Privacy Policy
This website is maintained by the Office of The St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Church based in Drogheda, Ireland. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our website, to show you personalized content, and to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. We fully respect your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear permission. Any personal information which you volunteer will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988-2003. This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. Some technical terms used in this statement are explained at the end of this page. This privacy policy sets out how “Indian Orthodox Church – St The St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s, Drogheda, Ireland” uses and protects any information that you give “Indian Orthodox Church – St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s, Drogheda, Ireland” when you use this website. St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Church, Drogheda, Ireland is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We should ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, and then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. “St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Church, Drogheda, Ireland” may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
Collection and use of personal information This website may collect any personal data, apart from information that you volunteer. (For example, when providing feedback or asking a question). Any information you provide in this way is used only for the purpose you provide it. How do we process your personal data? St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Church, Drogheda, Ireland complies with its obligations under the “GDPR” by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.
We use your personal data for the following purposes: -
- To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of the public in a particular geographical area as specified in our constitution; • To administer membership records;
- To fundraise and promote the interests of the charity;
- To manage our employees and volunteers;
- To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);
- To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at the Church
- To share your contact details with the St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Church, Drogheda, Ireland office so they can keep you informed about news in the Church and events, activities and services that will be occurring in the St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Church, Drogheda, Ireland and in which you may be interested. …..
What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?
- Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and keep you informed about St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Indian Orthodox Churc’s events. Processing is necessary for carrying out legal obligations in relation to Gift Aid or under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement; Processing is carried out by a not-for-profit body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim provided: - - the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and - there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.
Sharing your personal data Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of the Church in order to carry out a service to other church members or for purposes connected with the Church. We will only share your data with third parties outside of the parish with your consent. How long do we keep your personal data We keep data for as long as we can be of service to you by holding it in accordance with your wishes. You have the right to have us remove any data we hold on your behalf at any time. We may collect the following information from each user of this site: Statistical information (IP address and hostname, web browser version, pages visited etc.). The previous website address from which you reached us, including any search terms used Other information submitted in forms, for example if you submit your personal details when requesting a form or providing feedback We may also collect the following information provided by you with your consent
- Name
- Contact information including email address.
- Demographic information such as postcode , preferences and interests.
- Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.
What we use the information for Any personal information you provide will be used only for the purpose supplied. We will neither make attempts to identify individual visitors, nor associate the technical details listed above with any individual. It is our policy never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law. The technical information will be used only by only for statistical and other administrative purposes.
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our service delivery.
- We may periodically send promotional email about information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests
- You should note that technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute ‘personal data’ for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 – 2003.
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies (including third party cookies from our partners) to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, assist in our advertising and marketing efforts, and provide social media features. They also help deliver a more personalized experience and content. Sometimes we may share cookie data with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. By clicking "Accept All" you will accept all cookies. Under "Cookies Preferences" you can update or manage your settings at any time. See our Cookie Policy Cookies are small pieces of information, stored in simple text files, placed on your computer by a website. Some cookies can be read by the website on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the webpage, or a unique identification number so that the website can ‘remember’ you on your return visit. Other cookies are deleted when you close your browser and only relate to the working of the website. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the website.
Cookies in a number of places on this website. When you first visit this website, you will see a message informing you about cookies. If you click the ‘Close’ button, a cookie will be set which records your preference. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and it’s external serving vendors. This website uses tracking software to monitor it’s visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website but will not store, save or collect personal information. This website uses Google Custom Search to provide the site’s search functionality. Google may set cookies when you use the search function. You can find Google’s privacy policy.
Cookies from Google may also be set when Google Maps are displayed on this website. Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies or to customise your settings for cookies. To find out how to do this, see the ‘Help’ menu on your browser. Please note that if you turn off cookies or change your settings, some features of may not work correctly. Links to other websites Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. 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 We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. 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. 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. Further Information or to make a request If you are concerned about how personal data is processed via this website, please do not hesitate to bring such concerns to our attention. Glossary of technical terms used Web Browser The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
IP Address
The identifying details for your computer (or your internet companies computer), expressed in internet protocol code (for example 192.168.72.44). Every computer connected to the web has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.
Social Media Platforms Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and it’s owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively. Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details.
This website nor it’s owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email. This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
External Social Media Protocols