Website Privacy Policy
This privacy policy tells you what personal information the Merthyr Tydfil Ministry Area collects when you visit our website, and what we do with it.
It also tells you what we do with any personal information you choose to submit to us through this website.
It should be read in conjunction with our General Privacy Notice, which applies to all our activities, and gives you more information about your legal rights.
2. What information do we collect?
We collect and process personal data in the following ways:
Information you give us
When using our website, we sometimes receive personal information about you. For example, if you fill in a contact form you may tell us who you are and how we can contact you, and provide a message.
Information we collect about you
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:
information about your browser, network and device
how you got to this website
web pages you view while on this website
your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalized form.
This website also collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
information about your browser, network, and device
how you got to this website
your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
clicks
internal links
pages visited
scrolling
searches
timestamps
3. How do we use your information?
Information you give us
If you pass information to us through this website, including contact information, we may use this to reply to your communication or to provide you with services. We will only use this information to fulfil your specific request and will not use it for any other purpose without your consent.
If you give us permission, we may use your contact details to alert you to other information, news, events, activities and services running within the Ministry Area.
We will keep your information confidential, and generally we will only use your information within the Ministry Area.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your information to third parties (except Squarespace) unless we have your permission, are required by law to do so, or if it is necessary to do so for the safeguarding of children and of individuals at risk.
Information we collect about you
We use this information:
to administer our site and for internal operations, including:
troubleshooting
data analysis
testing
research
statistical and survey purposes;
to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;
In addition, summary statistics are extracted from the data collected, some of which may be made publicly available – however these will not include any personal information by which individuals could be identified.
4. Who do we share your information with?
Your personal information will be treated as strictly confidential. It will only be shared with third parties where this is necessary, or for the provision of a service, or with your consent.
Squarespace
We use Squarespace as a website hosting provider, who are a third party. Information you provide on this website is shared with them so that they can run this website for us, so that they can protect and improve their platform and services, and so that they can provide us with website analytics.
Squarespace, Inc. complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (each individually and collectively, the “Data Privacy Frameworks”). Squarespace, Inc. has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce its adherence to the Data Privacy Frameworks regarding the processing of personal information received from the EEA, Switzerland and/or the UK. You can find Squarespace, Inc.’s certification here.
For more information, read Squarespace’s privacy policy and the Squarespace Data Processing Addendum.
Google Fonts
This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:
Information about your browser, network, or device
Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it
Your IP address
For more information, read these Google Fonts Privacy FAQs.
ChurchSuite
This website also includes information from ChurchSuite, an online platform that we use to store information about church-related activities.
ChurchSuite does not collect personal data from end users for marketing, profiling, or advertising purposes. However, they do keep access logs for security and troubleshooting purposes which includes the following data:
IP addresses (Location/Country)
Browser type and language
Operating system
Device type
Timezone
For more information, read ChurchSuite’s privacy notice.
IPStream
Some pages on our website include livestreamed video from our church buildings. If you visit these pages, our livestream provider, IPCamLive, may receive personal information about you, including:
Information about your browser, network, or device
Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it
Your IP address
For more information, read IPCamLive’s privacy policy.
5. Further processing
If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.