St Paul's Church, Low Moor

Reaching out and growing together in God's love

Privacy & GDPR Notice


Privacy and GDPR Notice

St Pauls Church in Low Moor Clitheroe is committed to protecting your privacy, and we take our responsibilities regarding the security of user information very seriously. This Privacy Statement sets out how we comply with both UK and European Union data protection requirements.

By viewing our website or by using our website to signpost you to a specific service your IP address, browser details, times of visits, this can include information from a geographical marker may be logged and used for statistical purposes, network security and assist fraud prevention. This in turn gives us the opportunity to check and test the traffic and also how effectively the website performs.   St Pauls and the website administrators helps us to monitor how effectively the site is working. Be assured that we never profile  visitors to the site or invasively monitor in such a way we track or pass on any data about them. The statistical data will be analysed used by ourselves for mostly statistical data and may also be used by our website provider to help provide the service. The legal basis for processing this information is Legitimate Interest.

 

Our aim is to keep your data safe and private. As we are for non-profit we will not and do not share your data without your prior consent this may include personal information for a service agreed by St Pauls and is needed for `example of the said event.

 We will continue to send material to you, you will be able to opt out of receiving this information at any time.

 GDPR

 The data protection law “GDPR” (General Data Protection Regulations) comes (came) in to force on May 25, 2018.

 These regulations protect your personal data in the following ways:

 Your personal data is only stored for the purpose for what it was collected for.

When it is no longer required it will be destroyed/removed to the required standard as specified by the law.

Whilst holding your personal data we will ensure it is stored safely and securely and we will have processes in place to ensure ongoing security of your data.

 We will not share your data with any 3rd party organisation without your specific consent and you will have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

 We will only send you marketing material that you have agreed to receive. This can be in any form agreed, This of course can be changed by notifying a senior official at St Pauls Church.


 Marketing

 We use your personal information to contact to tell you about information such as events both free and contribution based that may be of interest to you this can include products and services that you have already said you are happy to receive. You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages by contacting us at any time.

 Your right to access the personal information we hold about you

 Under the GDPR you may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please email us  / 

 Other Websites

This website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site you should note that we do not have any control over any other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting other sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Statement. You should exercise caution and read the Privacy Statement applicable to the website in question. This can generally found at the bottom of the website

 

Your Consent

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by us for the purposes described above. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, It is your responsibility to check our Privacy policy. How we use it and in what circumstances we disclose it. We will not however contact you directly to inform of any changes.

 

 Cookies Policy

We are aware of our responsibility to protect your privacy. As part of this responsibility, we let you know what information we collect using cookies when you use our websites, why we collect it and how we use it to improve your experience.

 

What is a Cookie?

Generally our cookies perform up to three different functions:

Strictly Essential Cookies – To run some parts of our site we set a session cookie. This cookie is used to identify user sessions between page visits. Our site will not work correctly if the cookie cannot be set (for example if you set your internet browser to reject all cookies).

Google Maps Cookies (Third Party) – Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users.

Analytical/Performance Cookies – These are cookies that allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to the website and see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. We use Google Analytics cookies to track anonymous usage statistics and do not collect any personal information that can be used to identify you. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

 

How to disable Cookies in your browser

 You can restrict or block cookies at any time using your browser settings. You can learn more on how to remove cookies set on your computer / mobile device via the following link: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/

 Further Information on Cookies

 For more information on how Google use this information, visit their Privacy Policy.

For information regarding the updated law on cookies visit the ICO.

For more information about how to manage cookies and their uses visit About Cookies.

This policy was created on the 10/01/2023.

Updated made on 08/01/2024