How we handle information

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Who we are

The data controller responsible for this website is St Mary’s R.C. Church, Chorley. The parish can be contacted at Mount Pleasant, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 2SR.

This privacy notice applies to this website. Links from this site may lead to other organisations and services which operate under their own privacy policies.

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Information we collect

The public areas of this website are designed so that visitors can access parish information, Mass times, newsletters and other resources without creating an account or providing personal details.

The website does not currently use a public contact form, online account system, advertising platform or behavioural profiling service.

Administrative areas of the website, such as the parish newsletter upload function, may require authorised users to sign in. Information connected with those accounts is used only to provide and secure the administrative service.

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Cloudflare

This website is delivered using services provided by Cloudflare. Cloudflare helps host and deliver website content and provides security features intended to protect the site from malicious traffic and other attacks.

When you visit the site, technical information such as your IP address, browser information, requested pages and request times may be processed by Cloudflare as part of delivering and protecting the website.

Cloudflare operates under its own privacy arrangements. You can read more about how Cloudflare handles personal information in its published privacy policy.

04

Translation services

This website provides optional in-page Google Translate. Google is loaded only when you select “Load Google Translate”. The service may process your IP address, browser information and page content, and may set cookies.

Information processed by Google when you use that service is governed by Google’s own privacy terms. Translation is optional and the main English-language website can be used without selecting it.

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Cookies

St Mary’s does not currently use advertising or marketing cookies on this website.

Essential cookies or similar technologies may be used where they are necessary to provide secure administrative functions, including authenticated access to restricted parish website tools. These are not used for advertising or profiling.

If additional analytics, payment or other services are introduced in future and these require non-essential cookies, this policy and any cookie controls will be updated accordingly.

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External links and third-party services

The site contains links to organisations including the Archdiocese of Liverpool, the Holy See and other external services. Following one of these links takes you to a website controlled by another organisation.

St Mary’s is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. You should refer to the privacy information provided by the relevant organisation when using those services.

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Your data protection rights

Data protection law gives individuals rights in relation to the use of their personal information. Depending on the circumstances, these may include the right to request access to personal information, ask for inaccurate information to be corrected, request erasure or restriction, and object to certain forms of processing.

To exercise a right in relation to information held by St Mary’s, please contact the parish using the details below. We may need to confirm your identity before responding to a request.

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Security

St Mary’s takes reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect information processed through the website. Website traffic is encrypted using HTTPS, and administrative areas are restricted to authorised users.

No internet service can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Security arrangements are reviewed as the website and its services change.

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Changes to this privacy policy

This privacy policy may be updated when the website changes, when new services are introduced, or where privacy requirements change. The date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made.

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Contact and complaints

If you have a question about how St Mary’s handles information through this website, please contact:

You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with the way personal information has been handled.