At Hope Church we seek to respect every person as created in God’s image, and as such we have drawn up policies that reflect our commitment to protect the wellbeing and privacy of all those with whom we have contact.
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Your personal data
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”).
Who we are
Our website address is: https://hopechurchtyneside.org. The Walkergate Trust is the data controller (click here to contact). This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes. The Walkergate Trust 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.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
The legal basis for processing your personal data
Legitimate interests – it is necessary for us to read and store your message so that we can respond in the way that you would expect.
Explicit consent of the data subject [you] – if you give your consent to join our mailing list we retain your contact details so that we can keep you informed about future events and activities at Hope Church that may be of interest to you.
Who we share your data with
Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with members of the church for purposes connected with the church, e.g. to best respond to your query. We will never share your data with third parties outside of the church without your consent, unless required to by law.
How long we retain your data
If you have provided contact details via the Get In Touch form we will only use these details to respond to your message and will not keep them afterwards.
If you complete a registration form for one of our events and give your consent for us to store your details, these will be held for three years after your last contact with us.
If you have completed our Keeping in Touch with Hope Church (Consent for data processing) form, we will keep your details until you (or your representative) request us to remove them. We may at times contact you to check that you are still interested in receiving the information you requested.
Personal data will be stored digitally on a password-protected computer, or physically in a locked filing cabinet.
What rights you have over your 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 Hope Church holds about you.
The right to request that Hope 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time.
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.
The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.
Last revised: 28th February 2023