Last updated: September 2026

Privacy Notice

How El-Shaddai Assembly collects, uses and protects personal information.

El-Shaddai Assembly respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and securely.

This Privacy Notice explains how El-Shaddai Assembly collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit our website, contact us, register with the church, participate in our ministries or otherwise provide information to us.

1. Who We Are

El-Shaddai Assembly is a Christian church based in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India, serving communities across Mayiladuthurai, Aanathandavapuram, Panangattangudi, Konulam Pallam and Thiruchitrambalam.

Contact details
El-Shaddai Assembly
Arupathimoovarpettai, Koranad
Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu 609001
India

Email: enquiries@elshaddaiassembly.org
Phone: +91 9840984640

Questions or requests concerning your personal information may be sent to the email address above.

2. Information We May Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with El-Shaddai Assembly.

When you use our website contact form, we may collect:

  • your name;
  • your email address; and
  • the information you include in your message.

When you voluntarily register with the church, update your details, participate in a ministry or submit another church form, we may also collect information that you choose to provide, such as:

  • contact information;
  • date of birth;
  • wedding anniversary information;
  • family or household information; and
  • information reasonably required for the particular church activity, ministry or service.

We aim to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it is requested.

3. How We Use Personal Information

Depending on the circumstances, we may use personal information to:

  • respond to enquiries and requests;
  • maintain church membership and contact records;
  • administer church ministries, programmes and events;
  • provide pastoral or administrative communication where requested or appropriate;
  • maintain birthday and anniversary information provided to the church;
  • organise church services, activities and volunteer involvement;
  • maintain the security and proper operation of our website and forms; and
  • comply with applicable legal obligations.

We will not use personal information for an unrelated purpose without an appropriate basis for doing so.

4. Consent and Your Choices

Where we rely on your consent to process personal information, we aim to make clear what information is being requested and why.

You may withdraw consent for processing that is based on your consent by contacting us. Withdrawal of consent will not affect processing that was lawfully carried out before the withdrawal.

Providing information through our forms is voluntary, although we may be unable to provide a requested service or complete a registration if information necessary for that purpose is not provided.

5. Children

El-Shaddai Assembly carries out ministries and activities involving children.

Where personal information relating to a child is collected and applicable law requires parental or guardian consent, we will take appropriate steps to obtain the required consent.

We take particular care with children’s personal information and seek to use it only for legitimate church, safeguarding, administrative and ministry purposes.

6. Photographs, Video and Livestreaming

Church services, programmes and special events may sometimes be photographed, recorded or livestreamed as part of El-Shaddai Assembly’s ministry and communications.

Where appropriate, we will provide notice that photography, recording or livestreaming is taking place.

Additional consent may be sought where an individual is the specific subject of promotional material, a testimony, interview or organised photography, and particular care will be taken where children are involved.

If you have a concern regarding an image or recording published by El-Shaddai Assembly, please contact us.

7. Service Providers

We may use trusted service providers to help operate our website, communications, church administration and related services.

These providers may process limited personal information where necessary to provide their services.

Our website currently uses Cloudflare Turnstile to help protect website forms against spam and automated submissions.

Where other external services are used, their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy terms.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

El-Shaddai Assembly does not currently use advertising cookies or behavioural advertising technologies on this website.

Some infrastructure and security services used by the website may process technical information necessary to provide their services or protect the website.

Our website uses Cloudflare Turnstile for bot and abuse prevention. Turnstile performs browser-based security checks and processes information necessary to provide this security function.

If we introduce analytics, advertising technologies or other services that materially change how cookies or similar technologies are used, we will update this Privacy Notice and implement any additional notices or choices that may be required.

9. How Long We Keep Information

We aim to retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, for legitimate church administration, or where retention is required by law.

Different types of information may therefore be retained for different periods.

Information that is no longer reasonably required will be deleted, anonymised or otherwise securely disposed of where appropriate.

10. Security

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or misuse.

Access to church records should be limited to people who require access for authorised church or administrative purposes.

No internet-based system can provide absolute security, but we seek to use appropriate safeguards for the information entrusted to us.

11. Your Personal Information

Subject to applicable law, you may contact us to:

  • ask what personal information we hold about you;
  • request correction or updating of inaccurate information;
  • request deletion of information where applicable;
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; or
  • raise a question or concern about how your information has been handled.

To make a request, contact: enquiries@elshaddaiassembly.org

We may need to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.

12. External Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party services, including social media and video platforms.

When you leave our website and use another service, that organisation’s own privacy practices and terms may apply. El-Shaddai Assembly is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

13. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice when our website, ministries, technology or legal obligations change.

The date at the top of this page will indicate when the notice was last updated.

14. Contact Us

For questions, requests or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice or the handling of personal information, contact:

El-Shaddai Assembly
Arupathimoovarpettai, Koranad
Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu 609001
India

Email: enquiries@elshaddaiassembly.org
Phone: +91 9840984640