Privacy Policy
This policy is effective from 25th May 2018
The page contains our privacy policy for our website and when contacting us. As a registered charity we offer various services and if you require our privacy policy for specific services we offer please contact us.
Your personal data – what is it?
Personal data relates to a individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information available.
Who Are we?
We are St Hild and St Helen Christian Fellowship located in Dawdon, Seaham, Co Durham, United Kingdom.
At St Hild and St Helen Christian fellowship we take privacy very seriously. We only collect minimum information that we require and do not disclose to third parties unless required to by law. This Policy applies when using St Hild and St Helen’s website. If you require our privacy policy for the groups or services we run, please contact us.
What information do we collect?
Information you give us
We have a link to contact us via email and to provide details on how to communicate to us via telephone or letter. Where you have contacted us using email, telephone or letter, we collect, use and disclose your personal information in order to respond to your request. This will include contacting you by mail (e.g. to send resources), or email or telephone (e.g. to answer your question) if you have provided us with that data.
Technical information
When using our website we use analytics automatically collected from our hosting company, to store general information, for example geographical location of a visitor, web browser, operating system, device type, traffic source (e.g. search engine) and to help us determine how our site is used. We do not collect Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The rest of the analytical information maintained by our hosting company is used to help run and maintain our site. We use cookies on the site to help with analytics as this allows us to count unique visitors numbers.
Why do we collect that information?
Information you give us
When you initially contacted us we collect, use and disclose your personal information in order to respond to your request. This will include contacting you by mail (e.g. to send resources), or email or telephone (e.g. to answer your question) if you have provided us with that data.
Technical information
The Technical information collected is used only to help us improve, promote, and protect our services. This information is to help with analytics, maintenance and running of our website.
Who do we share that information with?
Your data is kept strictly confidential and is never shared outside of the Church Members or where we are required to by law. By law we may disclose your information in response to law enforcement enquiries, court orders, or other legal requirements; to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud or abuse, violations of our policies; or to protect our rights and property.
Technical information regarding the device you use to access our website or online services may be used to help with troubleshooting, maintenance, or servicing our website with our hosting company or domain registrar. This data is never shared outside of the Church Members or where we are required to by law or where our hosting or domain companies have access.
Details of our website host, domain name registrar and email is linked here for transparency:
Host: Squarespace http://www.squarespace.com
Domain Name Registrar: Hover http://www.hover.com
Email: www.gmail.com
Link to other sites
Our website links to social media sites, where there is access to our pages or accounts where you can follow us or get in contact with us. Sometimes our site from from time to time may also contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. These are 3rd party sites that are not run by us. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Security
This website is secured by HTTPS by default.
For data access, amendments or deletions request please request in writing to follow following:
David Taylor (Pastor)
St Hild and St Helen Christian Fellowship
Mount Stewart Street
On the corner next to Melbury Street
Dawdon, Seaham
SR7 7NF
Email: contact@sthildandsthelen.com
We will process your request within a reasonable time.
Changes to our privacy and Cookie policy
Any changes we make to our privacy and cookie policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Summary of changes so far:
25th May 2018 : First Published
