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Getting in touch with The Food Chain

If you'd like to contact The Food Chain - feel free to send us an email. Details on how we use your data is below.

Privacy Notice

The BBC is the 'data controller' of any personal information you send us (including your name and contact details, as well as any other information you have chosen to provide to us about yourself or another person). This means that the BBC decides what your personal data is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. We will process the personal data you have submitted for the purpose of using it to produce People Fixing the World and any related content.

The legal basis on which the BBC processes your personal data is on the basis of our legitimate interests in producing journalistic content. We carefully consider your interests, rights and freedoms when seeking to rely on our legitimate interests. Any sensitive personal data that you choose to provide will be processed on the basis of the public interest in the BBC producing journalistic content. The BBC will retain your data in accordance with its Corporate Retention Schedule. If we use personal data you provide in the production of Food Chain, we will retain this permanently for our journalistic and investigative purposes. If we do not use personal data you provide in the production of Food Chain, we will retain this for up to a year from receipt.

Data protection law gives you certain rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to request access, rectification or erasure of your personal data or restriction of its processing, and the right to object to processing.


If you have any questions about how the BBC handles your personal information or you wish to find out about your rights, please visit the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. If you wish to contact the BBC to exercise your rights in relation to your personal data, please contact Data Protection Enquiries.