DATA
PROTECTION POLICY
INTRODUCTION
This
statement is made by us in light of the requirements of the data protection act
1998, and our responsibilities to you as a “data controller”.
Please read
this page carefully. If you do not agree with the contents of this statement, do
not submit any personal data to us.
CONSENT
Your use of
this website and your submission of any personal data to us, shall constitute
your consent to allow us to process your personal data in accordance with the
terms of this policy.
For
the purposes of this policy, “personal data” means any personal information
(including sensitive personal data) that is capable of identifying you. This
information may include your name, address, telephone number, fax number or
e-mail address
OPT-OUT
If
you have submitted your personal data, and later decide that you would like us
to discontinue processing your personal data, you can choose to “opt-out”.
To
opt-out, please send an electronic mail headed "opt-out" to us at opt-out@myyorkshirehome.co.uk
specifying the processing activities you would like us to refrain from. Upon
receipt of a written opt-out, we shall discontinue processing your personal data
as requested.
INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE COLLECTED
Personal data
may be requested by us, or voluntarily forwarded by you through one of several
electronic mail hypertext links or contact forms, present in the body of this
website.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA
We shall not
request, collect or process any personal data of a sensitive nature from you,
without first obtaining your express written consent.
COOKIES
In order that
we can monitor and improve this website, we may gather certain information about
you when you use it, including details of your domain name and IP address,
operating system, browser, version, and the web site that you visited prior to
our site. We may do this by way of a “cookie”.
A cookie is
an element of data that our website can send to your browser, which may then
store it on your system.
Cookies allow
us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how
frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas
of our website. We use cookies so that we can give you a better experience when
you return to our website.
Most web
browsers automatically accept cookies. You do not have to accept cookies, and
you should read the information that came with your browser software to see how
you can set up your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie.
Any
disablement of the cookies function may hinder some of the website
functionality, for which we shall not be responsible.
USE OF PERSONAL DATA
The personal
data collected by us from you, may be utilised by us to:
§
process
agreements which have entered into with us.
§
pass
information about you to our agents, advisors and employees to carry out
services for us.
§
notify you
about enhancements to our services such as: functionality changes to the
website, new services and special features, and offers or competitions we think
you will find interesting.
§
market our
products and services and those of any third parties.
§
contact you
by mail, telephone, email, text message, or any other reasonable method.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA BY THIRD PARTIES
We
will only disclose your personal data to carefully selected third parties and
organisations for marketing purpose, if you have opted-in to allow us to do so.
We
may allow other people and organisations to use information we hold about you
for the purpose of providing services you have asked for, or as part of the
process of selling one or more of our businesses.
We
may also disclose information to legal and debt recovery representatives for
debt collection and debt tracing purposes.
We may also
disclose personal data if required to do so by law or in the good-faith and
belief that such action is necessary to:
§
confirm to
the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us;
§
protect and
defend our the rights or property;
§
act under
exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of other users of the
website or the public.
TRANSFERS
Sometimes we
may need to transfer your personal data to countries which do not provide the
same level of data protection as the United Kingdom. If we do need to make such
a transfer, then we shall put a contract in place so as to ensure that the
personal data is adequately protected.
DATA SECURITY
We always
takes appropriate measures to safeguard the personal data we hold from
unauthorised access or improper use.
We a strict
internal security policy with which our employees must comply as a condition of
their employment with us.
ADMINISTRATION
Any enquiries
regarding this policy must be directed in writing for the attention of our data
protection compliance officer.
Under the
data protection act 1998, you have the right to request details of your personal
data held or processed by us.
Please send
such requests in writing to the address above, marked for the attention of the
data protection compliance officer. Any request must be accompanied by the
statutory administration fee of £10.00.
If
you believe that any information held by us is incorrect, inaccurate or
incomplete, you must write without delay to our data protection compliance
officer, highlighting the corrective action to be taken. If any information is
found to be incorrect, it shall be corrected promptly.
