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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION POLICY

YOUR PRIVACY

The information you provide will be held under the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will do all we can to protect your privacy and to make sure any personal information you share with us is stored securely.

Compliance with the 2018 GDPR underlies all of our personal information privacy practices. This Data Protection policy governs how we use the information that we collect about you.

ISCA CHURCH’S DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT

Keeping your data secure is very important to us. By providing your personal details you agree to allow Isca Christian Fellowship Trust (Isca Church) to contact you either on the basis of the consents you have given us or for our Legitimate Interests in accordance with current data protection regulations. 

We will never make your personal data available for marketing purposes to external individuals or organisations without your consent. For more information email office@iscachurch.org.uk.

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

We collect personal information when you become a member, join a club or group, make a donation, book into an event or send us an email.

WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

We collect information about you for the following reasons:

  • To provide you with information about our work including membership-related mailings, events and resources and to tailor this kind of information according to your location and expressed interests.
  • To ask for financial and non-financial support, such as prayer.
  • To process donations you give us and to ensure they are recorded correctly.
  • To keep records of your relationship with us. For example; what events you have attended.

KEEPING US UP TO DATE WITH YOUR DETAILS AND CONTACT PREFERENCES

  • Please tell us as soon as any of your contact details change so that we can keep our records up to date.
  • You can change the way we contact you or the kind of material we send you at any time by contacting us by phone or email or if you subscribe to Church Suite you can make changes yourself.
  • You can unsubscribe from our regular emails at any time by using the ‘unsubscribe’ links on the email you have received.

WHO SEES YOUR INFORMATION?

The information we collect will be used exclusively within Isca Church. We do not pass any of your personal information to any other organisations and/or individuals without your express consent.

We ensure your details are stored securely and kept no longer than necessary. All Isca Church staff are also compliant with data protection law.

OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

The information that you provide to Isca Church will be used to provide you with information about our work including membership-related mailings, events, resources, fundraising and other services and activities described on our website.

By providing information you are agreeing to receive mailings that communicate the work of Isca Church and other churches and Christian organisations and events.

Isca Church uses MailChimp to send regular emails. By providing us with your details you express permission to transfer your data to MailChimp. If you do not give this permission then Isca Church will not be able to send regular church emails to you.

Each time you receive an email you will be able to update your preferences and subscribe or unsubscribe from regular emails via MailChimp.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

The length of time we keep the information you have given us depends on the context in which you provided it.

We will only keep information that is necessary for us to provide membership mailings, other resources and for statistical purposes.

As a charitable company we must keep records of any financial transactions you enter into with us, including Gift Aid, for six years from last transaction. This will enable us to meet with accounting requirements and respond to any questions from you that arise during that period.

WEBSITE

We use 3rd party services such as Vimeo and YouTube to embed videos on our websites and you may be sent cookies from them via our site. Please look at the cookie and privacy policies on these 3rd party sites if you want more information about this.

We also use 3rd party suppliers such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and these suppliers may also make use of cookies.

As some of these 3rd party services may be based outside of the UK and the EU they may not fall under the jurisdiction of UK courts.

VIEWING THE INFORMATION WE HOLD ABOUT YOU

You can view most of the details about you on Church Suite, if you subscribe to it, or you may request details of all the information Isca Church holds about you by submitting a written request to office@iscachurch.org.uk or phone 01392 462557.