Privacy and cookies

This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website.

What information do we collect about you?

We collect information about you when you add a comment or upload content to the website (e.g. add text and photos). The information we collect is your name and e-mail address.

How will we use the information about you?

We collect information about you so that our website editors can contact you about your comment or contribution if necessary. We may publish your name on the website alongside the comment or contribution. We will not publish your e-mail address. We will not share your information with any third party.

How long will we keep the information about you?

Because we aim to preserve the content of the website as a historical archive, this information will be stored indefinitely, alongside the comment or contribution you have submitted.

Access to your information and correction

You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please contact us via this form or write to us at admin@myunitedmethodists.org.uk. You may ask us to correct or remove information.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The cookies that this site may store on your computer are listed below.

When leaving a comment, WordPress stores up to three cookies in order to remember your details and save you from having to type them in every time:

comment_author (expires after one year)
comment_author_email (expires after one year)
comment_author_url (expires after one year)

When registering and logging in to add and edit content in the /wp-admin/ area of the site, WordPress stores up to four cookies:

wordpress_xxxx (expires after two months; xxxx is a 32 character randomly-generated sequence)
wordpress_logged_in_xxxx (expires when you close your browser)
wp_settings-1 (expires after one year)
wp_settings_times-1 (expires after one year)

On sites where the Google Analytics tracking system is active, the following cookies may be set: _utma, _utmb, etc (these expire after two years).

Please also note that most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Third party cookies

Where content is embedded from other sources, such as Google or Vimeo, those sources may store cookies as a consequence. Where available, we will add links to their privacy policies here:

Web site tracking

Whenever you visit our web site, our host server automatically records each page you visit and the IP address from which you are connecting to us. It also records other information, including your operating system, your web browser, and the web site from which you followed a link to this website (if any).

Additionally, the Google Analytics reporting system may be active. This information is only gathered to establish general usage trends for the site, not to find out information about individual users.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this we b page.

How to contact us

Please contact us admin@myunitedmethodists.org.uk if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.