Who we are

Our website address is: https://stowcaplechurches.co.uk.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms and User Submissions

When you submit a query or use any form on our website powered by Fluent Forms, we collect the personal data you explicitly provide. This typically includes your name, telephone number and email address plus any details or files you include in your message. We collect this information solely to process and respond to your specific request, inquiry or registration. This data is not used for marketing purposes unless you have given us explicit, separate consent to do so. We retain form submission data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose of your communication or to comply with our legal obligations.

Security and Spam Protection

To protect our website from spam, automated bot attacks and malicious abuse, we use Cloudflare Turnstile on our forms and login areas. Cloudflare Turnstile is a privacy-conscious CAPTCHA alternative provided by Cloudflare, inc.

Turnstile analyses certain telemetry and device characteristics to verify that a human, rather than an automated bot, is interacting with our site. this processing may include capturing your IP address, browser user-agent, screen resolution and other basic device and browser configuration data.

Unlike traditional CAPTCHA solutions, Cloudflare Turnstile operates without using persistent cookies or tracking your browsing behaviour across other websites. The legal basis for this data processing is our legitimate interest in securing our website infrastructure, preventing fraud, and ensuring a safe user experience. For more information, please review the Cloudflare Privacy Policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/turnstile-privacy-policy/.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, have registered on the site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.