Data Protection and Privacy

This webpage explains what to expect when South West Awake collects and uses your personal information. We encourage you to carefully read this notice. If you need more information or further clarification, please contact us.

Our promise is that South West Awake is committed to respecting your privacy and ensuring that the personal information you have entrusted to us is held securely. We process your data in accordance with the 2018 General Data Protection Regulations, which give you more control over the personal information we hold about you.

We collect personal information in the following ways:

Directly from you when you:

  • Sign up to participate in South West Awake

  • Make a donation

  • Contact us with an enquiry

  • Sign up to recieve our newsletter

  • Are a Church Leader or have a key role within a church that works in partnership with South West Awake

Third Party Data

In our day-to-day operations, we use a variety of third party providers. All of these have been chosen with due consideration of how they store and process their data.

  • Google (Website analytics): https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

  • Mail Chimp (Email Services): https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

  • Office 365 (Email, Storage, Software, Surveys) https://products.office.com/en-gb/business/office-365-trust-centerprivacy

  • ChurchSuite (for donations) https://churchsuite.com/

Types of personal information we collect

We collect a variety of different types of personal information, including the following:

  • Personal identifiers such as your title, name and year of birth

  • Contact details including postal address, post code, email and telephone number

  • Information that may help us to communicate with you about the event

Sensitive personal data

The Data Protection Act recognises some information as ‘sensitive personal data’. This includes, but is not limited to, information which reveals your religious beliefs, health issues, race or ethnic origin. South West Awake will always treat sensitive personal data with greater care and process the information in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

Why do we collect your personal information?

  • To communicate with you about information with regards to the day

  • To process any donations that are given to us and collect Gift Aid on donations if applicable

One of our main methods of communication is email, but we will always ask for your permission before emailing and you can unsubscribe at any time. You can update your preferences by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ button on one of our emails.

If you have any further questions about our policy, please email info@southwestawake.com