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Online Voting Privacy Notice

Your trust is very important to us. This means the 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 will collect your personal data for the purposes of collecting how you vote when participating in any online voting on the 大象传媒 website.

What personal data will 大象传媒 collect and how will we use it?

The 大象传媒 will collect and process the personal data that you have provided to us. We use your personal data to tally the votes and to ensure we meet regulatory compliance requirements when running our votes.

Personal data

The 大象传媒 will collect and process the following personal data about you:

  • 大象传媒 Account identification
  • Geographic location
  • IP Address
  • Your vote choice

Who is the Data Controller?

The 大象传媒 is the “data controller” of your personal data. This means that the 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 processes the personal data for the purposes of your vote choice activities is the performance of its public task. The 大象传媒’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.

The lawful basis on which the 大象传媒 processes the personal data for regulatory compliance purposes is legal obligation.

Sharing your personal data

The 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 and not independently of the 大象传媒. We currently use a third-party data provider to facilitate the online voting system.

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

Retaining your personal data

The 大象传媒 will retain your personal data for a period of two (2) years following collection for audit purposes after which time it will be deleted.

Your personal data will be stored in the UK and the EEA.

Your rights and more information

You have rights under data protection law.

You can request a copy of the personal data 大象传媒 stores 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 大象传媒 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 大象传媒’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at .

If you have a concern about the way the 大象传媒 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.