Privacy Policy

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 (the “GDPR”).

Who are we?

The PCC of St Benedict’s, Glastonbury 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 Benedict’s, Glastonbury 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 fundraise 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 St. Benedict’s;

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 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.

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 https://www.churchofengland.org/more/libraries-and-archives/records-management-guides.

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: –

  • The right to request a copy of your personal data which the PCC of St Benedict’s, Glastonbury holds about you;
  • The right to request that the PCC of St Benedict’s, Glastonbury 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 of St Benedict’s, Glastonbury 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 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 of complaints please in the first instance contact the Benefice Administrator at The Benefice Office, 3 Church Lane, Glastonbury, BA6 9JQ, tel: (01458) 830060 email : abbeyparishes@gmail.com

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.