Parish Register and Record Keeping
As part of our Parish Renewal Programme, it was proposed that we contact all parishioners each year.
For example, we might issue a note at Easter and at Christmas, showing the services at these special seasons. Also, if there are young children, the dates of preparation classes for First Holy Communion and/or Confirmation would be important and relevant to you.
To do this, it is obviously essential that the Parish Register contains accurate information.
Correct names and addresses are the first essential, and dates of birth are particularly useful in identifying individuals where 2 or 3 generations, sharing the same name, may still live in Beccles.
Details of the interests of all family members will help ensure we send only relevant information to each home.
Data Protection and Privacy
The Parish – and the Diocese – respect your personal privacy, and most parishioners will understand it is now a legal requirement for us to only gather, keep and use personal information that is relevant to our Parish functions and/or activities.
We must also have your personal permission to contact you about relevant matters, and whether to use post, email, or telephone to do this.
Please complete the form overleaf, and also ensure you sign it, to ensure we abide by the General Data Processing Regulations (GDPR).
Please tick the relevant boxes if you agree to give your consent to the Parish contacting you for specific purposes.
If you are a holder of any post or office in the Parish, it may also be appropriate for the Diocese to contact you about this.
On completion, please return this form to
The Parish Priest, St Benet’s Presbytery, 2 Grange Road, BECCLES. NR34 9NR
Personal Data and Contacts – Permission and Preferences
You do not have to consent to any of these options; only tick the boxes if you want to agree. Where you do not give consent, we will not be able to contact you, except in certain limited situations, e.g., where we are required to do so by law.
Permission to Use Personal Data
I agree that my family’s personal data may be gathered, stored, processed, and used for the administration of St Benet’s Parish.
Refusal of Contact
I do not wish to be contacted on any Parish or Diocesan matter
I do not wish my details to be shared with any other organisation.
Consent to Contact: -As a Parishioner, I consent to being contacted about: –
– news, events, fundraising and activities in my Parish.
– news, events, fundraising and activities in the Diocese.
Consent to Publishing or Sharing: -As a Parish Officeholder, I consent to the Diocese: –
– including my details in Newsletters, Yearbooks and Catholic Directories.
– sharing my contact details with the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales so that they can keep me informed about news, events, and activities.
Contact Preference. I would prefer to be contacted by my: –
Postal address ………………………….……………………………………………….….……………….…….…….………
Email address ………………………….………………….…………………………….….………………….….……………
Phone Number ……………….…………………………………………………….………………….…………….…………
Name ……….………….…….………………….….………………………………… Date of Birth …….…………………………
Signed …………………………………………………………………….……. Date. ….…………….…….………………..….
WE WILL NEVER SHARE OR RELEASE YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS AGREED WITH YOU.
You can unsubscribe, or withdraw or change consents, at any time.
If you have any concerns about the Parish Database, please contact the Parish Priest.
If not satisfied, you can then contact the Diocesan Data Protection Manager: dpm@rcdea.org.uk
Information provided on this form, together with all other personal data held about individuals by the Parish of St Benet’s, Beccles, and the Diocese of East Anglia, is processed in accordance with the Diocesan Privacy Notice.at www.rcdea.org.uk/privacy or from your Parish office.
St. Benet's Minster Catholic Church, Beccles 