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Harefield Church (the Church) takes your privacy
very seriously. The Church has adopted this Privacy Policy as we
recognise the right of people to keep their personal information
private. This Privacy Policy covers the Church’s treatment of
personally identifiable information that we collect or hold.
When you visit, or register for services on our site
the Church will collect general information about you, such as your
name, address, contact details so the Church can contact you. We
may also collect information about your usage of our website as well as
information about you from e-mails or letters you send to us.
The Church will use the personal information we
collect for the purpose disclosed at the time of collection, or
otherwise as set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not use your
personal information for any other purpose without first seeking your
consent, unless authorised or required by law. Generally we will
only use and disclose your personal information as follows:
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to establish and maintain your involvement with the Church,
including providing you with regular correspondence;
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t provide the products or services you have requested from the
Church;
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to answer your inquiry by post, telephone, mobile phone, fax as
well as email;
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to assist us to make the Church’s sites, services and products
more valuable to our community;
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for direct promotion of products or services and to keep you
informed of new developments we believe may be of interest to you.
If we contact you in this way without obtaining your prior consent,
we will provide you with the opportunity to decline any further
promotional communications; and
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to different parts of the Church to enable the development and
promotion of other products and services and to improve our general
ability to assist Church attendees and the wider community.
The information you provide to us will be held on
computers and may be accessed by or given to our staff for the purposes
set out in this policy or for other purposes approved by you. Our
staff process information and provide support services on our behalf.
We do not pass any information to third parties, except where we are
legally required to do so.
Your personal information will be kept strictly
confidential. It is never sold, given away, or shared with anyone,
unless we're required to by law.
You can request access to the personal information
that the Church holds about you by contacting the Church’s Privacy
Officer as set out below. We will provide you with access to your
personal information unless we are legally authorised to refuse your
request. We may charge a reasonable amount for providing access.
If you wish to change personal information that is
out of date or inaccurate at any time please contact us. After
notice from you, we will take reasonable steps to correct any of your
information which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you
wish to have your personal information deleted please let us know and we
will delete that information wherever practicable.
We may refuse your request to access, amend or
delete your personal information in certain circumstances. If we
do refuse your request, we will provide you with a reason for our
decision and, in the case of amendment, we will note with your personal
information that you have disputed its accuracy.
The Church will take reasonable steps to keep
secure any personal information which we hold and to keep this
information accurate and up to date. Personal information is
stored in a secure server or secure files.
The Internet is not a secure method of transmitting
information. Accordingly, the Church cannot accept responsibility
for the security of information you send to or receive from us over the
Internet or for any unauthorised access or use of that information.
We take security measures to protect your information from access by
unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss,
destruction and damage. Your information will be held for a
reasonable period or as long as the law requires.
Cookies are small amounts of information that 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 site. Cookies make it easier for
you to log on to and use the site during future visits. They also
help to monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the
site 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 site.
The Church may amend this Privacy Policy from time
to time by having the amended version available at the information
counters at the Church or on our website at
www.harefieldchurch.org. We suggest that you visit our
website regularly to keep up to date with any changes.
If you would like any further information, or have
any queries, problems or complaints relating to the Church’s Privacy
Policy or our information handling practices in general, please contact
our Privacy Officer by calling 01279 445 018 emailing:
info@harefieldchurch.org
or writing to The Privacy Officer, Harefield Church, Burgoyne Hatch,
Momples Road, Harlow, Essex CM20 3EH.
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