How we use your information This privacy notice applies to the information you submit to us for the purpose of creating and maintaining your account and access to the system.

Information we collect via email

What we collect	Why we need it
Your name and professional information; including contact information	To register you for use of our site and maintain and monitor your registration To provide you with the information that you request from us To notify you about changes to our service To secure the BEEDS Portal

Information we collect as you use the Portal

When you use this web portal (‘BEEDS Portal’), the Bank of England (‘we’ or the ‘Bank’) may automatically collect the following information:

What we collect	Why we need it
Technical information including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform	To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
Information about your visit Information about your visit such as the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page	To keep users secure, for audit purposes and performance monitoring
Cookies Such as ASP.NET_SessionId - Session Identifier	The BEEDS Portal is a web-based application requires the use of cookies to provide the service. Please refer to https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy for more information about cookies (including for how and when they can be disabled)

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

You can find more information about cookies, including how to control the use of these through your browser settings, at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

What we do with your personal data

The processing of your personal data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority of the Bank.

In the event that we require technical support from our vendor, we may share your personal information for this purpose.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Bank.

We will keep your personal data for up to 8 years from the point of your last active session.

External Links Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of other third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Your rights You have a number of rights under data protection laws (for example, you have the right to ask us for a copy of the personal data the Bank holds about you. This is known as a ‘Subject Access Request’). You can ask us to change how we process or deal with your personal data, and you may also have the right in some circumstances to have your personal data amended or deleted. To find out more about those rights, to make a complaint, or to contact our Data Protection Officer, please see our website at https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/legal/privacy