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The 麻豆社 will only use your personal data provided by text, phone, email, WhatsApp message, or social media for the purposes of the programme, to verify your contribution, and should we need to get in touch with you. The personal data will be your name and contact details, such as phone number, email address or social media account name (depending on how you contact us) and any personal data you choose to give us within the content of your contribution.
We may contact you for more information or may read out your comment on air. If you do not want your name to be read out on air or do not wish to be contacted by the production team please say that in your message. If you are happy to be contacted, we will only do so about your story or comment; we will not use your data for marketing or general research and we will not give your information to anyone outside the Law Show production team.
The 麻豆社 is the “data controller” of this information. This means that the 麻豆社 decides what your personal information is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. The legal basis on which the 麻豆社 processes your personal information is its legitimate interest in producing journalistic and programme content. For editorial reasons and regulatory compliance, we will keep your data securely for up to one year for phone calls and emails, six months for WhatsApp messages, and two years for text messages and social media messages, after your data will be deleted. If you want us to delete your information sooner than that, just email us at thelawshow@bbc.co.uk, and we will confirm when your information has been deleted. You can ask us to delete your information at any time.
Your data is shared securely with companies who provide services to the 麻豆社 in order that we can receive and process your contributions. For text message, WhatsApp message, and social media contributions the company is IMI Mobile. We do not share your data or contributions with any other third parties.
Contributions sent to the 麻豆社 through other third-party social media services, third-party messaging services such as WhatsApp, or email are also subject to the terms and conditions of the service you choose to use, and you should refer to their privacy policies for how they process your data and their individual retention policies.
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