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*****This year is the full review of the Electoral Role *****
Please read the information below regarding how your contact information will be used and kept.
ELECTORAL ROLL PRIVACY
NOTICE
Who are we?
St Thomas’ Church PCC is the data controller (contact details
below). This means it decides how your
personal data is processed and for what purposes.
Why do we process your personal
data?
We use the personal data you provide on the electoral roll application
form to enable us to manage, maintain and publish the electoral role in
accordance with Church Representation Rules (CRR) to:
·
determine eligibility for attendance and
participation at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting and for election to the
Parochial Church Council deanery, diocesan and general synods where applicable;
·
calculate the number of representatives who may
be elected to each of these synods in the following year;
·
undertake a review and revision of
the electoral roll as necessary; and
·
publish your name and address, by
exhibiting the roll in the parish church or the church website.
What is the lawful basis for processing your personal data?
1.
Processing for the
purpose of determining eligibility, creating the electoral roll and use of the
roll to calculate numbers for election to synod is necessary for compliance
with a legal obligation. The processing is a
statutory requirement imposed by the Church Representation Rules, which means
that you must give us this information if you want to be included on the
electoral roll.
2.
Processing for
the purpose of determining eligibility and creating or revising the electoral
roll is carried out
in the course of our legitimate activities, as this
relates solely to members the Church of England in connection with its
purposes.
3.
Processing for the
purpose of publishing the electoral roll relates to personal data which are
manifestly made public by the data subject.
When you apply to have your name added to the church electoral roll, the
automatic legal consequence as stated in the CRR, (Part I Formation of the Roll
1(8) and Revision of Roll and Preparation of New Roll 2(1), 2(3) and 2(7)) is
that your name and address will be published, and by submitting your application
form you are making that data public.
Sharing your personal data
Your
personal data will be shared within the institutional Church of England and with
the general public.
How long do we keep your personal data?
We keep your personal
data for 6 years after a complete review of the electoral roll.
Your rights and your personal data
Unless
subject to an exemption you have the following rights with respect to your
personal data:
·
The right to request a copy of your
personal data which we hold about you;
·
The right to request that we correct
any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
·
The right to request your personal
data be erased where it is no longer necessary for us to retain such data;
·
The
right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of
your personal data, to request that a restriction is placed on further
processing;
·
The right
to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing and to
have that processing stopped;
The right
to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.
Contact Details
St Thomas’ Church PCC
Church
Office
135
Caunce Street
Blackpool
FY1
3NJ
You can
contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
