Menu Privacy Policy How St Andrew the Great Church (“we”) use your information Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of your information. Why are we collecting your data? We collect personal data to provide appropriate pastoral care, to monitor and assess the quality of our services, to fulfil our purposes as a church and to comply with the law regarding data sharing. In legal terms this is called ‘legitimate interests’. When it is required, we may also ask you for your consent to process your data. We do not share your information with others except as described in this notice. The categories of information that we may collect, hold and share include: Personal information (such as name, telephone number, address and email address) Characteristics (such as gender, ethnicity, language, nationality, country of birth) Special categories of personal data (such as your religious beliefs) Storing your data We hold your data for varying lengths of time depending on the type of information in question but in doing so we always comply with Data Protection legislation.We will contact you annually to check that the information we are holding is accurate and that you agree to us holding it. Who do we share your information with? We will not share your information with third parties without your consent unless the law requires us to do so. Requesting access to your personal data Under Data Protection legislation, you have the right to request access to information about you that we hold. To make a request for your personal information contact the Senior Administrator (Louise Gilmore), louise.gilmore@stag.org. You also have the right to: object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress- prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing object to decisions being taken by automated means in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed; and claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the Data Protection regulations. For further information on how your information is used, how we maintain the security of your information and your rights to access information we hold on you please contact the Senior Administrator (Louise Gilmore), louise.gilmore@stag.org. If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, you should raise your concern with us in the first instance or directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ Cookies We use cookies on our website. By using our website you agree to this Policy and you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy. 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. There are two main kinds of cookies: “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies only last for the duration of users using the website and are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies outlast user sessions and remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date. Cookies on this website We use both Session Cookie and Persistent 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. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. 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, a cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Cookie Name Cookie Category Description Duration wordpress_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user. session wordpress_logged_in_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user session wordpress_test_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user session wordpress_test_cookie 2 WordPress test cookie session wp-settings- 1 WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. 1 year wp-settings-time- 2 WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. 1 year PHPSESSID 1 To identify your unique session on the website session SESS 1 To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered. session __utma 2 This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase. permanent __utmb 2 __utmb is a Google Analytics cookie. It takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site. session __utmc 2 __utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. 30 mins __utmz 2 Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. This cookie is how Google Analytics knows to whom and to what source / medium / keyword to assign the credit for a Goal Conversion or an Ecommerce Transaction. 6 months Third-party cookies We also use third party cookies to analyse the use of this website and improve its performance. For this purpose we use Google Analytics. 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. Read Google’s privacy policy. Find out more about Google Analytics opt out. Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. ST ANDREW THE GREAT St Andrew’s Street Cambridge CB2 3AX church.office@stag.org 01223 518218 Contact Safeguarding Vacancies Ministry Internship All content © St Andrew the Great 2021. Registered Charity 1133975. Privacy Policy.