BBC Sport website and app - Your contributions - Privacy Notice

This information was updated on 9 June 2023

Your trust is very important to us. This means the BBC 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?

BBC Sport gives you the chance to give your views on subjects from across the world of sport. This privacy notice covers when the BBC Sport website invites you send in your comments, opinions, stories and photos via the BBC sport contact form, BBC Sports app, text, WhatsApp and social media.

We will publish select comments we receive on the live pages for sporting events and may use these comments in news articles. Occasionally we may get in touch to ask you for more information, or even if you'd be interested in discussing your contribution on tv or radio.

When sending in your contribution we ask that you at no time put yourself in danger or endanger others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe on any laws.

When you contribute to the BBC, we may use your contribution in our programmes or content, but we cannot promise to use everything that we receive. If we broadcast your contribution or invite you to appear on a BBC broadcast, this may include the programme being available online and/or on demand, and your contribution or appearance may be used again in a future broadcast. It may also include use on the BBC's social media channels.

For information in relation to how the BBC will process your personal data where you are providing contributions to our programmes, please see our Privacy Notice for Contributors here.

What personal data will the BBC collect?

You must be 18 years or older and be based in the UK to participate.

The BBC will collect and process the following personal data about you:

•Full name

•Email address

•Contact telephone number

•Social media account name

•Your comments, opinions and stories

•Your photos

We ask that you do not send in personal data about your friends and family.

Who is the Data Controller?

The BBC is the "data controller" of your personal data. This means that the BBC 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 BBC has the responsibility to comply, and to demonstrate compliance with, data protection law.

If you use social media like Twitter or WhatsApp to get in touch with us, these applications are also data controllers for your data. We recommend that you read their privacy policies for more information on how these companies will use your personal data.

Lawful basis for processing your personal data

The lawful basis on which the BBC processes the personal data is the performance of its public task. The BBC's role is to act in the public interest and to serve all audiences with content which informs, educates and entertains.

"To show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services: the BBC 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. Its services should be distinctive from those provided elsewhere and should take creative risks, even if not all succeed, in order to develop fresh approaches and innovative content."

Sharing your personal data

The BBC 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 BBC and not independently of the BBC.

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

Retaining your personal data

If we use your contribution in BBC content, or invite you to take part in a broadcast, this will be retained and archived in perpetuity by the BBC.

We will delete all other personal data after thirty (30) days.

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

Your rights and more information

You have rights under data protection law:

•You can request a copy of the personal data the BBC stores about you.

•You have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.

•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 BBC 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 you wish to find out more details about your rights, please visit the BBC's Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.

If you have a concern about the way the BBC has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) https://ico.org.uk/.

Updating this privacy notice

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