Privacy Policy

City Church Swansea Privacy & Cookies Policy This privacy policy sets out how City Church Swansea Church complies with the General Data Protection Regulations

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

City Church Swansea is a “data controller” which means we have to tell you certain information when processing your personal information. We may collect information from you in person or we may ask you to fill in forms that the church uses. If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information, please contact us at info@citychurchswansea.org

WHO WE ARE

City Church Swansea is part of the Elim Fourspace Gospel Alliance (EFGA) which is a registered charity 251549 (England & Wales). // City Church is a Registered Charity 251549 and is part of the Elim Pentecostal Movement. We take the privacy of our users seriously. City Church is a data controller and this privacy policy covers our use of any personal information provided by you and how it is collected, stored, disclosed and safeguarded in the general administration and running of City Church Swansea. All personal data, whether held on paper or electronically will be subject to the appropriate legal safeguards as specified in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that came into UK law in May 2018.

LAWFUL BASES OF PROCESSING CONSENT

By continuing to use our website, you are consenting to our collection and use of your Information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please do not provide any personal information and do not use our website. If we ever change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Website to make you aware. In specific situations, we will collect and process your data with your consent. When collecting your personal data, we will always make clear to you which data is necessary in connection with a particular service.

CONTRACTUAL

In certain circumstances, we need your personal data to comply with our contractual obligations.

LEGAL OBLIGATION

If the law requires us to, we may need to collect and process your data.

VITAL INTERESTS

In certain circumstances, we may need to process personal data to protect someone’s life

HOW INFORMATION IS COLLECTED

City Church Swansea collects data when you are in contact with us. For example when you:

  • Forms, whether filled out on paper or electronically.

  • Make a donation using offering envelopes or online.

  • You complete a Gift Aid form

  • Signing up for events or activities

  • Communicate with church staff through means such as email, social media, letter or telephone.

  • You provide contact details either in writing or verbally to Church staff and volunteers.

  • You complete a DBS check or volunteer form.

  • Contract of employment.

WHAT WE WILL WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION

Information collected is used only for the purposes that are stated at the time of collection or as stated in this policy, unless first seeking your consent, or required by law. The information you provide to us will be held in secure onsite facilities and on computers in the UK and may be accessed by our staff only for purposes as set out in this policy. All your information is kept strictly confidential and is never shared with anyone without your consent.

HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Whenever your personal data is collected or processed, we will only keep it for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. At the end of that period, your data will be deleted completely.

YOUR RIGHT TO REQUEST ACCESS

You have the right to request access to, and rectification or erasure of, your personal data. You can ask us at any time to change, amend or delete the information that we hold about you or ask us not to contact you. You can also ask us to restrict the information that we process about you.

COOKIES

What is a cookie? A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto ‘terminal equipment’ (e.g. a computer or smartphone) when the user accesses a website. It allows the website to recognise that user’s device and store some information about the user’s preferences or past actions. Cookies allow websites to respond to you as an individual and let us tailor our website to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about you. We use cookies to help us to provide you with a better website.

COOKIES THAT WE USE

Google Analytics

HOW TO DELETE AND CONTROL COOKIES

Most computers automatically accept cookies but you can change your settings so that you will not receive cookies and you can also delete existing cookies from your computer. If you do change your settings, you may find that some parts of our website will not function properly. If you do not adjust your settings, you will accept cookies provided by this website. To find out how to delete cookies or adjust their settings please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Myrtle House Community Church currently uses several different social media platforms including Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok with social media button links from our website to these sites. Use of these links is at the user's own risk. We do not endorse any material posted on these social media websites unless officially posted by the church and we have no responsibility for the content or the tracking cookies they contain.

DOWNLOADS

The download of any documents or podcasts from our website or one of our social media platforms is at the user’s own risk. CCTV We have CCTV on our premises for safety and security purposes. Imagery collected is stored on a secure server and is only available to be accessed by church staff. You can request to view any CCTV imagery we have collected of yourself by submitting a request. If the law requires us to, we may need to share your imagery with the authorities. Imagery will be kept for no longer than is necessary.

CHANGES TO THE POLICY

City Church Swansea reserves the right to update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. CONTACT DETAILS For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@citychurchswansea.org

ORGANISATION DETAILS

City Church Swansea is part of the Elim Pentecostal Churches (Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance). Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance is a registered charity 251549 (England & Wales) and SC037754 (Scotland). Elim Registered Office Elim International Centre De Walden Road Malvern WR14 4D.