Privacy Notice
Kirkcaldy: Hope Parish Church of Scotland (The Congregation)
Charity No: SC012756
Purpose of this Notice
This Privacy Notice outlines the way in which the Congregation will use personal information
provided to us. Personal information includes any information that identifies you personally,
such as your name, address, email address or telephone number.
The Congregation recognises the importance of your privacy and personal information and
we have therefore outlined below how we use, disclose and protect this information. The
Congregation, jointly with the Presbytery of Fife is the data controller, because we decide
how your data are processed and for what purpose. Contact details for us are provided
below.
How we use information
We use the information you give to us:
• to administer membership records, including a Communion Roll and Supplementary
Roll;
• for pastoral care purposes;
• in relation to participation in Congregational activities ;
• to provide you with information about news, events, and activities within the
Congregation or the wider Church of Scotland;
• to provide the services of a parish church to the local community;
• to fulfill contractual or other legal obligations;
• to manage our employees;
• to further our charitable aims, for example through fundraising activities;
• to maintain our accounts and records (including the processing of Gift Aid
applications);
• if CCTV is in place we have this for the prevention and detection of crime.
Disclosure of information
The Congregation will only share your personal information where this is necessary for the
purposes set out above. Information will not be shared with any third party outwith the
Church of Scotland without your consent unless we are obliged or permitted to do so by law.
Basis for processing personal information
The Congregation processes your information in the course of its legitimate activities, with
appropriate safeguards in place, as a not-for-profit body with a religious aim and on the basis
that our processing relates solely to members, former members or people who have regular
contact with us, and that this information is not disclosed to any third party without your
consent.
We also process information where this is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations;
where processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests
are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms; and where you
have given consent to the processing of your information for a particular purpose.
Storage and security of personal information
The Congregation will strive to ensure that personal information is accurate and held in a
secure and confidential environment. We will keep your personal information for as long as
you are a member or adherent or have regular contact with us or so long as we are obliged
to keep it by law or may need it in order to respond to any questions or complaints or to show
that we treated you fairly. We may also keep it for statistical purposes but if so we will only
use it for that purpose. When the information is no longer needed it will be securely
destroyed or permanently rendered anonymous. A copy of our data retention policy is
attached to this Notice.
Getting a copy of your personal information
You can request details of the personal information which the Congregation holds about you
by contacting us using the contact details given below.
Inaccuracies and Objections
If you believe that any information the Congregation holds about you is incorrect or
incomplete or if you do not wish your personal information to be held or used by us please
let us know. Any information found to be incorrect will be corrected as quickly as possible.
You have the right to object to our use of your personal information, or to ask us to remove
or stop using your personal information if there is no need for us to keep it. There may be
legal or other reasons why we need to keep or use your data, but please tell us if you think
that we should not be using it.If we are processing your data on the basis of your explicit consent, you can withdraw your
consent at any time. Please contact us if you want to do so.
Contact us
You can contact us by getting in touch with Gordon Thomson, Session Clerk at
How to complain
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office about anything
relating to the processing of your personal information by the Congregation. You can contact
the ICO via its website at www.ico.org.uk or at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
