Privacy Policy

St. Margaret’s Cemetery & Heritage Archive preserves and shares information about the parish’s cemeteries, people, families and communities. This policy explains how we handle information provided through the website.

Information You Provide

When you contact us, report an issue or contribute information, we receive the details you submit. These may include your name, email address, message, photographs, documents and other attachments.

We use this information to respond to inquiries, investigate corrections, review contributions and maintain the archive. Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for your request.

Comments are disabled on this website.

Contributions and Acknowledgements

Historical information submitted to the archive may be considered for publication. Your private contact details are separate from any acknowledgement of your contribution.

Please tell us whether you would like to be credited by name or remain anonymous. We will clarify publication permission where needed before using contributed material.

Please do not submit private information about living people without their consent.

Information About Living People

If you believe the archive contains inaccurate or inappropriate personal information about you or another living person, please contact us. Include the page link or record ID and explain your concern so that we can review it.

Newsletter

We plan to offer an optional newsletter about archive updates, new material and project news. Details of the newsletter provider and how subscription information is handled will be added before signup opens.

Submitting an inquiry or contributing material will not automatically subscribe you to the newsletter.

Forms, Security and Technical Information

Our website uses forms and technical services to receive messages and help protect against spam and misuse.

Before publication: confirm the form storage, email delivery, spam protection provider and any collection of IP addresses or other technical information, then replace this paragraph with those details.

Cookies and Other Services

Before publication: identify the cookies, analytics and embedded services actually used on this website. Add their purposes and relevant provider information here.

How Long Information Is Kept

Accepted historical contributions and associated source, permission and attribution records may need to be retained for the ongoing maintenance of the archive.

Before publication: confirm the retention periods for routine inquiries, form submissions, notification emails and backups.

Privacy Questions and Requests

You can contact us to ask about personal information you have submitted, request a correction or ask for its removal. We will review requests in light of the information involved and any applicable obligations.

Please use our Contact Us page for privacy questions. Do not include sensitive information in your initial message.