Privacy Policy

This Privacy Notice explains how personal data about you is collected, handled and processed by 1st Policy Company Ltd.

Any personal data that we handle will be processed in accordance with applicable data protection laws in force from time to time.

Personal data - what is it?

Personal data is information about a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller's possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The information we may collect

The information about you that we may collect, hold and process is set out below:

Your name

Your address

Your email address

Your telephone number(s)

Financial information

A log of our communications with you by email and telephone

This information will have been provided by you after you have contacted the association or its agents.

How we hold the information

All the personal data that we have will be processed and distributed securely. It is stored on secure databases in the UK.

How we use the information

The above information is used to provide our services to you in our capacity as a Financial Services Company. These services include the collection and verification of information provided by you or your agent before it is then passed to our member companies for evaluation.

Disclosure of your information

At the valuation stage your personal information will not be shared with others unless there is a legal requirement for us to do so. Should you decide to sell your policy to 1st Policy Company Ltd your information may be shared with:

BLB Solicitors

Relevant Life Offices

Investors

Financial Conduct Authority(FCA)

Financial Ombudsman

Retention of your data

Your data will be retained for no longer than is necessary and in accordance with our Data Retention Policy.

What is the legal basis for processing the information?

In providing us with our personal and financial information you are consenting us processing your personal information.

In consenting to 1st Policy Company Ltd holding and processing of this data, you consent that the association may contact you by:

Telephone

e-mail

Post

Your rights

You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information that we hold about you at any time. Requests for this information must be made either by e-mail to teps@1stpolicy.co.uk or in writing to: The Data Controller at 1st Policy Company Ltd, 845 Finchley Road, London NW11 8NA

In addition to this right of access, you also have the following rights:

Erasure

Restriction of processing

Objection

Data portability

Withdrawal of consent

As you have provided us with your consent to process your data for the purpose of using our services, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. In order to do this you must contact us by email at teps@1stpolicy.co.uk. or in writing to: The Data Controller, 1st Policy Company Ltd, 845 Finchley Road, London NW11 8NA

Contact

Please address any questions, comments and requests regarding our data processing practices to Mr D Conn, Data Compliance Officer at the above address.

Changes to the Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice may be changed by us at any time.