Privacy policy

Last updated: 28 August 2024

Holy Trinity Community (HTC) Sydney ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.holytrinitysydney.com.au.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
• Financial Data: Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site.
• Social Networking Data: User information from social networking sites, such as Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.

2. Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain the Site;
• To send you updates, promotions, and relevant information related to our services;
• To improve our services and develop new products, services, or features;
• To comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes.

3. Sharing of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by law, including compliance with Australian government regulations.
• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
• Marketing Communications: With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other types of misuse.

5. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

6. Compliance with Australian Law

We comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This means we are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected, and your personal information is managed in accordance with Australian law.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Holy Trinity Community (HTC) Sydney
info@holytrinitysydney.com.au

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