Cookie Policy - Smiocbristol

Who we are

This website is operated by St. Marys Indian Orthodox Church, Bristol. We are a Malankara (Indian) orthodox congregation and a registered charity with the charity commission and for more information see the about us section on our website https://smiocbristol.org/parish-welcome 

Our website

This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website, www.smiocbristol.org. Throughout our website, we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties e.g. other congregations or to other services that are available to you. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies under their separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic devices) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us to recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the website, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

This website uses Google Custom Search to provide the site’s search functionality. Google may set cookies when you use the search function. You can find Google’s privacy policy here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Cookies from Google may also be set when Google Maps are displayed on this website.

Consent to use cookies and changing settings

We will ask for your permission (consent) to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested. An appropriate example of essential cookies in the context, to enable you to make a donation and use our check-out process.

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by changing the browsers settings and this will allow you to turn off cookies or to customise your settings for cookies. To find out how to do this, see the ‘Help’ menu on your browser. Please note that if you turn off cookies or change your settings, some features may not work correctly.

Our use of cookies

Where we place cookies

We set cookies in a number of different locations across our website. These include:

viewed_cookie_policy - The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not a user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary - This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
Cookielawinfo-checbox-functional - The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
Cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance - This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
Cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics - This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics''.
Cookielawinfo-checbox-others - This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.

Session cookies set by WordPress
These are the session cookies which will be deleted at the end of each session.
wordpress_[hash] – used to store the authentication details on login.
wordpress_logged_in_[hash]- is used to indicate when you are logged in, and who you are.
wordpress_test_cookie - to check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users.
wp-settings-{time}-[UID] - is used to customize the view of your admin interface and the front-end of this website.

Third-party access to the cookies

The cookies listed above will not be accessed by any other third party. 

How to turn off all cookies and the consequences of doing so

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.

For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you please send an email to info@smiocbristol.org, write to The Vicar, St. Marys Indian Orthodox Church, Bank Road, Pilning, Bristol BS35 4JG or call 01454430288.

Do you need extra help?

If you would like this notice in another format (for example audio, large print) please contact us (see the section ‘How to contact us above).

Changes to this policy

This policy was published in April 2021 and last updated in March 2021. We may change this policy from time to time, hence please review the details published on the website.