Privacy
Policy.

Who we are

This notice explains how Christ Apostolic Church (Conquerors in Christ Parish) handles personal information collected through this website. The church is a registered charity in England and Wales (charity number 1171838) and a company registered in England (company number 09885257). For the purposes of UK data protection law, the church is the controller of the personal information described here.

The congregation meets for worship at 2 Exeter Close, Ardwick, Manchester, M12 4AW. This is our place of worship; it is not necessarily the charity’s registered office.

Information we collect

We only collect what you choose to give us, through these forms:

• Plan your visit — your name, an email address and/or phone number, the Sunday you plan to come, how many people are coming, and anything you tell us (for example access needs or children coming with you).
• Prayer request — a prayer category, your request, who may see it, and optionally your name, email address and whether we may contact you.
• Contact — your name, email address, the topic and your message.

Each form includes a hidden field that helps us filter automated spam; it collects nothing from genuine visitors. To protect the forms from abuse, the server briefly uses your device’s IP address to limit how many messages can be sent in a minute. This is held in memory only and is not stored.

This website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking tools, does not take payments or donations, and has no accounts, newsletter sign-up or event booking system. See our cookie information for what happens in your browser.

Why we use it, and our lawful basis

We use the information you send only for the purpose you sent it:

• to welcome you and reply about your visit;
• to pray for the request you have shared, and to contact you only if you said we may;
• to answer your message and pass it to the right person in the church.

Each form asks you to confirm you are happy for the church to use your details for that purpose. Our proposed lawful basis is your consent (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw at any time. Where a request contains special category information (see below), we rely on your explicit consent (Article 9(2)(a)).

Sensitive information and prayer requests

Prayer requests and pastoral messages often reveal religious beliefs and may include details of health, family circumstances or other people. UK data protection law treats this as special category information that needs extra care.

• Only the people you choose — the prayer team or the pastors only — should see a request.
• Requests are never published on this website or shared publicly.
• We will contact you only if you choose “Yes, you may email me”.
• Please avoid including other people’s names or private details unless they are happy for you to share them.

If a message suggests that someone may be at risk of harm, we may need to share information with the appropriate authorities to protect them. See our safeguarding information.

Who we share it with

We do not sell personal information or share it for marketing. Messages are read by the church team responsible for the topic you chose.

Current status: online delivery of form messages has not yet been switched on. At present, when you send a form the website checks it and then tells you that nothing was sent or saved. No form information is stored by this website.

When delivery is switched on, messages will be passed to a service chosen by the church (for example an email or form-handling provider), which will process them on the church’s behalf.

How long we keep it

We keep information only for as long as we need it for the purpose you gave it to us, and then delete it securely. For example, a visit message is not needed once we have welcomed you, and a prayer request is not needed once the prayer team has prayed and any follow-up you asked for has happened.

Keeping it secure

This website sends form information over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection when it is hosted with a certificate, validates it on the server, rejects automated spam and limits repeated submissions. It does not store form submissions itself. We ask everyone in the church who handles messages to keep them confidential and only use them for their purpose.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

• ask for a copy of the information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete;
• ask us to delete your information;
• ask us to restrict or stop using your information, or object to how we use it;
• withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting anything we did before;
• in some cases, receive your information in a portable format.

We will respond within one month. You do not normally have to pay.

Contact and complaints

To ask about your information or exercise your rights, please speak to a member of the church leadership at a Sunday service at 2 Exeter Close, Ardwick, Manchester, M12 4AW, or use our contact page.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please tell us first so we can put it right. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.

Changes to this notice

We will review this notice as the website and church activities change — for example when form delivery is switched on — and show the date of the latest approved version at the top of this page. This notice is written with reference to the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended (including by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025), and guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office.