At St Nic’s Tooting in mid-June, we had a full immersion baptism along with the confirmations – although thankfully it was the incumbent who jumped in the pool for that bit!
At St Nic’s Tooting in mid-June, we had a full immersion baptism along with the confirmations – although thankfully it was the incumbent who jumped in the pool for that bit!
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This Privacy Notice is provided to you by the Bishop of Ebbsfleet who is the data controller for your data.
They will process some or all of the following where necessary to perform their tasks:
The data controller will comply with legal obligations to keep personal data up to date; to store and destroy it securely; to not collect or retain excessive amounts of data; to keep personal data secure, and to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and to ensure that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data. We may use the online ChurchSuite system to store data. You may wish to read their privacy policy to find out more information on how they meet the GDPR. We have carried out a data audit and website audit concerning personal data processing. The results of both of these can be obtained from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet’s office.
We use your personal data for some or all of the following purposes:
Most of our data is processed because it is necessary for our legitimate interests, or the legitimate interests of a third party (such as another organisation in the Church of England). We will always take into account your interests, rights and freedoms.
Some of our processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation including Canon Law and Church of England rules.
We may also process data if it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or to take steps to enter into a contract. An example of this would be processing your data in connection with the providing a service to you.
Religious organisations are also permitted to process information about your religious beliefs to administer membership or contact details.
Where your information is used other than in accordance with one of these legal bases, we will first obtain your consent to that use.
Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential. It will only be shared with third parties where it is necessary for the performance of our tasks or where you first give us your prior consent. We use the ChurchSuite database system to store information and to perform functions on our behalf. It is likely that we will need to share your data with some or all of the following (but only where necessary):
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We will keep some records permanently if we are legally required to do so. We may keep some other records for an extended period of time. For example, it is current best practice to keep financial records for a minimum period of 7 years to support HMRC audits. In general, we will endeavour to keep data only for as long as we need it. This means that we may delete it when it is no longer needed.
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Please contact us if you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the information we hold about you or to exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints at:
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