Copy link. twitter. facebook. whatsapp. Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited ("the Telegraph") is the data controller of your personal data. This means that the Telegraph decides what your personal data is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. As the data controller, the Telegraph has the responsibility to comply, and to demonstrate compliance with, data protection law. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This privacy notice describes how we process personal data provided by our readers for editorial purposes, in accordance with data protection laws. It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such personal data.

To view our main Privacy Policy, please click here. We actively engage and ask our readers to contribute to our editorial content in various ways. This includes providing opportunities for you to share your story and content through the Telegraph website, our podcasts, Telegraph App, social media, our syndication partners and in our printed journalism output. The Telegraph will collect and process your data to facilitate your contributions for publication in the newspaper, on our website telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph App, and our podcasts.

Depending on the content we’ve asked you for or what you’ve chosen to provide us, we will collect different types of personal data, which may include:. The lawful basis for the Telegraph to process personal data for the purposes described in this privacy notice, which is not classified as special category data, is legitimate interest. We may occasionally ask you to provide, or you will submit, personal data  that contains special category data, which may include information relating to:.

The Telegraph processes personal data containing special categories of data under the substantial public interest lawful basis under Schedule 1, Paragraph 13 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (Journalism etc in connection with unlawful acts and dishonesty etc). Where in accordance with data protection laws your consent for data processing is required, we will seek your explicit consent for such processing.

There may be occasions for us to ask about personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences. We will obtain your consent for such processing, where data protection laws require us to do so. The Telegraph 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 Telegraph and not independently of the Telegraph.

We may also share personal data with a third party where required or permitted by law. We will retain personal data not used for a story or our content for seven (7) years, after which time it will be deleted. If the Telegraph publishes your personal data, this will be retained and archived in perpetuity by the Telegraph. Your personal data will be stored in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA) but where your personal data has been published by the Telegraph it will be available to users worldwide.

(1)  To obtain access to, and copies of, the personal data that we hold about you, or require that it is transmitted to another data controller;. (2)  To request that we restrict our data processing activities or cease processing your personal data in certain ways, for example because you do not consider it lawful;. (3)  To require us not to send you marketing communications;. (4)  To withdraw your consent, where we are relying on it to process your personal data;.

(5)  To object to how we process your personal data, in particular where we are relying on our legitimate interests; and. (6)  To ask us to erase the personal data we hold about you, for example because it is causing you distress or you believe it to be no longer relevant, or to correct the information if it is incorrect. If you would like to exercise any of your rights as stated above, you can do so by emailing data.protection@telegraph.co.uk.

Please note that the above rights are not absolute, and we will be entitled to refuse requests in accordance with conditions and exemptions that apply under UK data protection law, (including where we are processing it in our capacity as a media organisation). You can find out more about your rights at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/. If you believe that we have not adhered to this notice, please notify us by email at data.protection@telegraph.co.uk and we will try to solve the problem promptly. If you are not satisfied with our response, or have any other queries, you can also contact the Information Commissioner at www.ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113.