Privacy Policy & Cookies

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. This policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

What Information Do We Collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

  • information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation;
  • information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletter and occasional additional items;
  • any other information that you choose to send to us.

Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies, and we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We may use both "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies on the website. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; prevent fraud and increase website security.

We will use the persistent cookies to enable our website to recognize you when you visit and keep track of your preferences in relation to your use of our website.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

We use a CMS system called Umbraco which uses cookies which is necessary for the backend to work, these will only be installed if you sign into the Umbraco backend. More information is available here.

When you are submitting a subscription form the following cookie will be generated: AspNetCore.Antiforgery.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website.

Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.

The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: _ga, and _gat.

The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.

Our analytics service provider's privacy policy is available here.

Blocking Cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. For example:

  • In Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options", "Privacy", selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, and unticking "Accept cookies from sites".
  • In Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and then selecting "Block sites from setting any data" under the "Cookies" heading.

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

Deleting Cookies

You can delete cookies already stored on your computer. For example:

  • In Firefox (version 24) you can delete cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options" and "Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history", clicking "Show Cookies", and then clicking "Remove All Cookies".
  • In Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Clear browsing data", and then selecting "Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data" before clicking "Clear browsing data".

Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

Using Your Personal Information

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

  • administer the website;
  • improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website;
  • enable your use of the services available on the website;
  • send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
  • send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
  • keep the website secure and prevent fraud;
  • verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website.

Disclosures

We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.

We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

  • to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
  • in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
  • In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

International Data Transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Information which you provide may be transferred to countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area.

You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.

Security of Your Personal Information

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.

You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Policy Amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Your Rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:

  • the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10); and
  • the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity.

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by sending an email to us. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

Third-Party Websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third-party websites.

Updating Information

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email to .

Data Controller

The data controller responsible in respect of the information collected on this website is St Mary’s Church.