HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give us your Data in person, by filling in forms on paper, online or electronically, by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, by using our website, or providing information as part of a contract. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  
  

  • apply for our services

  • apply to provide goods and/or services to us

  • create an account on our website

  • submit information via our website

  • use interactive tools on our website, including but not limited to our web chat functions

  • subscribe our service or publications

  • request marketing to be sent to you

  • enter a competition, promotion or survey

  • give us some feedback or evaluate our services
  
  

• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy on our website for further details.
  
  
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
  
  

  • Identity, Contact, Payment and Financial Status Data from data brokers or aggregators, including credit reference agencies.

  • Technical Data from analytics providers and advertising networks.

  • Identity, Employment & Educational, Financial Status and Contact Data from publicly availably sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register.

  • Identity, Contact, Marketing & Contact and Technical Data from third party delivery partners, including those who fund, licence and co-deliver our activities and those who refer clients to us. Examples include government bodies, non-departmental public bodies, private companies, membership organisations and external consultants.

  • Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Marketing & Contact, Employment & Educational, Payment and Financial Status Data from third party website portals into which you have entered your personal data.