Sports Personality of the Year 2024 privacy notice

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?

This is your chance to vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year. You can vote for your selection by telephone or the online form.

What personal data will the BBC collect and how will we use it?

For telephone voting, we will collect your telephone number and voting choice. This personal data is processed in order to provide a robust and reliable voting result to the BBC (this will include counting and capping votes as well as checking for irregularities and, if necessary, for the processing of refunds).

For online voting, we will collect your BBC Account details and voting choice, along with your IP address and other BBC account information such as BBC ID, age category and geographic location derived from your IP address. If you are voting online you must be signed into your BBC account. We use cookies to ensure that online voting is limited to one (1) vote per account holder. This personal data is processed in order to provide a robust and reliable voting result to the BBC (this will include counting and capping votes as well as checking for irregularities).

When voting online, the BBC will collect the votes via a platform used by the BBC.

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.

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.

We also have a legal obligation to process the personal data of the winners in order to comply with relevant competition regulations.

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

The BBC will retain your personal data for a period of two (2) years for auditing and compliance purposes.

Your personal data will be stored in the UK and the 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.