Data Processing on this Website.

Your browser transmits the following data to us:

  • Date

  • Time of day

  • IP address

  • Involked document

  • Browser type / version

  • Operating system and version

  • Language

  • Origin page

These data can not be allocated to any person generally. The data will be deleted after a statistical analysis.

Cookies.

We use only session cookies. No personal information is stored in these cookies. You need these session cookies to help you have a good user experience process while in on our site.

Google Analytics.

Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on user interactions on Google Analytics customers’ websites. These cookies are used to store non-personally identifiable information. Browsers do not share first-party cookies across domains.

We do not use Google Analytics Advertising Features, Google advertising cookies are used to enable features, such as Remarketing, for products like AdWords on the Google Display Network. For more information about how Google uses advertising cookies, visit the Google Advertising Privacy FAQ.

More information on Google Privacy Policy - https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Newsletter

You can subscribe and unsubscribe to/from our newsletter. The BUC uses mailchimp to pro cess the newsletter. Your information is not passed to third parties.

Contact possibility via the website

The website of the British Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church contains forms that enables a quick electronic contact to our offices, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, your personal data transmitted is automatically stored on the email system. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary

basis by you to the our offices are stored for the purpose of processing your request. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

Further Information.

Your trust is important to us. Therefore we will always answer questions concerning the processing of personal data. If you have any questions that could not be answered by this privacy statement or if you want more detailed information on any point, please email at any time the Executive Secretary of the British Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in UK and Ireland.

Privacy Notice (non-employees)

  1. Your personal data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the BUC's possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2018).

  1. Who are we?

The British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (BUC) is the data controller (contact details below). This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

  1. How do we process your personal data?

The BUC complies with its obligations under the GDPR by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure, and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of the public in a particular geographical area (for example church events and community programmes) as specified in our constitution;

  • To administer membership records;

  • To fundraise, receive donations, and promote the interests of the charity;

  • To manage our employees and volunteers;

  • To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);

  • To inform you of news, events, activities and services running within the BUC;

  1. What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

  • Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and process your gift aid donations and keep you informed.

  • Processing is necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement.

  • Processing is carried out by a not-for-profit body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim provided:

i) the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and

ii) there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.

  1. Sharing your personal data

Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of the church in order to carry out a service to other church members or for purposes connected with the church. We will only share your data with third parties outside of the BUC with your consent.

  1. How long do we keep your personal data?

We keep data only as long as it is needed, in accordance with the guidance set out in BUC’s Data Retention Policy

  1. Your rights and your personal data

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • The right to request a copy of your personal data which the BUC holds about you;

  • The right to request that the BUC corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;

  • The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for the BUC to retain such data;

  • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time

  • The right to request that the BUC provide the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller.

  • The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;

  • The right to object to the processing of personal data, where applicable.

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

  1. Further processing

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

  1. Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, or to submit queries or complaints, please in the first instance contact the BUC Executive Secretary, BUC Office, Stanborough Park, WATFORD, WD25 9JZ. Phone: 01923 672251.

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office as follows:

For further information and to view our Complete Data protection policy please see: Link to Section 10: Data Protection of BUC policy on the secretariat page, currently located at https://frontend-api.hopeplatform.org/v1/files/65e8eca2d9988b1907693f6c/5Zi1720783114602.pdf/BUC-Policy-Section-10-Data-Protection-2018-03.pdf on demo site.