[Effective date to be confirmed before publication]
1. About this policy
This policy explains how information is handled when you visit the British West Airlines website. The website is informational only. It does not offer accounts, enquiry forms, subscriptions or booking processes, and we do not intentionally collect personal information through it. However, like any website, basic technical information is processed so that the site can be delivered securely.
2. Data controller
The data controller for this website is [legal entity name, company registration number and registered address to be confirmed before publication].
Data protection contact: [contact method for data protection requests to be confirmed before publication].
3. Information processed automatically
When you visit the website, the following technical information may be processed:
- Your IP address
- Browser type, version and device information
- Date and time of the request and the pages requested
- Referring web address, where provided by your browser
- Security and error information generated by the hosting infrastructure
4. Purposes and lawful bases
This information is processed to deliver the website, keep it secure, prevent abuse and diagnose technical problems. The lawful basis is our legitimate interests (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(f)) in operating a secure and reliable website.
5. Hosting and infrastructure providers
The website is hosted using third-party hosting and content-delivery infrastructure, which processes the technical information above on our behalf. Hosting provider: [hosting provider name and location to be confirmed before publication].
6. Security and operational logs
Our hosting providers may keep server and security logs containing technical information to protect against attacks and ensure availability. Access to these logs is restricted.
7. Cookies and browser storage
The website uses only strictly necessary browser storage, to remember that you have seen our privacy and cookie notice. No advertising, analytics or tracking cookies are used. See our Cookie Policy.
8. Third parties
We do not sell or share information with third parties for marketing. The website does not load third-party analytics, advertising, social media or video services. Information is only received by the hosting and infrastructure providers described above, or where required by law.
9. Data retention
Technical and security logs are kept only for as long as necessary for the purposes above. Retention period: [log retention period to be confirmed with the hosting provider before publication].
10. International transfers
Hosting infrastructure may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK adequacy regulations or the International Data Transfer Agreement / Addendum. [transfer details to be confirmed before publication]
11. Your rights under UK GDPR
Subject to certain conditions, you have the right to:
- Access information held about you
- Have inaccurate information corrected
- Have information erased
- Restrict or object to processing
- Data portability, where applicable
To exercise these rights, please use the data protection contact in section 2.
12. Complaints
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time, for example as the British West Airlines project develops. The effective date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.