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:
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:
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:
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@parishpump.co.uk
Parish Pump Ltd
PO Box 236
Macclesfield
SK10 4GJ