Reigate & Redhill Community Church (RRCC) is committed to protecting your privacy to give you a safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the RRCC Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the RRCC website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Please note, we have adapted a standard document used by businesses and tailored it for use in a church setting. We take data protection seriously and update our software regularly to minimise risks that are within our control to manage.  We invite comments, observations and concerns about our online practices and aim to resolve any issues identified to us typically within a few days, if not sooner.

What does website membership mean? 

It means you are a member of the website (!) but not necessarily a member of the church.

Who is allowed to be a member of the RRCC website?

Anyone who has a reason that the website Administrators consider legitimate.

Typically website members are people who regularly associate with RRCC, members of the church who are overseas, ex-members of the church, and people who are new to the church and who are considering becoming members.

Anyone who registers on our website will be reviewed by an Administrator.  When we don't recognise somebody, we usually enter into email correspondence to find out who they are and why they wish to register. 

What does website membership give you?

Access to the Family Forums where various different current topics are discussed.

The ability to view news articles and diary dates that are not considered to be 'public'.

The ability to submit news articles for publication on the website.

Access to the online Rota system to let you know 'who' is doing 'what' and 'when'.

Access to the online members telephone directory.

The ability to e-mail other members.

An opportunity to give online via PayPal.

The responsibility for managing your own personal data.

Collection of your Personal Information

RRCC collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home address or telephone number. RRCC also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your post code.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by RRCC. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by RRCC to provide general statistics regarding use of the RRCC Web site ie we know where people have come from, what they are looking at and for how long.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through the RRCC Family Forum, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: RRCC does not read any of your private online communications.

RRCC encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from RRCC so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. RRCC is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the RRCC Web site.

Use of your Personal Information

RRCC collects and uses your personal information to populate our online church database which helps us administer the church.

The data you supply is editable by you and helps us comply with Data Protection legislation, if you want to change or remove it at any time you can.

If you want to completely delete your data file from our database, simply request this by email and it will typically be removed within 24hours.

RRCC does not sell, rent or lease its registered member lists to third parties.

RRCC does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as your home address, or your e-mail address without your explicit consent.

RRCC keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within RRCC, in order to determine which RRCC pages are the most popular.

RRCC Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on RRCC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of RRCC; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of members of RRCC, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The RRCC Web sites use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you make use of the Family Forum a cookie is used to identify which posts you have already read, if you delete the cookie, all Forum posts will be marked as unread ... which you might find a little annoying! 

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the RRCC services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

RRCC secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. RRCC secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers hosted by a professional third party operator in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement

RRCC will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect legal and user feedback. RRCC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how RRCC is protecting your information.

Last update:  14 October 2011 by Alisdair Semple.

Reason for update:  To remove ambiguous or unnecessary language and to clarify the value of website membership.

Contact Information

RRCC welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that we have not adhered to this Policy, please contact RRCC at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.