Last updated: 31 August 2026
Who we are
A Wider Faith is an independently operated website based in the United Kingdom. Our website address is awiderfaith.org.
This website explores Christian faith, daily living, healing and wholeness, care for creation, and theological reflection.
We respect your privacy and aim to collect and use personal information only where it is necessary for the operation of this website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on articles, we may collect the information entered in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and information about their browser. This information may be used to help identify and prevent spam or misuse of the site.
Comments are moderated and may not appear publicly until they have been approved.
If you choose to leave a comment, the name you provide and the content of your comment may be displayed publicly. Your email address will not be displayed publicly.
Spam protection
Comments submitted to A Wider Faith are checked using Akismet, an automated spam-detection service. We use Akismet to help protect this website from spam, including spam submitted through comments and the contact form. Information submitted with a comment, together with technical information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser information, may be processed by Akismet for the purpose of detecting spam.
Contacting us
If you contact A Wider Faith through our contact form or by email, we will use the information you provide in order to respond to your enquiry.
Messages submitted through the contact form are sent by email to A Wider Faith. We do not intentionally store copies of contact-form submissions in the WordPress website database.
We will not use information supplied through a private enquiry for unrelated marketing purposes, nor will we publish it without your permission.
Please bear in mind that A Wider Faith may discuss subjects relating to Christian healing, wellbeing and personal experience. If you contact us about such matters, please share only information that you are comfortable providing. The website is not a medical, counselling or emergency service.
Website analytics
A Wider Faith uses Independent Analytics to help us understand how the website is being used. This includes information such as visitor numbers, page views, popular articles and the sources of visits.
Independent Analytics is designed to provide website statistics without using tracking cookies or storing personally identifiable information. Analytics data is stored within this website’s WordPress database and is not sent to an external analytics service.
We have configured Independent Analytics to refresh its anonymous visitor identification data daily in order to provide additional privacy.
Cookies
A Wider Faith does not use cookies for website analytics. Independent Analytics operates without tracking cookies.
WordPress or features that we add to the website may use cookies where they are necessary for the operation, security or functionality of the site. For example, cookies may be used in connection with commenting or administration of the website.
If we introduce optional services in the future that require non-essential cookies, we will update this Privacy Policy and, where required, ask visitors for their consent before those cookies are used.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may occasionally include embedded content, such as videos, images or other material from another website.
Embedded content can behave in much the same way as if you had visited the originating website directly. Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies or track your interaction with their content in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Lawful basis for using your information
A Wider Faith processes personal information only where there is a lawful reason to do so. Depending on how you use the website, this may include your consent or our legitimate interests in operating, protecting and improving the site, responding to enquiries, moderating comments and preventing spam.
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
How long we keep information
Information associated with comments may be retained so that conversations can remain available on the site and future comments can be recognised and moderated appropriately.
Information received through private enquiries will normally be kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry or for legitimate administrative purposes.
Who we share information with
We do not sell your personal information.
Information may be processed by trusted service providers where this is necessary to operate and protect the website — for example, website hosting, spam protection, email or analytics services.
We will aim to choose services that provide appropriate safeguards for personal information.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights concerning personal information we hold about you. Depending on the circumstances, these can include the right to ask for access to your information, to have inaccurate information corrected, to have information deleted, or to object to or restrict certain uses of your information.
If you have a concern about how your personal information is being handled, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve it. You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about how A Wider Faith handles personal information, please contact us through the Contact page.