Below are set out the various policies that we have to oversee and run things at St Edwards

GDPR and Privacy

General Data Protection Regulations: St Edwards PCC  

There has been an obligation to store and use personal data properly for many years. The new regulations extend the obligation to ensure that the data is used only with the subject’s consent and for the purposes for which consent has been given. The Churchwardens need to be able to confirm to the Archdeacon that our data is properly held.

  1. Data means:
  • Personal data ie name, address, date of birth and contact details AND
  • Sensitive personal data ie things like medical records, ethnicity, sexuality or other personal information that is intimate or might carry a risk of stigma or discrimination
  • It can include information in paper or electronic records and includes things like photographs 
  1. Data Controller:
  • The Church holds both personal and sensitive personal data on employees, volunteers, clients and members
  • At present the PCC is the Data Controller,ie the organisation responsible for both church and so must ensure its protection and proper use
  1. Consent:
  • The majority of the church  records are kept in paper form, on forms completed by members and users of projects. This means that consent is obtained.
  • It will be important to continue to ensure that consent is obtained for future paper data and any move to collect data electronically
  • Where records are held in relation to volunteers, baptisms, weddings, funerals, business connections and employment (whether full time or sessional) the information is held for a legitimate business interest and therefore consent is deemed to be given because of the nature of the relationship
  1. Use of Data:
  • It is also important to ensure that it is clear for what purposes the data is to be used
  1. Data and third parties:
  •  The church  does not give data to third parties unless:
  1. we contact a named third party as an emergency contactwe are required to do so by law eg during an enquiry by the police, DWP, HMRC or other government agency or pursuant to a court order with power to compel disclosure of data2.
  2. Security:
  • Data shall be held securely and centrally so that it can be accessed by those staff and volunteers who need access for the projects
  • Paper data shall be held in a locked area eg the office and locked filing cabinets, save that in the case of the Electoral Roll a copy shall be held in the parish office and further copies may be held by the Electoral Roll officer and the Vicar
  • Electronic data shall be held behind a password and if on a memory stick shall be encrypted
  • All electronic data shall be held on a central database held on an external hard drive, with encryption and secure storage in a locked area.

 

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