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MCCARTHY PROPERTIES PRIVACY POLICY

HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

PRIVACY PROMISE

  • We promise to keep your information safe.
  • We promise not to sell it
  • We give you ways to manage and review your marketing choices at any time
  • We keep a record of when and how we get consents and what you were told at the time.

HOW THE LAW PROTECTS YOU

The law says we must have one or more of these reasons to collect your data

  • To fulfil a contract with you
  • When it is our legal duty
  • When it is in our legitimate interest ( which we must define)
  • When you consent.

Transparency means you have the right to be informed about how we will use your data.

WHAT TYPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?

Financial –Your financial position, status and history
Contact – Where you live and how to contact you
Socio-demographic – Details about your work, nationality, education (especially students)
Transactional –Details of payments you make to us
Contractual – Details about the products or services we provide to you
Communications - What we learn about you from letters, emails and conversations between us.
Open data and public records – E.g Electoral Information, Internet, Newspapers
Documentary Data – E.g copies of ID.
Consents – How you agree we can contact you
National identifiers – E.g. National Insurance Number

We also collect Data from Third Parties such as social networks, fraud prevention agencies, public information services.

WE MAY SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH:

  • HMRC , Regulators and other authorities
  • Credit Reference Agencies
  • Fraud Prevention Agencies
  • Any party linked to you ( e.g. Joint Tenant)
  • Workmen needing to enter your house
  • Companies you ask us to share data with ( e.g. Homelet)
  • If you use direct debits we will share your data with the Direct Debit scheme.
  • If we sell our business we will only do this if they agree to keep your information safe.

CREDIT REFERENCE AGENCIES

We will share information with CRA’s and they will give us information about you. The data we exchange can include:

  • Name , address date of birth
  • Application form details
  • Financial situation and history
  • Public Information

We will use this information to:

  • Assess if you can afford the property
  • Make sure what you have told us is the truth
  • Help detect and prevent fraud
  • Track and recover debts

On a joint tenancy, CRA’s may link your data to other joint tenants. You can ask CRA’s to break the link but you normally have to prove you no longer have a financial link with them.

IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE DATA WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER YOU A TENANCY.

HOW LONG WE KEEP INFORMATION FOR

  • We will keep it as long as you are a client
  • After you stop being a client we may keep data for up to 10 years for one or more of the following reasons :-
    To respond to questions or complaints or To show why we have treated you fairly or For historical research and statistical purposes. In the case of legal action of any kind

You can access personal information by writing to us at 450 Oxford Road, Reading, RG30 1EE. You can also ask us to correct any information you believe to be incorrect. We do not have to provide information where the request is disproportionate or has already been given previously.

SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take appropriate technical and organisational precautions to secure your personal information and prevent its loss, misuse or alteration. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers.

The transmission of unencrypted (or inadequately encrypted) data over the internet is inherently insecure, and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security of data sent between us over the internet.

USE OF COOKIES

Like many other websites, our website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns.

Cookies allow us to provide important site functionality so you don’t have to re-enter lots of information. They also allow us to remember what links and pages you have been or viewed during a session. This helps us deliver a better, more personalised service to you.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on the Cookies we use, visit our Cookies Policy {link to Cookies Policy}.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those organisations or the content of their websites. You should read the privacy policies of these organisations before providing them with any personal information.

WHAT IF YOU ASK US TO STOP USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

This is also known as “The right to be forgotten”. There may be legal or other reasons why we need to keep or use your data. In such cases we can restrict the use of your data to legal claims or to exercise legal rights.

  • YOU CAN WITHDRAW CONSENT BY WRITING TO US AT 450 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1EE.
  • YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO US IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH HOW WE HAVE USED YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AT 450 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1EE.
  • YOU CAN ALSO COMPLAIN TO THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AT WWW.ICO.ORG.UK FIND OUT ON THEIR WEBSITE HOW TO REPORT A CONCERN.

ADDITIONALLY
VITAL INTERESTS – We can pass on details in an emergency e.g. medical care if you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent.

FEES
We supply a copy of information free of charge. We can charge a reasonable fee when a request is manifestly unfounded, or excessive, particularly if it is repetitive. We may charge a fee where we have already supplied the information.

We must supply information without delay and in any event within one month. This can be extended by up to 2 months if during that month the request is considered complex and/or numerous, and if we do we have to explain why.

We must verify the identity of the person making the request using “reasonable means”

REVIEW OF THIS POLICY
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated on 3rd July 2018. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other sections of the website and/or notify you by email.

DATA PROTECTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT
This will allow an organisation to identify and fix problems at an early stage. Further guidance see ICO Conducting privacy impact assessments code of Practice.

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