Privacy policy

We will always treat your personal details with the utmost care and will never sell them to other companies for marketing purposes. All information provided by you will be treated securely and confidentially.

Visitors to our websites

When someone visits www.bricksfinance.co.uk we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be upfront about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

How information about you will be used

We are required to verify the identity of all new clients and to keep information regarding our current clients updated. We will always treat your personal details with the utmost care and will never sell them to other companies for marketing purposes. We, or our lawyers, will verify your name, address and other personal information supplied by you against appropriate third-party databases. In performing these checks, personal information provided by you may be disclosed to our lawyers and to registered Credit Reference Agencies which may keep a record of that information. All information provided by you will be treated securely and confidentially.

What information we collect about you

When you contact us we collect the relevant information needed. We collect this information during our meetings, email, messages and /or telephone conversations with you and through the completion of proposal forms and fact finds.

How your information will be used

The information we collect may be passed to our legal representatives and credit reference agency to enable us to meet our regulatory requirements. If you require information about them please do not hesitate to contact us.

We will retain any information we have collected about you for up to six years after our professional relationship has terminated however, data held electronically may be retained for longer.

Your rights of access to your data

You have a right to obtain a copy of the personal information that we hold about you. If you believe that any information held is incorrect or incomplete, you should contact us. Any information that is found to be incorrect or incomplete will be amended promptly.

Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers.