Privacy Policy

BAVirtual is committed to protecting your privacy and compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and its relevant subordinate legislation when handling any personal information. In addition, BAVirtual will ensure it complies with the General Data Protection Regulation which came into effect from 25th May 2018. Subject to the provisions of this policy we will treat any information we obtain about you arising from your use of the BAVirtual website as confidential.

Use by you of the BAVirtual website constitutes an acceptance of this policy which forms part of the use of the BAVirtual website.

This Privacy Policy only extends to this website and does not extend to your use of, provision to and collection of any data on any website to which you may link to by using the hypertext links within the BAVirtual website.

We collect information when you complete an application to join BAVirtual, use the BAVirtual website, when you register and log in, and when you respond to requests to submit personal information about yourself in order to collate data about our users which assists us in the future development of our website and services.

When you visit our website we issue a cookie or unique code that allows us to identify your computer. A cookie is used to note the different areas of the services recently accessed through your computer - this can only be done in relation to this website service and not in relation to any other sites you visit. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used.

We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and its relevant subordinate legislation and we will comply with the principles set out in that Act, and from the 25th May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

When you supply any personal information to us we will meet our legal obligations towards you in the way that we deal with that information. In accordance with the data protection principles we have to collect the information fairly and to let you know how we will use it (see paragraph C).

We do not supply your personal information to third parties except where required by law. We will ensure that any information will be held only as long as is necessary to ensure that our service runs smoothly. We use up to date industry procedures to keep personal data safe and secure as possible and to protect against loss, unauthorized disclosure or access.

We reserve the right to request a copy of a formal form of ID in order to verify your details given on your BAVirtual account should any discrepancies come to light with the details we hold for you. This should take the form of a scan of a passport or other official form of ID issued by a Government department in your country of origin.

We may edit this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any substantial change we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on the BAVirtual forum page under the heading "Changes to the Privacy Policy".

As with all internet activities, BAVirtual advises all pilots to respect the first rule of internet usage and to ensure that they are using unique passwords for all internet sites requiring user login. Utilising the same password throughout your online life opens you up to security issues and potential abuse.