Safeguarding and Privacy

Safeguarding

As a Church we recognise the need for people and their families to meet in safe and secure surroundings.

Therefore, we adhere closely the safeguarding polices issued by the Diocese.

Parish Safeguarding Handbook:

The Parish Handbook aims to further strengthen the Church’s approach to safeguarding by bringing into one place the safeguarding responsibilities for parishes as outlined in the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. It has been designed to support the day-to-day work of all parishes in relation to safeguarding and those who have a key role to play with children, young people and adults who may be vulnerable.

- Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

Link to the CoE Handbook

Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notices (GDPR) sets out how Holy Trinity Swalwell Church handles, stores, uses and shares your personal information when it collects such information from you or from a third party.

The Data Controller is the Parochial Church Council

What we collect and how we use personal data

Your rights as a Data Subject

This Privacy Notices (GDPR) sets out how Holy Trinity Swalwell handles, stores, uses and shares your personal information when it collects such information from you or from a third party.

Your rights as a Data Subject

 Right to request access to your personal information and information.

 You have the following rights in relation to your personal information which you can exercise by writing to us at the above address: relating to our use and processing of your personal information;

 Right to request that we restrict our use of your personal information

 Right to receive your personal information in a structured commonly-used and machine-readable format or transmit the data directly to another Data Controller;

 Right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes such as direct marketing and profiling;

 Right to request your personal information to be erased where it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected

 Right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information where the processing of your data is based on consent.

How long we retain your personal information

We will retain your personal information for no longer than necessary taking into account the following:

 The purpose(s) for which we are processing your personal information, such as whether it is necessary to continue to store that information in order to perform our obligation under a contract;

 Whether we have any legal obligation to continue to process your personal information such as any record keeping obligations imposed by an applicable law.

How we secure your personal information

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority and for the United Kingdom this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO’s contact details are:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane, Wilmslow

Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113 P