We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it
from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. It will also provide you with information about the cookies we use on our website.
This privacy and cookie policy is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below. Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this
privacy and cookie policy.
1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?
4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
10. GLOSSARY
This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Pearson 1860 Limited collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you
sign up to our newsletter, purchase a product or service or enter a promotion or respond to a survey.
This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so
that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.
Pearson 1860 Limited is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy).
We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal
rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact our data privacy manager in the following ways:
Full name of legal entity: Pearson 1860 Limited
Postal address:1A St. Leonards Road, East Sheen, London, SW14 7LY
Telephone number: (+44) 208 642 2095
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority 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.
We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on 1 February 2021. Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections 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. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect, use and shareAggregated Datasuch as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data willnotdirectly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with
this privacy policy.
We do not collect anySpecial Categories of Personal Dataabout you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex
life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to
enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Technical Data from the following parties:
(a)analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
(b)advertising networks based insideor outside the EU; and
(c)search information providers based inside or outside the EU.
(d)Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services such as PayPal Ltd. Or Sage Pay Europe Limited, Klarna V12 Retail Finance.
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:
Click hereto find out more about the types of lawful basis that we will rely on to process your personal data.
Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.
PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
Purpose/Activity |
Type of data |
Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest |
To register you as a new customer |
(a) Identity (b) Contact |
Performance of a contract with you |
To process and deliver your order including: (a) Manage payments, fees and charges (b) Collect and recover money owed to us |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us) |
To manage our relationship with you which will include: (a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy (b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation (c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services) |
To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business) |
To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications (f) Technical |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences |
(a) Technical (b) Usage |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical (d) Usage (e) Profile (f) Marketing and Communications |
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business) |
to provide a consistent chat experience across the user's session on the website |
a) Identity b) Contact |
Necessary for our legitimate interests to ensure (tomake appropriate recommendation and support and grow our business ) |
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may
be relevant for you (we call this marketing).
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.
We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.
You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you.
Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.
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Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
More information |
Cloudflare |
__cfduid |
Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It |
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Cloudfare |
_ga |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a |
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Cloudfare |
_mkto_trk |
This cookie is associated with an email marketing service provided by Marketo. This tracking cookie allows a website to link visitor behaviour to the recipient of an email marketing campaign, to measure |
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Cloudfare |
cfmrk_userLangRedirect |
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SIDCC |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
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SID |
This is a very common cookie name but where it is found as a session cookie it is likely to be used as for session state management. |
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SAPISID |
This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works |
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NID |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. |
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1P_JAR |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
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APISID |
This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works |
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SSID |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
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HSID |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. |
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CONSENT |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
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Pearson1860 |
_ga |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a |
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Pearson1860 |
_gid |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for |
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Pearson1860 |
_cfduid |
Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It |
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Trustpilot |
__hstc |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. |
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Trustpilot |
_biz_pendingA |
This cookie is used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site. The data is aggregated and analyzed; therefore, it remains anonymous upon use. |
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Trustpilot |
hideBusinessAccountsSelectorModal_5d6675c32d9411001eee0afb |
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Trustpilot |
ajs_group_id |
These cookies track visitor usage and events within the website. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year. |
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Trustpilot |
_vis_opt_s |
This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie distinguishes |
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Trustpilot |
tp-b2b-selected-business-unit-id |
This cookie helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year. |
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Trustpilot |
ajs_anonymous_id |
These cookies are generally used for Analytics and help count how many people visit a certain site by tracking if you have visited before. This cookie has a lifespan of 1 year. |
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Trustpilot |
_gcl_au |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services |
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Trustpilot |
_ga |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a |
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Trustpilot |
TP.uuid |
These cookies are used by the TrustPilot service to identify you and enable you to leave reviews of our products and services. |
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Trustpilot |
ajs_user_id |
This cookie helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year. |
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Trustpilot |
_vwo_uuid_v2 |
This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a |
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Trustpilot |
_biz_nA |
This cookie is used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site. The data is aggregated and analyzed; therefore, it remains anonymous upon use. |
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Trustpilot |
hubspotutk |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as |
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Trustpilot |
__auc |
This cookie is used to collect information on consumer behavior, which is sent to Alexa Analytics. |
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Trustpilot |
_hjid |
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in |
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Trustpilot |
amplitude_id_de1e2fc13cf22ef1024015ecc1bb8ccdtrustpilot.com |
These cookies are used by the TrustPilot service to identify you and enable you to leave reviews of our products and services. TrustPilot’s Privacy Policy |
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Trustpilot |
amplitude_id_67f7b7e6c8cb1b558b0c5bda2f747b07trustpilot.com |
These cookies are used by the TrustPilot service to identify you and enable you to leave reviews of our products and services. TrustPilot’s Privacy Policy |
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Trustpilot |
_biz_uid |
This cookie is used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site. The data is aggregated and analyzed; therefore, it remains anonymous upon use. |
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Trustpilot |
_biz_flagsA |
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Trustpilot |
__zlcmid |
Live chat widget sets the cookies to store the Zopim Live Chat ID used to identify a device across visits. |
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Trustpilot |
tp-b2b-current-language |
This cookie helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year. |
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DV |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, |
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OTZ |
Google plus cookies which allow sharing of a page on Google plus account. |
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_ga |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a |
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UULE |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, |
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Pearson1860 |
__stripe_mid |
Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. |
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Pearson1860 |
wp_woocommerce_session_2d362db24a8b26bc2860b709a0f506b3 |
Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. |
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Pearson1860 |
mailchimp_landing_site |
This cookie is used to measure which page was visited first |
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Klaviyo |
__kla_id |
Tracks when someone clicks through a Klaviyo email to your website |
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Klaviyo |
KL_FORMS_MODAL |
Tracks when someone subscribes (opts in) to a form |
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Pearson1860 |
wordpress_logged_in_2d362db24a8b26bc2860b709a0f506b3 |
which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
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Pearson1860 |
wordpress_sec_2d362db24a8b26bc2860b709a0f506b3 |
This cookie is used to store your authentication details. Its use is limited to the admin console area, /wp-admin/ |
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Pearson1860 |
wordpress_test_cookie |
Used on sites built with WordPress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled |
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Pearson1860 |
woocommerce_items_in_cart |
This cookie is used by woocommerce and contains the end user’s cart information. |
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Pearson1860 |
wp-settings-1 |
Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. |
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Pearson1860 |
wp-settings-time-1 |
WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly |
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Pearson1860 |
cookie_notice_accepted |
Records that cookie notice has been accepted |
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Pearson1860 |
woocommerce_cart_hash |
This cookie is used by woocommerce and contains the end user’s cart information. |
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Hubspot | __hs_opt_out | This cookie is used by theopt-in privacy policyto remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. | |
Hubspot | __hs_do_not_track | This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. | |
Hubspot | __hs_initial_opt_in | This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode. | |
Hubspot | __hs_cookie_cat_pref | This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to. | |
Hubspot | hs_ab_test | This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of anA/B test pagethey’ve seen before. | |
Hubspot | messagesUtk | This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you | |
Hubspot | <id>_key | When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again. | |
Hubspot | hs-messages-is-open | This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. | |
Hubspot | hs-messages-hide-welcome-message | This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. | |
Hubspot | __hstc | The main cookie for tracking visitors. | |
Hubspot | hubspotutk | This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | |
Hubspot | __hssc | This cookie keeps track of sessions. | |
Hubspot | __hssrc | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. | |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are
likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years.
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you
wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table above.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Some of our external third parties are based outside the EEA so their processing of your personal data may involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see [your legal rights] below for further information.
In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further
notice to you.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. Please click on the links below to find out more about these rights:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively,
we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
Legitimate Interestmeans the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.
Performance of Contractmeans processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
Comply with a legal obligationmeans processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.
You have the right to:
Request accessto your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correctionof the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected,
though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
Request erasureof your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are
required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your
request.
Object to processingof your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your
particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing
purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processingof your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:
Request the transferof your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a
structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any timewhere we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any
processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.