Cookies Policy 

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. St Mary's and St Matthew's uses analytics to identify which pages are being used - and how frequently - on our website. This is to enable us to redesign and modify the site in accordance with users' 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 (see below). This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website contains 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.

Your personal information

Your information will not be used for any communication from us apart from updates and information about St Mary's and St Matthew's. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties – unless we are required by law to do so. Your information will never be used for third-party direct marketing.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to The Parish Office, The Vicarage, 99 Church Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2NY.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Disabling cookies

To disable the use of cookies: it is possible to stop your web browser accepting cookies from one website or all websites through built-in cookie controls. If you do this you may find that some aspects of this website and others stop working, or stop working as well.

All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. The following links provide details on how to do this in a range of popular web browsers:

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955

Cookie settings in Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies

Cookie settings in Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Cookie settings in Safari: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/3.0/en/9277.html