Introduction
Māngere Bridge Baptist Church recognises the importance of protecting an individual’s privacy.
This privacy statement explains how Māngere Bridge Baptist Church collects, stores and may use your personal information.
The new Privacy Act took effect from 1 December 2020. Māngere Bridge Baptist Church endeavours to fully comply with the principles of this Act as it looks to continue handling personal information with care and respect.
Key points
The personal information we collect is to enable authorised staff, elders and ministry leaders to carry out their role, and to inform you about our services, events and activities.
With permission, we share personal contact information to enable church members and attendees to communicate with one another.
We provide summarised, depersonalised information for use in the management and decision-making processes of this church, and for required reporting (e.g. Charities Services and Baptist Support Centre).
We may collect personal information about you either directly or we may generate personal information about you when we carry out our functions.
We will only use personal information for the purpose for which we collected it.
We will not hold personal information for longer than the purpose for which it was required.
We keep your information protected and safe with all reasonable technical and process controls.
Māngere Bridge Baptist Church uses third party suppliers to deliver specific services such as email, database, finances, and so on; these suppliers have privacy policies and processes for protecting your personal information*.
You can ask us for a copy of, or ask to correct, your personal information at any time. We will be as open as we can with you whilst ensuring we do not breach the trust or safety of others or where information may be legally privileged.
We do not generally share your personal information with third parties (other than third parties which are providing digital services to us). However, we may share personal information with the NZ Police or another government agency, if required by law (for example to assist with the investigation of a criminal offence), to report significant misconduct or where there is a serious threat to health and safety.
Photography & Video
During services and events, we may be taking still photographs and capturing video footage of various aspects, including shots where individuals and groups are identifiable. Please note that we may use these shots in social media and for promotional purposes. In line with our Child Protection Policy, no photographs or videos (other than live streaming) will be used where individual children can be identified, unless for a specific purpose with parental/caregiver permission.
Our Sunday morning services are live streamed and stored on YouTube. The cameras capture the stage and front four rows of the congregation. Please avoid this area if you do not want yourself or your children filmed.
Security
We have CCTV devices installed. CCTV footage is recorded and retained for security purposes and is only viewed by authorised staff and Chair of Elders. The footage will not be made public unless authorised by the individual(s) shown in the footage or in consultation with the NZ Police. The footage will be deleted after it is no longer required by Māngere Bridge Baptist Church for security or operational reasons. There is signage at our locations advising of the presence of CCTV devices.
Social Media
We use social media networking services such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to share content and promote our initiatives in a public space. When you engage with us using these services, the social network may collect your personal information for its own purposes. These networks have their own privacy statements which are independent of ours. They do not have any access to your personal information that we hold.
How to unsubscribe
To unsubscribe from a mailing list or any other correspondence sent out by, please email: office@mangerebridgebaptist.com stating your name, email address and which communication you would like to stop receiving.
We keep your information for no longer than the purpose for which it was required. At that point we will securely destroy it by erasing all digital and physical files.
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong.
The Privacy Act 2020 permits you to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected. If you would like to request this or have any questions about your personal information or our practices, please contact us at, office@mangerebridgebaptist.com, or +64 9 636 0962, or PO Box 59136 Māngere Bridge, Auckland.
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