As a charity we are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of your personal data. Personal data is information about you as an individual and can include any piece or pieces of information which you can be personally identified from. This can include information such as your name, age, address, location.
This privacy policy is for the charity, Walk Through the Bible (Reg. number 1163349), and for our website www.Bible.org.uk served by Walk Through the Bible and governs the privacy of its users. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore, the way this charity, including its website, processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
We collect and process personal data from you from the following sources.
We may use the information we collect from you for a number of different purposes. For each purpose, we are required by law to explain why we are allowed to use your information. The list below includes the main reasons why we collect your personal data and why we are allowed to use your personal data.
Why we collect your information | How we can use your information |
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To carry out our obligations under any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information and services that you request from us. | It will be necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us. |
To notify you about changes to our services. | It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests to ensure you are aware of the latest updates to the products and services we provide, or may provide, to you. |
To assess your application to volunteer with us. | It will be necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us. |
To provide you with a brochure giving details of one of our tours, which you have requested through our website. | We will only do this if you agree, either by ticking the relevant box on the customer registration form or by some other specific, informed and unambiguous method. |
To provide you with a newsletter via email so that you have the latest information about our programmes, including local events (using the postcode you have provided). | We will only do this if you agree to receive a newsletter by ticking the relevant box on the application form to give your consent. |
To provide you with a newsletter via post so that you have the latest information about our programmes, including local events (using the postcode you have provided). | We will only do this if you agree to receive a newsletter by ticking the relevant box on the application form to give your consent. |
This is information we receive about you (including: name, address and contact details) if you use any of the other websites or apps we operate or the other services we provide. In this case we will have informed you when we collected that data if we intend to share those data internally and combine it with data collected on this site. We will also have told you for what purpose we will share and combine your data. We are working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies). We will notify you when we receive information about you from them and the purposes for which we intend to use that information.
We may use the information we collect about you for a number of different purposes. For each purpose, we are required to confirm the 'legal basis' that allows us to use your information, as follows:
Purposes for which we will process the information | Legal basis for the processing |
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To administer our website or application 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; to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so; as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure; to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others and to deliver relevant advertising to you; and to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about goods or services that may interest you or them. |
It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests to ensure you receive the best experience possible when accessing and using our website. |
You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with:
We will disclose your personal information to third parties:
Some of the data that we collect from you may be transferred to third parties. We store some our data on GoogleDrive, Dropbox and iCloud where data is held on servers which have signed up to the EU-US Privacy Shield.
Whenever we transfer your personal information outside the United Kingdom, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring that we apply appropriate safeguards (either by transferring data only to recipients in the European Economic Area, to recipients in countries approved by the European Commission, to recipients that are party to the EU-US Privacy Shield, or by using specific contracts approved by the European Commission).
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
The length of time that we will store your data will depend on the 'legal basis' for why we are using that data, as follows:
Legal basis | Length of time |
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Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us | We will use/store your data for as long as it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us |
Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for our legitimate business interests | We will use/store your data until you ask us to stop. However, if we can demonstrate the reason why we are using/storing your data overrides your interests, rights and freedoms, then we will continue to use and store your data for as long as it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us (or, if earlier, we no longer have a legitimate interest in using/storing your data) |
Where we use/store your data because you have given us your specific, informed and unambiguous consent | We will use/store your data until you ask us to stop |
You may have various legal rights in relation to the information you give us, or which we collect about you, as follows:
If you wish to exercise any of your legal rights, please contact us by writing to Walk Through the Bible, Unit 2, Oak Business Park, Wix Road, Beaumont, Essex, CO16 0AT or via email mail@Bible.org.uk
You also have the right, at any time, to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office if you believe we are not complying with the laws and regulations relating to the use/storage of the information you give us, or that we collect about you.
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Our website and application uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
We use Google Analytics (gtag.js and analytics.js) to see how visitors find, use and navigate our website. For more information about Google Analytics please visit... https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies?hl=en You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie | Expires | Purpose |
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_ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
_gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
_gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named '_dc_gtm_ |
AMP_TOKEN | 30 seconds to 1 year | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website/app.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
We do not use automated decision-making processes.
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed in writing to Walk Through the Bible, Unit 2, Oak Business Park, Wix Road, Beaumont, Essex, CO16 0AT or sent via email mail@Bible.org.uk