Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15/04/2026

This Privacy Policy explains how BEE THE WINNER LTD (“Bee The Winner“, “we“, “us“, “our“) collects, uses, stores and protects your personal data when you use our website, create an account, enter a competition, contact us or otherwise interact with us.

We are committed to handling your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently.

1. Who We Are

BEE THE WINNER LTD
Unit 12, Lythgoe House
Bolton
BL3 2NZ
United Kingdom

Company number: 17027870
Email: office@beethewinner.co.uk

For the purposes of UK data protection law, Bee The Winner is the data controller of your personal data.

2. The Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

  • your full name;
  • your date of birth;
  • your postal address;
  • your email address;
  • your telephone number;
  • your account login details;
  • your payment and transaction information, although card payments may be processed by third-party payment providers and we may not store full payment card details;
  • your competition entry details, including entry numbers, transaction history, postal entries and prize claims;
  • communications you send to us by email, contact form, social media or otherwise;
  • identity and verification information where needed to confirm age, identity, address or prize eligibility;
  • technical and usage data such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and website interactions;
  • marketing preferences and records of whether you have opted in or out of marketing communications.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We collect personal data:

  • directly from you when you create an account, enter a competition, submit a postal entry, contact us or claim a prize;
  • automatically when you use our website, including through cookies and similar technologies, where permitted;
  • from service providers who help us process payments, verify identity, deliver prizes, host our website or provide analytics and marketing tools;
  • from publicly available sources or official databases where necessary to verify your identity, age, address or eligibility.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We use your personal data to:

  • create and manage your account;
  • process and administer your competition entries;
  • allocate entry numbers and maintain entry records;
  • take payment and keep transaction records;
  • provide customer support and respond to enquiries;
  • verify your identity, age, address and eligibility;
  • contact you if you win a prize or need to claim a prize;
  • deliver prizes or arrange prize fulfilment;
  • prevent fraud, abuse, duplicate accounts, unlawful activity or misuse of our website;
  • operate, secure, maintain and improve our website and services;
  • comply with legal, regulatory and tax obligations;
  • send you service communications relating to your account, entries or prizes;
  • send you marketing communications where permitted by law and where you have opted in or we otherwise have a lawful basis to do so;
  • record and publish winner information where necessary to demonstrate that our competitions have been properly conducted.

5. Our Lawful Bases for Processing

Under UK data protection law, we rely on one or more of the following lawful bases depending on the purpose of processing:

  • Contract – where processing is necessary to create your account, process your entry, administer a competition, contact a winner or deliver a prize;
  • Legal obligation – where we must process personal data to comply with legal or regulatory requirements;
  • Legitimate interests – where it is necessary for our legitimate interests in running, protecting and improving our business and website, preventing fraud, handling customer service, maintaining records and, where appropriate, certain marketing activities;
  • Consent – where consent is required, for example for certain marketing communications or certain cookies and similar technologies.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider and balance our interests against your rights and freedoms.

6. Marketing

We may send you marketing communications by email or other electronic means where:

  • you have given consent; or
  • we are otherwise permitted to do so under applicable law.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us at office@beethewinner.co.uk.

If you object to direct marketing, we will stop using your personal data for that purpose.

7. Winner Announcements and Publicity

If you win a competition, we may publish limited winner information such as your first name, surname initial, town or county, and winning entry number on our website or social media channels where this is reasonably necessary to show that the competition has been properly conducted.

We may also ask winners to participate in reasonable publicity relating to the competition or prize. If there is a legal reason why you want less information published, you may contact us and we will consider your request.

8. Who We Share Your Personal Data With

We may share your personal data with:

  • payment providers and payment processors;
  • website hosting providers and technical support providers;
  • email and communication service providers;
  • identity, age or fraud verification providers;
  • delivery companies, couriers and fulfilment providers;
  • analytics, advertising and website tool providers, where applicable and where permitted;
  • professional advisers such as accountants, auditors, insurers or legal advisers;
  • regulators, law enforcement bodies, courts or public authorities where we are legally required to do so;
  • third-party prize partners where necessary to fulfil a prize.

We require third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to process it lawfully.

9. International Transfers

Some of our service providers may process personal data outside the UK. Where that happens, we take appropriate steps to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable data protection law, such as using approved contractual safeguards or relying on an adequacy decision where available.

10. How Long We Keep Your Personal Data

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, fraud prevention and record-keeping requirements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, but in general we may retain:

  • account data for as long as your account remains active and for a reasonable period afterwards;
  • transaction, competition and prize fulfilment records for as long as necessary to meet legal, tax, accounting and dispute-resolution requirements;
  • marketing records until you withdraw consent, unsubscribe, object or the data is no longer needed;
  • technical and analytics data for as long as reasonably needed for security, troubleshooting and performance analysis.

Where data is no longer required, we will delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies such as analytics tags, tracking tools, pixels or scripts.

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website. Others, including analytics, advertising or performance cookies, may require your consent.

For more information about the cookies and similar technologies we use, how they work and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Policy.

12. Your Rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • request access to your personal data;
  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
  • request deletion of your personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • object to direct marketing;
  • request transfer of certain personal data to you or another provider;
  • withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent;
  • complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”).

You can exercise your rights by contacting us at office@beethewinner.co.uk.

13. How We Protect Your Personal Data

We take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no website, transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing them with your personal data.

15. Children

Our competitions and website are not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 18 in connection with our competition services.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page with the updated date shown at the top.

17. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:

BEE THE WINNER LTD
Unit 12, Lythgoe House
Bolton
BL3 2NZ
United Kingdom

Email: office@beethewinner.co.uk

18. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we use your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection matters.