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500 Words Privacy Notice

It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law.

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WHAT TYPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED AND OUR LAWFUL BASIS.
Stories must be submitted by an adult (parent/guardian on behalf of the child or teacher who has obtained the child’s parent or guardian’s consent to submit an entry on behalf of the child).


The personal data that we will collect are the Submitter’s name, email, phone number, and relationship to the writer. The submitter will be asked to provide the writer’s name, age, school, gender, region, and postcode. If the submitter is not the writer’s parent/guardian then the parent/guardian’s name, email, and phone number must be provided instead.


The legal basis for processing this personal data is our legitimate interest in managing the competition and notifying the winners. However; the application will only proceed where parental consent has been provided and verified.


Individuals signing up as Judges will be asked to supply their Name, Job Title, Postcode, Region, email address, phone number, preferred judge group (age 5-9 or 10-13), referee name, referee job title, referee email address. The legal basis for processing the judges’ personal data is our legitimate interests in in allowing the competition to be marked.


We have carefully considered the impact on you, the children/writer, and the judges and we will not use yours or their personal information where the impact overrides our interests.


HOW WILL THE INFORMATION BE USED?
All personal data will be collected for the purposes of administering the competition and to provide updates to all the parties concerned on the progress of entries through the competition.


HOW LONG WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE RETAINED?
If you are a submitter or parent and the writer you have nominated is unsuccessful after the first or second round, we will retain your personal information and that of the writer until 30th June 2020; if the writer you have nominated is successful at the final round we will keep your personal information and that of the writer until 12th June 2022.


If you are a judge or a referee we will retain your personal information until 30th June 2020 unless you consent to receiving communications about 2021’s competition. If you consent to receiving communications about 2021’s competition the 麻豆社 will retain your personal information until 30th June 2021. If you wish to withdraw your consent you can do so by following the link in further communications, updating your preferences on your account or sending an email to 500words@bbc.co.uk


WILL 500 WORDS SHARE MY INFORMATION WITH ANYONE ELSE?
We will share your information with a third party supplier hosting the online contact form on behalf of the 麻豆社. We will not share your personal information with any other third parties, unless required by the law.


YOUR RIGHTS AND MORE INFORMATION
If you have any questions about how the 麻豆社 handles your personal information, or you wish to find out about your rights, please visit the 麻豆社’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. You will also be able to find out more information about how the 麻豆社 processes your information and how you can contact the 麻豆社’s Data Protection Officer.


If you raise a concern with the 麻豆社 about the way it has handled your personal information and you are dissatisfied with the 麻豆社’s response, you are entitled to lodge a concern with a supervisory authority. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the .