The Friends of St Mary’s, Iffley are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. However, the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018 means we have to ask you to opt in to allow us to store your contact details and to receive information from us.
We are now required to have a Privacy Policy which explains when and why we collect personal information about our Friends, how we use it and how we keep it secure.
We may change this Policy from time to time but will notify you to ensure that you’re happy with any changes.
Who are we?
The Friends of St Mary’s, Iffley is a charity founded in 2001 to help maintain the fabric of the church building and its surroundings. It’s a registered, charity number: 1094969.
What type of information is collected from you?
FOSM keeps records of your information – name, address, email address, telephone number – for the purpose of informing you about upcoming events, to process your subscriptions and to keep a register of members.
How is your information used?
We may use your information to:
Group emails are always sent using the ‘bcc’ option which means only your email address is displayed and other Friends will not be able to see it.
We are legally required to hold the contact details of those Friends agreeing to Gift Aid.
Who has access to your information?
We will not share your information with third parties without your permission.
How you can access and update your information
The accuracy of your information is important to FOSM so, if you change email address or if any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email the Membership Secretary, at: anna_distefano@hotmail.com, or write to her at: 9 Tudor Close, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4HB.
Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information
When you give us any personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely. Any sensitive information including contact and bank details is held in encrypted and password-protected files. Any paper documentation is kept in a safe place.
Emails transmitted over the Internet can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Website
Statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns – which do not identify you as an individual – are automatically collected when you visit the website.
Links to other websites
Our website is only linked to two other websites, St Mary’s Church and the Friends of Iffley Village. This privacy policy applies only to our website.
Review of this Policy
We will keep this Policy under review.
Your choices
If you wish to continue to receive our communications and allow us to hold your details as explained above, you are now required by law to ‘opt in’ by the 25 May 2018.
December 2023
Friends of St Mary's, Iffley
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