Privacy Policy

Website privacy policy

This privacy policy sets out how Macapello Community Choir uses and protects any information that you give Macapello Community Choir when you use this website. This policy is effective from 01.03.18.

Macapello Community Choir 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, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Macapello Community Choir reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently to ensure that you are happy with any changes. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. This page was last updated on 12.05.18.

Web Hosting

The Macapello website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to tell you about our activities. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.

To find out how Wix handles your personal information, please visit their page https://www.wix.com/about/privacy, referring specifically to items 8, 12 and 13.
In case of purchases or payments made through the website, all direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by Macapello will adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store when applicable and its service providers.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

name
contact information including email address
demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at macapellochoir@gmail.com.

What we do with the information we gather

Your personal information will only be used for the specific reasons stated below .We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional emails about special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for various purposes including notifications of choir-related activities and other events in which you may be interested, for market research, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce applicable national laws and any agreement we may have with you inter alia. We may contact you by email, phone, SMS or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we may use to provide and improve our respective services.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, there are suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures via Wix.com put in place to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Only the administrators of this site may use your collected personal information, for the purpose of maintaining the Members' Pages, contacting members about choir-related activities and other reasons stated above.

If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at macapellochoir@gmail.com.

When you cease to be a member of the choir your personal information will be deleted.

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.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

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.

For a list of cookies used on this website, visit https://support.wix.com/en/article/cookies-and-your-wix-site.

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

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at dave.soundworld@gmail.com, or macapellochoir@gmail.com.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us at dave.soundworld@gmail.com, or macapellochoir@gmail.com.

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