Last Updated: 30th January 2026
Who we are
This website is operated by Shepshed Word of Life Church. Our address is Shepshed
Leicestershire
LE12 9PA.
Our website address is: https://shepshedwordoflife.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Contact forms
If you use a contact form on our website we may ask you for your name, email address or telephone number. By using the contact form you consent to our using this information for the purpose of responding to the query.
Mailing list
If you have signed up to one of our mailing lists, we will use the details your provided at that time to send you emails from time to time. You can opt out of these emails at any time by using the Unsubscribe link contained within the email.
User Accounts
If you sign up for an account on our website you will be asked to give your name, email address and to choose a password. You will use this subsequently to log in to the members area of the site.
Cookies
On this website, we only use cookies that are strictly necessary.
We use them to:
- Remember who you are if you log in to the site
- Remember any settings you make on the site
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
In common with most websites, we may automatically collect certain information about the computer or devices you use to access our website.
This may include information such as IP addresses, location information (by country and city), browser types, browser language, operating system.
It may also include information about the ways you interact with our website, such as referring and exit web pages, the pages you have viewed and the date and time you viewed them.
We take care to avoid storing any personal identifying information when collecting analytics data. We do not use tracking cookies.
We may use third-party analytics providers and technologies to help us analyse this information.
We do this for the legitimate interest of providing relevant content and ensuring that our website operates without errors.
Who we share your data with
We will never share your personal data with a third-party without your explicit consent unless we are required to do so by law.
How long we retain your data
We retain the information we collect for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or as long as we are legally required or permitted to do so. Information may persist in copies made for backup and business continuity purposes for additional time.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at contact@shepshedwordoflife.org if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at contact@shepshedwordoflife.org.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Changes to this Policy
We may change our Privacy policy from time to time. We will post any changes here and revise the date last updated above. We encourage you to check this page periodically for updates.