How we use your personal information
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (RGS-IBG) takes its duty to process your personal data very seriously. Our full policy explains how we collect, manage, use and protect your personal data.
Who are we?
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is a charity registered in England and Wales (no. 208791) at 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR.
What personal data do we collect?
To enter this competition, you must provide us with some personal details including: your name, age, email address, school, and the name and email address of your teacher. We will be very clear with you if we wish to collect further information, such as date of birth, and include our reason for collecting such information.
Why do we need your personal data?
Your information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and only used in connection with your competition entry provided to the RGS-IBG and The Financial Times. Your data will not be shared with any third parties. Details of winning entries will be published on our respective website and used in a press release, and also become part of the Society’s historical archive. Further details can be found in the Society's privacy notice.
What do we do with your personal data?
We will share your entry and some personal data with the Financial Times and our competition judges. These judges are selected by RGS-IBG and The FT. They require this data in order to review your entry. If we need to share your entries beyond these groups of people, we will anonymise your entry.
We hold your information only as long as necessary for the purpose of completing the activity for which it was collated. If you decide not to support the RGS-IBG any more or request that we have no further contact with you, we will keep some basic information in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future and to ensure that we don’t accidentally duplicate information.
All individuals have the right to access personal information that is held about them. You can request a copy of any information that we hold about you. Please contact us if you wish to make such a request by emailing education@rgs.org
Your rights
You have a number of rights under data protection laws. To find out more about those rights, to make a complaint, to request that we no longer use your data, please refer to the Society's privacy notice.