Privacy Policy

These data protection and privacy rules apply to the information you provide us with via our website only. Should BCC change its data protection or privacy policy, this page will be updated to reflect the changes.

Please contact BCC directly:

• For details of our full data protection and privacy policy

• To check the information that we hold about you and request changes or deletions

Disclaimer of liability

BCC endeavours to ensure that it provides its members with accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information. The Confederation nonetheless makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy and / or completeness of the contents of its own website, nor in respect of any of those to which direct links are made.

How your data are collected

We will collect information from you if you complete any forms on our site or if you contact us with comments or specific requests, and will only use the information that we collect about you for the purposes listed below. Additionally, we may monitor aggregated, non-identifiable data such as the number of times individual pages are accessed (“hit count”), and the addresses of the pages that linked to them (“referrer”). We will not knowingly collect or use personal information of minors.

What we use your data for

We use your data for the following purposes:

1. To provide you with the highest possible level of service and to help you get the best out of this website.

2. For the effective administration of this site and to record user patterns.

3. To send you details on events and services likely to be of interest, should you have requested this.

4. To respond to your comments or specific requests.

5. To authenticate you as a registered user of the site, in order to access protected “members only” content.

Third parties

Your data will not be passed on to third parties unless you have indicated that you are willing for this to occur or we are required to do so by law. In such cases only the necessary information will be passed on in order to provide the requested service or comply with the particular legislation. Your data are not sold on to other companies, or used for mass-marketing purposes.

Viruses, Spyware and other Malware

BCC uses anti-malware software with an enforced policy on its computers. Any content destined for this site is therefore automatically scanned for viruses, spyware and other malware before being uploaded, and BCC does not intentionally or knowingly upload any content that contains code or an exploit that could be deemed malicious or privacy-invading in nature. The risk of receiving a computer virus or other malicious program from our web site is very low; however BCC makes no guarantees that such code has not accidentally or unintentionally made its way to the site.