Privacy Policy

Trinity Church London takes the privacy of your information very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully.

Last updated: 28th Feb 2024

Trinity Church London takes the privacy of your information very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully.

Last updated: 28th Feb 2024

DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

 

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 (the “GDPR”).

 

2. Who are we?

Trinity church, London, is the Data Controller. This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

 

3. How do we process your personal data?

Trinity Church 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 the greater London area, and on occasion to other parts of the world as specified in our Constitution;
  • To administer membership records;
  • To fundraise and promote the interests of the church and its 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 Trinity Church London

 

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

  • Explicit consent of the data subject (the individual) so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and process your gift aid donations and keep you informed about church events.
  • Processing is necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection 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 only share your data with third parties outside of the church with your consent.

When sending bulk emails Trinity Church London will ensure that emails addresses go into the ‘BCC’ area to prevent them being inadvertently disclosed to other recipients.

 

6. How long do we keep your personal data?

Every three years, a review and refresh of personal data will be carried out by employees, trustees and the relevant volunteers. Any personal data that is inaccurate or no longer required will be amended or deleted as appropriate.

Membership data will be kept while it is still current; gift aid declarations while Gift Aided donations are being made and a period of 2 years after the last such donation. Financial records are kept for a period of 6 years after the year to which they relate. A register of Marriages is kept 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 Trinity Church holds about you;
  • The right to request that Trinity Church 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 Trinity Church to retain such data;
  • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time
  • The right to request that the data controller provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller.
  • The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request that a restriction is placed on further processing.
  • The right to object to the processing of personal data.
  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office. Contact details for the ICO are shown below.

 

8. Further processing

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Privacy 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 Data Controller by email using the contact details on the website.

If Trinity does not resolve the matter to your satisfaction 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.