policies

Disclaimer and Acceptable Use

By using this website, you agree to use it for only lawful purposes and in a way which will not harm anyone else. St Mary and St Michael's Roman Catholic Parish is happy for you to download information for your own use, but would not like you to put our information onto another website or to use the information you obtain for commercial gain.

We cherish the privacy of our parishioners and would not welcome the storage or transmission of any information about members of the Parish to another person without their express permission.

The photos, logos, information, pictures and descriptions on our site are provided for the use of visitors. We do not accept any liability for damages however incurred if you use these facilities. Although we attempt to make sure our server and the contents of the site are free from bugs, viruses and errors, St Mary and St Michael's cannot accept responsibility for defects. We do our utmost to ensure that our security software eliminates viruses, but we assume that those using our site use their own security system and we cannot therefore accept responsibility for any problems that arise.


This website includes providing direct access to other internet sites. However, St Mary and St Michael's takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on other sites, including those of Diocesan sites that link to this site, nor does it imply endorsement or approval of products or information offered. If you find a problem with any other site we have linked to, we would be grateful to be made aware of it as soon as possible.

Privacy and Cookies Policy

You can visit this website at any time without revealing any information about yourself or telling us who you are.

The only area of the site to include an option to provide personal data is the Contact Us form. This facility is provided to help you to contact the Parish to ask for further information etc. If you give us any personal information about yourself or others through this service we promise to treat it securely, fairly and lawfully. We will not ask for more information than necessary, and are committed to protecting your privacy.

If you provide us with an email address or telephone number, these will be used to contact you about your enquiry if this is an appropriate way to respond. Your information will be used solely by St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Parish and will never be passed on to any other person or company.

When someone visits this website, the server collects standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. This is done to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is collected in a way which does not identify anyone, we do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting the site, and we will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.

A "cookie" is a very small text file which may be stored on your computer, tablet or phone when you visit a website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site but not all websites use them. Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser - session cookies. Others remain on your device until they expire or you delete them yourself - persistent cookies.

The St Mary and St Michael's Roman Catholic Parish website does not currently use or plan to use cookies. If this changes in the future, full details will be published here.