Mission Fellowship International

Mission Fellowship International takes your privacy seriously. The information you provide through our website will be held under the Data Protection Act 1998. We know that your privacy is very important to you. We recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of information that we may collect from online visitors. We aim to be as clear as possible about how and why we use information we may gain from you via this website. If your questions are not fully answered by the information below, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 underlies all of our personal information privacy practices. We also have a Data Protection policy which governs how we use the information that we collect about you on this website.

Data Protection Statement
Mission Fellowship International's data protection statement is as follows: Data Protection Act 1998: By providing your personal details you agree to allow the Mission Fellowship International to contact you by mail, email, telephone or SMS text message in connection with its charitable purposes. Mission Fellowship International does not make personal data available to external individuals or organisations.

How We Collect Information about You
Mission Fellowship International does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this website, except where you choose to give us your personal information. These could include becoming a member, requesting resources, booking into an event, making a donation, or by sending us an email. Data Protection Act 1998: By providing your personal details you agree to allow Mission Fellowship International to contact you by mail, email, telephone or SMS text message in connection with its charitable purposes. Mission Fellowship International does not make personal data available to external individuals or organisations.

Why We Collect Information about You
To provide you with information about our work including membership related mailings, events, resources, fundraising and any other services described on our website. To make sure we have an accurate record of all donations received. To enhance or improve your experience on our website. When you indicate your preferences through our registration forms or through your use of our site, we may use this information to personalise the site to better meet your needs.

Who Sees your Information?
The information we collect through our website will be used exclusively within Mission Fellowship International and the Fellowship's missions. We do not pass any of your personal information to any other organisations and / or individuals without your express consent with the following exception:
Name and address details are passed to mailing houses to enable fulfilment of membership requirements and resources you have requested. These may include idea magazine, membership renewals, resources, fundraising and other membership information as required.
Where such details are provided we have confidentiality agreements in place that restrict the use of your information to the purpose for which it is provided and ensure it is kept no longer than necessary.
To minimise the risk of unauthorised disclosure of your information, we will use some of your information to verify who you are when you contact us.

Our use of your Information
The information that you provide to Mission Fellowship International will be used to provide you with information about our work including membership related mailings, events, resources, fundraising and other services and activities described on our website. By providing information you are agreeing to receive mailings that communicate the work of Mission Fellowship International.
By providing your email address you are agreeing to your email address being used for the purposes of receiving emails that communicate the work of Mission Fellowship International.
Mission Fellowship International uses MailChimp to send regular emails. By providing us with your details you are giving Mission Fellowship International your express permission to transfer your data to MailChimp. If you do not give this permission then Mission Fellowship International will not be able to send emails to you.
Each time you receive an email you will be able to update your preferences and subscribe or unsubscribe from regular emails via MailChimp.

How long do we keep your Information?
How long we keep your information collected through our website depends on the context in which you provided it. We will keep information that is necessary for us to provide membership mailings, other resources and for statistical purposes. We will keep records of any financial transactions you enter into with us for a minimum of six years. This will enable us to meet with accounting requirements and respond to any questions from you that arise during that period. Gift Aid forms and transactions must be kept for a minimum of 12 years after the Gift Aid is no longer valid.

Viewing the Information we hold about you
You may request details of all the information Mission Fellowship International holds about you by submitting a written request to us. There is a charge for this service of £10.00, with each request. Write to: Mission Fellowship International 45 Virginia Road Thornton Heath Surrey CR7 8EN. Please include a telephone number and/or email address to enable us to contact you.

Information on Cookies
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.
For more information about cookies, including instructions on deleting and controlling cookies, visit: www.aboutcookies.org To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If you are wondering about the new privacy law on cookies that came into effect on Thursday 26th May 2011, what it means for you, and what you should do, read this article on "how to comply with the new cookie regulations".

How Can I Control Cookies? Browser controls
You can use your web browser (eg Internet Explorer) to:
• delete all cookies
• block all cookies
• allow all cookies
• block third-party cookies
• clear all cookies when you close the browser
• open a 'private browsing' session
• install add-ons and plug-ins to extend browser functionality

Browser   -  Where to find information about controlling cookies
Internet Explorer - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Chrome - https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/more/privacy.html
Firefox - http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
Safari - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera - http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Cookies
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.

Below describes the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for. Currently we operate an 'implied consent' policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser's anonymous usage setting (called "Incognito" in Chrome, "InPrivate" for Internet Explorer, "Private Browsing" in Firefox and Safari etc.)

First Party Cookies
These are cookies that are sent by this website directly.
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour on our website. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This Analytics data is collected via a JavaScript tag in the pages of our site and is not tied to personally identifiable information. We therefore do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

You can find out more about Google's position on privacy as regards its analytics service at http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/analytics/privacyoverview.html

Third Party Cookies
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons across the site allow visitors to share content onto social networks. Cookies are currently set by Twitter and Facebook. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website.

You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
This website includes links to other sites. Mission Fellowship International cannot be held responsible for their privacy policies or the way in which they handle personal information. This statement may be subject to updates and changes. Please revisit it each time that you consider giving personal data through this site.