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Please ask your parent or guardian to read this Privacy Notice and give their permission for you to apply.

Your trust is very important to us. This means the ����ý 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 ����ý is giving children between the ages 5-15 the chance to be awarded a Blue Peter Badge and along with it, a Blue Peter Badge Card, to get free entry to many attractions across the UK. With their original Blue Peter Badges, they can also apply for ‘Silver’, ‘Gold’, ‘Green’, ‘Purple Fan’, ‘Sport’, ‘Music’ and ‘Book’ badges.

Depending on the kind of badge they apply for, we will ask different things to be sent. For example, for a ‘Green’ Blue Peter badge we’ll ask the children to send something to do with the environment.

The children can apply for a Blue Peter Badge from our website, or by writing to Blue Peter, MediaCityUK, Salford, M50 2BH.

If the child or their submission appear on our broadcast this may include the programme being available online and/or on demand and may be used again in a future broadcast. The child or their submission may also be used for promotional purposes on the ����ý’s social media channels.

For information in relation to how the ����ý will process personal data where your child is providing contributions to our programmes, please see our Privacy Notice for Contributors here.

What personal data will the ����ý collect?

The ����ý will collect and process the following personal data about your child:

Depending on the type of Blue Peter Badge your child applies for, the ����ý may collect:

The ����ý will collect and process the following personal data about you (parent/guardian):

The ����ý may also process special category data depending on the content of your child’s submission to us. This might include for example:

Who is the Data Controller?

The ����ý is the “Data Controller” of your personal data. This means that the ����ý 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 ����ý 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 ����ý processes the personal data is the performance of its public task. The ����ý’s role is to act in the public interest and to serve all audiences with content which informs, educates and entertains, and to reflect the United Kingdom and its cultures and values to the world.      ��

If the application includes any special category data, the ����ý processes it on the lawful basis that processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest. These reasons are for the purposes of journalism because the ����ý’s wider purposes is to produce the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services and to reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all the UK’s nations and regions. ��

Sharing your personal data

The ����ý 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 ����ý and not independently of the ����ý. ��

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We may share personal data with a third party where required or permitted by law.����

Retaining your personal data

If your child applies for a Blue Peter Badge and are unsuccessful, we will retain their personal data, along with your contact details for 120 days before it will be deleted.

If your child receives a Blue Peter badge, we will retain their personal data on the ‘Blue Peter Badge Card System’ until they are 16 and a half years old.��

If your child or their submission appears on ����ý programming or ����ý promotional content, this will be retained and archived in perpetuity by the ����ý.��

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 contact our Data Protection Officer if you have questions or you wish to find out more details about your rights, please visit the ����ý’s Privacy and Cookies Policy.��

If you have a concern about the way the ����ý has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the .��

Updating this privacy notice��

We will revise the privacy notice if there are significant changes to how we use your personal data.��