Visit North Yorkshire Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how and why we process your personal data within Visit North Yorkshire. This notice should be read in conjunction with our Corporate Privacy Notice.

Who are we?

North Yorkshire Council is a ‘Data Controller’ as defined by Article 4(7) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Visit North Yorkshire are responsible for:

  • Marketing North Yorkshire as a desirable visitor destination, including details of attractions, businesses, events and other inspirational content.
  • Serve visitor queries and interests through the provision of comprehensive digital content, responding to enquiries,
  • Offering tourism businesses marketing opportunities through print, digital and physical advertising channels.

What personal information do we collect?

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Address
  • Interests
  • Visitor queries or requests for information
  • Competition entries

Why do we collect your personal information and what is our lawful basis for processing?

We use this information to respond to queries and requests for information, send our eNewsletter, and fulfil competitions.

The legal basis for this is consent.

How long do we keep your information for?

If you have subscribed to receive our eNewsletter we will retain your information until you opt out, or your email address becomes inactive If you contact us or complete an online form for a competition or other engagement, will retain your information for a maximum of 6 months.

Other relevant transparency Information

For more information about how we use your data, including your privacy rights and the complaints process, please see our Corporate Privacy Notice.

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