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Springwatch/Winterwatch Privacy Notice

Springwatch/Winterwatch are produced by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios for broadcast, use and exploitation by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. We are responsible for handling the personal information you provide, including your contribution, in accordance with data protection law.

What information we collect and how we us it

When you submit user generated content (UCG), ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios will collect and process your name, contact number, home address, email address and the photo, footage or video information you are sharing with us. We may use this information to contact you if we are interested in finding out more about your submission.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios relies on its legitimate interests as a media organisation to process your personal information. We will not process your personal information where your rights override our interests.

Such personal data will generally be restricted to relevant members of the programmes production team and crew, as well as the programmes third party experts (where relevant)

Retaining your personal information

We will securely store the information you submit for up to 18 months. We do this in case we wish to contact you about your photos or video footage and interests for the next series. If we feature your photos or video footage then your information will be further retained for that purpose.

Sharing your information

Your personal information will generally be restricted to relevant members of The Watches production team and crew, as well as the programme’s third party presenters (where relevant). Where necessary, we may also share information with other ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studio staff and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, with our professional advisors and, from time to time, with other programmes that may have an interest in your contribution.

Your rights and more information

If you have any questions about how ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios handles your personal information or you wish to find out about your rights, please read our full . If you wish to contact ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios to exercise your rights in relation to your personal information, please contact dataprotection@bbc.com

If you have a concern about how ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios has handled your personal information you should contact us in the first instance. If you are dissatisfied with our response you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)

For more information about how ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios process’ your data please see the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios Privacy Policy available at