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 Â鶹Éç The Social Privacy Notice

Your trust is very important to us. This means the Â鶹Éç is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such personal data. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law.

Why are we doing this and how can you participate?
Â鶹Éç The Social would love to hear from you on a range of different topics and ideas for content.
To submit your ideas including a short video, please use our online platform, WhatsApp or social media platforms. If we think your idea is something we would like to take further, we will contact you to discuss.
For information in relation to how the Â鶹Éç will process your personal data where you are providing contributions to our programmes or content, please see our Privacy Notice for Contributors

What personal data will Â鶹Éç collect and how will we use it?
The Â鶹Éç will use your personal data provided via our online form, WhatsApp or social media channels for the purposes of considering your ideas/contribution and to contact you.

Personal data:
You must be 18 years or older to make any submissions. Please be mindful not to include others in your video.

The Â鶹Éç will collect and process the following personal data about you:
• Your first name
• Your telephone number
• Your email address
• Your location (where you live and where you are from)
• Year of birth
• Topic you are interested in (video recording)
• Content area (video recording or written)
• Your social media handles

The Â鶹Éç may also process special category data depending on the content of your submission to us. This might include for example:
• Racial or ethnic origin
• Political opinions
• Trade union membership
• Religious or philosophical beliefs
• Health
• Sexual orientation

Who is the Data Controller?
The Â鶹Éç is the “data controller” of your personal data. This means that the Â鶹Éç decides what your personal data is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. For the avoidance of doubt, your personal data will be collected and processed solely for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. As the data controller, the Â鶹Éç has the responsibility to comply, and to demonstrate compliance with, data protection law.

Lawful basis for processing your personal data
The lawful basis on which the Â鶹Éç processes the personal data is the performance of its public task. The lawful basis on which the Â鶹Éç processes your special category data is substantial public interest. The Â鶹Éç’s role is to act in the public interest and to serve all audiences with content which informs, educates, and entertains.

This is consistent with the Â鶹Éç’s wider public purposes under its Royal Charter, which states that the Â鶹Éç must “…show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services: the Â鶹Éç should provide high-quality output in many different genres and across a range of services and platforms which sets the standard in the United Kingdom and internationally.”

Sharing your personal data
The Â鶹Éç works with our approved third-party providers who help us to provide some of our services. These partners only use your personal data on behalf of the Â鶹Éç and not independently of the Â鶹Éç. We use a third-party data storage platform to collect and store your form and video.

We may share personal data with a third party where required or permitted by law.

Retaining your personal data
Your personal data will be retained for twelve (12) months, after which it will be deleted.

If your contribution is used for broadcast, your personal data will be retained and archived in perpetuity by the Â鶹Éç.

Your personal data will be processed and stored in UK and the EEA (European Economic Area).

Your rights and more information
You have rights under data protection law:
• You can request a copy of the personal data Â鶹Éç stores about you.
• If your personal data is inaccurate, you have the right to have the data rectified.
• You have the right to ask for the personal data we collect about you to be deleted, however there are limitations and exceptions to this right which may entitle the Â鶹Éç to refuse your request.
• In certain circumstances, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data or to object to the processing of your personal data.
• You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data to you or to another organisation, in certain circumstances.

You can contact our Data Protection Officer if you have questions or wish to find out more details about your rights, please visit the Â鶹Éç’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.

If you have a concern about the way the Â鶹Éç has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

Updating this privacy notice
We will revise the privacy notice if there are significant changes to how we use your personal data.