Data Protection Policy St John the Evangelist Romanian Orthodox Parish, Cambridge
(updated 17 Oct. 2018)

The Romanian Orthodox Parish of Saint John the Evangelist Cambridge ("us", "we" or "ours") operates the websites www.orthodoxcamro.co.uk/ and http://en.orthodoxcamro.co.uk/.

This Data Protection Policy ("Policy") has been developed to provide details to those who are concerned about how their personal data are being used online and in accordance with the GDPR EU regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals concerning the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.

Personal data is information that can be used independently or with other information to identify, contact or locate a single person, or to identify a person in a particular context. Please read the privacy policy carefully to have a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or take proper care of your personal data resulting from your interaction with the religious services offered within the parish and by accessing the parish website. We use your data to provide and improve religious services. By participating in and benefiting from the religious services offered, and by using the parish website, you agree for us to collect and use the information in accordance with this Policy.
​"Personal data" means any information or information that can identify you directly (for example, your name) or indirectly (for example, by pseudonym or data such as a unique identifier). This means that personal data includes things like email address, home address, mobile phone, name and surname, profile photos, etc.
"Processing" means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data or on personal data sets, with or without the use of automated means, such as collecting, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adapting or modifying, extraction, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
 The websites http://en.orthodoxcamro.co.uk/ and www.orthodoxcamro.co.uk/ do not collect or process personal data on our servers. The websites are hosted by a third-party platform, Weebly.com. You can find the privacy and data use policy of Weebly here: https://www.weebly.com/uk/privacy. The websites http://en.orthodoxcamro.co.uk/ and www.orthodoxcamro.co.uk does not use any own service for the analysis or processing of personal data.

When we register a baptism, wedding, funeral (or another service that requires the collection of personal data), in the respective registers of the parish, or when a donation is made, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter:
• First and Last Name
• Email Address
• Phone number
• Other relevant details, as appropriate.
​Saint John the Evangelist Romanian Orthodox Parish Cambridge is committed to respecting the principles of personal data protection outlined by the GDPR regulation and UK legislation (The Data Protection Act 2018). In this context, we may use your personal data for several purposes, including but not limited to:

• maintain parish registers
• communicate changes in connection with parish activities
• assist parishioners
• analyse or store valuable information in order to improve the services offered

Data transfer

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to computers outside the state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdictions, where data protection laws may be different from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are outside the United Kingdom and choose to provide us with information, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United Kingdom and process it there.

Your consent to this privacy policy followed by the transmission of this information is your agreement to that transfer.

The Romanian Orthodox Parish of Saint John the Evangelist Cambridge will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is safe and in accordance with this Data Protection Policy and that no personal data transfer will be made to a organization or in a country if there are no adequate controls, including data security and other personal information.

Data Disclosure - Legal Requirements

The Romanian Orthodox Parish of Saint John the Evangelist Cambridge can reveal your personal data in the belief that this action is necessary:

• to comply with a legal obligation
• to protect and defend the rights or property of the Romanian Orthodox Parish of Saint John the Evangelist Cambridge
• to prevent or investigate possible irregularities in connection with the service provided
• to protect the personal safety of service users or the public
• to protect data under legal liability
The security of your data is important to us, but no storage method, both in electronic and print, or via Internet or electronic storage is 100% safe. While we strive to use legally acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
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Data storage period

We will keep your personal data for a period of time required for the purposes specified in the 'Use and Transmission of Data' section. Once the data is no longer needed for these purposes, data may (1) be destroyed, (2) transferred to a third party, provided that personal data is processed within the limits and purposes similar to those initially agreed or (3) transformed into anonymous data and kept exclusively for statistical purposes, historical or scientific research.
You have:
• the possibility to obtain from the parish, upon request and free of charge, the confirmation that your personal data is processed by us, as well as details of this processing. The application can be submitted at no cost only once a year;
• the right to rectify, update, block or convert anonymous data whose processing does not comply with the law, in particular incomplete or inaccurate data;
• the right to oppose at any time, for legitimate and legitimate reasons related to your particular situation, the processing of your personal data;
• the right to oppose you free of charge and without any justification for processing your personal data for direct marketing on behalf of data carriers or on behalf of a third party, or to disclose your data for that purpose;
• the right to challenge decisions taken solely on the basis of data processing carried out by automated means and producing legal consequences for you.

In order to exercise these rights, you can file an application, signed and dated to the e-mail address of the parish priest, available on the Contact page of the parish website. After receiving your email, we will investigate the concern or complaint submitted and we will do our best to provide you with our response within a reasonable time.
​This Policy may be subject to periodic content changes. We encourage you to periodically review this Data Protection Policy for any changes. The date of the latest review of our Data Protection Policy is listed at the top of the page.