Privacy policy
How we use your data
About CAP
This is the Privacy Policy of Committee of Advertising Practice Limited (CAP), Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6QT.
The Committee of Advertising Practice takes its responsibilities on the confidentiality of your personal information very seriously. To comply with the Data Protection Act, processing by the Committee of Advertising Practice Ltd (CAP), the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice Ltd (BCAP), the Advertising Standards Authority Ltd (ASA) and the Advertising Standards Authority (Broadcast) Ltd (ASA(B)) is covered by notifications with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Our Privacy Policy is set out below. Please read this Policy with care; it describes how we will process your data. If you have any questions or comments, email data.protection@cap.org.uk.
Where your data is held
Your personal data is held on secure servers operated by CAP, BCAP, ASA and ASA(B) and agencies contracted by us. We do not transfer your data outside the EEA and we comply with the protection offered to you under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Data Security
Personal data is collected and stored securely subject to stringent security measures and is protected against misuse. When we use external data processing services, we do so only under strict contractual terms to mirror the security policies that we have in place.
The information we collect
As well as name and contact details, we ask you to supply information about the type of organisation you work for or to tell us if you are a consumer; that and any other information we gather about you will help us tailor the information we send you to your needs.
What we do with your data and what we don’t do
We shall process the data you supply to give you information and advice about the activities of CAP, BCAP, ASA and ASA(B). If you have given your consent, we may communicate with you via email, SMS, post or telephone. We will not share your data for marketing purposes outside CAP, BCAP, ASA and ASA(B).
This website explains how to subscribe to CAP and ASA communications. If you want to update your personal data and preferences for communications from us please go to login and go to My Account.
External links
The CAP website contains links to other sites, including those of CAP members. CAP members’ sites are expected to comply with applicable UK law as well as the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing, where relevant. Other links will lead you to websites operated by third parties under different privacy policies. Should you choose one of those links, you will be leaving the CAP site and this Privacy Policy will no longer apply.
Access to your information
You have the right to ask CAP for a copy of the personal information CAP, BCAP, ASA and ASA(B) hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to correct any inaccuracies in that information. If you would like access to your information, please contact data.protection@cap.org.uk.
Cookie Policy
The CAP website cookie policy can be found here and informs users what cookies are used on this site and how to manage them.
Newsletters
Our e-newsletters will be used to inform you of news related to ASA and CAP, including events. Our subscription lists will not be sold, rented or leased to any third-parties. We use code within our e-newsletter template to identify open rates and click through rates. This enables us to identify which individuals have opened the message or clicked on links within it and better tailor any follow-up communications. You can remove your name from the subscription lists at any time by logging in to My Account or clicking on the unsubscribe link within the newsletter.
Copyright
Copyright in all information, text and images featured on our site is owned by or licensed to CAP, BCAP, ASA or ASA(B). Provided that you acknowledge CAP as the source of the information, you are entitled to download one copy of any of the works on this site for the purposes of study or journalism but you are not entitled to make more copies of that work.
Changes to this policy
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we shall post changes on this page so that you are always aware of how CAP uses your personal information.
