Introduction
The Malta Broadcasting Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’ or ‘we’) takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to protecting and securing any personal data we may collect from you. We take all safeguards necessary to prevent unauthorized access and we do not give your personal details collected from you as a visitor and/or user, to third parties, unless:
These third parties are engaged by the Authority in the carrying out of its duties;
You give us your consent to do so;
The personal data is under a legal or regulatory duty to do so.
This privacy policy contains provisions applicable to our website, and the facilities offered therein, and explains how we collect your personal data, what personal data we may collect about you, why we need it, what we do with it, how long we keep it for and what your rights are.
The Data Controller of this website, who determines the purpose and means of processing of the personal data collected, is the Authority whose principal place of business is situated at 7, Mile End Road, Ħamrun ĦMR 1719, Malta.
This privacy policy has been updated for the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) so please read it carefully.
How we collect your personal data
The term ‘personal data’ refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, address and/or email address. The Authority collects your personal data when you make use of the following services available on our website:
‘Contact Us’ form
Subscribing to our newsletter
What personal data we may collect about you
We collect the following types of personal data from you to offer you a service therefore acting as data processors on your behalf:
Your Full Name
Your Email Address
Your Telephone Number
Why we need your personal data
The Authority may collect and process your personal data for the following purposes:
To carry out its legal and enforcement functions;
To provide you with the services you have requested;
To maintain an effective communication channel with you throughout the execution of a service, to manage our relationship with you as our client and to improve our services and enhance your experience with us in the future;
To respond, with your express consent, to any comments or complaints we may receive from you, and/or in accordance with our legitimate interests including to investigate any complaints received from you or from others, about our website or our services;
To provide you with our latest updates.
Where applicable and allowed, you are given the opportunity to opt-out. You will continue to be able to opt-out of electronic communications at any time by following the instructions in the relevant communication.
What we do with your personal data
Your personal data is processed in our offices in Ħamrun located in Malta. Hosting and storage of your data takes place on our dedicated servers located within the Broadcasting Authority premises in Ħamrun.
We may also share your personal data with the below third parties:
Any regulatory authority or statutory body pursuant to a request for information or any legal obligation which applies to us;
Our professional advisors such as our auditors, consultants and external legal and financial advisors;
Third-party services who support our day-to-day activities which may include: WeTransfer, Sage, and Active Directory.
No other third-party vendors have access to your data, unless specifically required by law.
How long we keep your personal data
Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy policy, we keep your personal data only for as long as required by the Authority. After this period, your personal data will be irreversibly destroyed. Any personal data held by us to provide you with our latest updates will be kept by us until such time that you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information.
We will not retain your data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purpose it is being processed for. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the purposes for which we process it and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data that your browser stores on your computer’s hard drive upon visiting any website. At the Broadcasting Authority, we use cookies to provide you with the best online experience when you browse our website and to collect statistics about how you use our website to see how we can improve. Other cookies are used to provide tailored advertising by trusted third parties.
Our website uses the following cookies:
Essential Cookies: these cookies are required for basic site functionality and are therefore always enabled.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: these cookies collect data about the site performance and use it to improve the way our website works.
Third Party Cookies: these cookies are most frequently used for online advertising and offer the possibility to connect you to your social networks and share content from our site through social media. These cookies are set by a third-party site separate from ours.
You can manage cookies using the cookie banner which pops up the first time you access our website.
Your Rights
As an individual, you have the right to request:
Access to your personal data;
An electronic copy of your personal data (portability);
Correction of your personal data if it is incomplete or inaccurate;
Deletion or restriction of your personal data in certain circumstances provided by applicable law; or
Withdrawal of your consent at any time where we have obtained it for the processing of your personal data.
To give you a better service, our site may contain links to third party websites, both local and international. Please note that when accessing these websites, you will no longer be subject to this policy but to the privacy policy of the new site. Therefore, we shall not take responsibility for the content, use, privacy practices or the consent of any such websites. For this purpose, we recommend you to read the privacy policy and terms of use of these third party websites.
Our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data. You should be able to see the padlock symbol in the URL address bar and the URL address must start with “https://” depicting a secure website. SSL applies encryption between two end points such as your PC and the connecting server. Any data transmitted while you are accessing the website will be encrypted before being sent, and then decrypted at the receiving end. This will ascertain that data cannot be read during transmission.
If there any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the ‘Privacy Policy’ page every time you access our website so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.
If you still feel that your personal data has not been handled appropriately, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information & Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) office, located on Floor 2, Airways House, Triq Il-Kbira, Tas-Sliema SLM 1549, Malta, either by submitting the online complaint form (https://register.idpc.org.mt/report-breach/complaint/) or by sending an email to idpc.info@idpc.org.mt.
How to contact us about your personal data on this privacy policy
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or about your personal data, please send us an email on info.ba@ba.org.mt or write to us at the following address:
Data Protection Officer
Malta Broadcasting Authority
7, Mile End Road,
Ħamrun HMR1719,
Malta