Privacy and Cookie Policy

What is this Privacy Policy for?

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.

Information We Collect From You

We collect and process personal data from you from the following sources.

  • Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site www.Bible.org.uk or at Walk Through the Bible events. It includes information you provide when you:
    • answer one of our Response Forms;
    • apply to volunteer with the organisation;
    • apply to donate to the organisation; or
    • sign up for our newsletters and brochures.
    • Together we will refer to this as our Services.
  • Information our website collects from you. This can include technical information such as:
    • the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
    • If you access the website over a mobile device, we may collect information about the type of mobile device you use, a unique device identifier (for example, your Device's IMEI number, the MAC address of the Device's wireless network interface, or the mobile phone number used by the Device), mobile network information, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile browser you use, and time zone setting.
    • information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
  • Information we collect from other third parties. Some of our Services may require us to verify information or gather further information from other sources. If we require this, we will let you know at the time we ask for this.

How we will use the information you give to us

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
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.

Information we collect about you from other sources

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

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.

Disclosure of your information

You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with:

  • Selected third parties including:
    • business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you;
    • analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website;

We will disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • If Walk Through the Bible or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Walk Through the Bible, our customers, or others.

Where we store your personal data

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.

How long we will store your personal data

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
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

Your rights

You may have various legal rights in relation to the information you give us, or which we collect about you, as follows:

  • You have a right to access the information we hold about you free-of-charge, together with various information about why and how we are using your information, to whom we may have disclosed that information, from where we originally obtained the information and for how long we will use your information.
  • You have the right to ask us to rectify any information we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • You have the right to ask us to erase the information we hold about you (the 'right to be forgotten'). Please note that this right can only be exercised in certain circumstances and, if you ask us to erase your information and we are unable to do so, we will explain why not.
  • You have the right to ask us to stop using your information where: (i) the information we hold about you is inaccurate; (ii) we are unlawfully using your information; (iii) we no longer need to use the information; or (iv) we do not have a legitimate reason to use the information. Please note that we may continue to store your information, or use your information for the purpose of legal proceedings or for protecting the rights of any other person.
  • You have the right to ask us to transmit the information we hold about you to another person or company in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format. Please note that this right can only be exercised in certain circumstances and, if you ask us to transmit your information and we are unable to do so, we will explain why not.
  • Where we use/store your information because it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, you have the right to object to us using/storing your information. We will stop using/storing your information unless we can demonstrate why we believe we have a legitimate business interest which overrides your interests, rights and freedoms.
  • Where we use/store your data because you have given us your specific, informed and unambiguous consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • You have the right to object to us using/storing your information for direct marketing purposes.

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.

Use of Cookies

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:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website/app. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website/app when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website/app. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

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
_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.

External Links

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.

Automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making processes.

Changes to our privacy policy

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.

Contact

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

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