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Information about a living person which can be used to identify him or her is termed Personal Data. This includes information recorded digitally and on paper. The collection and use of this information is regulated by the General Data Protection Regulation.

An organisation which collects, keeps and uses personal data is termed a data controller. St Oswald's Parochial Church Council is a data controller. The information it holds includes names and addresses, contract details and financial information regarding:

members of the congregation
people involved in special services such as weddings, baptisms and funerals
subscribers to the Parochial Hall 100 Club
employees and volunteers

We promise that:

We collect and keep only information that we regard as reasonably necessary for our functions
We keep the information up to date as far as we can
We keep the information safe, so that it is protected from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure. How we do that will depend on how confidential the information is
We will inform promptly any person likely to be affected by a breach of our information security
We may share information with other churches but will not disclose information to any other third party without prior consent except where required otherwise by law
We keep the information only as long as it is needed or we are required to:

information in the Church registers is kept indefinitely
information relating to our safeguarding responsibilities is kept for 50 years
other information is generally kept for 7 years

We only use information for a relevant and legitimate purpose and on a legal basis including:

the explicit consent of the person to whom the information relates
the information relates to a member or former member of the congregation or those who have regular contact with the church and is not disclosed to a third party without prior consent

We never sell information, for instance for marketing purposes

We may be required by law to disclose information, for instance in connection with a criminal investigation or to HM Revenue and Customs.

A person whose information we hold has certain rights, including:

To be given a copy of that information
To have any errors in that information corrected
To have all the information deleted (except where we are required by law to keep it) - but this will mean that we cannot contact that person
To complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF

Contact the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council pcc.secretary@stoswaldsowerby.org.uk for any enquiry about personal information or to exercise any relevant rights.

Cookies

Cookies are not used on this website.

Log files are maintained and analysed of all requests for files on our web servers. Log files do not capture personal information but do capture the user's IP address, which is automatically recognised by our web servers. Aggregated analysis of these log files is used to monitor website usage, for example, overall popularity of the site and typical user paths through the site. No attempt will be made to track or identify individual users.

Copyright

The content of this website is copyright © The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Oswald Sowerby 2002 - 2018.

Copying or reproduction in any form of the content, or any part of it, is prohibited except for personal use.

Framing of this website, or any part of it, is prohibited.

Notwithstanding the above, caching of this website is permitted by an information service provider acting in the normal course of its business.

Links

St Oswald's takes no responsibility for the content or availability of linked websites or services. Links are provided for information only and are not an endorsement.

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