Privacy policy

St Gertrude’s collects, processes and stores personal information (meaning information that relates to you from which you can be identified such as your name, address and other contact details) in accordance with its obligations under UK and EU data protection law.

This Policy outlines the personal data collection and processing practices related to St Gertrude’s website (https://www.stgertrudes.co.uk) and associated communications channels. It replaces all previous versions of the policy.

This Policy does not cover all of the personal data processing operations by St Gertrudes.

The data controller for data collected and processed in accordance with this Policy is St Gertrude's.

St Gertrude’s address is:

46 Purley Road

South Croydon

CR2 6EY

Any questions regarding this Policy or any other data protection issue related to St Gertrude’s should be submitted in writing to the above address or by email to croydonsouth@rcaos.org.uk

St Gertrude’s is committed to the protection of personal privacy and ensuring that all of the personal data it collects and uses is processed in accordance with UK and EU data protection law.

In accordance with these principles, St Gertrude’s limits the amount of data it collects to that which is needed to meet its objectives and will only ever use the data that it collects for purposes that are related to these objectives. St Gertrude’s will never sell the personal data it collects and makes every reasonable effort to protect the data under its control against unauthorised access and misuse.

Data collection and use

The personal data processed on stgertrudes.co.uk is limited to information about usage of our website (traffic data, including data derived from “cookies”) and the name and email addresses of people who sign-up to receive our newsletter or register with the parish.

We also process the data that you may input into stgertrudes.co.uk such as search queries and names, email addresses and messages sent through our contact forms.

This data is used to:

help us understand how people use stgertrudes.co.uk in order to improve our communication
send newsletters to our subscribers
keep parishioners informed
help us improve the support we offer

The personal data processed on stgertrudes.co.uk includes the names, addresses phone numbers and email addresses of registered parishioners, as well as any personal information included. This data is used to support and manage relationships with the parishioners of St Gertrude’s.

St Gertrude’s also uses social media platforms to link to and disseminate information about stgertrudes.co.uk. St Gertrude’s social media accounts and pages are managed by volunteers, and St Gertrude’s does not import or export any information on its followers or subscribers from or to these platforms. St Gertrude’s may however communicate through direct messaging over social media.

Last update: 1 November 2020