GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) POLICY

 

The Sanctuary Church

 

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?

The Sanctuary Church is the data controller (contact details below). This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

 

3.  How do we process your personal data?

The Sanctuary 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, unauthorized 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 location;
  • To administer membership records;
  • To fundraise and promote the interests of the church;
  • To manage our volunteers;
  • To maintain our own accounts and records
  • To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at The Sanctuary Church;

 

 

4.  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 donation and keep you informed about church 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

 

 

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.

 

6.  How long do we keep your personal data?

We keep data in accordance with the guidance set out within Irish Data Protection Legislation.

Specifically, we retain gift donations Electronic Trail or Paper Based  and associated paperwork for up to 7 years after the calendar year to which they relate; and church registers (baptisms, marriages,) 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 The Sanctuary Church holds about you
  • The right to request that The Sanctuary 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 The Sanctuary 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 the data subject with his/her 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 a restriction is placed on further processing
  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commissioner (Ireland)

 

 

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. The new notice will explain the new use of your personal data prior to commencing the processing. It will set 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 of complaints please in the first instance contact Christian Morar on +353 (86) 1209921; via email chris@thesanctuarychurch.ie or by writing to: The Sanctuary Church, The Hope Centre, Armagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12 F6C5

You can contact the Data Protection Commissioner (Ireland) on +353 (0761) 104 800; via email info@dataprotection.ie or by writing to: The Data Protection Commissioner, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, R32 AP23