Privacy & Cookie Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Confident Church obtains, holds, uses and discloses personal data and how we protect it. Confident Church is committed to only holding personal data that is accurate, adequate, relevant and not excessive. This policy provides further details about how we do this and how to contact us if required.
Collection and use of personal data
Confident Church collects personal data for a small number of specific reasons, including;
- To send informative and relative news and marketing messages including news, updates, advice, events and services from Confident Church and/ or from Jersey Road PR, which owns Confident Church
- For the purpose of delivering and administrating our e-learning courses or other learning materials
In regard to bullet point 2, Personal Data is processed on the basis of consent. On occasion Confident Church will process personal data that is either shared, loaned or acquired from third party organisations. In these circumstances Confident Church will ensure that the data can legitimately be shared / loaned / sold and use the appropriate basis for the processing of that data inline with any preferences made by the data subject.
In all cases you, as the data subject, have the right to opt out of receiving any marketing material from Confident Church by either selecting the unsubscribe link in any marketing email received from Confident Church or by emailing us at [email protected] and requesting to be opted-out of receiving any future marketing communications.
For us to be able to carry out the above-mentioned activities we may need to share your data with relevant third parties as follows:
– To third party support organisations where Confident Church outsources elements of support or are acting on the customers behalf
– Marketing partners for the purpose of executing Confident Church marketing campaigns
– To third party LMS for the purpose of delivering and administrating our e-learning courses.
Please be assured that Confident Church will never sell or lease personal data to third party organisations for direct marketing purposes.
The types of data Confident Church may collect include:
1. Personal details, including; name, job title, email, telephone number, social media identity and address. Usually the address will be your place of work, however occasionally Confident Church may need to know of your home address if we are supporting you whilst you are working remotely.
2. Information about your activities on our website(s) and about the device you use to access these, for instance your IP address and geographical location
Confident Church will only collect relevant personal data that is required for us to provide you with our content and services. Normally this data will be obtained directly from you, although we may occasionally use third party marketing services. Where this is the case we will always ensure that the third party marketing agency hold the correct permissions for your data to be used for the intended purpose.
Retention and deletion policy
Confident Church is committed to ensuring that your data is protected. In order to prevent unauthorised access Confident Church has put in place appropriate physical and electronic security to keep your data safe.
Confident Church will keep your data for an appropriate length of time to enable us to continue providing our services to you, or until such time you withdraw your consent (if consent is the basis for processing).
Changes to privacy policy
Any changes to this privacy policy will be published via Confident Church’s website, www.confidentchurch.com. It is recommended that you check our website regularly to view the latest privacy policy.
Your rights and access to your information
Your rights over the personal information that we hold about you are:
- The right to access all of the information that we hold on you, free of charge
- The right to have all of your personal information erased, subject to certain exceptions
- The right to stop receiving marketing/newsletters upon request, as soon as reasonably possible
To exercise any of these rights, please write to Jersey Road PR, Garden Office, Cowley’s Yard, Mill Lane, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK11 1BQ or email [email protected]
Aged under 16
If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website.
Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email protected]
- We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Act 2018. Free of charge. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Jersey Road PR, Garden Office, Cowley’s Yard, Mill Lane, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK11 1BQ.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Cookie policy
This policy outlines what cookies are, how they are used on the Confident Church website, and how you can decline their use.
How we use 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.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer 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. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
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.