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You should read this Privacy Statement carefully. Once you use our online service you will be deemed as having read and accepted this Statement. You must not use our service if you do not accept this Statement.
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SME Insurance Services Ltd (company number 03798294) is the data controller in relation to the Service and your personal data. Our registered address is Chantrell House, The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7HA. If you have any queries relating to our use of your personal data or any other data protection issues, please contact us.
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Information we collect
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We may collect personal information about you which you give to us when you use our Service, for example, in order to obtain a quote for shop insurance. We may also need to store details of your transactions and details of your financial information. We will not keep the information for longer than is necessary.
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How we use information about you
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We may use your personal information to:
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- enable you to access and use the Service; and/or
- personalise aspects of our overall service to you; and/or
- communicate with you; and/or
- process a transaction between you and a third party.
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Passing on information about you
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Once you use our Service, you will be deemed as having given your consent to us disclosing your personal information to the following parties:
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- third parties whose products are shown on the compare quotes pages of our website
- The Financial Services Authority and/or other regulatory/governing bodies for the purposes of compliance monitoring;
- other third parties either where necessary for those third parties to provide additional products or services requested by you or with your prior consent.
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Informing you about other products which may be of interest
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We would like to keep you informed by phone, e-mail or text of other products and services which we feel you may benefit from. We will ask you to confirm your acceptance of us using your data for these purposes and that you consent to us disclosing your personal information to our business partners, whose products and services may be of interest to you.
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Electronic Communications
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When you agree to receive electronic communications from us, you also agree to receive additional communications on products and services which we believe you may be interested in. Any electronic communications we send you will include clear and concise instructions to follow should you wish to unsubscribe at any time.
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Third party providers
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SME Insurance Services gives you access to products and services from some of the UK's major financial services companies. To do so we need to disclose relevant information to them to provide the quotation/s you have requested. This data will be held in the strictest confidence and used only for the purposes it has been collected.
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Security
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We have put in place, and will maintain and update, sophisticated processes and technology to ensure your privacy is protected from unauthorised access and improper use. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. As a result, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, and you do so at your own risk. Sensitive information, for example, your security information and credit card details, is encrypted to minimise the risk of interception during transit.
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Cookies
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Small text files, known as cookies, are widely used on the Internet. We use cookies to collect site usage information and to help users navigate around the site more easily. You can change your browser settings to not accept cookies but if you do so this may affect your usage of our website.
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Your Rights
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You have certain rights under the Data Protection Act 1998. For example, we will always let you have a copy of all personal information we have about you should you request it. We may charge you a fee for a copy of such information.
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Third-Party Web Beacons
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We use third-party web beacons from Yahoo to help analyze where visitors go and what they do while visiting our
website. Yahoo may also use anonymous information about your visits to this and other websites in order to improve its products and
services and provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to
know your choices about not having this information used by Yahoo!, click here:
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