Peniel Church IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE PRIVACY OF ALL VISITORS TO THIS WEBSITE. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE USE AND PROTECT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US. BY SUBMITTING YOUR DETAILS TO US, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE AND TRANSFER OF YOUR INFORMATION UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY.
1 Introduction
1.1 This website is operated by Peniel Church, a registered charity (registered no: 1112705) based at 49 Coxtie Green Road, Brentwood Essex, CM14 5PS (“we”, “us”, or “our”).
1.2 Your right to privacy is important to us.
1.3 We are keen to strike a fair balance between your personal privacy and ensuring you obtain full value from our website and other products and services we may be able to market to you.
1.4 As a not for profit charitable organisation we are not required to notify under the Data Protection Act 1998. However, we wish to reassure you that we comply with all the data protection principles the Act affords you. Further information on the Act is on the internet at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
2 Information that we collect from you
2.1 When you visit, register your details or order products or services on our website you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, contact details and credit or debit card information. We may also collect information about your usage of our website as well as information about you from messages you post to the website and e-mails or letters you send to us. In particular we may collect information where you subscribe to our online newsletters or provide feedback to us through a contact form or when you complete any on-line survey.
3 Use of your information
3.1 Use of your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of our website and to supply the goods and services you have requested. It will also enable us to bill you and to contact you where necessary concerning your orders. We will also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop Peniel Church.
3.2 In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your support and your views on current issues and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to the website or our events, conferences, and forthcoming church services. Further, where you have consented, we might also use your information to let you know about books, CDs, gift ideas, and other products and services which we offer which may be of interest to you and we may contact you by post, telephone or fax, as well as by e-mail. If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know by emailing us at Sunday10am@peniel.org.
4 Disclosure of your information
4.1 The information you provide to us will be held on our secure computers and may be accessed by or given to our staff and third parties including credit scoring agencies, payment processing companies. These parties act for us for the purposes set out in this policy or for other purposes approved by you. They process information, fulfil and deliver orders, process credit card payments and provide support services on our behalf. We may also pass aggregate information on the usage of our website to third parties but this will not include information that can be used to identify you.
4.2 Where you have consented when providing us with your details, we may also allow carefully selected third parties, to contact you occasionally about forthcoming events and seminars which may be of interest to you. They may contact you by post, telephone or fax, as well as by e-mail. If you change your mind about being contacted by these companies in the future, please let us know.
4.3 Countries outside the European Economic Area do not always have strong data protection laws. However, we will always take steps to ensure that your information is used by third parties in accordance with this policy.
4.4 Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.
5 Cookies
5.1 Cookies are small amounts of information which we store on your computer. Unless you have indicated your objection when disclosing your details to us, our system will issue cookies to your computer when you log on to the website. Cookies make it easier for you to log on to and use the website during future visits. They also allow us to monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the website for you. You may set up your computer to reject cookies although, in that case, you may not be able to use certain features on our website. If you do not wish to receive cookies in the future, please let us know.
6 Security and data retention
6.1 We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires.
6.2 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.
6.3 Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
6.4 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
7 Accessing and updating
7.1 You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us. We are entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
8 Changes to our privacy policy
8.1 Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted to the website and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.
9 Contact
9.1 All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to Johanna Matta, Peniel Church, 49 Coxtie Green Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 5PS; Johanna.matta@peniel.org; +44 (0) 1277 372996.
9.2 Use of this website is subject to our Terms and Conditions.