Privacy Policy

The use of your personal information by the BBC Public Service, which is a publicly funded service in and for the UK and therefore operates differently to BBC Studios which is a commercially funded business. This includes the BBC website in the UK (bbc.co.uk), any UK BBC account (as explained in more detail below), UK public services that are not geo-restricted (such as BBC Bitesize and the BBC programme pages), and the international World Service language sites. It also includes personal information collected when you comment on BBC News and BBC Sport articles or send in your photos and videos to News teams. These are all covered by the BBC Public Service privacy policy, which you can view here.

Sometimes we link to other companies’ services, like articles published on other sites. Similarly, you might engage with our content and brands via another platform or company. For example, we publish our content on other platforms, like YouTube, Facebook and other social media, and news aggregators. These external services will have their own privacy policies which will apply to their collection and use of your personal information.

We also license our brands and content to other companies who produce their own websites, events, products and digital content. These companies are responsible for any personal information they collect about you in this context. Your personal information is not shared by these companies with BBC Studios unless it is a joint activity or you are otherwise informed that it will be shared. For example, if you have opted in to receive branded newsletters from us, your email address will be shared to enable us to send this to you as you have requested.

If you are a contributor to one of our programmes, the processing of your information by BBC Studios Productions is covered by its Contributor Privacy Policy, unless expressly indicated otherwise.

The types of information we collect depends on the circumstances and the service you are using. We may collect information relating to you and/or your use of our services in the following ways:

When you use our services, register for a BBC account (outside the UK), submit comments or other content, attend one of our events or you otherwise interact with us (such as through social media platforms, our apps or engaging with our sales teams, responding to surveys), we will ask you for information relevant to the circumstances. If it isn’t obvious why we are asking for certain information, we will explain this to you at the time we collect it.

When you use or receive services from us over the internet, we automatically record information about your use of those services, your interaction with our adverts and our emails as well as information about the device you are using and your internet connection. This is done through log data, cookies and similar technologies. See our Cookie Notice for more details.

We use information we know about you and how you use our services to predict things about you (“Inferred Information”). For example, we use data about what you read, how long you stay on a particular page, how often you visit, when you visit, and the type of device you use. We won’t infer sensitive information about you.

When you choose to participate in or receive a service from us via social media and similar third party platforms, for example by posting comments, interacting with us, signing up to a newsletter or entering a competition, we may collect information from you directly or the social network may share with us personal information about you depending on the privacy notice and any choices you have on that platform.

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The updated version will be published on this page with the relevant date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [contact email or form].