We take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how and why we obtain, store and process data that can identify you. We may update this policy from time to time and will indicate on the website when changes have been made.

 

The information we collect

The information you supply on any of our pages will be used for the sole purpose of the form, i.e. for pre-contract negotiation for services requested.

We do not share your data with any other third party without your express consent.

We also use data from business transactions for analysis of business performance.

 

Contact us and Service Enquiry Pages

The information captured on these pages allows us to make sure you are contacted by the A-Point representative that is best placed to handle your enquiry. We capture:

• Postcode

• Business Name

• Telephone number

• Email address

• First and last name

• We capture both email and telephone number so that if we are unable to reach you on the phone, we can contact you via email to schedule the best time to call you

In addition, we may collect your IP address and use cookies (see our cookie policy below) unless you configure your web browser not to accept them.

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Doing business with us

In order for A-Point to supply you with active in-market leads, we will need to store personal information including telephone number, email address and your business’s physical address on a long term basis.

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Sharing your data to provide our service

As previously stated, we will not share your data with any other 3rd party without your express consent with the exception of communicating with the lead to inform them that they have been matched with an appropriate adviser who will be getting in touch. This detail includes:

• Business name

• Contact details

We also use data from business transactions for analysis of business performance.

 

Marketing opt-in

The leads we supply.

The consumer details we collect as part of this service do not come with marketing consent.

The consumer is only consenting to be contacted by the partner A-Point connects them with in relation to the service they have requested and for no other purposes. This is covered by ‘pre-contract negotiations’.

If you intend to send marketing communications to the lead supplied by A-Point beyond the service relating to the initial enquiry, you must gain your own marketing opted in consent.

Most of the information we hold about you is publicly available information and most of our processing involves electronic communications with you at your request.

 

Marketing

The information we collect about you is used solely for the purposes for which it was provided. We will never use your data or share it for marketing purposes.

A-Point does provide add value communications in the form of regular newsletters containing tips and reviews on the financial industry. We only send these comms to contacts who have subscribed to these services.

 

Your rights

Under data protection law you have the right to ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you, and to have any inaccuracies corrected or removed. You may also ask us to delete all personal data held by us or any controller or processor with which we have shared your data as well as request that we cease to process any of your contact data.

To do this, please either contact us in writing, by telephone or email. Contact us on

Email: info@a-point.co.uk

 

Accessing and updating your personal information

We will always let you have a copy of personal information we have about you, should you request it, and you may correct it if you wish. If you wish to obtain this data, email info@a-point.co.uk

 

Cookie Policy

Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).

Some websites will also use cookies to enable them to target their advertising or marketing messages based, for example, on your location and/or browsing habits. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).

 

What is in a cookie?

A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.

 

Accepting or declining cookies

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

 

The types of cookies we use

 

First party cookies

First party cookies are set by the website you are visiting and they can only be read by that site.

 

Third party cookies

Third party cookies are set by a different organisation to the owner of the website you are visiting. For example, the website might use a third party analytics company who will set their own cookie to perform this service. The website you are visiting may also contain content embedded from, for example YouTube or Flickr, and these sites may set their own cookies.

More significantly, a website might use a third party advertising network to deliver targeted advertising on their website. These may also have the capability to track your browsing across different sites. 

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Session cookies

Session Cookies are stored only temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from the user’s device when the browser is closed.

 

Persistent cookies

This type of cookie is saved on your computer for a fixed period (usually a year or longer) and is not deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies are used where we need to know who you are for more than one browsing session. For example, we use this type of cookie to store your preferences, so that they are remembered for the next visit.

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