Privacy policy

The West Tone Benefice website is owned by the West Tone Benefice, which is a data controller of your personal data. We have adopted this Privacy Policy, which determines how we are processing the information collected by the website, or given to us by yourself or others. We take care of your personal data and undertake to guarantee its confidentiality and security.

What information we collect, use, and why

When you visit the West Tone Benefice website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the installed cookies on your device. Additionally, as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and how you interact with the site. Moreover, through the website or other means, we might collect the personal data you provide to us, to provide our service to you, to keep you updated about that service, to receive donations and to organise fundraising activities. For example, this may include the following:

Names and contact details
Address
Correspondence
Date of birth
Gender
Next of kin details
Photographs or videos
Information about your care or support needs
Marketing preferences
Payment or banking details and donation history
Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the details on the Contact page.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful base for collecting or using personal information to provide our service to you, to keep you updated about that service, to receive donations and to organise fundraising activities is by consent. We have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. We may also receive personal information about you from your family members or friends, or other care and support providers.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for such other websites or third parties' privacy practices. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and read the privacy statements of each website that may collect personal information.

How long we keep your information and who we may share it with

We store personal information until such time as we have no reasonable grounds to retain it, or until you ask us to delete it. We may share your information to other organisations if required by law.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using our details on the Contact page. If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated 10 December 2024