Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Anglican Catholic Church – Diocese of the United Kingdom

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at dioceseuk@anglicancatholic.org
In the Anglican Catholic Church we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the type of personal information is collected and recorded by the Church web site and how we use it.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, our Church web site makes use of log files. These files merely log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyse trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Cookies on this website

Generally, we use cookies to help us administer this website, to improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use cookies to identify which pages are being used most frequently. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website to tailor it to visitor needs.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not.
Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you and does not give us access to your computer or any information about you.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you would prefer. Bear in mind that this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website and enabling us to optimise the website for you.
Third Party Cookies

We also use third party cookies to help us to understand how users interact with our website and enable us to improve user experience.
Currently we use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at www.google.com/privacypolicy.html..

Again, most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers will allow you to reject just third party cookies.
This website cookies policy is based on a free document supplied by The Legal Stop Limited through its website http://www.thelegalstop.co.uk/

Children’s Information

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. The Church web site does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that the Church web site has in its database the personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Links to other web sites

The Church web site may, from time to time, provide links to other web sites, such as Youtube. We have no control over such web sites and are not responsible for the content of these web sites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such web sites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other web sites prior to using them.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to this Anglican Catholic Church web site and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this web site.

General

You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.

Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.

This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

Consent

By using The Church web site, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

Update

This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Thursday 24th March 2022.

Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.