Tesco Stores Limited (Tesco) is the data controller of the personal data we may collect as part of your use of this site and connected Tesco Home Panel services.
We understand that looking after the personal data you share with us is hugely important. We want you to be confident that your data is safe and secure with us and you understand how we use it, this privacy policy (Policy) sets out this key information.
This section tells you what personal data we collect about you:
This section explains in how and why we use your personal data:
Where you have provided us with your feedback on products, we may feature this feedback on our main Tesco websites next to the associated product for other customers to see.
We will display your feedback on the product and will anonymise the feedback with fictitious initials/name.
If you do not wish for your reviews to be used in this way, please let us know (see Contact us section).
Once you have registered to use Tesco Home Panels you can change your contact preferences on your welcome page or by contacting us.
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In relation to the personal data we process under this Policy, we process this based on what is called our “legitimate interests”, these are:
We may share personal data collected under this Policy with other organisations in the following circumstances:
Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted by email: DPO@tesco.com
We know how important it is to protect and manage your personal data. This section sets out some of the measures we have in place:
Whilst we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, it is important that you keep your login details and devices protected from unauthorised access.
The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by companies operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our service providers. If we do this we ensure that your privacy rights are respected in line with this Policy. The most common way we do this is to put in place a specific type of contract called “Standard Contractual Clauses” or through an approved scheme such as the “Privacy Shield”.
We’d like the chance to resolve any complaints you have, however you also have the right to complain to the UK data protection regulator (the ICO) about how we have used your personal data. Their website is https://ico.org.uk/.
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You have the right to see the personal data we hold about you. This is called a “Subject Access Request”.
If you would like a copy of the personal data we hold about you, please write to:
Data Protection Executive (Group Safety, Security and Resilience), Maldon Building, Falcon Way, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA
You can also email us at subjectaccess.request@tesco.com
If you believe we hold incorrect or inaccurate personal data about you please let us know and we will correct it.
In some circumstances you may also have the right to object to our use of your personal data, restrict our use of it or have us delete it.
You can find out more about these rights by visiting the ICO’s website https://ico.org.uk/, or alternatively contacting us (per the Contact us section below).
We will not keep your personal data longer than we need to, how long this is depends on several factors, including:
To contact us about this Policy please email home.panels@tesco.com
This Policy was last updated on November 2020