At The Insurance Community (TIC) we are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and safeguarded when visiting our Website or communicating electronically with us.
This Privacy Policy, together with our terms and conditions, sets out how TIC uses and protects any information you give when using this Website. Should we ask you to provide information that you can be identified when using this Website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
TIC may change and update this Privacy Policy, so please return and review this Policy regularly to ensure you are happy with any changes.
Nionah Ntaranga is the designated data controller for TIC and is committed to upholding our commitments to protect the rights of individuals under legislation outlined within the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
By visiting and interacting with this Website, we may collect and process the following information about you:
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- Details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, demographic data, weblogs and other communication data
-Information you provide by filling in forms on our website, for example when you register for information or make a purchase, including, but not limited to, name, job title, email address, preferences and any other information relevant to surveys and forms
-Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
– “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
USE OF COOKIES
Web traffic and web page information may be gathered with regards to your computer whilst you are on our Website. This enables us to improve our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website to our advertisers where appropriate.
This information is only used for statistical analysis purposes about the Website visitor use. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever.
Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer hard drive automatically.
The cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site, allowing applications to respond to you as an individual. The cookies help tailor our Website operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the information you provide.
You can disable cookies by modifying your browser settings on your browser. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website.
For example, you will not be able to benefit from automatic log-on and other personalization features.
Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you.
Your information may also be used for the following purposes:
- To send information you have requested from us, relating to our products or services
- To provide information on other products which we feel may be of interest to you, where you have consented to receive such information
- To meet our contractual commitments to you
- To notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service
If you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you
Further, we may use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, so that you can be provided with information about unrelated goods and services which we consider may be of interest to you. We or they may contact you about these goods and services by any of the methods that you consented at the time your information was collected.
Contact will only be made by us or third parties when you have provided consent.
You have the opportunity to withhold your consent of use of your information by us or third parties when you provide your details on the form where we collect your data.
We may provide our advertisers aggregate statistical information about our Website visitors. Please note, we do not reveal any information about identifiable individuals.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.  For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at
http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt-out of targeted advertising by:
GOOGLE –
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
‍BING –
https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt-out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: Â
http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
STORING PERSONAL DATA
Information you provide us may be transferred to and processed by persons in locations outside of the European Economic Area for processing, storing and by us or one of our suppliers. For example, such staff may be engaged in the processing and concluding of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services.
By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We endeavour to ensure your data is treated securely and in agreement with this Privacy Policy.
Any data that is submitted to us is stored on our secure servers. Transaction details that are entered into on our Website will be encrypted to ensure its safety.
Information transmitted via the internet is not completely secure; therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically. Transmission of such data is, therefore entirely at your own risk. Where a password is provided by us, or chosen by you, so that you can access certain parts of this Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
DISCLOSING YOUR INFORMATION
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Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any member of our group. This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding company and its other subsidiaries (if any).
Your personal information may also be disclosed to third parties:
- Where we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party
- Where we are legally required to disclose your information
- To assist fraud protection and minimise credit risk
Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to other websites of interest. Once you have used these links to leave our Website, you should note we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever. We have no control over their content and how they use your data, therefore you should exercise caution and review their privacy policy to such websites.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. Access to this information may be subject to payment of a fee of ÂŁ10. This covers administration costs in providing you with the information requested.
If you would like to receive details that we hold about you please contact us using the contact details below. If you believe any information we are holding on to you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly amend your information.
CONTACTING US
We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@34.116.229.243.
Or write to us at:
71-75 Shelton Street,
Covent Garden,
WC2H 9JQ
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