Privacy Policy

Privacy

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who provide personal information to it, including those who provide personal information to it via its website (Site).

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and with the National Privacy Principles. 
This Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe's practices in relation to the collection, use, and storage of personal information. 

What is personal information?

Personal information is any information about you that identifies you or from which your identity reasonably can be determined.

What types of personal information does The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, collect?

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, collects and holds personal information that includes (but is not limited to):

  • your name, address, telephone number, email address and other contact details;

  • financial information, such as credit card details, for instance, when you provide such details on a fundraising envelope, or online donation.

Why does The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, collect personal information?

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, collects personal information for various reasons (which we generally notify to you at the time of collection), including the following principal purposes:

  • to place your contact details on mailing lists and in computer databases in order to provide you with information about The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, related activities, functions, issues and initiatives;

  • to receive offerings from you.

How does The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, collect personal information?

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe,' usual practice is to collect personal information directly from you either via this Site or by some other method (such as by post or email).  For example, some areas of this Site may require you to submit information to enable you to benefit from the special features (such as newsletters and brochures) or to participate in a particular activity (such as purchase of certain items).   


Your Consent

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, requires you to consent specifically to any collection, use or disclosure of your personal information by The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe.  Your consent may be explicit, such as in writing or verbally, or may be implied by conduct.

Whenever you submit personal information to The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, you consent to: (i) the collection, use, disclosure and storage of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy; (ii) your personal information being used to improve the Site; and (iii) the receipt of emails or other communications about The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, and our activities (including information about building programs, fundraising, special events), along with communications about activities, functions, issues and initiatives from time-to-time. 

In addition, if you provide personally identifiable information to The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, via this Site, you agree that we may combine such information with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection. We will take reasonable measures to prevent personally identifiable information from being combined with passively collected information, unless you consent otherwise.

How will The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, use the personal information you provide?

In general terms, The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, uses the personal information you provide for the specific purpose or purposes for which you have given consent and for secondary purposes for which you reasonably expect The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, to use your personal information. 

For instance, if you have consented to receiving information about The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe,-related activities, functions, issues and initiatives, The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, will send you email updates or newsletters regarding such The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, matters. 

Please be aware that you are free to “unsubscribe” to any publication that you receive from The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, at any time.

Does The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, disclose personal information to anyone?

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, may disclose your personal information in a number of circumstances, for instance:(i) where required or authorised by law (for instance, in response to a subpoena or other court order); or (ii) to consultants, advisers or other third parties (in Australia or overseas) where that party has been contracted to provide administrative or other services to The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, (and on the basis that that third party agrees to abide by this Privacy Policy).  

Management and security of personal information

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, takes all reasonable precautions to safeguard your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or unlawful disclosure.

However, you should keep in mind that the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure or error-free.  In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.

Access to personal information

You may request access to personal information that The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, holds about you or you can ask us to correct, amend or delete any personally identifiable information being held by The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, about you (see The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe,' contact details below). 

The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, will take reasonable steps to update or correct, as soon as possible, any information in our possession that you have previously submitted that is inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date or misleading.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or you wish to lodge a request to access your personal information, please contact The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe at: The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe,

Email: info@stharalambos.org.au

Telephone:  +613 9 846 4066

Post:    190 Porter Street, Templestowe, Melbourne Victoria 3106

Applicable law

We do not represent that the content of this Site or this Privacy Policy complies with the laws (including intellectual property) of any country outside Australia.  If you access the Site from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk and responsibility.  You are responsible for making sure that you comply with all applicable laws in the place where you are located.

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) serves to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of the information we receive when you access and use our website (our “Site”), sign up for our newsletter or access and use such other subscriptions and services that may be provided by us from time to time (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy is a legally binding agreement between The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, (“The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe,” “we,” “our” or “us”) and you (and your employer or an entity if you are acting on their behalf, “you” or “your”) as the user of the Services. By using the Services, you hereby warrant and represent that (i) you have read, understand and agree to this Privacy Policy, and (ii) if you are acting on behalf of your employer or an entity, you have the authority to accept and agree to this Privacy Policy.

PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

 This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. Your use of the Services following any such notice will signify and constitute your agreement to and acceptance of such revised Privacy Policy.

 Squarespace

Our Site is hosted by Squarespace. Personal Information (as defined below) hosted by or through Squarespace is subject to their privacy policy which may or may not contain terms as protective as this Privacy Policy. By using our Site, you are agreeing to be bound by Squarespace’s privacy policy, which can be found at https://www.squarespace.com/privacy.

 Information Collection

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name and e-mail address, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data.

 Personal Information We Collect

 When you interact with us, we collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide. For example, when you sign up for our newsletter or other e-mail lists or otherwise use certain aspects of our Services, we may ask you to provide information such as your name and e-mail address. In addition to collecting information on our Site, we may collect information from you when you communicate with us via e-mail. You can choose not to provide any information that is requested of you by us. However, this may limit your ability to use the Services.

 Non-Personal Information

We and/or our third-party service providers may also collect information in a form that does not personally identify you (“Non-Personal Information”). Non-Personal Information can include certain Personal Information that has been de-identified; that is, information that has been rendered anonymous. We and/or our third-party service providers obtain Non-Personal Information about you from information that you provide us, either separately or together with your Personal Information. We also use cookies and other technologies to passively collect Non-Personal Information as described below.

In this Privacy Policy, we refer to all information collected from or about you, including Personal Information and Non-Personal Information, as “Your Information.”

 Non-Personal Information Automatically Collected

We and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies, now and hereafter devised, that automatically record certain usage information. When accessing our Site, Squarespace may log your IP address, access URL, time of access, geographic location, browser type, and referral URL in order to provide us with internal information regarding Site traffic statistics. This information may also be used to identify users who are using our Site for spam or other activity that is deemed in conflict with our Terms of Service. Otherwise, this information is used in the aggregate, and is never linked back to any Personal Information. 

 Cookies and Other Technologies We Use

Squarespace and our other service providers may use cookies (both session cookies and persistent cookies) to analyze trends, administer our Site, track your movements around our Site, better understand how you interact with our Site, determine interest in particular content and monitor aggregate usage by visitors and online traffic routing. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual and aggregated basis. You may be able to instruct your browser, by changing its option, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the online services you visit. You may also remove persistent cookies by following your web browser’s help file directions. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of our Site or all functionality of our Site.

Squarespace and our other service providers may also use “pixel tags,” “web beacons,” “clear GIFs,” or similar means in connection with our Site and HTML-formatted e-mail messages to, among other things, track the actions of users, to determine the success of marketing campaigns and to compile aggregate statistics about Site usage and response rates. This information is collected anonymously, in a manner that does not personally identify you.

 Our Use of Your Information

We mainly use Your Information, either alone or in combination with other information, so that we can provide, enhance and personalize our Services and related content.

 Your Information is used and disclosed for, but is not limited to, the following purposes:

•    to provide you with the best user experience possible;

•    to respond to your questions and comments;

•   to communicate with you regarding updates to our Services;

•   to send you our newsletter or other subscriptions;

•   to help us develop, customize, deliver, support and improve our Services and content;

•   to protect the rights or property of The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe or our users, and prevent fraud and other prohibited

or illegal activities;

•   for distribution to third-party service providers that provide services to us;

•   to protect the security of our Services and business;

•   to conduct system administration and system troubleshooting and to diagnose or fix technology problems;

•   for marketing and advertising purposes;

•   for our internal purposes (such as auditing and data analysis);

•   otherwise, as disclosed to you at the point of collection; and

•   to monitor and analyze use of the Services and for the technical administration of the Services.

We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Personal Information and aggregate it with information collected from other users or sources to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality of our Services, and to analyze and understand how our Services are used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically. After you terminate your use of the Services, we may continue to use your Non-Personal Information for statistical purposes or other purposes as we see fit. Please note that we cannot guarantee that Non-Personal Information will not identify you as we cannot guarantee that others with access to Non-Personal Information may not have knowledge sufficient to identify you.

  Information Sharing and Disclosure

 We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to others. Non-Personal Information may be provided to third parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-Party Services 

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links

When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.  

Analytics information

Squarespace uses analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for our Site. These tools collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including the web pages you visit, your browser add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving our Site. We may collect and use this analytics information together with your Personal Information and stitch together session data from user visits to build a broader profile of our individual users so that we can serve you better.

 Third-Party Products and Our Site

 Our Site contain links to, and/or content from, third-party websites and online services. The fact that we link to a website or display an advertisement or other third-party content or product is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with any of those third parties, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our Site and your interactions with those third-party services are governed by the privacy policy of the third party providing it. We do not exercise control over third-party websites, products or services. Other websites, products and services may place their own cookies or other files on your computer and/or collect data or solicit Personal Information from you. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and other terms of such third parties before using their services.

 Compliance with Laws, Legal Process and Authorities

 We may disclose any of Your Information to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to: (1) comply with a legal requirement or process, including, but not limited to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce our Privacy Policy or Terms of Service; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties; (4) respond to user comments or service inquiries; (5) protect our rights, property, or safety and the rights, property and safety of our users or the public; or (6) prevent or stop any activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical, inappropriate or legally actionable. However, The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe will endeavor only to disclose information requested via a valid legal process, and will endeavor to notify any user about whom we have disclosed information if possible.

  Security

 Please be advised that while we strive to protect your Personal Information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and we are not responsible for the theft, destruction or inadvertent disclosure of your Personal Information.

 Compromise of Personal Information

 In the event that Personal Information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe will promptly notify those persons whose Personal Information has been compromised, in accordance with the notification procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law. In the event that we or our Site suffers a data security breach that requires us to provide you with notice, such as under applicable law, you consent to allow us to provide you with such notice by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided to us.

 Notification Procedures

 It is our policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for other business related purposes, to you via e-mail notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on our Site, as determined by The Parish of Saint Haralambos Templestowe, in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.

 Our Policy Toward Children

 We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13 via our Services, and we do not target our Services to children under 13. We encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our databases. If you are the parent of a child under the age of 13 and have a concern regarding your child’s information on our Site, please contact us at saintharalamboschurch@gmail.com

 Changes to this Privacy Policy

 Our security and this Privacy Policy are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary. This Privacy Policy might change as we update and expand the Services. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. If you do not understand any of the terms or conditions of any of our policies, you may inquire regarding the same via e-mail at saintharalamboschurch@gmail.com. Your continued use of the Services after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

 Contacting Us

 If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us via mail at 190 Porter Street, Templestowe, Melbourne Victoria 3106, or via email at info@stharalambos.org.au