Privacy Policy

August 2026

ST Andrews Evans Road Community Church known as EVANS ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH (ERCC) is committed to protecting your privacy according to the Privacy Act 2020.

By accessing our church website site evansroadchurch.org or our mobile application you accept our Privacy Policy and you consent to our collection, storage and use of your first name, surname, email, mobile/telephone number for general enquiries, financial donations, venue hire requests, pastoral or prayer contact.

We recognise that when you choose to provide us with personal information about yourself, you trust us to act responsibly. We will not share your individual information (including your email address) to any third party without your consent.

There are links on our website that take you to other websites outside of our service. Any links provided to third party websites are provided solely for your convenience and you should be aware that we are not responsible for the operation, content or privacy practices on other websites. The sermons on this website may include embedded content (videos from YouTube, images and articles).

We use Squarespace analytics to help us to understand which parts of our website are the most popular, where our visitors are going and how long they are there and how to make our website more available and accessible to all users. Squarespace collects identifying information that includes your internet protocol (IP) address, the name of the webpage directing you to our site, general demographic information as well as your clicks and activities on our site.

You can learn more about Squarespace and their privacy policy https://www.squarespace.com/privacy;

You can learn more about Google Business Profile and YouTube which are governed by the Google Privacy Policies https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US;

We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss, fraud or unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.

ERCC staff and volunteers are expected to respect the confidentiality of information and the privacy of individuals.

Evans Road Community Church may update this Privacy Policy. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.

Any questions - please contact us via email at admin@ercc.co.nz