- If you would like to opt-in or opt-out of using cookies then you should be able to do so using your browser. You can review your cookie settings at any time.
- Please note that you cannot opt-out of the deployment of cookies that are necessary for delivery of our website or services to visitors.
- We may make changes to this Notice from time to time as our organisational practices and/or applicable laws change. We will not make any use of your personal information that is inconsistent with the original purpose(s) for which it was collected or obtained (if we intend to do so, we will notify you in advance wherever possible) or otherwise than is permitted by data protection laws.
- The Personal Data which we hold about you, whether it is collected directly from you or whether we receive it from a third party, may be Processed in a number of ways, for example:
- to communicate with you in relation to news about or activities and events taking place in the PCM or in any LPCM, including seeking feedback and informing you of any changes to our activities;
- to improve our activities and the way we communicate with you including our website or the website of any LPCM;
- to carry out our activities, from weddings and funerals to general pastoral and spiritual care;
- to process donations that you may make to us or other payments where, for example, you hire facilities belonging to the PCM and managed by the LPCM;
- to administer, support, improve and develop the administration of the PCM's work and operations and to keep the PCM's or any LPCM's accounts and records up-to-date;
- to process applications from you, including grant applications and applications for a role within the PCM;
- for audit and statistical purposes (e.g. for the annual audit undertaken by the Polish Bishops’ Conference and the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales);
- to ensure we comply with our legal obligations (e.g. by providing information to the Charity Commission or HMRC or carrying out safeguarding activities);
- in the case of CCTV recordings, to prevent or detect crime, and to help create a safer environment for our staff, parishioners and visitors;
- to carry out contractual obligations (e.g. paying employees); and
- Any information gathered through cookies and similar technologies via the PCM website or the website of any LPCM, is used to measure and analyse information on visits to the website, to tailor the website to make it better for visitors and to improve technical performance. We will not use the data to identify you personally or to make any decisions about you.
- We may hold the following types of Personal Data:
- name, address and contact details;
- gender, age, date of birth, marital status and nationality;
- information about your education/work history and professional qualifications;
- information about your family and any dependants;
- information about your current involvement in PCM activities and events;
- financial information (e.g. bank details) and details of any donations you have made to us in the past;
- information obtained as a result of any background checks on volunteers;
- CCTV recordings and photographs;
- information we collect through your use of our website(s) such as IP addresses and other information collected using cookies; and
- medical and psychological information;
- dietary and health information necessary for events, residentials and trips;
- any other information which you choose to provide to us or that we are provided by others.
- We may also hold Special Categories of Personal Data e.g. information about your religious beliefs, information about your health and wellbeing, information revealing racial or ethnic origins, information concerning your sexual orientation or in the case of background checks, information about criminal records or proceedings.
- We may also receive Personal Data about you from third parties, for example, your family members, other parishioners, other dioceses, medical professionals, the police and other law enforcement bodies.
- You have rights in respect of the Personal Data you provide to us. In particular:
- the right to request a copy of some or all of the Personal Data that we hold about you (including, in some cases, in a commonly used, machine readable, format so that it can be transferred to other Data Controllers) . We do not make a charge for this service;
- if we Process your Personal Data on the basis that we have your consent, the right to withdraw that consent;
- the right to ask that any inaccuracies in your Personal Data are corrected;
- the right to have us restrict the Processing of all or part of your Personal Data;
- the right to ask that we delete your Personal Data where there is no compelling reason for us to continue to Process it. This does not include the removal of factual records (e.g. baptism registers) although they may be annotated;
- the right to object to us Processing your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes e.g. in relation to fundraising or wealth screening carried out by the PCM; and
- the right not to be subject to legal or other significant decisions being taken about you on the basis of an automated process (i.e. without human intervention).
- Please note that the above rights may be limited in some situations – for example, where we can demonstrate that we have a legal requirement to Process your Personal Data. Also, we may need you to provide us with proof of identity for verification and data security purposes before you can exercise your rights.
- Rights may only be exercised by the individual whose information is being held by the PCM or with that individual's express permission. Children from around 12 years upwards are entitled to make their own requests (where the PCM is of the reasonable view that they have an appropriate understanding of the request they are making) and parents / guardian / family members do not have an automatic right to see information about their child or prevent their child from making a request to the PCM.