Privacy and Cookie Policy

Data Protection Policy

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Website Privacy and Cookie Policy

Overview

Effective: 1st May 2012

The Gateway Church is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This webpage tells you the data protection and privacy practices for www.thegatewaychurch.info, specifically:

What personally identifiable information is collected
Which organisation is collecting this information
How this information is used

Plain English Summary

We take your privacy very seriously.

www.thegatewaychurch.info does not actively track you as an individual.

Should you send us an email via the contact form, your name, email address and message will be emailed to us (as you would expect). This information is kept private. We will store this information within our own email system so that we are able to respond to you.

Should you comment on a blog post or web page on this site, then your name, email address, IP address and message will be stored in our website database (as you would expect). This makes your name, website address and comment (but not your email address) viewable by the general public on the website.

The website does use some cookies when you browse this website. These are used to ensure proper running of this website, and also to help us improve your experience when browsing.

This site used Facebook cookies for the like buttons.

NONE OF THE INFORMATION WE GATHER VIA COOKIES IDENTIFIES YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL – IT IS ALL ENTIRELY ANONYMOUS.

The cookies we use are detailed below:

Cookie Name Description
Blog/Post Comments If you leave a comment on the website e.g. on a page, article or blog post, then a cookie may be stored to ‘remember’ your email address for the next time you post (should you choose the “remember me” option).
Cookie Header In the header of each web page on this site you will see a message alerting you of our privacy and cookie policy. If you’ve seen this message once, you probably won’t want to see it again. We use a cookie to remember this setting. User data is all anonymous.
WordPress WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) that runs this website. It uses a “session cookie” when logging in and out and is essential for proper website operation. User data is all anonymous.
Third party cookies The Social media sites Facebook, Google+ and Twitter uses cookies for social media sharing.

You can view more info about their cookies by viewing their privacy policies:
Google+
Twitter
Facebook