homeprotect insurance - privacy policy
homeprotect has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering, use and dissemination practices for this website: www.homeprotect.co.uk. By using our site, you agree to these practices.
homeprotect is a trading style of Avantia Insurance Ltd. Avantia Insurance Ltd is registered under the Data Protection Act.
Use Of Information
Use of IP Addresses
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password (when available) so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.
This site uses ClickTale web analytics service. ClickTale may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity as well as text you type in this website. This site does not use ClickTale to collect any personally identifiable information entered in this website. ClickTale does not track your browsing habits across web sites which do not use ClickTale services. For more information see Privacy Policy for Information Collected by the ClickTale Web Analytics Service. We are using the information collected by ClickTale service to help us improve the performance of our website.
You can choose to disable the Service at http://www.clicktale.net/disable.html
Registration Forms
Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and demographic information (like their postcode, age, income level etc.). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the user when necessary and shared with associated company Avantia Assistance Ltd, as well as other carefully selected companies who may want to contact our users. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor the user's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.
Links to Partner Sites
Our site contains links to other web sites. homeprotect is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
However, information gathered on these web sites may be shared with homeprotect and used by us to bring you information about other products and services we think you might find useful.
Passing on information about you
Please be aware that once you use our website or our Services, you will be regarded as having given your consent to us disclosing your personal information to the following parties:
- associated company Avantia Assistance Ltd.
- third party providers whose products or services are used on this website, for the purposes of obtaining an online quotation for you or comparing different products and services as requested by you;
- insurers, their associated companies, agents and by reinsurers. It may also be disclosed to regulatory bodies for the purposes of monitoring and/or enforcing the insurer's compliance with any regulatory rules/codes. Your information may also be used for offering renewal, research and statistical purposes and crime prevention. It may be transferred to any country, including countries outside the European Economic Area for any of these purposes and for systems administration. In assessing any claims made, the insurer or its agents may undertake checks against publicly available information (such as electoral roll, county court judgements, bankruptcy or repossessions). Information may also be shared with other insurers either directly or via those acting for the insurer (such as loss adjusters or investigators).
- other third parties either where necessary for those third parties to provide additional products or services requested by you or with your prior consent.
With limited exceptions, and on payment of the appropriate fee, you have the right to access and if necessary rectify information held about you;
Informing you of offers and services which may be of interest
Please also be aware that if you agree to these terms and conditions through any tickbox, you will be regarded as having given your consent to us providing you with information, offers and services that may be of interest to you. For example, we may email you or send you a text message letting you know how you could save money by switching the products or services you use.
You can ask us to stop passing your information to third parties for marketing purposes at any time, which we will do. Such a request may result in us ceasing to offer the Services to you.
We may disclose information about you in connection with legal proceedings or potential legal proceedings or if otherwise permitted to do so by law.
Security
Our site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Standard practice security measures for web development have been incorporated into our site during its construction.
Supplementation Information
Our site supplements the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties.
Choice / Optout
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from our partners at the point where we request information about the user. Users can remove their information from our database if they do not wish to receive such future communications or if they no longer wish to receive our service by completing and submitting the enquiry form or by writing to the following postal address: PO Box 1124, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1XT.
Correct / Update
Users can change and modify information previously provided by completing and submitting the enquiry form or by writing to the following postal address: PO Box 1124, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1XT.
Contacting homeprotect
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with our web site, you can contact the webmaster at homeprotect by completing and submitting the enquiry form or by writing to the following postal address: PO Box 1124, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1XT.
Registration Details
Data Protection Act
Avantia Insurance Ltd is a registered Data Controller under The Data Protection Act 1998. Our registration number is Z7831579
Registered Office
Avantia Insurance Ltd is registered in England, number: 4567760. Registered Office: 77-79 High Street, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9HY.