Thank you for using the Property Investments UK website or engaging in our services, including any tools or browser extensions we create or sponsor.
This privacy policy explains the what, how and why of the information we collect when you visit the site, or when you use our services. It also explains the specific ways we use and disclose that information.
We take your privacy extremely seriously, and we never pass your data to 3rd parties without your consent.
The Basics
1. Definition
These definitions should help you understand this policy.
When we say "we", "us", "our","company" and "property investments uk", we are referring to Property Investments (UK) limited which is a limited company registered in England & Wales with the company number 08852962.
This includes our company and also any and all employees, directors, shareholders, or contractors that work on company business that have access to any personal data as outlined in our privacy policy and terms of use page, who require access as fundamental to carrying out their day to day roles.
As a company we provide online articles, videos, education, tools and access to property opportunities that you can choose to use in connection with your purchase of UK property.
When we say "customer", "client", "visitor", "website visitor", we are referring to the person that is registered with us to use our services or who is a visitor to our website.
When we say "website", "site" or "websites", we are referring to our main domain which is propertyinvestmentsuk.co.uk but this also includes other varients of this which includes but isn't limited to "www.","co.uk", ".com" versions. We are also referring to additional domains like our training website (also known as our/the training platform), which maybe hosted time to time by a 3rd party provider, but will be branded with Property Investments UK logos and styling. We are also referring to any tool bars or browser extensions we create or sponsor which are clearly branded with Property Investments UK logo and a statement of sponsorship. All these are applicable to this same privacy policy and our same terms of use as seen on this website.
When we say "affiliates", "third parties", "partners" we are referring to other companies that are not part of nor owned by or controlled by Property Investments UK. These are companies that we have a partnership agreement with and any sharing of information is in line with our privacy policy and terms and conditions pages.
This privacy policy sets out how Property Investments UK uses and protects any information that you give Property Investments UK when you use this website or enagage in any of our services.
We believe that you should have the ability and right to ask what information we hold on your interaction with our company and how we use it.
Property Investments UK is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be personally identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement and inline with data protection laws and policies.
For the purpose of this privacy policy, personal data means any information relating to an indentified or identifiable natural person; an indentifiable natural personl is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, including by reference to an indentifier such as a name, email address, phone number, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors of that natural person (the "personal data").
2. Changes
Property Investments UK may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. These changes will supersede any previous policies or agreements and the latest version shown here will be applicable in all instances. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. All updates and amendments are effective immediately upon notice, which we may give by any means, including, but not limited to, by posting a revised version of this privacy policy or other notice on the website.
This Version is #1.02 .
This agreement is effective from 08/05/2018.
3. Scope
This privacy policy is effective with respect to any data that we have collected, or collect, about and/or from you, according to this privacy policy, our cookie policy and our terms of use.
4. Questions & Concerns
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, or if you want to update, delete, or change any personal information we hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we have handled any privacy matter, please contact us via our Contact Page or on the following
Address: Property Investments UK, Westmister House, 10 Westminster Road, Macclesfield, SK10 1BX
Email: rob@propertyinvestmentsuk.co.uk
Your Information
5. Information We Collect
(a). Information you voluntarily provide to us:
When you sign up for and use our services, consult with our customer service team, send us an email, post on our blog or communicate with us in any way, you are voluntarily giving us information that we collect. That information may include your name, physical address, email address, IP address, phone number, gender, occupation, location, purchase history, and other demographic or personal identifiable information. By giving us this information, you consent to this information being collected, used, disclosed, transferred to the UK and stored by us, as described in our terms and conditions and in this privacy policy.
(b). Information we collect automatically:
When you use our services or browse any of our websites (as defined in the definition section above on this privacy policy page), we may collect information about your visit to our websites, your usage of the services, and your web browsing. That information may include your IP address, your operating system, your browser ID, your browsing activity, and other information about how you interacted with our website or other websites. We may collect this information as part of log files as well as through the use of cookies or other tracking technologies. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies is discussed more below, and in more detail in our cookie statement.
(c). Information from your use of our services:
We may receive information about how and when you use our services, store it in log files or other types of files associated with your customer account. This information may include, personal identifiable information depending on what you disclose and other information like, your IP address, time, date, browser used, and actions you have taken within your customer account. This information helps us to improve our services for both you and for all of our users.
(d). Cookies and tracking:
We and our partners may use various technologies to collect and store information when you use our services, and this may include but isn't limited to, 3rd party services like Google Analytics, or other Google products, in addition to using cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, such as pixels and web beacons, to analyze trends, administer the website, track users movements around the website, serve targeted advertisments and promotions of our services, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. We partner with thrid parties to display advertising on our website or to manage and serve our advertising on other sites. Our third party partners may use cookies or similar tracking technologies in order to provide you advertising or other content based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising click www.youronlinechoices.eu. Please note you might continue to receive generic ads. For more information about our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, as well as how to opt out of the use of cookies, please refer to our cookie statement.
(e). Web Beacons:
We may use web beacons on our websites and in our emails. When we send emails to customers, we may track behaviour such as who opened the emails and who clicked the links. This allows us to measure the performance of our email campaigns and to improve our features for specific segments of members. To do this, we include single pixel gifs, also called web beacons, in emails we send. Web beacons allow us to collect information about when you open the email, your IP address, your browser or email client type, and other similar details.
(f). Information from other sources:
From time to time we may obtain information about you from third party sources, such as public databases, social media platforms, third party data providers and our joint marketing partners. We take steps to ensure that such third parties are legally permitted or required to disclose such information to us. Examples of the information we may receive from other sources include: demographic information, device information (such as IP addresses), location, and online behavioural data (such as information about your use of social media websites, page view information and search results and links). We use this information, alone or in combination with other information (including sometimes personal information where relevant) we collect, to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing and content to you and to develop and provide you with more relevant products features, and services.
6. Processing and Disclosure Of Personal Information Via Consent, Contract, Legal Obligation Or Legitimate Interests
We may process / use and disclose personal information only for the following puposes
(a). To promote use of our services to you and others:
For example, if we collect your personal information when you visit our website and do not sign up for any of the services, we may use advertising methods to market to you inviting you to sign up. If you use any of our services and we think you might benefit from using another service we offer, we may send you an email about that or advertise the services to you in other ways. You can stop receiving any of our promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in every email we send. You can stop receiving any of our other advertising methods by opting out at the advert level on whichever platform is being used like Google, Facebook, Youtube or other online platform provider. In addition, we may use information we collect in order to advertise our services to you or suggest additional features of our services that you might consider using. In addition we may use your personal information to advertise our services to potential or other users like you. For more information on how we use cookies or other tracking technologies for these purposes, as well as how to opt out of the use of cookies, please see our cookie statement.
(b). To send you informational and promotional content in accordance with your marketing preferences:
You can stop receiving our promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in every promotional email we send.
(c). To invoice and collect money owed to us by our customers:
This includes sending you emails, invoices, receipts, notices of delinquency, and alerting you if we need a different payment method. We use third parties for secure credit card transaction processing, and we send billing informatoin to those third parties to process your orders and credit card payment. All debit or credit card processing would be carried out directly by those 3rd parties.
(d). To send you system alert messages
For example, we may inform you of temporary or permanent changes to our services, such as planned website or training website outages, new features, version updates, releases, abuse warnings and changes to our privacy policy.
(e). To communicate with our customers about their account and provide customer support:
(f). To protect the rights and safety of our customers and third parties as well as our own:
(g). To meet legal requirements:
Including complying with court ordrs, valid discovery requests and other appropriate legal mechanisms.
(h). To prosecute and defend a court, arbitration, or similar legal proceeding:
(i). To provide, support, and improve the services we offer:
This includes our use of the data that our customers provide us in order to enable our customers to use the services we provide. This also includes, for example, aggregating information from your use of the services or visit to our websites and sharing this information with third parties to improve our services. When we do have to share personal information with third parties, we take steps to protect your information by requiring these third parties to enter into a contract with us that requires them to use the personal information we transfer to them in a manner that is consistent with this policy.
(j). To transfer your information:
In the case of a sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation, reorganisation, or acquisition. In that event, any acquirer will be subject to our obligations under this privacy policy, including your rights to access and choice. We will notify you of the change either by sending you an email or posting a notice on our website.
Combined information:
We may combine personal information with other information we collect or obtain about you (such as information we source from our third party partners), to serve you specifically, such as to deliver a product or service according to your preferences or restrictions, or for advertising or targetting purposes in accordance with this privacy policy. When we combine personal information with other information in this way, we treat it as, and apply all the safeguards in this privacy policy appliicable to, personal information.
7. Public Information and Third Party websites
(a). Blog:
We have public blogs on our websites. Any information you include in a comment on our blog may be read, collected, and used by anyone. If your personal information appears on our blogs and you want it removed, contact us by our Contact Page. If we are unable to remove your information we will tell you why.
(b). Social Media Platforms & Widgets:
Our websites include social media features, such as a facebook like button. These features may collect information about your IP address and which page you are visiting on our website, and they may set a cookie to make sure the feature functions properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. We also maintain presences on social media platforms including but not limited to, Facebook, Youtube, Linkedin, Twitter. Any information, communications, or materials you submit to us via a social media platform is done at your own risk without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other users of these platforms or the actions of the platforms themselves. Your interactions with those features and platforms are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide them.
(c). Links to Third Party Websites:
Our websites include links to other websites. Some of these are affiliate links, whose privacy practices may be different from ours. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.
8. Third Parties
We may disclose personal information to the following types of third parties for the purposes described throughout this policy
(a). Service Providers & Affiliates:
Sometimes, we share your information with our third party service providers and affiliates, who help us provide and support our services and additional services delivered and provided directly by the affiliate or third party outisde the framework of our services and our websites. For example, if it is necessary to provide you something you have requested (like access to property deals, or proprietary tools) then we may share your and your personal information with such third parties and affiliates for that purpose. Just like with the other third parties we work with, these third party service providers enter into a contract that requires them to use your personal information only for the provision of the services to us and you and in a manner that is consistent with this policy. Examples of third parties, service providers and affiliates include but are not limited to, payment processors, hosting services, content delivery services, property agents, property service providers, property sourcers and property owners.
(b). Advertising Partners:
We may partner with third party advertising networks and exchanges to display advertising on our websites or to manage and serve our advertising on other sites and may share personal information with them for this purpose. All third parties with which we share this information are required to use your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this policy. We and our third party partners may use cookies and other tracking technologies, such as pixels and web beacons, to gather information about your activities on our websites and other sites in order to provide you with targeted advertising based on your browsing activities and interests. For more information about cookies and other tracking technologies please see our cookie statement.
9. Contest and Competitions
We may, from time to time, offer surveys, contests, competitions or other promotions on our websites or through social media (collectively known as "our promotions"). Participation in our promotions is completely voluntary and doesn't impact or limit your ability to access or use any other of our services. Information requested for entry may include personal contact information such as your name, address, date of birth, phone number, email address and similar details. We use this information you provide to administer our promotions. We may also, unless prohibited by the promotions rules or law, use the information provided to communicate with you, or other people you select, about our services. We may share this information with our affiliates and other organisations of service providers in line with this policy and the rules posted for the promotion.
10. Content Of Direct Email or Promotional Campaigns
When you send an email marketing campaign, it bounces from server to server as it crosses the internet. Along the way, server administrators can read what you send. Email was not built for confidential information. Please do not email us directly or sign up to any of our services which may include email promotional campaigns to send or receive confidential information.
Security
11. Notice Of Breach Of Security
If a security breach causes an unauthorised intrusion in to our system that materially affects you or the personal data we hold on you, we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and later report the action we took in response.
12. Safeguarding Your Information
We take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect personal information from loss, misuse and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking in to account the risks involved in the processing and nature of the personal information.
Any and all credit card processing vendors/companies we use, for you to make payments for any of our services, uses security measures to protect your information both during the transaction and after it is complete. If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, please contact the payment processor directly or our team via our Contact Page.
Compliance
13. We Operate In The United Kingdom.
Our company is based in England in the U.K.
Our website servers are located in London in the U.K. So your information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United Kingdom when you use our website.
We also work with and use third party applications to deliver our services. As such their location of data centres will vary from being inside the E.U. and outside the E.U. As such we will only work with companies and third party services that promote compliance with data protection as per European Regulations whenever they are likely to act as a data controller or data processor.
14. Accuracy & Retention Of Data
We do our best to keep your data accurate and up to date, to the extent that you provide us with the information we need to do so. If your data changes (for example, if you have a new email address) then you are responsible for notifying us of those changes. Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold, or process on behalf of ourselves or any third party, any of your personal information. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as long as needed to provide you with our services. We may also retain and use your information in order to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and enforce our agreements.
15. Access
We will give you as an individual, access to any personal information we hold about you within 30 days of any request for that information. You may request to access, correct, amend, or delete information we hold about you by contacting us on our contact page. Unless it is prohibited by law, we will remove any personal information about you from our database at your request. There is no charge for an individual to contact us and request any of the above steps in relation to the storage, processing or deletion of your personal data that we hold.