DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

The Mid Devon Messenger Talking Newspaper

1. Your personal data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data alone.  The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Who are we?

Elected officers of the Mid Devon Messenger are the ‘data controller’ (contact details below).  This means they decide how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

3. How do we process your personal data?

Elected officers of the Mid Devon Messenger are responsible for compliance with MDM’s obligations under the GDPR by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes: –

  • To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of sight impaired persons, and those with a temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which means they cannot access written material.  These people consider Mid Devon to be their community;
  • To administer listeners’ records;
  • To manage our volunteers;
  • To maintain our own accounts and records;
  • To inform you of news, events, activities organised by Mid Devon Messenger.

4. What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

  • Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can provide weekly news and quarterly magazine recordings; keep you informed about events.
  • Processing is carried out by elected officers of the Mid Devon Messenger:
    • the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and
    • there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.

5. Sharing your personal data
Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members in order to carry out the necessary functions of running the Mid Devon Messenger. We will only share your data with third parties outside of Mid Devon Messenger with your consent.

6. How long do we keep your personal data?
We keep data in accordance with the guidance set out within the GDPR regulations.            Article 5 (e) of the GDPR states that personal data shall be kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it is being processed.

7. Your rights and your personal data 

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: –

  • The right to request a copy of your personal data which the Mid Devon Messenger holds about you;
  • The right to request that Mid Devon Messenger corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date; 
  • The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for the Mid Devon Messenger to retain such data;
  • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time;
  • The right to request that the data controller provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), (where applicable);   [Only applies where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and in either case the data controller processes the data by automated means.]
  • The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
  • The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable);                 [Only applies where processing is based on legitimate interests (or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing and processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.]
  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

8. Further processing

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

9. Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, queries of complaints please in the first instance contact the Mid Devon Messenger Chairman or Secretary at:

  • Mid Devon Messenger, c/o Heathcoat Fabrics Ltd, Tiverton, Devon. EX16 5LL
  • enquiries@middevonmessenger.org.uk

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

March 2022