Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 15 September 2026
Last Updated: 15 September 2026

Bee Aerial (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Data Controller

Bee Aerial is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

Full Legal Entity Name: Bee Aerial
Email Address: info@beeaerial.co.uk
Postal Address: 17 Lyon Road, London, SW19 2RL, United Kingdom
Telephone: 0333 772 0728 / +44 746 355 2116

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, categorized as follows:

Identity Data: Names, titles, job titles, or company names.
Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
Financial & Transaction Data: Payment card details, bank account details, and details about payments to and from you for drone hire, cinematography, survey, or inspection services.
Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform used to access beeaerial.co.uk.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
Aerial Imagery & Footage (Drone Operations): During drone operations (including TV/film production, land surveys, inspections, and event filming), our equipment may inadvertently capture images or video footage containing recognizable individuals or private property.

3. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact, and Financial Data by filling in forms on our website, corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or in person.
Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns via cookies and server logs.
Drone Operations: Aerial camera and sensor footage captured during the performance of contracts for our commercial clients (e.g., media production, property surveys, or event filming).

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Purpose / Activity	Type of Data	Lawful Basis for Processing
To register you as a new client or customer	Identity, Contact	Performance of a contract with you
To process and deliver your order, including drone operations, filming, surveying, and invoicing	Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction	(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due)
To manage our relationship with you (notifying you of changes to terms or privacy policies)	Identity, Contact, Marketing and Communications	(a) Performance of a contract (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To capture aerial footage and imagery during contracted operations	Video/Photographic Footage	Necessary for our legitimate interests (delivering drone cinematography and survey services to clients)
To administer and protect our website and business (troubleshooting, data analysis, system maintenance)	Technical, Usage	Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security)

5. Capturing Aerial Footage & Privacy Considerations

As a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licensed drone operator, Bee Aerial complies with UK aviation regulations and data protection laws:

Inadvertent Data Capture: While conducting aerial filming, mapping, or surveying, we take reasonable steps to minimize the capture of personal data (such as identifiable faces or vehicle registration plates) where individuals are not the primary subject of the shoot.
Data Processing on Behalf of Clients: In many instances, Bee Aerial acts as a Data Processor on behalf of our clients (e.g., TV production companies, construction firms) who determine the scope of the project. Where we act as a Processor, data processing is governed by our contract with that client.

6. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

We may share your personal data with third parties for the purposes set out in Section 4:

Service Providers: IT, system administration, cloud storage, and video editing/processing service providers.
Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers providing consultancy, legal, insurance, and accounting services.
Regulators and Authorities: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), HM Revenue & Customs, or other regulatory authorities where disclosure is required by law.
Clients: Raw or edited aerial media delivered directly to the client who commissioned the project.

7. International Transfers

We operate primarily within the UK and Europe. However, in connection with international filming assignments, we may transfer personal data outside the UK. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing standard contractual clauses (SCCs) or International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTAs) approved by the UK government.

8. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. Access to personal data is restricted to employees, contractors, and agents who have a business need to know.

9. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, regulatory, or operational requirements.

Client Project Data & Media: Stored for the duration required by the client contract or up to 6 years for accounting and legal defense purposes.
General Enquiries: Contact details held for up to 2 years following the last communication.

10. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

Request access to your personal data.
Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
Request erasure of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
Object to processing of your personal data where we rely on a legitimate interest.
Request restriction of processing your personal data.
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or a third party.
Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@beeaerial.co.uk.

11. Third-Party Links

Our website (beeaerial.co.uk) may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. Any updates will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.