Evangelicals Now Limited (“Evangelicals Now”, “en”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This notice explains what information we collect, how and why we use it, who we may share it with, how long we keep it, and your rights.
Evangelicals Now Limited is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales and a registered charity.
Registered Charity No: 296794
Company Registration No: 2102612
Registered address: 14 Silverleigh Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 6DU
Correspondence address: Evangelicals Now, PO Box 81170, London, SW17 1LF
General enquiries: 0345 225 0055
Evangelicals Now Limited is the data controller for the personal information covered by this notice.
For questions, requests or complaints about your personal information, please contact our Data Protection Officer:
Rob Clarke
Operations Manager and Data Protection Officer
Email: via the contact us page selecting 'General Enquiries'
The information we collect depends on how you interact with en. It may include:
We may collect information when you subscribe to en, request a sample copy or trial access, ask us to supply copies to a church or bookshop, register online, subscribe to an email communication, advertise with us, make a donation, submit material for publication, contact us, or otherwise interact with en.
Some personal information is classed as special category data and receives additional protection. This includes information revealing religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, health information, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation and certain other sensitive information. Because en is a Christian newspaper reporting on churches, Christian organisations, individuals and matters of public interest, we may encounter such information in our editorial work. We process it only where data protection law permits us to do so.
We use personal information only where we have a lawful basis to do so. Depending on the circumstances, this may be because it is necessary for a contract, to comply with a legal obligation, because we have a legitimate interest, or because you have given consent.
We use personal information to set up and administer print and digital subscriptions, gift subscriptions, sample copies, trial access and supplies of en to churches, bookshops and other organisations. This includes taking payment, delivering print copies, providing digital access, maintaining accounts and contacting you about your subscription or supply.
We normally do this because it is necessary to perform a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into one. Where another person arranges a gift subscription for you, we may rely on our legitimate interests in administering that subscription.
We use personal information to administer advertising, communicate with contributors, arrange publication of submitted material, respond to enquiries, and manage our relationships with readers, advertisers, churches, Christian organisations, suppliers and other contacts.
Depending on the circumstances, we rely on contract, legitimate interests or a legal obligation. Our legitimate interests include running en effectively, maintaining appropriate relationships with people and organisations connected with our work, and promoting our charitable and publishing activities in a proportionate way.
We use personal information to process payments and, where applicable, donations; maintain financial records; and meet accounting, taxation, regulatory and reporting requirements. Depending on the circumstances, we rely on contract, legal obligation or our legitimate interests.
We use third-party payment providers to process payments. Direct Debit payments are processed using GoCardless. Online card payments are processed using Elavon, and card payments taken through our office are processed using Global Payments. These providers process the personal and financial information needed to complete and administer payments in accordance with their respective roles and privacy information.
We may send newsletters, subscription offers, fundraising messages and other communications about en where permitted by data protection and electronic marketing law.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on your consent, an applicable customer or charitable purposes soft opt-in, or legitimate interests where the law permits. Where a soft opt-in is used, the relevant legal conditions must be met.
You can opt out of marketing at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email or by contacting us. We do not sell your personal information to other organisations for their own marketing.
We may also use personal information to keep appropriate business records, protect our systems and information, prevent or investigate misuse or fraud, obtain professional advice, respond to regulators or public authorities, and establish, exercise or defend legal claims. We generally rely on legitimate interests or legal obligations for these purposes.
Evangelicals Now is a newspaper and online publisher. An important part of our work involves gathering, assessing, retaining and publishing information for journalistic purposes. This may include information about contributors, correspondents, people and organisations involved in news stories, people whose activities are discussed in articles, and journalistic sources.
UK data protection law contains particular provisions and exemptions for processing carried out for journalistic purposes. Where the relevant legal conditions are met, some normal data protection requirements and individual rights may apply differently or may not apply. We consider this on a case-by-case basis.
We maintain an archive of previously published editorial material. Published articles may remain available for long periods, including indefinitely where appropriate to preserve the historical record. Nothing in this notice means that an individual necessarily has a right to require the alteration or removal of lawfully published editorial material.
When you use our website, we may collect information such as your IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, dates and times of visits, referring websites and information about how you interact with the site.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how people use our website and to improve it. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies. Where consent is required by law, we will seek it before using those technologies.
Our website also uses cookies needed for functions such as sessions, login and security. More information, including how to manage your choices, is available in our Cookie Policy and through the cookie preference controls on our website.
We do not sell your personal information.
Where necessary, we may share personal information with organisations that help us operate en, including:
Significant technology and service providers currently include Microsoft, Mailchimp, Intuit, GoCardless, Elavon, Global Payments and Google.
Where another organisation processes personal information on our behalf, we require appropriate arrangements to protect that information. Some organisations may act as independent data controllers for particular processing, in which case their own privacy information will also apply.
We may sometimes transfer your personal information outside the UK, for example where our service providers are based outside the UK. We take steps to ensure that international data transfers are made in accordance with the requirements of UK data protection laws.
Some of our service providers may process personal information outside the UK. For example, we use third-party service providers for email and document management and email communications, which may involve international data transfers.
Where these services involve the transfer of personal information outside the UK, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information. This may include:
Our website is hosted in Germany, which is within the European Economic Area and is covered by UK adequacy arrangements.
If you would like further information about the safeguards we use when transferring your personal information outside the UK, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Rob Clarke, via the contact us page selecting 'General Enquiries'.
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting, regulatory and reporting requirements or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Retention periods depend on the nature of the information, why we hold it, any legal or contractual requirements, relevant limitation periods and whether it may be needed for a complaint, dispute or legal claim. Financial and transaction records, for example, may need to be retained for statutory accounting and taxation periods.
Published journalism and information forming part of our editorial archive may be retained for much longer, including indefinitely where appropriate.
If you opt out of marketing, we may retain the minimum information needed on a suppression list so that we can respect your preference and avoid contacting you again. We delete or anonymise other information when it is no longer required.
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental or unlawful loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure or access. Access is limited according to operational need, and we expect staff, contractors and service providers handling information on our behalf to protect its confidentiality and security.
Depending on the circumstances and the legal basis for our processing, you may have rights to:
These rights are subject to the conditions, limitations and exemptions in data protection law and do not apply in every circumstance. In particular, different rules may apply to information processed for journalistic purposes.
To exercise a right, contact our Data Protection Officer using the details in section 1. We may need to confirm your identity before responding.
If you are concerned about how we have used your personal information, please contact our Data Protection Officer:
Rob Clarke
Operations Manager and Data Protection Officer
Email: via the contact us page selecting 'General Enquiries'
You can also write to Evangelicals Now, PO Box 81170, London, SW17 1LF.
We will acknowledge a data protection complaint within 30 days. Without undue delay, we will take appropriate steps to investigate it, keep you informed as appropriate, and tell you the outcome.
You also have the right to raise concerns with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection. Information about making a complaint is available at ico.org.uk.
If you provide us with personal information about another person, for example when buying a gift subscription, you should have an appropriate reason for doing so. Where appropriate, please make them aware that their information has been provided to us and direct them to this notice.
Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organisations. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, and we encourage you to read their privacy information.
We may update this notice from time to time to reflect changes in our activities, services, technology or legal obligations. The current version will be published on our website and the date at the top will show when it was last updated.