Data Protection

Local churches, Circuits and Districts find themselves holding a variety of personal data including details of members and employees. The information accessible from the Data Protection link below explains the obligations imposed on Managing Trustees in relation to this data under Data Protection legislation. The guidance helps Managing Trustees to identify what personal data is, how to hold it securely and for what purposes that personal data can be used. This includes Circuit and District directories.

Managing Trustees will find it helpful to refer to the following documents and guidance in the GDPR toolkit.

TMCP (Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes) is the Data Controller for the Methodist Church and there is a wealth of information on its website.

The Privacy Notice for all Local Churches, Circuits and Districts within the Methodist Church in Great Britain can be found here.

Churches and circuits are required to complete the annual checklist by 31 May. Further information about this, or other aspects of GDPR can be asked of the District Data Champion.

Our District Data Champion is the District Administrator who can be contacted at chester.stoke@btconnect.com