Website Privacy Notice

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Who we are

We are Connect Community Church. Our website address is: http://whitburnpentecostal.com. Our address is Reveston Lane, Croftmalloch Road, Whitburn, EH47 8HJ. To contact us you can use the contact form, or email the church office. Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted through these methods.

Contact forms

If you contact us through our contact form this information will be handled by our email provider and we will use the information you send us to provide the service/information you have requested. This may include your name, email address and any message you send us.

Cookies

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track the number of visitors to our website. This information is completely anonymised is simply tells us which pages were accessed and for how long to help us develop the website.

You can opt-out of having making your site activity available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (gtag.js, ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) that is running on websites from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity.

Who we share your data with

We will not share your data with anyone unless requested by you.

Where we send your data

Visitor messages may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Data Privacy Notice

Purpose of this privacy notice

Connect Community Church are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). This privacy notice outlines how we collect, use and safeguard your personal information that you provide to us or any personal information that we may hold about you. 

Who are we? 

Connect Community Church are the data controller for the information you provide to us. This means that we decide how your personal data is processed and the purposes for which it is processed. Our contact details can be found at the bottom of this privacy notice.

What information we collect 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about a living individual from which that person can be identified. The types of personal data that we collect and process include but are not limited to: 

  • Staff employment data: such as employment history, training records, pension information, financial data and details of next of kin
  • Contact details: such as your name, home address, email address and telephone number 
  • Image data: such as photographs taken of you and images that may have been caught on web streaming devices 
  • Special categories of data: such as your religious belief, your race/ethnicity, and health information

How we collect your information 

We collect your personal information in the following ways:

  • Direct exchanges: either by speaking to us face to face or on the telephone, filling out forms or communicating by email or post. 
  • From friends or family members: such as parental consent forms or requests for prayer 
  • At event attendance: image data may be captured by photograph or streaming device. If you do not want your image to be captured this way, please speak to a member of the senior leadership team to opt out.

How we use your information 

Connect Community Church processes your data in accordance with the principles of the UK GDPR, ensuring it is processed: 

  • Lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner 
  • For specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes
  • Accurately, relevantly and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which is processed 
  • Kept accurate and where necessary up to date with all reasonable steps being taken to ensure that all inaccurate data is erased or rectified without delay 
  • In a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protecting it from unlawful processing, and against accidental loss, destruction or damage by putting in appropriate technical and organisational measures 

We use your personal data for the following purposes: 

  • To enable us to deliver our church’s mission to our community 
  • To provide pastoral care 
  • To manage church membership/attendee records 
  • To fundraise and promote the interests of the church 
  • To manage our employees and volunteers (including the distribution of rotas) 
  • To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid forms) 
  • To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at the church 

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose that is not covered by this privacy notice, then we will provide you with a new privacy notice, explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

Legal bases for processing 

The legal bases for collecting and processing your personal data are: 

  • Explicit consent: so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services 
  • Legitimate interests: such as delivering our church’s mission to our community, providing pastoral care, managing church membership/attendee records, and to keep you informed of news, events, activities and services running at the church
  • Legal obligations: such as employment law, gift aid and safeguarding 
  • Vital interests: we may process your information to protect your or someone else’s life in an emergency 
  • Contract: we may process your information in order to undertake tasks and duties related to employment 

Sharing your information 

Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other church members for the purposes of the church where your consent has been given. 

We do not share your personal data with third parties except: 

  • To fulfil our legal obligations, such as safeguarding policies. 
  • With third-party service providers (Eventbrite) who manage event registrations on our behalf. See Eventbrite’s privacy notice for further information. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/help/en-gb/articles/460838/eventbrite-privacy-policy/
  • Your image may be shared with social media providers (Facebook/Instagram) to promote church events and activities, but this will not be done without your explicit consent. See Meta’s privacy notice for further information https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
  • Our services are live streamed and are publicly available on social media (YouTube/Facebook) for a maximum of two weeks. If you are unhappy for your data to be shared this way, please speak to a member of the senior leadership team who can advise you on where to sit in the church to avoid video capture. See Google’s privacy policy https://policies.google.com/privacy and Meta’s privacy policy  https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ for further information. 

How long we keep your personal data for

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this notice and our records management policy. After this period, your information will be securely deleted. 

Your data rights 

Under the UK GDPR, you have rights regarding your personal data, including:

  • The right to be informed of any data that we hold about you.
  • The right of access – you can request access to copies of the personal data that we hold about you.
  • The right of rectification – you can request that we correct or update inaccurate information.
  • The right of erasure – you can request the deletion of your data where we have no lawful basis for retaining it. 
  • The right of objection – you have the right to object to our processing of your data under certain circumstances 
  • The right to restrict processing – if there is a dispute as to the accuracy of your personal data, you can request a restriction on further processing 

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address below. We may require additional information to verify your identity. 

Contact Details, Complaints or Concerns 

For any questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal data or this privacy notice, please contact us at 

  • Email: info@connectchurch.co.uk
  • Address: Connect Community Church, Reveston Lane, Croftmalloch Road, Whitburn, EH47 8HJ

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office at: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ or telephone 0303 123 1113.