Privacy Statement
- This site does not automatically collect or store personal information regarding its users. The site may log the IP Address and Session Information, such as the duration of visit and type of software used to access the site. This data is used solely for the administration of the site and for statistical purposes to enable us to evaluate the services offered.
- We do not use cookies for the collection of personal information; however,they may be used to store information regarding your visits to the site, and to recall information previously entered by yourself for the purposes of site interaction. This information will be stored on your computer only and will not be collected, stored or processed by us.
- We may askyou for personal information in order to make available specific services you wish to take part in such as newsletters, of financial services. In each case we will use the information to provide you with the specified services. We will also use and retain information regarding regulated services in order to comply with the requirements of the FinancialConductAuthority and may transmit data to our auditors and regulators for the purposes of compliance with the requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority. This may include transmission of information outside the European EconomicArea. Where this is the case your information will be treated in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998.Where we wish to collect information for the purposes of marketing,we will make this clear before any information is collected.
- Summary of Terms: 1 IP Address – A series of numbers used to identify your computer, in order to access content on the Internet (e.g. 255.0.01). For users accessing via an Internet service Provider, e.g. AOL this will often be different every time you log on and cannot be used to personally identify you unless your Internet Service Provider provides that information. 2 Cookie – A smallfile containing only text, which can be created by your internet software when sent an instruction to do soby a web site. Your internet software (e.g. Internet Explorer) will have various settings to control the use of these, however turning them off may limit the content available to you on the internet.
Data Protection
- When personal information is collected on the website it is in the accordance of the Data Protection rules: Make the user aware of what personal information is being collected, if any other sources will be used to collect data regarding the individual this should be stated;Make the user awareof the purpose of the collection of the information: this is especially important where the information is being collected for marketing purposes as otherwise no marketing may be carried out;Ensure that no personal data is collected and retained unless it is strictly necessary: examples given by the Information Commissioner include requesting a person’s full name and address for the provision of online quotations;Use themost up-to-date technology to protect data stored on the site, or transmitted fromthe site; thus,financial details should be collected only where a secure server is available;The Information Commissioner recommends the use of a Privacy Statement on websites, e.g.