As a Church of England Diocese, we handle a lot of data for a variety of different purposes. Our Data Protection Policy outlines our framework for meeting our obligations as a data controller and a data processor under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
On this page is a link to our layered Privacy Notice, so that it is easy to find information about how we use your data for different purposes and what you might expect when you contact us or use one of our services. We will keep the sections of the Privacy Notice under regular review and post any updated versions on the relevant pages. To request hard copies of the Privacy Notice, please contact the Reception team via 01227 459401 or reception@diocant.org.
If you share your data with us, we will seek to do everything we can to protect it and respect your rights as a data subject. If you have any questions or concerns about how we use your data – or if you would like to make a complaint - please contact our Data Protection Officer:
Iain Blythe
01227 459401
dpo@diocant.org
You can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website.
Data protection advice and resources for parishes.
ONLINE DIRECTORY
Our online directory, the Contact Management System, is accessible via the Church of England Portal. It contains the names and contact details of clergy, readers and church officers who have given us permission (via a data protection form) to publish their details. The directory is accessed via a username and password and is only available to clergy, readers and church officers who have a current post within a church, benefice or deanery within the Diocese, along with diocesan staff. If your personal data is contained within our directory, you can select who can see your data. Only data that is set by users as publicly accessible will be available through our 'Find a Person' webpage.
YOUR DATA AND OUR WEBSITE
PAYMENT FORMS
Some personal data is collected through this website when you voluntarily choose to provide it to us via payment forms. Payments are taken via PayPoint on a secure server. Your card details are secure and your contact details are not shared with any third party.
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YOUTUBE AND VIMEO
If you play an embedded video on our site, there may a cookie set by YouTube or Vimeo containing anonymous information (not personally identifiable) about the number of playbacks of embedded videos. You can find out more on the Google Privacy Policy (Google owns YouTube) and the Vimeo Privacy Policy.
EXTERNAL LINKS
We are not responsible for the availability or content of external sites that may be linked to, from the site. If you find a broken link or if you have any questions or concerns about a link, please contact us.