cheap loans uk - privacy policy

Smart-Quotes has put in place measures to ensure that any personal information or data that we obtain over the Internet is processed in accordance with the accepted principles of good information handling.

Smart-Quotes may hold some or all of the personal information and data ("the data") provided during an application process. Smart-Quotes is the trading name of Smart-Quotes Limited, which is the registered data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998.

All electronic data retained by us is held securely and in confidence in our computerised records. The Smart-Quotes site is Thawte Authenticated and is secured by "SSL", which encrypts all data transmitted to and from the site during an application process. You have a right to inspect the data we hold about you. If at anytime you wish to do so, you should write to our data protection compliance officer whose details are set out below. If anything in the data is inaccurate or out-of-date, let us know and we will amend our records. Smart-Quotes may maintain business records for a period of up to six years.

The nature of Smart-Quotes service means that we share your data with partners who provide the products and services that you request. For instance, if you want to apply for a particular product or simply require more information about it, we will pass your relevant data to the product provider to fulfil your request. Smart-Quotes does not electronically transmit any information providers that do not also have secure/encrypted reception facilities. The provision of information to Smart-Quotes means that you have given explicit permission to process (lawful and fair processing) information under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Occasionally, we may also contact you by phone, e-mail or otherwise to inform you about products and services which may be of interest to you. We also extract certain information from your data for the purpose of generating statistics about traffic patterns but it is not possible to identify you from these statistics.

How do we keep data secure and confidential?

We use encryption and authentication procedures to protect your sensitive data. In addition, our staff have a personal responsibility for maintaining user confidentiality. We provide training and education to all our staff to remind them of their obligations, which are fully supported by our internal policies and procedures.

Notwithstanding anything else that has been agreed or represented (in this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, or otherwise) if the website is transferred to another provider, we may transfer data obtained from you in connection with the website to the new provider.

Contact details - Our data protection compliance officer is Mr. Stuart Bell and he can be contacted by writing to Smart-Quotes Limited,50 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6JQ.