Privacy Policy

Introduction

Funderer Limited (“We”, “Us”, “Our”) want any visitors (“You, “Your”) to our website (www.funderer.com and any affiliated subdomains) to understand the data we collect, as a data processor and controller, and for any relevant data subjects to understand their respective rights.

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) was last updated as noted above. We reserve the right to change, modify, or adapt this policy from time to time and you are advised to check back to this policy on occasion to see if any amendments have been made.

About us

“Funderer” is the trading name of Funderer Limited, a company incorporated and registered in England & Wales, having company number 16133965 and registered office address at 8 Whitebeam drive RM15 6JS. For any privacy-related queries, we can be contacted at hello@funderer.com. Funderer Limited is the legal entity that is the data controller for your personal data. Funderer is registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office and Our ICO number is ZB866778.

Information we collect

We are an online business and therefore we are required to collect certain details about our customers in order to provide our services to them. Equally, we collect some traffic data in respect of our website in order to optimise user experience and to collect analytics.

As a result of such activities, we may collect, from time to time, “personal data” about you. “Personal data” means information that could be used to identify an individual (you). This can include information such as name, date of birth, contact information, financial information, as well as technical information such as your IP (internet protocol) address.

We may collect personal data from you where you correspond with us with regard to the purchase of any of our products or with regard to any query in respect of our products. This will most likely be via email communication but may be by telephone or online via our website should you submit an enquiry to us. Our website also operates certain cookies which will collect personal data when you visit our website – see our section below on cookies for further information.

How we use your personal data

We use your personal data in order to provide our services and products to you and in order to collect analytics in respect of our website traffic. Should we send you promotional or marketing information then we rely on your consent as a soft opt-in based on your previous correspondence with us and potential use of our products or services. Should you wish to stop receiving any such communications then you may contact us at hello@funderer.com.

Our basis for processing personal data

In respect of any personal data we process during the course of providing our products or services to you (such as correspondence regarding the delivery of a policy or otherwise), we process that data on the basis of fulfilment of a contract between us and you.

In respect of any personal data we process following the fulfilment of any applicable contract between us and you, we also hold a legitimate interest in processing such data in order to improve our products and services, and also where you have indicated that you may wish to obtain further products and services from us in the future.

In respect of any personal data we process via our website through cookies or similar, we do this under a legitimate interest basis as we have a legitimate interest in running our online business which includes monitoring online traffic to our website and overall user experience.

In respect of any personal data we process in order to maintain the required legal or financial transaction records or for any other legal or regulatory obligation which might come into place from time to time, we do this as we are complying with a legal obligation and we are protecting our legitimate business interests from any claims.

Sharing of personal data
We may share your personal data with our directors, officers, employees, and agents from time to time for the purpose of conducting our business. Further, Funderer is a comparison website and We may share your personal data with both lender and non-lender partners (“Partners”) as detailed in our Terms & Conditions. We may also share personal data with service providers via Google Analytics (see our cookies section for further information) as well as to our other system providers, third parties should it be reasonably required during the course of a business sale of us, or for legal or regulatory reasons or to comply with a government authority or police order.

Third party links

Our website may, from time to time, host third party links. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any third parties to our website and we take no responsibility for any such third party links.

Data storage, retention, & security

We store all of your personal data within the UK in a secure and proportionate manner relative to our business activities. We do not share information outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”).

We retain your personal data for so long as is reasonably required in order for us to fulfil the purpose that the data was collected for (as noted within this policy). In some cases we will be required to keep certain information for legal, financial, or accounting purposes and this may be for a minimum of six years.

We keep the personal data of our data subjects limited on a ‘need-to-know’ basis and only disseminate the information to our directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, or service providers as required for us to carry on our business.

Rights

You, as a data subject, have certain rights under applicable data laws including under The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Your rights include:

the right of access to your personal data
the right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data
the right to rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data
the right for your personal data to be deleted
the right to obtain a copy of your personal data (portability)
the right to object to us using your personal data for certain purposes (such as direct marketing)
the right to withdraw your consent as a processing basis for your personal data.

If you should wish to exercise your rights in respect of your personal data please contact us at hello@funderer.com. You are entitled to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office if you should feel that we may have mishandled your data and further information about the ICO can be located at https://ico.org.uk.

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Governing law
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and in accordance with the laws of England & Wales and the courts of England & Wales shall have exclusive jurisdictions in relation to any claims, issues, or otherwise associated with this Policy.

Contact us
We’d be happy to answer any questions you have about this privacy policy. Please contact us on hello@funderer.com.