Privacy Policy
Christian Vision ("we", “us” or “our”) are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding the personal information you provide when you visit our site. At the same time, we want to ensure that you obtain full value from our site and from the services which you may want to receive via our site.
This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be held and processed by us. This policy also expresses our approach to complying with the data protection laws which apply in the United Kingdom. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
This policy relates to the following domains owned and operated by us:
www.simpletruth.org and www.simpletruthapp.com and any sub domains of these (collectively "our site").
For the purpose of the UK Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller is Christian Vision. We are a UK Registered Charity 1031031 of The Pavilion, Manor Drive, Coleshill, West Midlands, B46 1DL.
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Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. This includes information provided when subscribing to certain services or posting material on our site. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion sponsored by Christian Vision, and when you report a problem with our site.
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- Christian Vision may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
- Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.
- Technical data including, but not limited to, cookies, Geo-ip and click tracking that we collect to optimise the site to improve your user experience.
- Mobile location data.
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IP Addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
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Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie.
Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the International Chamber of Commerce UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below.
Strictly necessary Cookies:
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around our site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies some of the services you have asked for could not be provided.
Performance Cookies:
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor and all information collected is aggregated and therefore anonymous. These cookies improve how a website works.
Functionality Cookies:
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (e.g. language setting, text size) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can help provide local services by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information collected may be anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting Cookies:
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help to measure the effectiveness of a campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and share this information with other organisations such as advertisers.
Strictly necessary Cookies: These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for. Cookie Name Purpose Further Information We have no cookies under this category Performance Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages you visited. Cookie Name Purpose Further Information Any cookie prefixed with __utm These are Google Analytics cookies and are used to track users activity on the site (Pages viewed, length of time on the site, screen resolution and so on). Cookie durations vary from the session (until the user closes their browser window) and up to 2 years. gs_u GoSquared: User identifier cookie, which stores a unique user id, page/visit counts, and last visit time. Expires in 2 years Functionality Cookies: These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience. Cookie Name Purpose Further Information st_bookmark Remembers the chapter and section you got to so you can return to that position when you next visit the website. Expires in 30 days st_language Remembers the language selected under settings for use when loading new book chapters and sections. Expires in 30 days Targeting Cookies: These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you. Cookie Name Purpose Further Information We have no cookies under this category -
Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
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Security
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
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Uses made of the information
During the registration process or when using our interactive services you will have the opportunity to consent to us sending you certain information electronically. This can include information such as:
- Newsletters and/or updates giving details of new features, campaigns and services which may be of interest to you;
- Company announcements;
- Answering your specific questions or comments.
Your information will also be used for:
- Optimisation of your use of the site.
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Advertising
We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 500 men aged under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in SW1). We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.
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Third Party websites and services
Our site contains links to and from the websites and services of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and practices. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites. We disclaim all liability and responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of third party websites or services.
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Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
- In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
- If Christian Vision or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Christian Vision, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
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Access to information
The Data Protection Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
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Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
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Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to:
Christian Vision
The Pavilion
Manor Drive
Coleshill
West Midlands
B46 1DL
England