Privacy Policy

This document was last modified on 22nd September 2005.

Parish Pump is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit many pages
on our site without giving us any information about yourself, but sometimes we
do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy
statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy
statement only applies to parishpump.co.uk; it does not apply to other online
or offline Parish Pump sites, products or services. Please read the complete
Parish Pump privacy statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you
(personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information
is requested when you are registering your details in order to join the site,
signing up for a newsletter, or when purchasing and/or registering Parish Pump
products or services. Personal information collected by Parish Pump can include
your name, email address, password, country or location, and the name of your
church, but may also include other information.

Parish Pump also collects certain information about your computer hardware and
software. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating
system, domain name, access times and referring web site addresses. This
information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of
the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of
parishpump.co.uk.

Parish Pump also collects information about which pages our customers visit
within parishpump.co.uk. This site visitation data is identified only by your
IP address, and it is never linked with personal information.

Parish Pump also collects information about who logs in to the member's
section. This information is limited to an IP address, the email address and
password used, the time of access and whether the login attempt was successful
or not. It is used to help us identify whether anyone has had difficulty
logging in to the member's section, and to detect and prevent unauthorised
access.

Use of your Personal Information


We use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
  • To deliver services that you request or purchase.

  • To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.

  • To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other
    new services from Parish Pump, if you so request.
  • To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

We occasionally hire other people to provide limited services on our behalf. We
will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the
service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other
purpose.

We will not sell, rent, lease, divulge or pass on your personal information to
any third parties whosoever, for any reason whatsoever, except as stated in the
following paragraph. We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of
external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest
to you. In those cases, your personal information (email, name, address,
telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

Parish Pump may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law
or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Parish
    Pump or the site
  • protect and defend the rights or property of Parish Pump
  • act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Parish Pump
    employees, users of Parish Pump products or services, or members of the public

Your information may be stored and processed in any location or country in
which Parish Pump or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain
facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of
information outside of your country.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Parish Pump will
not share that information with third parties without your permission, other
than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the
purposes stated above.

Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want parishpump.co.uk
to communicate with you. After registering, you can modify the details we hold
on record for you and establish your preferences. There, you can decide what
information you want to receive.

Parish Pump may send out periodic emails informing you of news or technical
issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you
requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you
have chosen.

Access to your Personal Information

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is
correct and current.

If you register on parishpump.co.uk you will be able to review and edit your
personal information by clicking on the link to 'Your Account Details' and
following the instructions.

When you are editing your personal information, you will be able to:

  • View and edit personal information you have already given us at
    parishpump.co.uk
  • Tell us whether you want parishpump.co.uk to send you news and/or updates

  • Subscribe, or cancel subscriptions, to newsletters about our services and
    products

Some services offered on parishpump.co.uk may collect information that is not
accessible via the 'Your Account Details' link. However, in such cases, you can
access your personal information by contacting Parish Pump as described at the
bottom of this statement, or through alternative means of access described by
the service.

Security of your Personal Information

Parish Pump are committed to protecting the security of your personal
information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help
protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers
with limited access that are located in controlled facilities.

Protection of Children's Personal Information

parishpump.co.uk is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any
personal information from children.

Use of Cookies

When someone visits the Parish Pump web site, a cookie may be placed on the
customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or read if the customer
has visited the site previously.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to
assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many
visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Parish Pump
web page. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable
information on parishpump.co.uk; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated
statistics about Parish Pump web site usage.

In order to access protected areas of the website your web browser will have to
accept temporary (or session) cookies. These remain on your computer for the
duration of your visit and are removed when you close your browser. You do not
need to choose to have your browser accept permanent cookies from the Parish
Pump web site.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Parish Pump
by email.

Changes to this Statement

Parish Pump will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we
will also revise the "last modified" date at the top of the privacy statement.
For material changes to this statement, Parish Pump will notify you by placing
prominent notice on the web site.

Contact Information

Parish Pump welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please
contact us by email, or postal mail.

Email: enquiries: Contact Us

Parish Pump Ltd

PO Box 236

Macclesfield

SK10 4GJ