• Privacy Policy

    Please read the following page carefully before using our website.

  • Who are we?

    We are Leicestershire Historic Churches Trust (LHCT), a registered charity in England and Wales charity number 233476. Founding in 1964, our purpose is to raise money and disburse grants to support the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches, chapels and meeting houses in the city of Leicester and the county of Leicestershire and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments and chattels in such churches, chapels and meeting houses, and of the churchyard belonging to such churches.

    Data Protection

    Your personal data is protected by the EU legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force on 25 May 2018. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we collect, use and store your personal information, and to ensure you remain informed and in control of your information. If you have any questions about how LHCT processes your information or would like to change the way we communicate with you, please get in touch: chairman@lhct.org.uk

    We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. If we make any significant changes to this policy we will let you know. By using our website you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.

    What type of information is collected from you?

    Depending on your interaction with LHCT, the personal information that we collect from you may include, but is not limited to, the following:

    • Your contact details such as name, postal address, phone number and email address
    • Your date of birth
    • If you are supporting us financially; your financial information such as your Gift Aid eligibility declaration
    • A record of our communications with you
    • Your communication preferences
    • Your donation history
    • Your interests and reasons for your support.

    Special Categories:

    Under data protection law, certain categories of personal information are recognised as special, including health information, race and religious beliefs. If LHCT ever collects such data we will always obtain your consent to process this data.

    How do we collect information from you?

    We will obtain personal information directly from you in a number of ways when you interact with LHCT, for example when you:

    • Sign up for more information about Ride + Stride.
    • Make a donation
    • Enquire to volunteer
    • Attend an event
    • Fundraise for us
    • Communicate with us online, in writing or over the phone.

    We may also obtain your personal information indirectly, for example when you:

    • Make a donation to us through other websites like Just Giving
    • Sign up to hear from us through other websites like Facebook

    These independent third parties will only share your information with us when you give consent. These organisations have their own data protection and privacy policies which you should be aware of before signing up.

    How is your information used?

    We collect this information in order to process your requests and keep in touch with you about LHCT’s work. Examples include:

    • To process donations and Gift Aid transactions
    • To send communications in line with the preferences you have told us about that may be of interest to you, such as events and fundraising appeals
    • To record any contact we have with you to help us provide you with the most appropriate communications
    • To process volunteering enquiries
    • To contact you about Ride + Stride
    • To check that your communications preferences are up to date
    • To ensure that the content from our website is presented effectively for you and your digital device.

    Legal basis for processing

    LHCT’s activities help us to raise the funds which enable us to award grants to churches, chapels and meeting houses in need.

    LHCT will seek your consent to send you messages via email and telephone. If you choose to hear from us in this way, you may receive e-mail updates about our work and from time to time requests for donations. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

    LHCT will use a legitimate interest basis to send you relevant communications by post, if you have provided a postal address. Unless you tell us not to, we’ll contact you by post with communications we believe you’ll be interested in. If you would like to opt out of these communications, you can let us know at any time by contacting us at the details found at the start of this Policy.

    This legal ground for processing means that we can process your personal information if we have a genuine and legitimate reason for doing so to deliver our charitable aims, and that reason is not overridden by your rights and interests as an individual.

    Examples of the legitimate interests processing activities we undertake are:

    • For fundraising purposes: to process your donations and Gift Aid where you have asked us to do so, and to send you fundraising communications by post.
    • For administration purposes: to provide you with information about any fundraising activities you have agreed to take part in, and to follow up with you about your enquiry.
    • To conduct research: such as supporter satisfaction research, to invite you to take part in surveys to improve our services, or to conduct desk research to help identify high value supporters.
    • To analyse data: to improve our services, understand our supporters and to tailor our marketing communications to you. We may do some profiling or analysis on previous support.

    We have considered and balanced our legitimate interests against individuals’ privacy rights in these scenarios and we do not believe that any adversely affect our supporters’ rights or interests. If you would like to find out more or ask us to stop processing your data in these ways, you can do this at any time by contacting us at the details found at the start of this Policy.

    Data retention

    We retain personal information for different periods of time depending on your relationship with LHCT and the legal requirements pertaining to types of information. For example, there is a legal requirement to retain some types of financial information for up to seven years after your last interaction with us.

    We will keep some data indefinitely (for example, your basic personal details like your name and giving history). If you decide you no longer wish to hear from us, we’ll mark you on our database to not be contacted.

    It is also important for us to retain a record of donations should we receive a gift in a Will in the future. Sometimes legacies are left many years after the supporter’s last interaction with LHCT. It is important for us to know that the individual was a supporter in the past in case the Will is contested.

    If you’d like more information on our retention policy, please contact us.

    Data storage

    Book Aid International is aware that countries outside the European Economic Area have differing approaches to data privacy laws and that enforcement may not be as robust as it is within Europe’s borders.

    If we work with organisations that process data outside the EU, we ensure data security is in line with the law. International organisations we work with who process data have verified their data processing standards at a minimum meet the EU-US Privacy Shield which sets out clear safeguards and transparency responsibilities for US-based organisations processing data from EU citizens.

    Data sharing with third parties

    LHCT will never sell your personal information or exchange it with another organisation for their marketing purposes.

    However, there are some situations where we may have to share your personal information with other organisations, for example with HMRC to reclaim Gift Aid.

    We may also disclose or use personal information if required to do so by law and may use external data for the purposes of fraud prevention, for example to comply with money laundering regulations or otherwise to protect the rights, property or safety of individuals.

    We may also use other companies to provide services and process your personal data on our behalf including delivering mail, sending emails, making telephone calls and processing credit card payments. We will only provide those companies with the information they need to deliver the specific service and ensure that your data is treated with respect and integrity.

    In these situations, the relationship between LHCT and the third-party data processor will be governed by a contract and strict security requirements will be in place to protect your personal information.

    Analysing your information

    It’s important for us to know why you choose to support LHCT, as this helps us to give you the information that is most relevant for you. We’ll analyse your data in order to better understand your preferences, to improve our services, and to tailor our communications to you. The information we’ll use to do this might include things like your interests, preferences, and level of potential donations so that we can see who may be interested in supporting us or who may be able and willing to give more.

    We may also do some analysis to build up donor profiles, by using your data such as your giving history to inform our decisions. We may expand our reach by using these donor profiles to find supporters with similar interests to you.

    In some instances, we may add publicly available information to our analysis. This might include information that is contained in the Companies House or Charity Commission Registers, press and web articles and Linked In.

    Your data protection rights

    When LHCT is using your personal information on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. You also have the right to ask LHCT to stop using your personal information for direct marketing purposes. Simply contact us using the contact details and we will amend your contact preferences.

    Presuming that these rights are not overridden by our legal obligations, or where our legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights and interests as an individual, you have the following data protection rights:

    Right to be Informed

    You have the right to be told how your personal information will be used. This policy document and shorter summary statements used on our communications are intended to be a clear and transparent description of how your data may be used.

    Right of Access

    You can contact us asking what information we hold on you and to request a copy of that information. We have 28 days to comply once we are satisfied you have rights to see the requested records and we have successfully confirmed your identity.

    Right of Erasure

    You have the right ‘to be forgotten’ (i.e. to have your personally identifiable data deleted). We’ll be required to keep an appropriate record so that we can make sure you don’t receive future communications. In some instances a legal basis will override the right to erasure. An example of this would be the legal requirement to record financial transactions for up to seven years.

    Right of Rectification

    If you believe our records are inaccurate you have the right to ask for those records concerning you to be updated.

    Right to Restrict Processing

    In certain situations you have the right to ask for processing of your personal data to be restricted because there is some disagreement about its accuracy or legitimate usage.

    Right to Object to direct marketing

    You have an absolute right to stop the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.

    Right to object to automated decisions

    In a situation where a data controller is using your personal data in a computerised model or algorithm to make decisions that have a legal effect on you, you have the right to object. This right is more applicable to mortgage or finance situations; LHCT does not undertake complex computerised decision-making that produces legal effects.

    If you want to exercise any of these rights, please contact us by e-mailing us at chairman@lhct.org.uk or by writing to us at Leicestershire Historic Churches Trust, 20 Gumley Road, Smeeton Westerby, Leicester, LE8 0LT.

    What to do if you are not happy

    In the first instance, please talk to us directly so we can help resolve any problem or query. You can contact us by by e-mailing us at chairman@lhct.org.uk or by writing to us at Leicestershire Historic Churches Trust, 20 Gumley Road, Smeeton Westerby, Leicester, LE8 0LT.

    You can also register with the fundraising preference service (FPS). This service is run by the Fundraising Regulator and allows you to stop email, telephone, addressed post, and/or text messages from a selected charity or charities by using the online service at www.fundraisingpreference.org.uk or by calling 0300 303 3517. Once you have made a request through the FPS, we will ensure that your new preferences take effect within 28 days.

    You can also contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) if you have any concerns about Data Protection by using their help line 0303 123 1113 or at ico.org.uk

    Tracking Technologies and Cookies

    We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.

    You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service.

    Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

    We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

    Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Type: Session Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide you with those services.

    Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

    Functionality Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.

    Children's Privacy

    Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our records.

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