Important information
This Privacy Policy gives you information about how The Jesus Lane Trust collects and uses your personal data. The Jesus Lane Trust (“we”) is the data controller and is responsible for the data that you share with us.
How we use your data
Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of your information. We collect, store and process your personal data in accordance with UK GDPR legislation and only when you give us written consent to do so. And we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place when using third-party processors.
The categories of data that we may collect, hold and share include:
- Personal information (such as name, address and email address)
- Characteristics (such as gender, ethnicity, language, nationality, country of birth)
- Special categories of personal data (such as your religious beliefs)
- Financial data (such as donation history and Gift Aid information)
Why we collect your data
When you sign-up as a prayer partner you give us permission to store your data securely and to contact you by post and email in connection with the work of the Jesus Lane Trust.
We collect and process your data to manage our relationships with supporters and partners to fulfil our purposes as a trust and to comply with the law regarding data sharing. This includes:
- keeping in touch with you about our work, events, and fundraising activities
- processing donations and claiming Gift Aid
- maintaining accurate financial records
In legal terms this is called “legitimate interests”. When it is required, we may also ask you for your consent to process your data. We do not share your information with others except as described in this notice.
Communications and profiling
To carry out our work we use trusted third-party services including:
- MailChimp help us send newsletters, event invitations and fundraising appeals. It tracks interactions (such as email opens and clicks) which we may use to understand engagement levels and to tailor future communications.
- QuickBooks helps us manage financial records, including donations. This information also allows us to segment our communications to specific partner groups based on donation history and engagement, ensuring that our messages are personalised, relevant and appropriate.
This data processing may involve limited profiling to group partners by interest or activity level. We do not use automated decision-making, and you can opt out of segmented communications at any time by contacting us at admin@jesuslanetrust.org.uk.
Storing your data
We hold your data for varying lengths of time depending on the type of information but in doing so we always comply with Data Protection legislation.
Sharing your information
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes. We only share data with trusted service providers who help us deliver our work, and we ensure they comply with data protection laws.
Requesting access to your personal data
Under Data Protection legislation, you have the right to request access to information about you that we hold. To make a request for your personal information please contact us at admin@jesuslanetrust.org.uk.
Your other rights
You also have the right to:
- object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress- prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing
- object to decisions being taken by automated means
- in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed
- claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the Data Protection regulations
For further information on how your information is used, how we maintain the security of your information and your rights to access information we hold on you please contact us at admin@jesuslanetrust.org.uk.
If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, you should raise your concern with us in the first instance or directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
Cookies
We use cookies on our website. By using our website you agree to this policy and you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. There are two main kinds of cookies: “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies only last for the duration of users using the website and are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies outlast user sessions and remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.
Cookies on our website
We use both Session Cookie and Persistent Cookies on our website. Generally, we use cookies to help us administer our website, to improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you and a cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Third-party cookies
We also use third party cookies to analyse the use of our website (jesuslanetrust.org) and to improve its performance. For this purpose we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Read Google’s privacy policy. Find out more about Google Analytics opt out. Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies.