Privacy Policy

 

Cornerstone Church Swansea

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?

Cornerstone Church Swansea are 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

Cornerstone Church Swansea 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 services for the benefit of the public as stated in our Memorandum and Articles;

  • To administer membership and regular contact records;

  • To provide church services, events and activities;

  • 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 be able to maintain appropriate safeguarding arrangements for children, young people and vulnerable adults in our care;

  • To provide contact information where children are registered at an activity to Test, Trace and Protect, if requested, due to close contact with a positive Covid case;

  • To keep visitors and project users informed about news, events, activities and services run by Cornerstone Church Swansea or other events that we think may be of interest;

  • To respond effectively to any enquirers and handle any complaints

  • The use of CCTV systems for the prevention or detection  of crime.

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

  • Consent of the data subject on occasion such as to:

    • keep visitors and project users informed about news, events, activities and services run by Cornerstone and other events we think would be of interest;

    • use photographs for our website, social media, reports, online etc

  • Processing is necessary for carrying out obligations such as in relation to gift aid, under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement

  • Processing is necessary for legitimate interests of the data controller

In addition with Special Category Data

  • Explicit consent of data subject, or,

  • Processing is carried out as part of the legitimate activities of a not-for-profit body with a religious 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 Cornerstone Church Swansea with your consent.

6. How long do we keep your personal data?

We keep data in accordance with the guidance set out in the “Cornerstone Record Management Guide” ask at Cornerstone office for a copy.

 Specifically, we retain gift aid declarations and associated paperwork for up to 6 years after the calendar year to which they relate; and marriage registers permanently.

7. Sharing 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 Cornerstone Church Swansea holds about you;

  • The right to request that Cornerstone Church Swansea 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 Cornerstone Church Swansea 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 the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), (where applicable);

  • 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);

  • 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

Adam Day is our Data Protection Lead at Cornerstone. To exercise all relevant rights, queries of complaints please in the first instance contact Adam Day at Cornerstone Church Centre (32 Mynydd Newydd Road, Penlan, Swansea SA5 5AE. Tel: 01792 516031. E-mail: info@cornerstonechurch.co.uk).

 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.

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