GDPR & the Church
Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is about communication. As well as proclaiming the good news, there is the visiting old friends, talking on the telephone to relatives in distant parts, and, of course the cards and messages. Not so long ago the cards and messages would all have been hand written but increasingly these greetings are likely to be electronic, raising the increasingly long shadow of data protection. For example, if the bishop has a list of those whom he visits, if the parish secretary has a list of those who are invited…
