Privacy Policy

This policy does not apply to all pages on this website. Check the policy on each page to see which applies.

This website, the BAS Data Catalogue available at data.bas.ac.uk (and several preview URLs), is provided by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) , which is part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) .

Information we collect about you

We do not collect any information about you, unless you contact us or provide feedback.

We do collect anonymous analytics about the pages you visit and basic information about your web browser.

We use third-party providers to enable these functions, as explained in this policy.

Why we collect this information

We collect your contact information so we can reply to your enquires about items (maps, datasets, etc.).

We invite feedback from users to improve this website or answer your questions.

We collect anonymous analytics to help guide how we develop and update this website.

We collect basic information about your web browser to ensure this website works well for most people.

How we use your information

If you enquire about an item, your personal information will be retained for up to three years and then deleted. It will only be used to contact you regarding your query. If an item relates to an external organisation, we may share an anonymised version of your enquiry with them to help answer your query.

If you provide feedback, your personal information will be retained for up to ninety days and then deleted. It will only be used to contact you regarding your feedback. If deemed relevant to help improve this website, an anonymised version of your feedback may be retained for up to seven years.

Basic information about your device (such as the web browser you use), and analytics information (such as page views), will both be retained for up to seven years and then deleted. This information cannot be used to identify you. It is only used for statistics and to better understand errors and performance issues.

We process your information under the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Privacy Notice .

Item enquires (Microsoft)

We use the Microsoft Power Automate platform to collect item enquires and forward them to the relevant team.

See Microsoft's documentation for general details about how they process information.

Website feedback (Sentry)

We use Sentry to collect user feedback for this website.

In addition to your feedback and contact information, Sentry will collect basic information about your device (such as the web browser you use) which may be relevant to reviewing and responding to your feedback.

Website error and performance monitoring (Sentry)

We use Sentry to monitor errors and/or performance issues within this website.

See their documentation for details on information Sentry collects.

We have configured Sentry not to collect any information that can identify you (including your IP address). Sentry will collect basic information about your device (such as the web browser you use).

Website analytics (Plausible)

We use Plausible to collect website analytics. This includes basic information about your device (such as the web browser you use) but does not include any information that can identify you (including your IP address).

See their data policy for details on how Plausible processes information.

Other privacy policies

Privacy policies from other BAS websites do not apply here.

This website has links to other websites for which we are not responsible.

Changes to this policy

2025-05-08

Updating policy to better explain its scope and reflect changes to the providers we use.

2020-05-11

Initial policy.