BAT WCA - A visitor to this website

A visitor to this website

This section of the Privacy Notice applies to visitors of the BAT.com website and those individuals who are interested in BATWCA’s updates, events or make an enquiry via this website. Here we tell you which BAT company is primarily responsible for your personal information, what we collect, why we collect it, how legally we can use it and for how long.

Which BAT company is primarily responsible for your personal information?

The company responsible for your personal information collected on this site is British American Tobacco Marketing Nigeria Limited with its registered offices at 2 Olumegbon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

What personal data do we hold about you and where does it come from?

We don't make any routine use of your personal information. Non-personally identifiable information is captured in statistical form, i.e. Google Analytics statistics about the online footfall to our site. Unless you fill in a form on our website, we can't identify you.

We only collect and hold the personal information you provide to us when you visit our website, such as through filling out a contact form, or if you sign up to receive communications regarding BATWCA updates or news on events.

How do we use your personal data, how do we legally do this and how long do we keep it for?

For a general description of all the ways we use your personal information please click back to section 3 of this Privacy Notice. However, in respect of the way we use your personal information in the context of the relationship that you have with us in visiting the BAT.com website, please see below

Why do we hold your information What type of information? How legally can we use your information? How long do we keep it for?
To respond to any query that you have asked us.
  • Name and contact information
  • Any information that you provide to us in submitting your query through our contact form.
It is in your interest that any concerns you have relating to BAT are resolved 1 year after the point in which it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we obtained it.
Where you request us to do so, to communicate our events and updates to you
  • Name and contact information
We rely on your consent to communicate with you for these purposes. We will keep this information for as long as you would like to receive information about our events. We will delete this information if you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent.

We may need to keep your information longer than the periods stated above. This could be because of the following reasons:

  • to potentially establish, bring or defend legal proceedings or to comply with a legal or regulatory requirement;
  • to be able to deal with external or internal audits.

When it is no longer necessary for us to keep your information, we will delete it from our systems. Afterwards, we only retain aggregated data from which you cannot be identified for analytical purposes.