General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Policy Document For An Carraig Baptist Church, Limerick City 2019

The official website of An Carraig Baptist Church, Limerick is found at
www.acbc.ie

Acceptance of Privacy Statement 

By using our website, you signify acceptance of this Privacy Statement. We reserve the right to modify this statement at any time. If you do not agree with or you are not comfortable with any aspect of the statement, your only remedy is discontinuance of the website. 

Privacy and Data Protection 

We respect your rights. We do not require you to provide personal information to us unless you wish to avail of additional services. Submitted data will only be used for the stated purposes. We do not distribute your personal information to third parties without your permission. However, communicating with you through the internet and sending information to you by other means involves your personal information being passed through or being handled by third-parties. 

Information and Uses 

No personal information is revealed to us from general web browsing by you, although some statistical information is available to us via our internet service provider. This information may include the IP and logical address of the server you are using, the top-level domain name from which you access the internet, the type of browser you are using, the date and time you access our website and the internet address linking to our website. This information may be used to help us improve our server and website. Any information you may provide us on the website will only be used for the purposes for which it is provided by you. 

Security 

No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as 100 % secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you transfer the data at your own risk. We endeavour to use appropriate security measures. Our website may contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of these external websites, please note that these sites have their own privacy statements which you should check before submitting any personal data. 

How to Request to See the Data We Have About You
You have the right to know whether we process personal information about you, and if we do, to access the data we hold about you and certain information about how we use it.
To request the data we hold about you, please put in writing your request and post it to the Church Office address. The Church will respond by post within 30 days of the date we receive your request. For requests outside of the Republic of Ireland, postal charges will apply.

You have the right to require us to correct any personal information held about you that is inaccurate and have incomplete data completed. Where you request correction, please explain in detail why you believe the personal information we hold about you to be inaccurate or incomplete so that we can assess whether a correction is required. 

Complaints
You have a right to access your data, to correct inaccuracies, to object, to restrict or block any specific uses of your data and you have the right to have information erased.
In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how we process your personal information, please contact in writing our Data Protection Officer at the address at the end of this policy document. The Church office will endeavour to review your complaint and accommodate your concern, and respond within 30 days. There may be postal charges for any international correspondence.

How to Request the Deletion of Your Data
You may request that we erase the personal information we hold about you in the following circumstances:

  • Where you believe it is no longer necessary for us to hold the personal information;
  • You no longer wish us to use your data to send you information about church events or needs;
  • Or, you believe we are unlawfully processing your data.

In the event that you wish to erase the personal information we may hold about you, please contact in writing our Data Protection Officer at the address at the end of this document.

Please provide as much detail as possible on your reasons for the request to assist us in determining whether you have a valid basis for erasure.

Data Retention Guidelines
We promise to do our best to protect the information we retain from theft, and abuse by anyone in our Church, or any outside entity. Only vetted personnel, specifically authorised by the Pastor, church elders, and church office staff are allowed to have any access to the information about people who attend or have any association with our Church.

All correspondence concerning our Data Protection Policy is to be directed to:

An Carraig Baptist Church
Data Protection Officer
Woodcock Lodge
Woodcock Hill
Meelick
Co. Clare

Telephone: +353-61-224422