Privacy Policy

Information we hold about you

In order to advise you properly, The Hammond Consultancy Ltd must obtain certain information from you about your financial and personal circumstances.

By providing us with your personal data:

1. You agree that the information we hold about you can be held on computer and/or paper files.
2. You agree that any information which you give us, including sensitive personal data such as health and medical records, may be disclosed to appropriate third parties for the purpose of processing your application and for the ongoing administration of your investment or policy but for no other purpose.

Privacy Statement

The information you provide is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”). We and any other company associated with us will process your personal data for the purposes of providing advice, administration and management.

“Processing” includes obtaining, recording or holding information or data, transferring it to other companies associated with us, product providers, the FSA or any other statutory, governmental or regulatory body for legitimate purposes including, where relevant, to solicitors and/or other debt collection agencies for debt collection purposes and carrying out operations on the information or data.

The Data Protection Act defines sensitive personal data, being information as to your physical or mental health or condition; the commission or alleged commission of any offence by you; any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by you, including the outcome or sentence in such proceedings; your political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, sexual life; or your membership of a Trade Union. In the course of our dealings with you, we may ask you to provide certain pieces of sensitive personal data which may include one or more of the above.

You may be assured that we and any company associated with us will treat all personal data and sensitive personal data as confidential and will not process it other than for legitimate purposes. Steps will be taken to ensure that the information is accurate, kept up to date and not kept for longer than is necessary. Measures will also be taken to safeguard against unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss or destruction or damage to the data.

Subject to certain exceptions, you are entitled to have access to your personal and sensitive personal data held by us. You may be charged a fee (subject to the statutory maximum) for supplying you with such data.

If at any time you wish us or any company associated with us to cease processing your personal data or sensitive personal data, or contacting you for marketing purposes, please contact The Data Protection Officer on 0121 788 3444 or in writing at Beech House, Pinewood Business Park, Coleshill Road, Marston Green, Birmingham, B37 7HG.

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