Privacy Policy
BTWCairns takes your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how and why we obtain, store and process data which can identify you. We may update this policy from time to time and shall indicate on the web site when changes have been made. This website is brought to you by BTWCairns and we are the data controller (ie. The company which is responsible for, and controls the processing of your personal data) for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2008. We ask that you read this Privacy Policy (the Policy) carefully as it contains important information about how we will use your personal data.
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, book a viewing, subscribe to our mailing list, arrange a valuation and/or use our e-payment service to make an online payment.
When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
- To personalise your experience
(Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs) - To improve our website
(We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you) - To improve customer service
(Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs) - To process transactions
(Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the service requested) - To contact you by post, fax, email or telephone
- (The email address you provide, will only be used to send you information, brochures etc)
- To help us identify you and any accounts you hold with us
- To tailor our administration processes so that they become more effective and responsive to your needs and requirements
- To build statistical analysis
- Marketing – see ‘marketing and opting out’ below
- Fraud prevention and detection
- Billing and invoicing
- To notify you of any changes to this website or our services which may affect you
If you decide to register for our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related products or service information, etc.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, please let us know by emailing [email protected]
Marketing and Opting Out
Unless you have asked us not to do so we may contact you by mail, telephone, SMS, text, fax and email about properties on our books, our services and promotions which may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive any further marketing communications from us, you can opt out at any time. See further ‘your rights’ below.
Data Protection Act 1998
BTWCairns are conscious of our legal responsibilities and we support the principals of data protections reflected in the 1998 EU Directive on Data Protections.
How do we protect your information?
Keeping information about you secure is very important to us and certain sections of the site may encrypt data using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorised with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. As a result, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send us, and you do so at your own risk.
Your rights
You have the right, subject to payment of a small fee (currently £10) to request access to personal data which we may process about you. If you wish to exercise this right you should:
- Email us at [email protected]
- Put your request in writing
- Include proof of your identify and address
- Attach cheque in the above amount made payable to BTWCairns
- Specify the personal data you wish access to, including any account or reference numbers where applicable
You have the right to require us to contact any inaccuracies in your data free of charge. If you wish to exercise this right you should:
- Email us at [email protected]
- Put your request in writing
- Provide us with enough information to identify you
- Specify the information that is incorrect and what it should be replaced with
You also have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise this right you should:
- Email us at [email protected] with a header that says ‘Unsubscribe’
- Put your request in writing
- Provide us with enough information to identify you
If your direction is not to direct marketing in general, but to direct marketing in general by a particular channel (eg. Email or fax) please specify the channel you are objecting to.
Our Contact details
We welcome your feedback and questions. If you wish to contact us, please send an email to [email protected] or you can write to us at BTWCairns, 525 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7GQ or call us on 028 9066 8888.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. You should check this Policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version which will apply each time you access the website.
