Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 2025
Introduction
You can access SplendidPsyche Name at www.splendidpsyche.com. The following Privacy Policy details the way in which Splendidpsyche (“we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses, stores and protects personal information whenever you visit our website, contact us, subscribe to our updates, submit a testimonial, leave a comment, make a donation or make use of any other feature of the website.
We value your privacy and wish to deal with any personal information fairly, lawfully, and transparently. This policy covers the data collected via this website and, where applicable, that obtained through any associated contact forms, email exchanges, embedded services, social-media features, and donation or submission systems linked to this website.
The site features Christian messages, testimonies regarding the goodness of God, reflections on the Bible, messages aimed at young people, information about the community, and other related material. It is not designed to urge anyone to give out any private, sensitive, or confidential information.
Who is to be held responsible for your information?
The organisation responsible for your personal information is:
Name: SplendidPsyche
Trading or ministry name: Blog
Email: privacy@splendidpsyche.com
Website: www.splendidpsyche.com
If you have questions, requests, complaints, or concerns about the information you gave us, contact [privacy email address].
When you are operating as a church, a charity, a community group or some other organisation, you should determine the legal organisation which controls the website and the data. In the case of an individual blogger, use your real name or the legal entity that is responsible for the blog, not just the brand name of the blog.
Information we may collect
The kind of information we collect will depend on the way you use the website. It could include:
The name, email address, telephone number, and all other details which you enter voluntarily into a contact form.
Your email address and subscription choices if you sign up for a newsletter or mailing list.
The name, email address, website address, and the content of the comment that you provide when you leave a comment.
Anything such as testimonies, prayer requests, photographs, videos, voice recordings, or written material which you send for possible publication.
The details you provide when you donate, buy a product, sign up for an event, or ask for a service.
Details such as the IP address, the type of browser, the type of device, the operating system, the approximate location, the pages viewed, and the referring website.
Information regarding cookies and similar technologies, as set out in our Cookie Policy.
The information included in any communication that you send us, whether by email or through social media.
It is important that you don’t provide us with any information which you are not willing for us to get. Specifically, you should not transmit passwords, banking details, identity documents, full medical information, safeguarding disclosures, or any other highly sensitive information via an ordinary website form unless we have given you a secure method.
Information about testimonies and sensitive information
Since a testimony can include information concerning a person’s health, disability, trauma, family situation, religion, relationships, or other private or delicate matters, we will obtain the necessary permission before publishing it and will usually edit out or alter any identifying details which are not essential.
Just because you send a testimony to us for publication doesn’t mean that it will in fact be published. We may edit it, shorten it, remove the names or otherwise anonymise the material, or decide not to publish it at all. We may get in touch with you to ask for clarification regarding the way in which your name, photograph, voice or other details may be used.
If you talk about someone else, do not give their name, photo, personal situation, or any details that can identify them unless you have the right and permission to share this. When you mention children or young people, be extra careful and leave out details that are not needed.
How we use personal information
We may use personal information to:
Reply to questions and requests.
Dispatch newsletters or updates to those to whom you are subscribed or to anyone else to whom communication may be made on the basis of a legitimate reason.
Moderate and manage comments.
Check the testimonies or the submitted content, make any necessary edits, and then publish them.
Handle donations, purchases, registrations, or requests.
Run the website, ensure its security, carry out maintenance, and improve it.
An understanding of general website usage can be obtained through analytics where this is allowed.
Stop spam, fraud, abuse, unauthorised access, and all other security problems.
Make a record of all the communications and show how the requests were dealt with.
Comply with legal obligations.
Where there is a serious concern raised, it is necessary to protect the safety and well-being of individuals.
Unless the law allows us to or requires us to do so, we shall not use any personal information for a purpose which is incompatible with the purpose stated when it was collected.
Lawful bases
Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information because:
You have agreed, for example by subscribing to a newsletter or by agreeing to optional cookies.
It is necessary to carry out processing in order to deal with your request or to take action prior to entering into an agreement.
Processing is needed in order to carry out a service, handle a donation, or look after a transaction.
It is necessary to carry out processing in order to fulfill our legitimate interests—such as the administration of the website, ensuring security, moderating content, or keeping records—as long as those interests do not supersede your rights.
It is necessary to carry out processing in order to meet a legal obligation.
It is necessary to carry out processing in order to protect another person’s vital interests in an emergency.
Whenever consent is being obtained from you, you have the right to withdraw it at any time. However, withdrawing your consent will not have any effect on the processing which had already taken place before the withdrawal.
Sharing information
We may share limited information with trusted providers that help us run the blog, including:
Providers of website hosting and technical support.
WordPress together with its security, backup, spam prevention, and form provision services.
Email-newsletter providers.
Payment and donation processors.
Analytics providers.
Professional advisers where necessary.
In places where the authorities or emergency services are required by law or are needed in order to protect a person from serious harm.
We never sell your personal information and unless you have specifically authorised us or it is both necessary and legal we won’t publish your email address or any of your private contact details.
It is possible that some of the providers will carry out the processing of the information outside of the UK, and in such cases we will take into account the relevant legal protections and give additional information if necessary.
Retention
We only retain personal information for so long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless the law specifies a longer period.
For example:
The data included in the newsletter will be retained until you choose to unsubscribe or until we decide to discontinue the mailing list.
Contact correspondence is usually kept for one year.
As long as the comment is still published, the comment data is kept, unless removal is requested or some other reason requires it to be retained.
The testimonies submitted will be kept for as long as is reasonably necessary in order to handle matters relating to publication, permissions, and removal requests.
The records of transactions are kept for the period needed for accounting, tax, legal, or regulatory purposes.
The security logs and backups are kept in accordance with the settings and security requirements of our provider.
If you need any more information regarding the retention of a particular type of data, please get in touch with us.
Your rights
Subject to legal conditions and exemptions, you may have the right to:
Request a copy of the personal information which we hold on you.
Please let us know if the information is inaccurate or incomplete.
Ask us to remove information.
Request that information be used only to the extent necessary.
Object to certain processing.
Ask for data portability when it applies.
Withdraw consent.
Take your complaint to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
If you would like to make a request, please email us with the subject line ‘Privacy request’. We could be required to verify your identity before we get back to you. We normally try to provide a response within the time frame required by applicable data-protection law.
The ICO can be reached via its website at Contact us | ICO or by telephone with the numbers given on the ICO website.
Children and young people
The website contains content which is meant to be of help to young people and is accessible by children. We strive to refrain from obtaining unnecessary information from children and young people.
Do not request that children provide any private details, photographs, their locations, school information, passwords, or personal circumstances via public comments or standard contact forms. We are not knowingly using children’s information for the purpose of profiling, targeted advertising, or unnecessary marketing.
Should you be a parent, guardian, or a young person and think that information has been submitted improperly, then you should get in touch with us. We will look into the concern and act appropriately.
Before launching any accounts, messaging, youth registrations, competitions, or any other interactive features on the website, we will examine the privacy and safeguarding measures.
Security
To protect personal information we put in place appropriate technical and organizational measures, such as secure hosting, access controls, software updates, backups, spam protection and administrative procedures.
It cannot be guaranteed that any system for transmitting or storing information is entirely secure. Please get in touch with us immediately if you think that your information has been made public or used incorrectly.
External websites
Our site might contain links to churches, ministries, charities, Bible resources, social-media platforms, video services, online shops, or other websites. We do not accept any responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of such external websites. You should read their policies before sending any information.
Changes to this policy
We might amend this Privacy Policy if there are changes to our website, services, technology, or legal obligations. The most recent version will be posted on this page together with the date of the amendment.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests:
SplendidPsyche
Email: privacy@splendidpsyche.com