Northallerton Insurance Services Limited (“NIS”) takes your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how and why we obtain, store and process data on the NIS website (the “Website”), www.nisinsurance.com, which can identify you. We may update this policy from time to time and shall indicate on the Website when changes have been made.
Under the data protection laws (Data Protection Act 1998, General Data Protection Regulation 2018) we act both as a data controller and a data processor, depending on the circumstances. We will explain our obligations as data controller and data processor separately.
NIS as Data Controller
NIS acts as the data controller in many situations, for example when it comes to storing information about our clients, potential clients, job applicants and NIS’s employees.
As data controller, we are responsible for deciding what information is collected on our Website, how it is used and for what purposes. As a data controller, we have certain legal responsibilities about how we collect, use and share your personal information.
Please read the following carefully to understand NIS’s views and practices regarding your personal data and how NIS will treat it.
The Information We Collect
We collect information about you when you complete an enquiry form or voluntarily sign up to our marketing communications. Website usage information is collected using cookies.
NIS may collect and process the following information about you:
Information you provide
We may collect your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and other information that you provide to NIS when you submit an enquiry form or sign up to receive marketing communications from us. The information we collect and the purpose of the collection is clearly set out on the web page on which we collect it, including an opt-in option where applicable.
In addition, we use IP addresses, URLs of requested resources, timestamps and HTTP user-agents to analyse trends, administer the system and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Information about you from Third Parties
may also receive personal information about you from third parties that we work with, for example our Live Chat provider, who may pass your personal data to us on your behalf. This too would involve us collecting and using your name, email address, postal address and telephone number.
Information about your use of our Website
We may collect information about your visits to our Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required and the resources that you access.
Why We Collect Your Information and How We Use It
We collect information about you to process your enquiry and if you agree, to contact you about other products and services that we think might be of interest to you. We will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties overseas to enable us to perform services requested by you.
All third-parties we collect and share your data with to execute our business processes, comply with the GDPR and the US-EU agreement Privacy Shield, where applicable.
Please see below for the individual compliance policies for the third parties we work with and the purposes we use them for:
MailChimp – we use MailChimp for marketing email communication
Facebook – social media communication
Instagram – social media communication
Twitter – social media communication
YouTube – social media communication
LinkedIn – social media communication
In certain circumstances we may need to disclose information about you if you breach this privacy policy or if you breach the Terms and Conditions. We may also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or by any Governmental body.
The various communication tools we use for marketing purposes are listed above. Should you wish to amend your marketing preferences, please contact us at sales@n-i-s.co.uk.
We use your information collected from the Website to personalise your repeat visits to our Website.
NIS will not share your information for marketing purposes with other companies.
Marketing
We would like to send you information about products and services of ours and other companies in our group which may be of interest to you. If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt out at a later date.
You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purpose.
If you wish to opt out of any of our marketing communications, please contact sales@n-i-s.co.uk
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all your personal information, please email or write to us at the following address:
Northallerton Insurance Services Ltd
Business Park
2 Thornfield
Northallerton
DL6 2XQ
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.
Right to Be Forgotten
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, we as the data controller are obligated to erase your personal data as the data subject if one of the following criteria has been met:
The data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was processed
If the legal ground for processing your data is based on consent and you withdraw the consent and no other legal ground for processing exists
You object to the processing and NIS processes the data for direct marketing purposes or the basis for the processing is balancing of interests and NIS does not have compelling reasons for the processing which supersedes the data subject’s objection
The processing is unlawful
The erasure is statutory
If you would like to exercise the right to be forgotten, please sales@n-i-s.co.uk or write to us at the following address:
Northallerton Insurance Services Ltd
Business Park
2 Thornfield
Northallerton
DL6 2XQ
Cookies
Our Website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file comprising of letters and numbers, which is sent to your device when you visit the Website. The cookies we collect allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website. At NIS we use cookies to remember when you visited the Website and to gather analytical data on how you use our website. For example, we look at which pages you visit. We then use this information to learn about our users and improve both our website and services. You can find out more about the way we use cookies in our Cookie Policy.
Other Websites
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review, and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 2 October 2022.
How to Contact Us
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information, we hold about you:
By email: sales@n-i-s.co.uk
By post:
Northallerton Insurance Services Ltd
Business Park
2 Thornfield
Northallerton
DL6 2XQ