--- title: "A ChurchDesk Guide: A practical guide to GDPR in your church and parish" description: ChurchDesk helps you get ready to GDPR before 25 May 2018. This guide includes an introduction to GDPR for churches and advice on how to become compliant. image: https://blog.churchdesk.com/hubfs/Banner-GDPR-Guide-UK.jpg --- [![churchdesk_blue_h](https://blog.churchdesk.com/hubfs/Logo/churchdesk_blue_h.svg)](https://blog.churchdesk.com/) - [**Subscribe**](https://blog.churchdesk.com/a-practical-guide-to-gdpr-in-your-church-and-parish#subscribe) - [**Get a demo**](https://www.churchdesk.com/en/free-trial) - [Go to website](https://www.churchdesk.com/en/home/) - [data security](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/data-security) - [Product](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/product) - [gdpr](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/gdpr) - [guide](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/guide) ### [A ChurchDesk Guide: A practical guide to GDPR in your church and parish](https://blog.churchdesk.com/a-practical-guide-to-gdpr-in-your-church-and-parish) - - - [All Posts](https://blog.churchdesk.com) # A ChurchDesk Guide: A practical guide to GDPR in your church and parish - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Banner-GDPR-Guide-UK](https://blog.churchdesk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Banner-GDPR-Guide-UK.jpg?width=1200&height=600&name=Banner-GDPR-Guide-UK.jpg) ChurchDesk helps you get ready to GDPR before 25 May 2018. This comprehensive and practical guide includes an introduction to GDPR for churches and advice on how to become compliant. ## About the guide This download guide is an easy-to-use collection of background information, practical advice and examples for parishes and churches, including: - Why is data important? - What is GDPR? - How does your church become complaint? - How can ChurchDesk help your church? ## Questions we help you answer - What is the responsibility of the church? - When do you have a lawful basis to process a person’s data? - Why should you get consent? - What is a data controller and data processor? - Do you need to register with the ICO? **The guide is free and will be provided as an e-book in PDF format.** [![Download the free guide](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/443658/e621ecae-7236-43d1-8ce8-fc9f4c4da4e6.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/443658/e621ecae-7236-43d1-8ce8-fc9f4c4da4e6) Topics: [data security](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/data-security), [Product](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/product), [gdpr](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/gdpr), [guide](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/guide) ![Kenneth Svenningsen](https://blog.churchdesk.com/hubfs/kenneth-svenningsen-1.png) ###### Kenneth Svenningsen I want to make things that matter and make a difference. I'm responsible for our customers and obsessed about helping churches meet people with technology. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethsvenningsen/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/svenningsen?lang=en) - [data security](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/data-security) - [Product](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/product) - [gdpr](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/gdpr) - [guide](https://blog.churchdesk.com/topic/guide) ## [A ChurchDesk Guide: What does the GDPR mean for your church?](https://blog.churchdesk.com/a-churchdesk-guide-what-does-the-gdpr-mean-for-your-church?hsLang=en-gb) #### If your organisation handles the personal data of citizens, 25 May 2018 is a date that needs to be emblazoned on your mind. New regulation governing d... 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[Read more](https://blog.churchdesk.com/a-churchdesk-guide-choosing-a-church-management-system?hsLang=en-gb) ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/2558854/hubfs/DreamPack/letter%20Icon.png?t=1496817989590&width=86&name=letter%20Icon.png) ## Subscribe Subscribe now and receive a box filled with hand-picked awesome items ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Kenneth Svenningsen", "url" : "https://blog.churchdesk.com/author/kenneth-svenningsen" }, "dateModified" : "2019-02-18T08:55:21.689Z", "datePublished" : "2018-04-20T08:16:24.000Z", "headline" : "A ChurchDesk Guide: A practical guide to GDPR in your church and parish", "image" : [ "https://blog.churchdesk.com/hubfs/Banner-GDPR-Guide-UK.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://blog.churchdesk.com/a-practical-guide-to-gdpr-in-your-church-and-parish", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://blog.churchdesk.com/hs-fs/file-2452382602-png/Logo/churchdesk_blue.png" }, "name" : "ChurchDesk" } } ```