Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 1st January 20266
At Cremorne Synagogue, we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with care and transparency. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you visit our website and interact with our community.
1. Who we are
Our website address is: https://cremornesynagogue.com/.
For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at: admin@cremornesynagogue.com
2. Information We Collect and Why
- Registration & Forms: When you register for an event or sign up for our newsletter, we collect the personal information you provide, such as your name, email address, and phone number. This allows us to manage your attendance and keep you connected with the Shul.
- Newsletter Consent: If you have opted-in via our registration tick-box, we will use your details to send you news, event invitations, and updates. You can opt-out at any time.
- Comments: If visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
3. Cookies
To improve your experience, we use cookies:
- Login Info: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- User Preferences: When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, maps, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to those platforms (such as YouTube or Google).
5. Data Sharing & Security
- No Selling of Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
- Payment Processing: To process donations and event registrations securely, we use eWAY. When you make a payment, your credit card details are processed directly by eWAY’s secure servers and are not stored on our website.
- · Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- User Profiles: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data
In accordance with Australian privacy principles, you have the right to:
Unsubscribe: You can opt-out of our mailing list at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in our emails or contacting the Shul office directly.
Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you (this does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes).
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrativ