Data Privacy Notice
Your personal data – what is it?
Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Who are we?
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Mark's Church, Holbrook is the data controller (contact details below). This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.
How do we process your personal data?
The PCC of St Mark's Church, Holbrook complies with its obligations under the GDPR by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
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To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of the public in a particular geographical area as specified in our constitution;
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To administer membership records;
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To fundraise and promote the interests of the charity;
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To manage our employees and volunteers;
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To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);
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To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at St Mark's Church.
What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?
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Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and keep you informed about diocesan events.
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Processing is necessary for carrying out legal obligations in relation to Gift Aid or under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement;
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Processing is carried out by a not-for-profit body with a religious aim provided: -
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the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and
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there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.
Sharing your personal data
Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of the church in order to carry out a service to other church members or for purposes connected with the church. We will only share your data with third parties outside of the parish with your consent.
How long do we keep your personal data?
We keep data in accordance with the guidance set out in the guide “Keep or Bin: Care of Your Parish Records” which is available from the Church of England website.
Specifically, we retain electoral roll data while it is still current; gift aid declarations and associated paperwork for up to 6 years after the calendar year to which they relate; and parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals) permanently.
Your rights and your personal data
Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: -
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The right to request a copy of your personal data which the PCC of St Mark's Church, Holbrook holds about you;
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The right to request that the PCC of St Mark's Church, Holbrook corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
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The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for the PCC of St Mark's Church, Holbrook to retain such data;
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The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time;
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The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
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The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.
Further processing
If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.
Contact Details
To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please in the first instance contact the
PCC Secretary or
Church office.
You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via their website
https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
How we use your data
Keeping in touch: We will use your name and email address to send you church emails, including the weekly newsletter and bespoke messages on relevant church activities, as well as communications you have specifically signed up for e.g. prayer request emails.
Online address book: If you provide your personal details and consent to them appearing in the church website address book, they will be available to be viewed by other registered users.
Live-streaming: We live-stream services from our church online, in order to reach out to those who are unable to attend in person, or who wish to participate in our services remotely. We may capture your image while filming the church service. You may withhold consent by sitting in a ‘film-free area’ i.e. within or under the balcony. If you do not wish your children to appear in the live-stream then they should also sit in these areas and not go forward to participate in activities at the front of church.
Photographs: We would like to use photographs of individuals and groups at St Mark’s on the church notice board, in printed material, on our website and in social media. When doing so:
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We will not include personal details such as name, personal email, postal address or phone numbers without good reason and only with your expressed permission.
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We may use group images with very general labels e.g. ‘Church Community Fun Day’.
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We will only use images of people who are suitably dressed to reduce the risk of such images being used inappropriately.
Reference:
Parish Resources GDPR