East Hamilton Spiritual Church
Privacy Policy
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This privacy policy sets out how East Hamilton Spiritual Church uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
East Hamilton Spiritual Church is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy was last updated on 26th October 2026.
We may collect the following information:
Name
Contact information, including email address and phone number
Details you give us when you register for a service, class or event
What we do with the information we gather
We use this information to answer your enquiries, to register you for services, classes and events, and to keep you informed about church news and activities. In particular:
To keep our own church records.
To send you the details of anything you have registered for, such as the Zoom link for our Online Sunday Service.
To let you know about upcoming services, workshops and events, if you have asked us to.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Registering for services, classes and events
When you register for our Online Sunday Service, a class or an event, we keep a record of your registration so that we can send you what you need, such as joining links, reminders and news of any changes or cancellations. Online Sunday Service registrations are handled through Zoom, which has its own privacy policy. We never share your information outside East Hamilton Spiritual Church, except where it is needed to provide the service you registered for.
Church news and updates
From time to time we may email you about services, events, workshops and other church news. If you would rather not receive these, you can let us know at any time by emailing easthamiltonspiritualchurch@gmail.com and we will stop. You will still receive essential messages about anything you have registered for.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.
You may ask for details of the personal information we hold about you. There is no charge for this. If you would like a copy of the information we hold, please email us at easthamiltonspiritualchurch@gmail.com, call us on (905) 545-7050, or write to us at East Hamilton Spiritual Church, 83 Ottawa Street North, Hamilton, Ontario.
If you believe that any information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible at easthamiltonspiritualchurch@gmail.com. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.