St. Matthew's Church is committed to protecting your privacy and the overall integrity of the Internet. To that end, we are disclosing here any issues related to privacy in the collection by ourselves of personally identifiable information from visitors of this web site.
This Policy has been developed to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and follows good practice guidelines from the Direct Marketing Association. It is updated, without notification, following advice published from time to time by the Information Commissioner.
The summary
- Information you provide to St. Matthew's Church is not provided or sold to any third parties.
- Information you provide as a user on the web site is used only for the purpose of replying to your enquiry or praying for your prayer request.
Controllers of personal information
Any personal information provided or to be gathered by St. Matthew's Church is controlled primarily by the Parish Church Council for the Southborough Team Ministry, c/o Christ Church Southborough, 86 Prospect Road, Southborough, Kent, TN4 0EG, United Kingdom.
What information do we collect from customers?
We collect information via our our enquiry forms. There is no minimum requirement for information but most often, visitors will provide us with a name, address and email address. Your telephone number may also be provided but this is not mandatory.
We collect statistics on site visitors and determining the level of repeat visitors. These help us develop the design and layout of the web site and control unauthorized use of the facilities. These statistics are not personally identifiable.
What do we do with the information collected from visitors?
The information we collect allows us to answer your enquiries and, where relevant, pray for you as you have requested.
Do we share the information we collect?
St. Matthew's Church does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. We do not provide aggregate statistics about our visitors, traffic patterns and related site information to third-party vendors.
We will provide subscribers with a summary of all personal information that we process on them upon request. We will charge £10 for such requests. To make such a request, contact us via email and include the email address that you would have used to contact us previously. Personal information will be provided within 28 days.
What about "cookies"?
A cookie is a small file created by a web site and then stored on your computer. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can control if and when you allow cookies to be stored on your machine, and can view or delete any cookies stored.
This web site uses cookies.
This website uses Google Analytics cookies to help us improve the site for visitors. It is our aim to understand how people are using this website, and how we can make frequently requested information more accessible.
If you would like to know more about cookies, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/
About Google Analytics cookies.
Information Collected From All Visitors
- Visitors to this website who have javascript enabled are tracked using Google Analytics. Google Analytics collects the following types of information from users:
- Type of user agent (web browser) used, software manufacture and version number.
- Type of operating system
- Screen colors (color processing ability of the users screen)
- Javascript support
- Flash version
- Screen resolution
- Network location and IP address
- Can include country, city, state, region, county, or any other geographic data.
- Hostname
- Bandwidth (internet connection speed)
- Time of visit
- Pages visited
- Time spent on each page of the website
- Referring site statistics
- The website (URI) the user came through in order to arrive at this website (example: clicking on a hyperlink from Yahoo.com that took the user to this website)
- Search engine query used (example: typing in a phrase into a search engine like Google, and clicking on a link from that search engine)
- This data is used to optimize our website for our visitors.
- This data DOES NOT include any personalized identification information such as:
- Names
- Phone Numbers
- Email Addresses
- Mailing Addresses
- Social Security Numbers
- Bank Account Numbers
- Credit Card Information
How do we protect and store your information?
As required by the UK Data Protection Legislation, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we are able to disclose sensitive information to you.
In summary
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect on the site to enhance your overall customer experience. We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others.
Your consent
By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by St. Matthew's Church. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.