PRIVACY STATEMENT

What information do we collect?

When making an enquiry on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, email address or mailing address. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. Like most websites, we use cookies to enhance your experience, gather general visitor information, and track visits to our website. Please refer to the 'do we use cookies?' section below for information about cookies and how we use them. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Malcolm Jones.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.brooklandscommercialfinance.com (our site). This includes information provided at the time of making an enquiry, subscribing to our newsletter, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.

IP addresses

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalise your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
To send periodic information about our products or services: The email address, telephone number and any contact details you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an enquiry in our enquiry form.

Do we use cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. If you register with us or if you continue to use our site, you agree to our use of cookies.

Where we store your personal data

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. In addition, we may disclose your personal information to third parties in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets or if substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our customers will be one of the transferred assets.

Privacy Policy

Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise the right at any time by contacting us by using the contact details below. Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Under Data Protection regulations individuals have a number of rights. These are as follows:

Right to be informed

Individuals have the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data.
We do this in our Privacy Policy.

Right of access

Individuals have the right to access their personal data and supplementary information. Individuals have the right to obtain:

· confirmation that their data is being processed

· access to their personal data

· other supplementary information

We will not charge for initial requests to provide information, but may charge a fee if requests for further copies of the same information are made. We will provide the requested information to you within a month of receiving your request, unless the request is complex or numerous in which case, we may extend this period by up to a further two months.

Where a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly if it is repetitive, we may charge a fee to provide the information requested or refuse to respond. In these instances, we will inform you and explain our reason.

Before we proceed with any request, we will take steps to verify the identity of the person making the request.

Right to rectification

Individuals have the right to request that inaccurate personal data is rectified, or completed if it is incomplete. If you make such a request, we will take steps to verify whether the data is accurate. Where we accept that the information is inaccurate, we will take steps to rectify it. If we believe that the information is accurate and does not require rectification, we will notify you and explain our reason.

Right to erasure (known as the “Right to be forgotten”)

Individuals have the right to have their personal data erased if:

the personal data is no longer necessary for the purpose which it was originally collected
we rely upon consent as our lawful basis for holding the data and you withdraws that consent
we rely upon legitimate interests as our basis for processing and you object to the processing of your data and there is no overriding legitimate interest to continue this processing
we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes and you object to that processing
we have processed your personal data unlawfully
we have to do it to comply with a legal obligation

The right to erasure does not apply where processing is necessary for one of the following reasons:

to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information
to comply with a legal obligation
for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific research historical research or statistical purposes where erasure is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of that processing
for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

As an example, we are regulated by the FCA and are required to retain records that demonstrate the advice we provide to our customers. These records contain personal information and data that enables us to formulate our advice. We will not remove or delete any personal information or data until such time as our regulatory obligation has been fulfilled in respect of each transaction or piece of advice.

Where a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly if it is repetitive, we may charge a fee to remove the information or refuse to deal with the request. In these instances, we will inform you and explain our reason.

Right to restrict processing

Individuals have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data in certain circumstances. This means that an individual can limit the way that an organisation uses their data in the following circumstances:

you contest the accuracy of your personal data and we are verifying its accuracy
the data has been unlawfully processed and you oppose erasure, requesting restrictions instead
we no longer need the personal data but you need us to keep it in order to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim
you have objected to us processing your data and we are considering whether our legitimate grounds override your request

If you choose to exercise this right, we may not be able to proceed with a transaction or provide you with our advice. This may mean that we are unable to submit or progress an application with a lender or product provider. In these instances, we will notify you of the impact your request.

Where a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly if it is repetitive, we may charge a fee to restrict the information or refuse to deal with the request. In these instances, we will inform you and explain our reason.

Right to data portability

The right to data portability allows individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services. The right to data portability only applies:

to personal data you have provided to us
where the processing is based on your consent or for the performance of a contract
where processing is carried out by automated means

When responding to such a request, we would provide the personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form, typically a .CSV file. We will provide this to you within one month of receiving your request. If your request is complex or requires more time, we may extend this period by up to a further two months. We will contact you and inform you why it will take longer.

Right to object

Individuals have the right to object to:

Processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling)
Direct marketing (including profiling)
Processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.

If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing your personal data unless:

There are compelling legitimate grounds for us to continue to process, which override your interests, rights and freedoms.
The processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

You can exercise your right to object at the first point of contact with us or at any other time by contacting us a detailed below. If exercising your right to object affects or prevent us from being able to provide you with one or any of the services, we offer we will inform you.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

To exercise any of your rights please see below the person you can contact:

Data Protection Officer
Unit 4.09 One Crown Square,
Church Street East,
Woking, Surrey,
GU21 6HR

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: 03455 488002

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. This policy was last modified in December 2024

Information Commissioner Office

Should you have cause to complain, and you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you may be able to refer it to the Information Commissioner Office, which can be contacted as follows:

Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/