Any damage done due to irresponsible acts or acts in direct contradiction to instructions provided is the responsibility of the group renting the facilities. Any damage, no matter what the cause, should be reported immediately to the representatives of Agape’ Christian Ministries, Inc. on site.
Approved 4/22/2018
Keys for cabins will be assigned out to the leaders in each cabin with a limit of 2 keys per cabin. Keys are to be turned in at the end of the group’s stay at Agape Wilderness Retreat Center. The group will be charged $10.00 for any key not returned at the end of the group’s stay.
Approved 4/22/2018
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Agape’ Christian Ministries, Inc, doing business as Agape’ Wilderness Retreat Center (“Agape’ Wilderness Retreat Center”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at Susan@agapewilderness.com.
When you visit our website http://www.agapewilderness.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (such as http://www.agapewilderness.com), and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the “Services”).
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Services or otherwise contacting us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:
Publicly Available Personal Information. We collect first name, maiden name, last name, and nickname; phone numbers; email addresses; business email; business phone number; family member names and their related information; and other similar data.
Personal Information Provided by You. We collect past and current partners; and other similar data.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Services for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
- To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
- Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.
3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:
- Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
- Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
- Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
- Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
- Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Services, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Services over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
- Third-Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Services. These companies may use information about your visits to our Website(s) and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.
5. DO WE USE GOOGLE MAPS?
In Short: Yes, we use Google Maps for the purpose of providing better service.
This website, mobile application, or Facebook application uses Google Maps APIs. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here. To better understand Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.
By using our Maps API Implementation, you agree to be bound by Google’s Terms of Service.
6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 1 year.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at susan@agapewilderness.com.
9. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.
10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?
In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?
If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at Susan@agapewilderness.com or by post to:
Agape’ Christian Ministries, Inc
831 Barebone Rd
Bedford, KY 40006
United States
HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the laws of some countries, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by clicking here. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
Last updated 3/17/20
As part of our commitment to care for and protect the minors (defined as anyone under the age of 18), as well as the vulnerable adults (defined as a person aged 16 or over whose ability to protect himself from violence, abuse or neglect is significantly impaired through physical or mental disability or illness, through old age or otherwise) among us, groups using our facilities must have an established policy or documented practice to protect minors and vulnerable adults.
Adopted this 28th day of December, 2018