The Christ Palace International Ministries
Privacy Policy
Last updated July 14, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how The Christ Palace International Ministries (“the Church,” “we,” “us”) collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our member and ministry applications, including the TAP small-groups portal and the Royal Kids children’s-ministry portal (together, the “Services”).
Information we collect
We collect only what we need to serve our members and run our ministries:
- Account details — your name, email address, mobile phone number, mailing address, and home campus.
- Children’s-ministry information — provided by a parent or guardian: a child’s name, age, class, allergies, and the guardian’s contact details, used for check-in and secure pickup.
- Participation records — group membership, volunteer roles and schedules, and check-in/attendance history.
- Messages — a record of the text messages we send you and any replies (such as STOP or HELP).
How we use your information
- To create and manage your account and ministry participation.
- To operate children’s check-in and generate secure pickup codes.
- To coordinate volunteers — serving assignments, availability requests, and reminders.
- To communicate with you about services, schedules, and account matters, by email and by SMS text message where you have consented.
SMS text messaging
If you provide your mobile number and opt in, we send transactional and service messages — children’s check-in and pickup codes, volunteer serving assignments, availability requests and reminders, and service-related updates. These are not marketing messages.
- Consent is collected through a clearly labeled opt-in checkbox at the point you provide your number (account registration, child registration, or when a ministry leader adds you to a team). Consent is not a condition of any unrelated service.
- Message frequency varies based on your role and ministry activity.
- Message and data rates may apply from your mobile carrier.
- To opt out, reply STOP to any message at any time; you will receive one confirmation and no further messages. Reply HELP for assistance.
- Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
We do not sell, rent, or share your mobile phone number or your SMS consent with any third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile information is used solely to deliver the messages described above.
How we share information
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only:
- With service providers who operate the Services on our behalf and only as needed to do so — for example, our messaging provider (Twilio) to deliver texts, and our hosting and database providers. They are bound to use it only for those services.
- When required by law or to protect the safety of a child or another person.
Children’s privacy
Information about a child is provided by, and managed with the consent of, that child’s parent or guardian, and is used only to operate the children’s ministry (registration, check-in, and pickup). A parent or guardian may review, update, or request deletion of their child’s information by contacting us.
Data retention & security
We keep information for as long as needed to provide the Services and meet our record-keeping and legal obligations, then delete or anonymize it. We use industry-standard safeguards, including encrypted connections and access controls, to protect your information.
Your choices
You may update your profile, opt out of texts (reply STOP), or ask us to access, correct, or delete your information by contacting us at the address below.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be posted here with a revised “last updated” date.
Contact us
The Christ Palace International Ministries · 6400 Woodway Dr, Houston, TX · Central Austin
Email: privacy@thechristpalace.org