Radio 2 Smart Speakers Privacy Notice
Your trust is very important to us. This means the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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?
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will be sending smart speakers to some “star listeners” who message or call the show during the Scott Mills Breakfast Show between Monday 20th October and Wednesday 24th December 2025.
What personal data will the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ collect?
If you are sent a smart speaker, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will collect and process the following personal data about you:
- Full name
- Phone number
- Email address
- Postal address.
Who is the Data Controller?
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is the “data controller” of your personal data. This means that the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ processes the personal data is the performance of its public task. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s role is to act in the public interest and to serve all audiences with content which informs, educates, and entertains.
Sharing your personal data
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and not independently of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
We may share personal data with a third party where required or permitted by law.
Retaining your personal data
If you appear on a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ broadcast, this programme will be held in our archive indefinitely.
We will retain postal details only for as long as necessary to send you a smart speaker.
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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at .
If you have a concern about the way the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) .
Updating this privacy notice
We will revise the privacy notice if there are significant changes to how we use your personal data.