Introduction
Portsmouth Abbey Monastery (“Portsmouth Abbey”) understands that your privacy is important to you. Portsmouth Abbey is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that you may provide to Portsmouth Abbey as you access and use the materials on portsmouthabbeymonastery.org (the “Site”). In addition, information that you submit to Portsmouth Abbey in response to an email request for information or other outreach from Portsmouth Abbey will also be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In this written Privacy Policy, Portsmouth Abbey describes the scope and breadth of our commitment to privacy. Portsmouth Abbey may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any material changes to our policy will be reflected on this page, so that you remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it. By exploring and using this Site, and by submitting information to Portsmouth Abbey, you agree to Portsmouth Abbey’s use of such information as described herein. This Site may contain links to external sites, which sites are not governed by this privacy policy, and Portsmouth Abbey does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.
Information That We Collect, and How We Use It
Portsmouth Abbey collects information from our users when they contact us, make a prayer request, sign up for newsletters, sign up for blog notification, and register for conferences and other Portsmouth Abbey-sponsored events. Some of Portsmouth Abbey’s registration, account setup and other forms may ask users to give us contact information, unique personal identifiers, areas of interest and/or demographic information. We sometimes aggregate demographic information, and the types of systems and browsers of users for internal purposes, so that we may better understand the user population of our Site, identify areas of interest, and determine whether the Site is designed to work with the computer settings of a majority of our visitors. Portsmouth Abbey also may conduct user surveys on the Web, which usually are intended to provide Portsmouth Abbey with information on a number of areas, such as user identity, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were searching for, whether the Site content is relevant to user needs, and the like. Portsmouth Abbey uses the information gathered from such surveys to improve our web content, navigation, and overall visitor experience.
Any personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, etc., allows Portsmouth Abbey to inform you of updates about Portsmouth Abbey and to notify you about other services offered by Portsmouth Abbey that may be of interest to you. We will not sell, share, or rent or otherwise make available any of that information to other parties, except that we may disclose the information to third parties who perform services on our behalf and have a need to access the information in connection with those services. In addition, Portsmouth Abbey may disclose contact information for you in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information that you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to Portsmouth Abbey. Individuals that subscribe to e-mail newsletters are given the opportunity to opt-out of promotions, news, and information at the time of sign up. Portsmouth Abbey also provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the points where we request information.
E-Mail Addresses
We may collect the e-mail addresses at the point of subscription, of users who wish to receive e-mail notification of Portsmouth Abbey information and of those who send us e-mail messages or express interest regarding our services, or register for conferences and other Portsmouth Abbey-sponsored events. We will not, however, share any e-mail addresses with any third party or send unsolicited e-mail to any of the addresses we collect, except in very limited circumstances as set forth in this policy.
Cookies
Portsmouth Abbey may use browser cookies on this Site to keep track of your visit to our Site. A “cookie” is a small amount of data that is sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Use of cookies may allow Portsmouth Abbey to provide a higher quality, more relevant, customer experience. Use of cookies may also allow Portsmouth Abbey to automate entry into password protected portions of the Site so that you will not need to re-enter your password each time you visit our Site. We may also use cookies to track which areas of the web site are most popular with our users and to further Portsmouth Abbey’s understanding concerning overall use of the site. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or a help screen to learn more about these functions and how to use them. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Security Processes
Portsmouth Abbey has in place technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, Portsmouth Abbey cannot guarantee that your personally-identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons.
Links to Other Web Sites
Portsmouth Abbey is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any non-Portsmouth Abbey web sites to which we link from this Site.
Compliance With Law
Portsmouth Abbey complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. Portsmouth Abbey may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities without express user consent if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction
Change and/or Delete Information
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete as the case may be, any personally-identifiable information that you submit to Portsmouth Abbey through this Site or through other means. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Site on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered or contact us.
Children
Portsmouth Abbey understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This website is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or Portsmouth Abbey’s collection and use of information, please contact us.