Welcome to the BBHCC’s privacy and cookie policy (“Privacy Policy”).  

INTRODUCTION 

BBHCC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Depending on the website services, product or events BBHCC may provide (“Services”), we may provide additional or different privacy statements or notices for specific interactions you have with us or to highlight how we use your personal information for specific Services. Where we do this, it will be clear which statements apply to which interactions and Services.

Within our Services, there may be links to third-party websites or applications. We are not responsible for the content or privacy compliance of third-party websites or applications. You should check those websites or applications for their privacy statements and terms that apply to them.

1. PRIVACY POLICY

PURPOSE

This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how BBHCC collects and processes your personal data through your use of its website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for our email updates, notifications regarding our Services.

This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights set out in this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at info@bbhcc.uk

BBHCC is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “BBHCC” “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy). It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU  

We only collect the information that’s necessary to carry out our Services, provide the particular service you’ve requested and to keep you up to date about all the latest exciting BBHCC news. Generally, we only collect your information when you choose to interact with us.

Typically, we may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth and gender.
  • Contact Data includes email address and telephone numbers.
  • Transaction Data includes your interactions with us, use of Services and attendance of events.
  • Technical Data includes automatically populated internet protocol (IP) address, information from cookies (please consult our Cookie Policy in section B below)
  • Profile Data includes your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
  • Social Media depending on your settings or the privacy policies for social media and messaging services like LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp or Twitter, you may give us permission to access information from those accounts or services and contact you through those accounts.
  • Information available publicly we may include information found in places such as Companies House and information that has been published in for example articles/ newspapers/ online.

We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose (“Aggregate Data”). Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA  

We will only use your personal data in order to provide our Services, to get to know our members better and when the law allows us to (for example, where we need to comply with a legal obligation).

Generally, we will only send you emails related to our Services and we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

We require our trusted third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-parties to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions

OPTING OUT  

You can ask us or our connected third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at any time at info@bbhcc.uk

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us in connection with our Services.

2. COOKIES  

Our website and emails may contain certain cookies, pixels and other technologies (including links to third party websites) of which you should be aware. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website or you request a service from a third party, this Privacy Policy no longer applies.

We use cookies and similar technologies (“Cookies”) for identification, analysis, marketing and advertising purposes. By using our website you consent to the storing and accessing of Cookies on your devices.

Cookies are very small text documents or pieces of software code, which often include an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your PC or mobile device for permission to store this file on your computer or mobile device and access information from it. Information gathered through Cookies include the date and time of visits and how you are using the website or mobile application.

Cookies are used by us and our third -party partners as part of our website. Our use of Cookies generally requires consent unless such Cookies are strictly necessary for running our website and the provision of our Services.  

Details of the Cookies used on our website and any applicable third- party partner are set out immediately below.

Facebook, Pintrest, Instagram and Google – sometimes we’ll advertise on third party websites and these tags are used to help us and our advertisers see which advertisements you click on and interact with. Each individual advertiser uses its own tracking cookies and the data taken is not confidential or interchangeable.
Type: Advertising

Please be aware that Social Media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, might send cookies. We don’t control the setting of these third-party cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them. Also, please be aware you can set your browser to reject cookies or you can delete them yourself if you wish.

Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy (and Cookies) Policy.

CHANGE OF PURPOSE  

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA  

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS  

Your personal information may be stored and processed outside of Great Britain, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have measures in place to ensure that when your personal information is transferred internationally, it is subject to appropriate safeguards in accordance with data protection laws. Often, these include contractual safeguards.

Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA.

DATA SECURITY  

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other trusted third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

DATA RETENTION  

HOW LONG WILL YOU USE MY PERSONAL DATA FOR?  

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS  

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.

  • Your right to be forgotten: You can ask us to delete or remove your personal information in some circumstances such as where we no longer need it or if you withdraw your consent (where applicable). If we’ve shared your personal information with others, we’ll let them know about the erasure where possible. If you ask us, where it is possible and lawful for us to do so, we’ll also tell you who we’ve shared your personal information with so that you can contact them directly
  • Your right to correct information: If the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you’re entitled to have it corrected. If we’ve shared your personal information with others, we’ll let them know about the changes where possible. If you ask us, where possible and lawful to do so, we’ll also tell you who we’ve shared your personal information with so that you can contact them directly.
  • Your right to object: You can ask us to stop processing your personal information, and we will do so, if we are: (i) relying on our own or someone else’s legitimate interests to process your personal information, except if we can demonstrate compelling legal grounds for the processing, or (ii) processing your personal information for direct marketing.
  • Your right to withdraw consent: If we rely on your consent (or explicit consent) as our legal basis for processing your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
  • Your right to lodge a complaint with a regulatory authority: If you have a concern about any aspect of our privacy practices, including the way we’ve handled your personal information, you can report it to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can find details about how to do this on the ICO website at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us

WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU  

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

TIME LIMIT TO RESPOND  

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.