Data controller
Our Lady of Grace is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered charity number 1173050. The Archdiocese, through its Trustees, is the data controller in respect of personal data collected through this parish.
The Archdiocesan Data Protection Policy applies
The processing of personal data by the parish — including sacramental records, safeguarding records, and pastoral correspondence — is governed by the Archdiocesan Data Protection Policy and the Diocesan Privacy Notice. Those documents are the master statement of how your personal data is handled, the legal bases on which it is processed, and the rights you hold under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Any question on data held by the parish, the Archdiocese, or any of its parishes can be directed to the Diocesan Data Protection Officer:
Data Protection Officer
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Finance Office
59 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JE
[email protected]
020 7960 2500
What this website specifically collects
This notice covers the parish website at ourladyofgracecharlton.church only. The website itself collects very little:
- Email enquiries. If you email the parish office, your message and email address are held to enable a reply.
- Newsletter sign-ups. If you sign up for the weekly newsletter, your name and email are held for that purpose only and you can unsubscribe at any time.
- Server logs. Our hosting provider keeps a basic log of pages requested and IP addresses, retained for a short period for security and troubleshooting.
The site does not use marketing cookies, advertising trackers, or visitor profiling.
Third-party services on this site
When you load a page on this website, your browser may contact the following external services:
- Google Fonts serves the typefaces. Google may log your IP address and browser type. Google's privacy practices.
- Wikimedia Commons hosts some of the photographs.
- JustGiving handles online donations. If you click through to donate, you leave this site and JustGiving's privacy notice applies.
Contact for parish-website matters
For anything specific to the parish website — an enquiry, a correction, a request to be removed from the newsletter — please contact the parish office:
The Parish Office
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
145 Charlton Road
London SE7 7EZ
[email protected]
For any data protection matter that goes beyond the website, please contact the Diocesan Data Protection Officer at the address above. The Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk is the supervisory authority for data protection in the UK.
This notice is dated May 2026 and is reviewed alongside the Archdiocesan Data Protection Policy.