Privacy policy

We take your privacy seriously

Intro to our data policy

We collect, manage and store your data inline with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and define the term ‘personal data’ as any personal information we collect about you, such as your name and email.

We take reasonable steps to ensure the security of personal data we hold and to protect it against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, destruction, modification or disclosure. We use physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the personal data we collect and store.

Cookies

Purpose of data collection via our website

We automatically collect data about you using cookies on our website:

  • To understand how users are using and interacting with our website

  • In order for us to improve the overall experience, ensuring it is useful and relevant

We do not collect this data for marketing or remarketing purposes.

Type of data collected via our website

This anonymised personal data is collected by two third-party companies called 'Google Analytics' and 'Microsoft Clarity'. Both are based outside the EU, and is stored on Google’s and Microsoft's secure servers respectively. Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity are compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework.

Who stores the personal data we collect

regeneration Church

Information we obtain from you via paper is safely destroyed once it has been inputted into the relevant database.

Planning Center

A third-party, outside the EU, compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. Stores primary contact information, medical forms and transaction data. This is the mechanism by which we roster people. Any and all of this personal data is stored on Planning Centre’s secure servers. For the purposes of GDPR, regeneration Church is deemed the ‘Data Controller’ and Planning Centre the ‘Data Processor’.

Google Analytics

A third-party, outside the EU, compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. Store IP addresses; device types; date, time and duration of your visit to the website; pages you visit; how frequently you visit. This is the mechanism by which we track how people use our website. Any and all of this personal data is stored on Google’s secure servers. For the purposes of GDPR, regeneration Church is deemed the ‘Data Controller’ and Google Analytics the ‘Data Processor’.

Microsoft Clarity

A third-party, outside the EU, compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. Store IP addresses; device types; date, time and duration of your visit to the website; pages you visit; how frequently you visit; anonymised videos of interactions with our website; website heatmaps; website clickmaps. This is the mechanism by which we track how people use our website. Any and all of this personal data is stored on Microsoft’s secure servers. For the purposes of GDPR, regeneration Church is deemed the ‘Data Controller’ and Microsoft Clarity the ‘Data Processor’.

Personal data

Purpose of our data collection

We collect and store personal data from people at regeneration:

We do not use personal data in any way other than to further the work we are doing. We do not share your information with third-parties for marketing purposes. However, we may share non-personal, non-sensitive and de-identified data with other organisations for research purposes.

The type of personal data we collect and store

We collect and store personal data from people at regeneration:

We do not use personal data in any way other than to further the work we are doing. We do not share your information with third-parties for marketing purposes. However, we may share non-personal, non-sensitive and de-identified data with other organisations for research purposes.

Additional personal data we collect and store for Under 18s

Additional personal data that is collected and stored by third-parties

This information is collected and stored by Planning Centre – a third-party company based outside the EU – when you make a payment for an event such as our Summer Retreats. Planning Centre are compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. This information is not visible to or accessible by regeneration Church.

How we collect personal data

You will have provided opt-in consent in order for us to have collected and subsequently store this data on you. Any data that has not been kept in this way has been safely destroyed.

Who at regeneration can access personal data

Contact information

Only authorised personnel are permitted to access personal data. Ministry Leads, who organise rostering or registrations, are permitted access to relevant personal data of relevant people i.e. those that serve in their respective teams, but do not have access to all of the personal data we store.

Giving information

The members of our Finance Team are authorised to see this information, along with our pastors, Ruth and James Poch, should they wish to see it. This is to ensure that your giving starts, ends and functions as you intend it to.

Accessing your data

We want to ensure that personal data we have is accurate and up-to-date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is accurate, or you can update the majority of this information yourself through the Planning Centre app.

You also have a right to request a copy of the information we hold on you, although we may ask for some form of identification from you to ensure that you are the person to whom the personal data relates. Email data@regen.church if you would like to do so.

If you are concerned about how we have collected, managed or stored your personal information, email our Data Controller at data@regen.church.

We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review and will place any updates on this page. This Privacy Notice was last updated on 10 November 2020.