DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

The Benefice of Evenlode Vale Churches (‘EVC’)

Comprising the Parishes of Adlestrop, Bledington, Broadwell, Evenlode,

Icomb, Oddington and Westcote acting jointly or severally.

 

1.      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’).

 2.      Who are we?

EVC is the data controller (contact details below) which decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

 3.      How do we process your personal data?

EVC 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: -

  • To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of the public in a particular geographical area as specified in our constitution;

  • To administer membership records;

  • To fund raise and promote the interests of the charity;

  • To manage our employees and volunteers;

  • To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);

  • To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at in the Parishes of EVC;

  • To share your contact details with the Diocesan office so they can keep you informed about news in the diocese and events, activities and services that will be occurring in the diocese and in which you may be interested.

  • To maintain and update such registers and rolls and make such returns as we are required to do by law.

  4.      What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

Legitimate interest including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing

  • Enabling us to keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and process your gift aid donations and keep you informed about diocesan events.

  • Processing is necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement;

  • Processing is carried out by a not-for-profit body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim provided: -

    • the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and

    • there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.

 5.      Sharing your personal data

Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of EVC in order to carry out a service to other such members or for purposes connected with EVC. We will only share your data with third parties outside of EVC with your consent.

 6.      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 [see footnote for link].

 Specifically, we retain electoral roll data while it is still current; gift aid declarations and associated paperwork for up to six years after the calendar year to which they relate; and parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals) permanently.

 7.      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: -

  • The right to request a copy of your personal data which EVC  holds about you;

  • The right to request that EVC corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;

  • The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for EVC to retain such data;

  • 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;

  • The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable)

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

8.      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.

 9.      Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please in the first instance contact:

The Administrator, Evenlode Vale Churches, Holy Ascension, Lower Oddington, GL56 0XA

office@evenlodevalechurches.org, Telephone: 01451 831424.

 You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

 

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† Details about retention periods can currently be found in the Record Management Guides located on the Church of England website at: - https://www.churchofengland.org/aboutus/structure/churchcommissioners/administration/librariesandarchives/recordsmanagementguides.aspx