Last Updated: [Current Date] 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to BeeBee Communications. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This notice explains how we look after your data when you visit our website or contact us via email.
BeeBee Communications is led by Bryony Bishop, a Chartered Marketer, and is registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
2. How We Collect Your Data
We do not use contact forms on this website. We only collect personal data through this website if it is provided directly to us by you via:
Direct Email Inquiries: When you click our email links or message bryony@beebeecomms.com, we collect your email address and any information (such as your name or phone number) included in your message.
Cookies: We collect technical data automatically via your browser (see Section 8).
3. Why We Collect Your Data
We process your information under the following legal bases:
- Legitimate Interests: To respond to your questions, inquiries, and comments made via email.
- Contractual Necessity: If your email leads to a formal engagement for consultancy services.
4. How we use your data – If You Become a Client
Once you engage BeeBee Communications, our relationship is governed by a Formal Consultancy Agreement. This includes higher-tier protections, including our “Cyber Fortress” protocols (XTS-AES hardware encryption) and NCSC-aligned data handling.
5. Data Security
While no transmission over the internet is 100% secure, BeeBee Communications maintains technical and physical safeguards to protect your data. We use Passkeys and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to secure all professional accounts, alongside hardware encryption and secure browser isolation for all professional communications.
6. Data Retention
Inquiries: If an email inquiry does not lead to a contract, your data will be deleted after 12 months.
Client Records: If you become a client, financial and contract records are retained for 7 years to comply with UK statutory requirements.BeeBee Communications will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any commission, contract, booking, legal, accounting or reporting requirements.
7. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites (e.g. the Arts Marketing Association). We do not control these sites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
8. Cookies & Tracking
This website is designed with a “Privacy First” approach. We do not use Google Analytics or any third-party tracking cookies. We use only essential, functional cookies required for the website to operate correctly. Because we do not track your personal browsing data, you will not encounter intrusive consent pop-ups on this site.
9. Your Legal Rights
You have the right to access, correct, or request the erasure of the personal data held about you by BeeBee Communications. To exercise these rights, please email bryony@beebeecomms.com.
10. Contacting the Regulator
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, please contact us first. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) (www.ico.org.uk)
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