Who we are
We are the Central Readers’ Council CIO, registered charity no. 1182319.
The CRC is a separate charity supporting Readers and lay ministry within the Church of England and Church in Wales.
Our website address is: https://layministry.org.uk.
Central Readers’ Council
c/o Ministry Development Team
Church House
Gt Smith Street
London
SW1P 3JZ
What personal data we collect and why
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 anonymized 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.
Cookies
To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.
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.
The “Password Protected” plugin stores a cookie on successful password login containing a hashed version of the entered password. It does not store any information about the user. The cookie stored is named bid_n_password_protected_auth where n is the blog ID in a multisite network. The “Password Protected” privacy policy is available here: https://passwordprotectedwp.com/privacy-policy/
The “Antispam Bee” plugin does not save private user data. The “Antispam Bee” privacy policy is available here: https://pluginkollektiv.org/privacy-policy
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.
Analytics
We use analytics to help us know how many visitors have viewed our site. The “Independent Analytics” plugin does not use cookies and does not process or store IP addresses. Site view data is stored for two weeks then is deleted. The “Independent Analytics” privacy policy is available here: https://independentwp.com/privacy-policy/
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 recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), 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, 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you are a subscriber then your payment details will be securely stored with the payment gateway partner.
Your contact information
Your contact information is held by us for the duration of maintaining dialogue with you. Once this has concluded then your data is securely destroyed.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Every effort is taken to make sure your data is handled securely with us. We make sure our site is updated using the latest encryption and any data received from you is held safely on data centre servers.
What data breach procedures we have in place
If we suspect any data breach then we will endeavour to inform you within 24 hours of the discovery.
How to contact us
If you have a concern about the privacy of your data, you can write to us at the address above, or email the CRC Secretary.