The New Beginnings Church (“we”) recognises the importance of protecting an individual’s privacy.
This privacy statement explains how we collect, store and may use your personal information. We endeavour to fully comply with the principles of this Act as it looks to continue handling personal information with care and respect.
Personal Data
We only collect this information if you voluntarily submit it to us through our contact forms or other means. This may include, but not limited to: your name, age, contact details, campus location, event registration status, donations and pastoral notes from your interactions with us.
Providing some personal information to us is optional, however, we may not be able to effectively provide you with services or carry out our role as an organisation if you do not provide us with the information we request.
Website and Apps
We may collect the following information about your use of our websites & apps, including:
your IP address,
the date and time you visited
pages visited
your operating system
the type of web browser you use
How we use your information
We collect personal information from you to:
carry out our role as an organisation and to inform you about our services, events and activities.
provide pastoral care
comply with legal requirements (e.g. charitable donations),
protect our children and young people
complete registration and management requirements for conferences and events
improve our delivery of services
complete internal analysis and reports.
PLEASE NOTE:
We may collect personal information about you either directly or we may generate personal information about you when we carry out our functions.
We will only use personal information for the purpose for which we collected it.
We take care to ensure requests for information from children and young people is done fairly and only when necessary.
We will not hold personal information for longer than the purpose for which it was required.
We keep your information protected and safe with all reasonable technical and process controls.
We use third party suppliers to deliver specific services such as email, database, giving, event registration, live chat and so on; these suppliers have comparable privacy policies and processes for protecting your personal information.
Photography & Video
We might be shooting still images and filming various aspects of services and events, including photos where people can be identified as individuals or groups. Please be aware that we might use these photos for advertising and on social media.
Note: images or films that reveal the identity of specific children may not be shot unless authorised by parents or caregivers for a particular purpose.
Social Media
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube can be utilised by us to disseminate material and advertise our projects in public areas. Your personal information may be collected by the social network for its own purposes when you interact with us through these services. These networks are not governed by our privacy statement; they have their own. They cannot access any personal information that we may have about you.
YOUR CHOICE
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, AS PER THE The Privacy Act 2020, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong.
if you would like to request this or have any questions about your personal information or our practises, please contact us. We will be as open as we can with you whilst ensuring we do not breach the trust or safety of others or where information may be legally privileged.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting on this page. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us