Junior Eurovision Song Contest Voting Privacy Notice
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Voting Privacy Notice.
What is a privacy notice? Ìý
This privacy notice tells you what personal data the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)collects about you, how we use it and what you can do about it.
Personal data means any information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, address, or photo. This privacy notice is designed to be read by children and young people; you might want to read it with your parents or guardians.ÌýÌý
Why are we doing this and how can you participate?Ìý
At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest singers from different countries will compete and one singer or act will be crowned the winner. All the singers will sing a brand-new song and will receive a score form a jury and by people like you, who vote for their favourite three acts.
To vote you will need to have a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú account. If you don’t have one already, you can set one up for free at https://www.bbc.com/register. If you are under 13 years old, please ask your parent to help.
You can find lots of information about what the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú does with your data when you use a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú account here
Why do we collect and use your personal data?  Ìý
We will only collect your personal data when we need it to help us do our job or to follow the law.ÌýÌýWe collect it so that you can vote for your favourite singer or act in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and so that your vote is counted correctly.
To do this we will collect and use this personal data:
user Agent (hashed)
your country of origin
IP-address (hashed)
the Act you have voted for derived from the contestant ID
timestamp
Who looks after your personal data?ÌýÌý
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú and EBU are together the data controllers of your personal data.
A data controller is in charge of the personal data collected about you.Ìý
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú has appointed a Data Protection Officer; this person makes sure we do everything the law says we should. If you want to ask any questions about the personal data we collect when you use a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú account or when you vote, please email our Data Protection Officer at DataProtection.Officer@bbc.co.ukÌý Ìý
The rules we have to follow when we collect your personalÌýdataÌýÌýÌý
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú and EBU follow the data protection rules when we collect and use your personal data. The rule that we are using to collect your personal data for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest online voting is called legitimate interest.
We use this rule so that we can:
see what country you are voting from and that your vote is counted from the UK.
Forward accepted votes and official voting results and checking for any voting problems.Ìý
creating combined statistics on the voting in the competition
publishing combined and anonymized resultsÌý
If you decide to cast your vote online, we use your consent to collect your personal data so that we can:
correctly count and create valid and official results of the competition based on the votes given by the audience (including yours) to decide the ranking of the songs entered in the competition and reveal the winner
Will your personal data be shared?ÌýÌý
The voting platform will use your personal data to count your vote.
When we have to share your information with other people, we will only share it so we can do our job or when the law says that we have to. When your personal data is shared with someone else, they must keep it safe and only use it in a way that the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú and EBU tells them they can use it.Ìý Ìý
How long will we keep your personal data?  Ìý
We will keep your personal data for as long as needed to count all the votes and for as long as the law says that we have to. After that it will be deleted.
We may also share personal data with a third-party where compulsory or allowed by law.ÌýÌý
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú will store your personal data in the UK and the EEA.ÌýÌýThe voting platform we use may store personal data outside the EEA, but we have contracts in place with them and they will keep the data safe and secure, just like we do.
What are your rights?  Ìý
You and have the right under data protection law to:  Ìý
Be told how we use your personal data.  Ìý
Ask to see the personal data we hold.  Ìý
Ask us to change personal data you think is wrong.  Ìý
Ask us to remove personal data when it's not needed anymore.ÌýÌýÌý
Ask us to only use your personal data in certain ways.  Ìý
Tell us you don't want your personal data to be processed.Ìý Ìý
You can find out more about your data protection rights on our website.Ìý Ìý
More informationÌýÌý
You can contact our Data Protection Officer Ìý
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If you have questions or want to find out more about your rights, the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s Privacy and Cookies Policy can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.ÌýÌý
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s Children’s Privacy Policy for Under 13s can be found here: /cbbc/findoutmore/childrens-privacy-policy-u13Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
If you have a concern about the way the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú has handled your personal data, you can complaint to the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) .    Ìý
Updating this privacy noticeÌý Ìý
We will update this privacy notice if there are big changes to how we use your personal data.ÌýÌýÌý
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