Family Life Church, Thirsk is a registered charity (1129813), and we are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website, access one of our services or book into one of our events. Family Life Church, Thirsk is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Our data officer can be contacted regarding any queries about this policy on admin@flcthirsk.co.uk.

  • What information do we collect about you?
  • How will we use that information about you?
  • Sharing your information
  • How long will we keep your data?
  • Your rights
  • Requesting access to, updating & removing your data
  • Complaints
  • Cookies
  • Changes to our privacy policy
  • How to contact us

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What information do we collect about you?

We collect information about you when you submit an enquiry, access one of our services, provide your details requesting further information, book into an event, give financially to the charity or request to join our missions mailing list. We may also collect your data in the form of CCTV footage used to maintain security on our campus, and in the form of photos & videos taken at any of our events.

How will we use that information about you?

We initially collect information about you to process your enquiry, manage your booking or process your giving. We may then use your information to provide you with any service(s) we have agreed with you. We may process your information in selecting ‘Lookalike audiences’ for advertising and marketing via Social Media.

We may also contact you with information about further services or events that may be of interest to you, or to invite you to take part in feedback in relation to our services and events. In the case of financial giving, we may contact you to update you about our work or to invite you to fundraising and other events. We may also process personal information in order to protect the vital interests of you or another person; for example in
pastoral care situations. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you. Most commonly, we will use your personal data where it is necessary for our legitimate interests. Legitimate Interest means the interest of Family Life Church, Thirsk in conducting and managing our activities to enable us to give you the best church community, events, products and services and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data. You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you by emailing admin@flcthirsk.co.uk.
Photos and videos may be used as a part of our social media, web & marketing campaigns.

Sharing your information

We will not normally share any information we hold about you with others without your prior consent, unless one of the following exceptions apply. Information may be shared between Family Life Church, Thirsk staff and Pastoral team or with authorised volunteers in order to effectively provide services to you. We may disclose information we hold about you if:

  • If we feel there is a legitimate interest for us to do so. A legitimate interest analysis will be conducted to ascertain where this is appropriate
  • It is necessary for law enforcement or similar purposes
  • To review the quality of our services – for example, we regularly employ auditors to inspect our files and assist with maintaining high levels of security & integrity across our organisation. HMRC also have the right to review our files to ensure we are complying with their rules
  • As a necessary part of providing you with our service(s) or contacting you as a member, donor or customer – for example, by using a third party application to process our communications
  • As a necessary part of ensuring we comply with our legal obligations as a data controller – for example, sending information to HMRC for gift aid purposes

Third parties we may share your data with based on these reasons are:

  • HMRC
  • Facebook
  • Whatsapp
  • Just Giving
  • Easy Fundraising
  • G-Suite

How long will we keep your data?

We will retain your information for as long as you are registered with us as interested in or using our services. You may request at any time for your information to be removed from our database or to change the way you are contacted (see Requesting access to, updating & removing your data section below). Even if your information is removed from our database, some personal data will continue to be archived in line with HMRC or other legal regulations, or to continue providing you with a service you are currently using.

Your rights

As an individual, you have control over what information we hold about you, how it is used, and whether you are happy for us to keep it. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) states that you have:

  • The right to be informed – to know what information we collect about you and why. This Privacy Policy is in response to this right.
  • The right of access – to see what information we hold about you and to verify the lawfulness of our processing of your data
  • The right to rectification – to rectify the information we hold if it is incomplete or inaccurate
  • The right to erasure – “to be forgotten”; to have your information removed
  • The right to restrict processing – to change the way in which we use your data
  • The right to data portability – to obtain your information in order to transfer it to another service or organisation
  • The right to object; and – to object to the way in which we are using your data
  • The right not to be subjected to automatic decision making including profiling – to have your information removed from any databases subject to automatic decision making processes
  • The right to opt out of being photographed or videoed at one of our events

To exercise any of your rights regarding your personal information, please contact the data officer on admin@flcthirsk.co.uk
Requesting access to, updating & removing your data
You have the right to request details of all the information we hold about you. To do this, you should email us on admin@flcthirsk.co.uk. There is no charge for this, however if you are making multiple requests for the same information, we retain the right to charge an administration fee. We will respond to your request within 1 month, unless clarification is required.
You also have the right to ask us to update your information or have it removed from our database. This can be done using the same process as above.

Complaints

In the first instance, we would ask that all complaints regarding the handling of your data be sent directly to our data officer via email to admin@flcthirsk.co.uk, or in writing to Data Officer, Family Life Church, Finkle Street, Thirsk, YO7 1DA.
If you feel your complaint has not been handled appropriately, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Cookies

Our website does not use cookies. We do not store any information on your device or track your browsing activity through cookies. This means that you can browse our site without any concerns about cookie-related privacy issues. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please feel free to contact us.

Browsing Privacy

Our website uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) to ensure that your data is protected. TLS is a security protocol that encrypts the data transmitted between your browser and the server, safeguarding your personal information from unauthorized access. This encryption helps maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of your data, providing you with a secure browsing experience. By using TLS, we ensure that your interactions with our website are private and secure, giving you peace of mind while you explore our content.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated on 16th September 2024.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.

Email: admin@flcthirsk.co.uk Post: Data Officer, Family Life Church, Finkle Street, Thirsk, YO7 1DA.

For more information about your legal rights in relation to the information we hold about you, please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.