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 info@abihips.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.
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: ABI HIP's, 42 Sunnybrow, Sunderland, SR3
1DG.
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 info@abihips.com or
write to our Data Protection Officer at ABI HIP's 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.
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 Act 1998