Data privacy notice

The Parochial Church Council  of the Benefice of Christ Church, Hanham  with  St. George, Hanham  Abbots (shown below as the PCC).

1. Your personal data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). Processing is anything done with/to personal data, including storing it.

2. Who are we?

The PCC is the data controller for the purposes of this notice.  This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

3. How do we process your personal data?

The PCC 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  measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes: –

 To administer membership records;

 To fundraise and promote the interests of the church;

 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 Christ Church-Hanham  and St. George, Hanham Abbots.

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

 Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services.

 Processing is necessary for carrying out legal obligations in relation to Gift Aid or under any other relevant law.;

 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 the church in order to carry out a service to other church members or for purposes connected with the church. We will not share your data with third parties outside of the parish without 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 . 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.

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 the PCC holds about you;

 The right to request that the PCC 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 the PCC  to retain such data;

 The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time

 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) [Only applies where processing is based on legitimate interests]

 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 PCC Secretary   at Christ Church Hall,  Church Office, Church Road,  Hanham,  BRISTOL  BS15 3AE.

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

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