Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any personal information we collect from you. Therefore, under our Privacy Policy we do not pass on your details to any third party or government department unless you give us permission to do so or the law requires/permits it.

We have structured our website so that, in general, you can visit it without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. Once you choose to provide us with any information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used for the purpose for which it was originally collected or compatible purposes.

We have notified the Information Commissioner of the types of personal data we process and for what purpose we use it for and whom we share it with.

The Data Protection Act provides you with rights in relation to the personal data we may hold about you, namely;

·    we will provide on request a copy of your personal data that we process and information concerning the processing.

·    we will prevent any data processing likely to cause damage or distress.

·    we will prevent data processing for the purposes of unrequested direct marketing.

you may take action for compensation from the Bedford Congress Hall Corps of The Salvation Army if damage results from any breach of the Act by the Bedford Congress Hall Corps of The Salvation Army

·    you may take action to rectify, block, erase or destroy inaccurate data.

With regard to your rights to be provided with a copy of your personal data, you are entitled to this within 40 days of making the request, providing;

·    the request is in writing.

·    requests must contain the information required to satisfy the Bedford Congress Hall Corps of The Salvation Army as to the identity of the person making the request (we may require proof of your identity).

·    requests must contain the information required to enable the Bedford Congress Hall Corps of The Salvation Army to locate the information which is being sought.

We may charge up to £50 for this data, depending upon the number of pages to be provided.

Further information about the Data Protection Act can be obtained from:

Email: data@dataprotection.gov.uk

Website: www.dataprotection.gov.uk

Copies of the Data Protection Act 1998 can be purchased from the Stationery Office (Mail, telephone and fax orders only) PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. General enquiries 0870 600 5522.