This privacy policy sets out how Cornerstone the Church (“we”, “us”, “you”, “our”) uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website. Cornerstone Ministries is a Church and Charity based in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, registered office is 38 Station Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1NU registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under charity number 1154126. This site is a UK based website and we take reasonable care to comply with the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) and other relevant data protection laws in order to protect the personal information you supply on this site.

Cornerstone the Church is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Cornerstone the Church may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from May 2018.

What we collect We may collect the following information:
- name and title
- contact information including email address, telephone number
- demographic information such as physical address, postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather?
Your personal information will only be used to process your requests, to provide you with our services, and to provide you with information relating to our services. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping
- We may use the information to improve our services and products
- We may send promotional emails about services, events or other information in line with our charitable causes

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable and reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and prevent the misuse, loss or alteration of that information.

How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
1. Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
2. If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at office@cornerstonethechurch.co.uk.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us by email as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the internet that this information can be collected and used by others. Ultimately, each individual is solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of usernames, passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the internet. Whilst this site uses a security system to protect your information from unauthorised use, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure, therefore we cannot take responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond the control of Cornerstone the Church.

Any Questions? Contact us via email at office@cornerstonethechurch.co.uk