Privacy Policy

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1. Introduction

Finaworld Limited (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our website, Finaworld.co.uk (“Website”), and users of our services (“Services”). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Data Controller Information

  • Company Name: Finaworld Limited
  • Registered Office: 338a Regents Park Road, Office 3 And 4, London, United Kingdom, N3 2LN
  • Company Registration Number: 16073768
  • Data Protection Officer (DPO): Y. Temel
  • Contact Email: contact@finaworld.co.uk

3. Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

  • Identity Data: First name, last name.
  • Contact Data: Telephone number, email address.
  • Professional Data: Company name, job title, business address.
  • Location Data: Geographic location derived from IP address or device settings.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices used to access this Website.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our Website and Services, such as page views, clickstreams, and navigation paths.

4. Methods of Data Collection

We use various methods to collect data from and about you, including:

  • Direct Interactions: You may provide Identity, Contact, and Professional Data by filling in forms or corresponding with us via post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

    • Apply for our Services.
    • Subscribe to our publications.
    • Request marketing materials.
    • Provide feedback or contact us.

  • Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical and Usage Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.

  • Third Parties or Publicly Available Sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, including:

    • Analytics providers [e.g., Google Analytics].
    • Advertising networks.
    • Search information providers.
    • Publicly available sources such as Companies House.

5. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will process your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of a Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.

  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. Our legitimate interests include:

    • Providing and improving our Services.
    • Administering and protecting our business and this Website.
    • Marketing and promoting our Services.
    • Detecting and preventing fraud.

  • Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

  • Consent: Where you have provided explicit consent to process your personal data for specific purposes. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time by contacting us.

6. Purposes for Processing Personal Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To Provide Services: Processing your personal data is necessary to perform our contract with you, including:

    • Managing payments, fees, and charges.
    • Collecting and recovering money owed to us.

  • To Manage Our Relationship with You: Including:

    • Notifying you about changes to our terms or Privacy Policy.
    • Asking you to leave a review or take a survey.

  • To Administer and Protect Our Business and Website: Including:

    • Troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data.

  • To Deliver Relevant Content and Advertisements: Including:

    • Understanding the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you.

  • To Use Data Analytics: To improve our Website, Services, marketing, customer relationships, and experiences.

7. Sharing Personal Data

We may share your personal data with the following parties:

  • Service Providers: Third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as IT and system administration services, payment processing, and marketing services.

  • Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services.

  • Regulatory Authorities: HM Revenue & Customs, regulators, and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

  • Third Parties in Business Transfers: Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

8. International Data Transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). Some of these countries may not have the same level of data protection laws as the UK and EEA. In such cases, we ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection by implementing appropriate safeguards, such as:

  • Standard Contractual Clauses: Using specific contracts approved by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK.

  • Adequacy Decisions: Transferring personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the UK government.

9. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorized way. These measures include:

  • Access Controls: Restricting access to personal data to employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

  • Encryption: Using encryption technologies to protect data during transmission and storage.

  • Regular Testing: Implementing procedures to test and evaluate the effectiveness of our security measures.

In the event of a suspected data breach, we will notify you and any applicable regulatory authority where we are legally required to do so.

10. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Factors determining retention periods include:

  • Legal Requirements: Specific laws or regulations requiring