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Direct
Mortgage Centre Privacy Policy
We have developed this Privacy
Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment
to the privacy of your data. We are committed to
safeguarding your data whilst providing a
personalised and valuable service. If you have any
requests concerning your personal information or any
queries with regard to these practices please
contact us by e-mail on
enquiries@directmortgagecentre.com . We have a
designated privacy officer to ensure your interests
are constantly reviewed.
This privacy policy applies to
all "personal data" as defined in the UK's Data
Protection Act 1998. In this privacy policy, we also
refer to personal data as "data", "information" or
"personal information".
Information Collected and its Use
We collect personal information
from you in order that our services can be offered
as effectively as is possible. In particular, we
collect information for the following purposes:
(i) in the case of information
submitted by you in relation to an enquiry about our
services, for the purposes of responding to your
enquiry. If you subsequently enter into a contract
with us, the information will be held in accordance
with our data protection procedures for customers.
If you do not subsequently enter into a contact with
us, we will not retain the information, except that
we may retain your details for the purpose of
contacting you in future about our services, unless
you request us not to.
(ii) generally, for any purpose
specified on the page from which you submit the
information, or for which you give us express or
implied consent to use the information, or for any
other purpose permitted under the Data Protection
Act 1998.
Visits to the Website are logged
with non-personally identifiable information such as
Internet Service Provider IP address and the pages
visited. This information is used for system
administration purposes, as well as improving
content and navigation.
The data controller is: Direct
Mortgage Centre
Security We use
a number of technologies and operational procedures
to protect data submitted to us by you. Physical
security of data on our equipment is provided by a
combination of firewalls and password protection.
However whilst we use all reasonable measures we
cannot guarantee the security of your data as we do
not have control of the internet.
Disclosures With
the exception of certain uses set out in this
Privacy Policy, we will not disclose any information
we keep about you to any third parties unless
required to do so by the police or any regulatory or
government authority to provide your information
and/or information concerning your use of this
website.
Cookies Cookies
are small pieces of information that are stored by
your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can
usually change your browser to prevent that. We use
cookies to enhance the service that we provide so
that you do not have to fill in your details every
time you visit the website.
You have control
If at any stage you would like to remove, check or
amend the information held by us about you please
send an e-mail to
enquiries@directmortgagecentre.com or write to
our Data Protection Officer at Mortgage
Directions at the address provided above and we will
take the necessary action within a reasonable time.
We reserve the right to charge a fee of £10 for
complying with such a request. We also reserve the
right to take reasonable steps to confirm your
identity before making any disclosure of information
held by us.
Responsibility with You
You should be aware that when you disclose
personal information on any public bulletin board or
chat areas of this or any other website used as a
result of use of this website such personal
information can be collected and used by anyone who
views that website and may result in unsolicited
messages from other participants or other parties.
We are not responsible for any such messages.
Change to Privacy Policy
We may change the privacy policy from time
to time and the amended policy will be posted on the
website immediately.
Transfer of Data
In order to provide our services effectively, it may
be necessary for us to transfer information outside
the European Economic Area and you agree to this.
Transmission of Data
Whilst we have taken all reasonable steps
to ensure that the information you provide will be
kept secure from unauthorised access we cannot
guarantee that the information will be secure during
transmission by you to this website.
Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioner is aware of
our data processing, as we have notified the
Commissioner in accordance with the Data Protection
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