Privacy Policy

1. 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 

For the purposes of this document, ‘we’ means Solomon’s House (the staff and volunteers carrying out functions in the life of the organisation. We are the data controller (contact details below). This means we are responsible for deciding how your personal data is processed by us, and for what purposes.

 

​3. How do we process personal data?

Solomon’s House 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

  • by not providing personal data to third parties, except where there is specific authorisation to do so;

  • by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

 

We use personal data for the following purposes: –

a.      To inform attendees and friends of the organisation, of news, prayer requests, testimonies, events, activities, conferences and services;

b.      Occasionally, to ask for the views and opinions of attendees and friends of the organisation about matters relating to Solomon’s House and associated/partner churches and organisations;

c.      To provide pastoral care to the attendees and friends of the organisation;

d.      To manage events, meetings, rotas and volunteers in order to enable us to provide events and other ministries, including work for youth, children, special needs and the elderly;

e.      To administer membership records;

f.      To fundraise and promote the interests of Solomon’s House, it’s mission partners and associated/partner churches and organisations;

i.       To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);

j.       To comply with our legal obligations to maintain records and registers;

k.      To manage our employees and contractors;

l.       To manage relationships with outside hirers and suppliers.

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

In processing personal data we rely on the following legal bases:

  • Explicit consent of the data subject;

  • Processing is necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement;

  • Processing is carried out by us as a not-for-profit body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim and:-

    • the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes)

    • there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.

 

5. Sharing personal data

Personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of the organisation in order to carry out a service to other members, or for purposes connected with the organisation. We will only share personal data with third parties outside of Solomon’s House with the data subject’s consent.

 

6. How long do we keep your personal data ?

We retain electoral roll data while it is still current; gift aid declarations and associated paperwork for up to 6 years after the calendar year to which they relate; and parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals) 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 Solomon’s House holds about you;

  • The right to request that Solomon’s House 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 Solomon’s House to retain such data;

  • Where your consent is the legal basis for processing your data, the right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time;

  • Where legally applicable, the right to request that the we provide you with your 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;

  • Where legally applicable, the right to object to the processing of personal data;

  • 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

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please in the first instance contact us at Solomon’s House, via email, telephone 07865 699 179, or by post: 23 Harebell Terrace, Barking IG11 0WX.

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

 

Details about retention periods can currently be found in the Record Management Guides located on the Church of England website here