Privacy
General
We want to protect the privacy of visitors to our website and that of our clients, and other individuals. Please read the following policy; it will help you to understand how we use your personal data. We may change our privacy policy at any time without giving you notice, so please check it each time you visit this website.
Whenever you give us personal data, you are consenting to its collection and use in accordance with this privacy policy, including contacting you by email about our services and those offered by other organisations, and our use of cookies as explained below.
What personal data do we collect?
When you visit our website we log your Internet Protocol (IP) address, that is a string of numbers unique to your computer that is recorded by our web server when you request any page or component on our website. We use this to receive and send information from and to you over the internet and to monitor your usage of our website.
When you register with us or make an enquiry, you will be asked to provide some personal data such as your name, job title, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
Cookies
We also automatically collect data about visitors to our website (for example on browsing patterns) by using Cookies. This data allows us to recognise you and your preferred settings and avoid you having to re-entering information when you visit this website in future. (See below for more information on cookies.)
A cookie is a small piece of data or message that is sent from a web server to your browser and is stored on your hard drive. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system.
You can reset your browser so as to refuse any cookie or to alert you to when a cookie is being sent. For information about this look in your browser’s “help” facility.
If you choose not to accept our cookies, some of the features of our site may not work as well as we intend.
We use cookies for the purposes of system administration of our website, to give us information about the number of visitors to different parts of our website, and to enhance your visit to our site.
How do we use your personal data?
We use your personal data to provide information and services to you or your organisation, to let you know about other goods and services in which you may be interested, to inform you about changes and improvements to our website, and for direct marketing purposes (but we do give you the option to opt out of this).
We may also use your personal data to monitor the use of the site, to record traffic flows and to carry out research about our visitors’, members’ and client’s demographics, interests and behaviour. We do this to understand our visitors, members, clients and potential clients better.
When you give us personal data, those data may be sent electronically to servers anywhere in the world and may be used, stored and processed anywhere in the world, including countries outside the European Economic Area. (Bear in mind that many countries outside the EEA do not adequately protect your rights as a data subject.)
Whenever and wherever we collect, process or use personal data, we take steps to ensure that it is treated securely and in accordance with our privacy policy.
To whom might we disclose your personal data?
We may pass your personal data to anyone who needs those data in order to answer your enquiry or to fulfill your request for services.
We may pass your personal data to our partners and our associated companies and to our data processors. Our partners include BusinessLink and SEEDA, and other business support organisations. We ask our partners to use your personal data only for the purpose of providing you with information about business support services relevant to your company.
Our partners may use your personal data to send you information about their services. However, you may opt-out of your personal data being used in this way at any time.
We may also provide your personal data to anyone who buys our business or business assets.
Except as set out above, we will not disclose your personal information unless we are obliged to do so or allowed to do so by law, or where we need to do so in order to run our business (for instance where we outsource services or other people process data for us).
Direct Marketing
We may contact you by e-mail to market our services, but you may at any time request us to stop using your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you wish to do this please email Donna Cooper.
Links
Our website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our visitors to be aware when they leave our website, and to read the privacy policy of other sites that collect or use personal data. This privacy policy applies only to personal data collected by Finance South East Limited.
Security
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any other network can be guaranteed as 100% secure, but we take appropriate steps to try to protect the security of your personal data.
Contacts
This is the website of Finance South East Limited, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England under number 04463599, whose registered office is at Harbour Court, Compass Road, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 4ST. Our offices are at Riverside House, 4 Meadows Business Park, Station Approach, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey, GU17 9AB.
Individuals have certain rights of access to their personal data. If you want to request any information about your personal data, please email: karen.karaahmet@financesoutheast.com.
Inaccuracies and Corrections
We would like to keep your personal data accurate and up to date. If you become aware of any errors or inaccuracies please let us know by contacting: karen.karaahmet@financesoutheast.com.
