GO Financial Services (“we”) are Specialist Property Finance Brokers based at 36A Hill Street, Ladybank, Fife, KY15 7NP. Our nominated representative for the purposes of data protection is Greig Oliver who can be contacted using the postal address given above or by email via contact@gofinancialservices.co.uk. We will be the Data Controller for the purposes of the UK data protection regime.
We act as a Broker for our customers. We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
We may collect the following personal data about you (along with other non-personal data):
The information collected about you may come from you or from external sources such as credit reference agencies and fraud prevention agencies.
We will use your personal data for the following purposes:
Our lawful bases for handling your personal data in the above ways are: (1) because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you; (2) because it is a legal obligation upon us; or (3) because we have obtained your consent. Where we are relying upon your consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time by emailing our data protection representative.
We need your basic personal data to provide you with an accurate recommendation for your personal circumstances. The processing of your personal data may be necessary because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering a contract. You do not have to provide us with the personal data we request but if you do not provide us with the required personal data, we may not be able to provide the required services to you.
We may share your personal information with the following:
*We use a range of lenders and may share your information with them. If you would like to review our panel of lenders privacy notices, please click here. If you do not have access to a PC and would like paper copies, please contact your Nominated Broker.
For further information on how your information is used, how we maintain the security of your information and your rights to access/alter and change the information we hold about you, please contact contact@gofinancialservices.co.uk
From time to time, we would like to contact you by post, email, telephone, and text with details of Products, Information, News and Competitions. We will only contact you in this way and for these purposes, if you have given your consent.
Please note that your consent to marketing is given by signing our Customer Privacy Notice.
Where we store your personal data
We have a data protection regime in place to oversee the effective and secure processing of your personal data.
Your data is stored electronically on our cloud encrypted server; our server is based in the UK. For the purposes of IT hosting and maintenance, your personal data may be transferred to servers within the European Union.
Paper-based records are kept in locked cabinets in secure office premises. All client files/data are backed up to ensure maximum security of confidential information is maintained.
Your Personal Data will be retained by us either electronically or in paper form for a minimum period of 6 years following the advice/service you receive from us, although your data could be held for a longer period where this may be needed to meet the requirements of our regulatory bodies.
Other personal data will be retained no longer than necessary to protect our commercial and operational interests, which include fraud prevention, use in legal proceedings and taxation purposes.
The information used for marketing will be kept by us until you notify us that you no longer wish to appear on our marketing database.
If you would like more information on our data retention periods, please contact us at contact@gofinancialservices.co.uk
As a Data Subject, you have the following rights:
If you wish to raise a complaint about how we have handled your personal data, you can contact our Data Protection Manager ( Greig Oliver ) at complaints@gofinancialservices.co.uk who will investigate the matter.
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