How we collect your personal data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you through:
Direct interactions. You may give us your identity, contact and financial data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or in person. This includes personal data you provide when you:
- apply for our products or services;
- correspond with BCS;
- create an account on our website;
- apply for membership or professional registrations;
- volunteer to support BCS in all aspects;
- call our customer services department;
- register for the learning platform Learning Hub / Springboard provided to BCS members for free;
- subscribe to our service or publications;
- register or are registered by a training provider, for an examination or certificate;
- register for an event;
- request marketing to be sent to you;
- process your application for scholarships;
- access resources, including videos and podcast recordings;
- participate in surveys; or
- give us some feedback.
Automated technologies or interactions. We may collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns including the IP address used; login information; browser type and version, operating systems and platforms when you interact with our website We may also collect information about your visit including the pages you visited; what you searched for; length of visits and methods used to browse away from the page. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive technical data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our “Use of Cookies” statement on the BCS website.
Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
- Contact, financial and transaction data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services based inside or outside the EU;
- Identity and contact data from publicly available sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register based inside the EU.
- Identity and/or contact data from third parties to which you have given consent to share your data to hear about the products and services of BCS.
