Your trust is very important to us. This means the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law.
Why are we doing this and how can you participate?
Our Rap Map website is an interactive map aimed at showcasing the UK rap scene by giving you, as an up-and-coming rapper, a place to share verses about where you’re from. The Rap Map is open to the whole nation, challenging young and hungry rappers like you to record your own hometown homage on your phone and upload it to our Rap Map.
You may be lucky enough to be selected by DJ Target to be played on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s 1Xtra Show, and your rap will also be flagged to others on the Rap Map to show that DJ Target thinks yours is particularly good.
If you submitted a video to our Rap Map in 2020 during Rap Game Season 2, you and other users will also be able to toggle between your submission last year and this year’s submission.
We will collect your personal information for the purpose of producing and broadcasting Rap Map. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ production team will collect your personal information via an online platform used by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
If your contribution is broadcast by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, this may include the programme and/or your contribution being available online and/or on demand, and your contribution may be used again by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ in a future broadcast.
What ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will collect and how we will use it?
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will collect and process the information that you have provided to us about yourself. There are two types of information you may provide: personal data and special category data.
You must be 18 years or older to upload your video to the Rap Map. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will collect and process the following personal data about you:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your age
- Your artist name
- Your video
- Your profile picture
- Your full postcode. We will use the first half of this postcode to be able to place your rap on an approximate location on the map.
- Your Soundcloud and YouTube URLs, if you choose to share them
Your artist name and profile picture will be published alongside your video.
Although we will never directly ask you for this information, it is possible the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will also collect and process special category data depending on the content of your creation. This might include for example:
- Race or ethnicity
- Health
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Sexual orientation
Who is the Data Controller?
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is the "data controller" of your personal data. This means that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ decides what your personal data is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. For the avoidance of doubt, your personal data will be collected and processed solely for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. The purposes for processing are to administer the Rap Map and to contact you to use your submission for one of our productions, as part of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing, or to invite you to take part in the Rap Game Season 4.
As the data controller, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has the responsibility to comply, and to demonstrate compliance with, data protection law.
Lawful basis for processing your personal data
The legal basis on which the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ processes your personal data is on the basis of our legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests are: supporting the UK music industry by discovering and supporting unsigned, undiscovered and under the radar musicians; and assisting artists by providing them with a platform to promote their music.
With your permission and if you’re selected, we may invite you to participate in Rap Game Season 4 or one of our radio programmes, or to take part in ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing. We might also contact you for any future similar programme you might be interested in, if you’ve opted into this.
Do we share your personal information with Third Parties?
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ also 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and not independently of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
We will not share any personal data with a third party without your prior consent unless required or permitted by law.
Retaining your information
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will retain your personal data for up to five (5) years from the date of the upload, after which it will be deleted. During that five (5) year period we may re-upload your rap on the Rap Map.
If your video is used for broadcast, it will be retained in perpetuity and archived by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ. Please be aware that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ may upload your content to social media.
You can ask us to delete your rap at any time by contacting rapmap@bbc.co.uk.
Your personal data is stored within the UK and EEA.
Your rights and more information
You have rights under data protection law.
You can request a copy of the personal data ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ stores about you.
You have the right to ask for the personal data we collect about you to be deleted however there are limitations and exceptions to this right which may entitle the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ to refuse your request.
In certain circumstances, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data or to object to the processing of your personal data.
You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data to you or to another organisation, in certain circumstances.
You can contact our, Data Protection Officer if you have questions or you wish to find out more details about your rights, please visit the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at .
If you have a concern about the way the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) .
Updating this privacy notice
We will revise the privacy notice if there are significant changes to how we use your personal data.