ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Archdiocese of Wellington is committed to protecting your privacy as explained in this privacy statement. The statement explains how we may collect, store, use and disclose any personal information that we collect when you use this website.
It applies to all the personal information that the Archdiocese collects from you, or that you provide on this website (whether permanent or temporary). This statement will not apply to independent websites which are linked to our site, and over which we have no control.
Consent
Your continued use of this website provides your consent to us collecting, storing, using and disclosing your personal information in the manner set out below.
Collection
The Archdiocese may collect personal information from you in several ways including, but not limited to, when you visit the site, make a donation, register for an event, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, features or resources the Archdiocese makes available on this website. We may collect information including, but not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, postal address, credit card details, and your IP address. The extent of personal information that is collected from you may vary depending on the circumstances, such as the nature of the transaction, registration, or the desired form of communication.
We will collect personal information from you only if you submit this information to us. You may decide not to provide your personal information to us. However, if you do not provide some information, it may prevent you from participating in certain website related activities and services.
When you look at our website, please be aware that our Internet Service Provider makes a record of your visit and logs information about it. This is the usual practice for an Internet Service Provider. This information may include but is not limited to:
- Your server address
- Your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .co.nz etc)
- The date and time of your visit to the site
- The pages you accessed and documents downloaded
- The previous site you have visited
- The type of browser you are using
The Archdiocese collects all this information for administrative, financial and analytical purposes.
Use and Disclosure
The Archdiocese uses the information provided by you for the purposes of communicating with you. We may also use your information for administration, survey, promotional, marketing and accounting purposes, or such other purposes required by law or regulatory authority
The Archdiocese will not disclose your personal information to third parties, except where it is necessary for organisational purposes or required by law or by a regulatory authority.
We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal information regarding you or users of our site with business partners, trusted affiliates for the purposes outlined above. We may also use third party service providers to assist us to administer events or activities, such as registrations, sending out newsletters or surveys. The Archdiocese may share your information with these third parties for those limited administrative purposes.
Security
The Archdiocese uses a range of security mechanisms and procedures to protect the information it holds about users of this website. The financial information collected from you when we process your online credit card payment is collected on a secure server that uses the latest encryption technology. This information is strictly confidential, and the only people who have access to this information are the people processing your payment, being either Windcave or Stripe. Please refer to their individual privacy policies. Our e-commerce sites use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
Personal information that is no longer required will be destroyed in accordance with relevant legislation and the Archdiocesan Records Retention and Disposal Schedule.
Website Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed in your browser by the websites you visit. They are widely used to help users navigate websites efficiently, to perform certain functions on the sites, and/or to provide site owners with information about how their sites are used.
We also use tracking cookies with our web analytics tool to analyse non-identifiable web traffic data to improve our services. This data is aggregated and cannot personally identify you.
Most web browsers will allow you to set some control over cookies in your browser settings. This includes deleting them from your browser or disabling them altogether.
If you do choose to set your browser to disable all cookies, this may affect your ability to use some of the features on our site.
To learn more about cookies and how you can manage them in your web browser, visit: www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org
Access and Amendments
You may request access to, or the correction of any personal information we hold about you by contacting the Archdiocese (details below). To ensure that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current, please notify us of any changes to your personal information as soon as possible.
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or revise this privacy statement at any time. Changes to this privacy statement will take effect immediately once published on this website. Please check this privacy statement regularly for modifications and updates. If you continue to use this website or if you provide any personal information after we post changes to this privacy statement, this will indicate your acceptance of any such changes.
If you have any questions or comments about our privacy statement, please contact privacy@wn.catholic.org.nz or telephone the Archdiocesan Privacy Officer, 021 567 143.
Last reviewed Nov 2024