Privacy notice

Information you provide

If you register interest or contact BeeEducated, you may provide your name, email address, telephone number, beekeeping experience and the question or message you send. This information is used to respond to your enquiry, understand interest in the Standard and, where appropriate, discuss participation.

Ask BeeEducated

The Ask BeeEducated adviser may keep a limited log of questions and interaction information so BeeEducated can understand what visitors are asking, review answers and improve the service. The adviser is designed not to store raw IP addresses in its question log. Information entered into the adviser should not include passwords, payment details or unnecessary sensitive personal information.

Website, cookies and analytics

The website may use essential cookies needed for security and basic operation. Optional analytics or similar technologies are used only in line with the choices presented through the site consent controls. Hosting and security systems may also create technical server logs as part of normal website operation.

Candidate and assessment information

If you later become a BeeEducated candidate, additional information may be needed to administer your programme, evidence record, assessment, quality assurance, End Point Assessment and credential. Candidate assessment information is handled for those specific purposes and is separate from a simple website enquiry.

Who information may be shared with

Information may be handled by people or service providers who support BeeEducated in operating the website, communications, assessment or quality assurance where this is necessary for the service being provided. Access should be limited to what is needed for the relevant purpose.

How long information is kept

Retention depends on why information was collected. Enquiries submitted through the dedicated 2027 training forms are held in the WordPress enquiry register for up to 24 months under the current automatic retention policy; copies of communications may also exist in email records and authorised backups. General enquiries sent through this website are forwarded by email rather than added to the training enquiry database. Assessment and credential records may need to be retained for longer for quality assurance, appeals and verification. Specific candidate retention periods must be confirmed in the enrolment and assessment notices before those services launch.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you rights to ask for access to your personal information, correction of inaccurate information, deletion, restriction of use, objection to certain uses, or a copy of information in a portable form. Some rights are subject to legal or operational exceptions.

Questions or requests

For a privacy question or request relating to personal information held by BeeEducated, contact bees@beeeducated.co.uk. If a concern cannot be resolved, you may also have the right to raise it with the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

Last reviewed: October 2026. This notice will be updated as BeeEducated services, assessment systems and website features develop.