This notice is for all candidates and Freemasons of Munia Lodge No.4096. It applies to the processing of your personal data by the Lodge.

Section I sets out the purposes for which your data will be used by the Lodge if you are a candidate.

Section II sets out the purposes for which your data will be used by the Lodge if you are a member.

Please note that your personal data will also be processed by the United Grand Lodge of England and the Metropolitan Grand Lodge as separate data controllers and so you are also referred to their respective Data Protection Notices.

I. Use of your data during your application to become a Freemason.

As a candidate to become a Freemason, you may consent to the processing, retention and sharing of your personal data for the purpose of assessing your membership application and any other Masonic applications you may make.

You can withdraw your consent and request erasure of your data at any time prior to your initiation by notifying your proposer and seconder that you wish to cancel your application.

II. Use of your data after you become a Freemason

As a Freemason your data will be processed, retained and shared for any reasonable purposes required by the Book of Constitutions or the bodies it sanctions from time to time. These purposes include, but are not limited to the following purposes:

  1. Assessing any Masonic applications you make;
  2. Registering you as a member of Freemasonry;
  3. Receiving communications to which you are entitled as a Mason;
  4. Recording the progress of your career in Freemasonry; and
  5. Masonic disciplinary processes.

The media and/or documentation on which a member’s individual data is held is:

A. The Lodge Summons

B. The Lodge Directory

C. The Lodge Website

…… the details of which are readily accessible by each and every member.

Members details are held on the Secretary’s computer which is password protected