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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Awards: Privacy Notice

Your trust is very important to us. This means the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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?

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Awards is a TV series commissioned by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Three and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One, and made by an independent producer, Phil McIntyre Television.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Awards is a nationwide talent search to find the best new stand-up comics. For full details on how the talent search and awards will run, please refer to the awards rules found here.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will collect your personal data via an online platform used by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

If you appear on a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ broadcast or otherwise feature in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ content, this may include the programme or content being available online and/or on demand, and your appearance may be used again in a future broadcast. It may also include use on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s social media channels.

For information in relation to how the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will process your personal data where you are providing contributions to our programmes, please see our Privacy Notice for Contributors .

What personal data will the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ collect?

You need to be aged 18 years or over to take part in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Awards.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will collect and process the following personal data about you:

  • Full name
  • Contact telephone number
  • Date of birth
  • Email address
  • Birthplace (a region of the UK or ‘outside of UK’)
  • Current location (a region of the UK or 'outside of UK')
  • Your response to the application questions, which include your personal experience and life stories
  • A video recording

Background checks

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and Phil McIntyre Television will carry out background checks on those who make it through to the televised heats, including online and social media screening checks, and DBS checks. We will use the personal data processed as part of background checks to verify you meet the eligibility criteria. Information returned as part of a background check may not rule you out of the awards, but non-disclosure of such information which is later discovered may result in your exclusion from the awards.

Who is the Data Controller?

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is the “data controller” of your personal data. This means that the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ solely for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. As the data controller, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has the responsibility to comply and to demonstrate compliance with data protection law.

Phil McIntyre Television, the independent producer of the show, are an independent data controller for your personal data when using it to make the programme. It is important that you read Phil McIntyre Television Privacy Notice, which sets out how they use your personal data and how you can exercise your rights for the personal data they hold under data protection law.

Lawful basis for processing your personal data

The lawful basis on which the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ processes the personal data is the performance of its public task. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s role is to act in the public interest and to serve all audiences with content which informs, educates and entertains. This is consistent with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s wider public purposes under its Royal Charter which requires the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ to “show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services: the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ should provide high-quality output in many different genres and across a range of services and platforms which sets the standard in the United Kingdom and internationally.”

We will process any information disclosed by shortlisted applicants, including any criminal convictions and offences, as part of a background check on the basis of their consent.

Sharing your personal data

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and not independently of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

We will share your personal data with the independent producer, Phil McIntyre Television, to make the programme.

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

Retaining your personal data

Unsuccessful entrants’ (i.e. those who are not shortlisted) personal data will be held for a maximum of six (6) months after the end of the talent search, after which it will be deleted.

Shortlisted entrants’ and the winner’s personal data will be kept for a period of twelve (12) months after the talent search closing date, after which it will be deleted.

Should your contribution be broadcast or used across ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ platforms, it will be retained in perpetuity in alignment with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Archiving policy.

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 request a copy of the personal data the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ stores about you.
  • You have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at .

If you have a concern about the way the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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.