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Countryfile Ramble for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need Privacy Notice 2024

Countryfile Ramble for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need Privacy Notice 2024

Countryfile is produced by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios Productions (“Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios”) for broadcast by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need are joint data controllers and responsible for handling personal information you provide, including your contribution, in accordance with data protection law.

What information we collect and how we use it

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need will collect and process your name, email address, telephone number (if provided) and other provided details (e.g. details about your ramble). We may use this information to contact you if we are interested in featuring your Ramble.

If you submit videos we will process any personal data contained within those videos, e.g. your image contained in the video footage you submit, the image of others featured in the video footage, and any personal information shared within that footage (e.g. why/what personal circumstances led members to join the ramble, what they love about rambling etc.). However, we will not publish any full names of individuals or contact details of individuals

Both Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need rely on their legitimate interests to produce content to support the Children in Need Appeal. We will not process your personal information where your rights override our interests.

Retaining your personal information

If your contribution is selected for broadcast, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios will retain your information indefinitely. This is for regulatory compliance purposes and in case we need to contact you again in future about your contribution, for example because we wish to use it again. If your contribution is not selected for broadcast, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios will retain your information until 31st December 2025 and will then destroy it in line with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios Personal Data Retention Policy.

Sharing your information

Your personal information will generally be restricted to relevant members of the Countryfile production team and crew (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios), as well as relevant members of staff working for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need for the purposes of supporting their fundraising. Where necessary, we may also share information with other Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios staff and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, and from time to time with other programmes that may have an interest in your contribution.

Your rights and more information

If you have any questions about how Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios handles your personal information or you wish to find out about your rights, please read our full . If you wish to exercise your rights in relation to your personal information, please contact dataprotection@bbc.com

If you have any questions about how Children in Need handles your personal information, or you wish to find out about your rights, please visit the . You will also be able to find out more information about how the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ processes your information.

If you have any concerns about how your personal data has been handled, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which can be contacted at: