Privacy Policy

We care about the privacy of our users. We ask that you read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about how we will use your personal data and data about your business. By using this site, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United Kingdom in accordance with this privacy policy.

Data Protection Compliance
The site owner complies with the Data Protection Act and is a member of the Market Research Society and as such will treat the information you give with the strictest of confidence, it will not be used to sell or market products to you.

The legal basis for processing your data is to enable the BVA BDRC to provide the service as agreed with its clients for legitimate market research purposes.

You have the right under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation to access any information held about you. You also have the right to the following:

  • Object to processing of your data;
  • To port data (if automated data collection);
  • To erasure of any personal data made public;
  • To restrict processing;
  • To rectify data held

We will be happy to respond to any of these requests or any issues you may have. You can make a request by emailing surveys@businessviewspanel.com. You can also contact our Data Protection Officers at this email address.

Personal Information and 3rd Party sharing
We collect personal information when you register. All data collected is analysed and the aggregated results are reported to our clients (further information on this is available on request). We will share with our clients the aggregated findings of the research, resulting from the analysis of the community outputs. Such information does not identify you individually. No information is given that identifies you as an individual unless we have received your prior written consent to do so.
We will also share research findings resulting from the analysis of community outputs and activities. Again such information does not identify you individually.
We will not share information about you or your business with any other companies under any circumstances.

Use of data
We will use information about your business (e.g. turnover / sector) to screen and assess your eligibility to join certain activities.
We may also use this information for:
• Auditing, research and analysis to operate and improve our technologies and services
• Administration
• Statistical analysis
• Fraud prevention and detection and security vetting
• Customizing this website and its content to your particular preferences
• To notify you of any changes to this website or our services which may affect you
We process personal information on our servers in the United Kingdom.

Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorised access to or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorised access to systems where we store personal data.

We restrict access to personal information to our employees and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our research services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

Keeping your data secure
We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example: access to your membership is controlled by password and username which are unique to you and we store your personal data on secure servers.

Whilst we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data which is transferred from you or to you via the internet.

Please contact us at Business Views c/o BVA BDRC for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.

To review the BVA BDRC Group’s full Privacy and Cookie Policy please click here.

Our policy will indicate the date it was last updated, but if there is a substantive change in the way that we use your personal information, we will notify you via email of the relevant changes. If you choose to opt out of our changed practice then please email surveys@businessviewspanel.com.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the way your data has been handled by the BVA BDRC with the Information Commissioners Office (https://ico.org.uk)

BVA BDRC Ltd, 229-231 High Holborn, London WC1V 7DA 
surveys@businessviewspanel.com

Last updated: Feb 2019