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Privacy policy

Introduction

Lawshield UK Ltd (referred to as “We”, “Our” or “Us”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. We take care to protect the privacy of our clients that communicate (online or offline) with us, over the phone, via our website, helpdesk, and social media platforms.

We have therefore developed this privacy policy to inform you of the data we collect, what we do with your information, what we do to keep it secure, as well as the rights and choices you have over your personal information.

Throughout this document we refer to Data Protection Legislation which means the Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (UK GDPR), the Privacy and Electronic communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and any legislation implemented in connection with the aforementioned legislation. This policy should be read together with our Cookie Policy that can be found on our website.

If your hold a policy with Velosure or Carbon Insurance Brokers, please refer to the privacy notice on their respective website.

Data Controller

Lawshield UK Ltd is the data controller for the personal information we process, unless otherwise stated. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) under registration number Z5685935.

Lawshield UK Ltd is part of the Connexus Group of companies, (a private limited company registered in England with the company number 03433312).

You can contact us either by phone, email, or post.

  • By phone: 01925 444 847
  • By email: please use the Contact us page of the website
  • By post: 1210 Centre Park Square, Warrington, WA1 1RU

Our Data Protection team can be contacted at the above address or by emailing dataprotection@lawshield.co.uk.

How we collect your personal information

Prospective Insureds and Insured Persons

We may collect information about in different ways: – directly when you apply for a policy, information about you may also be provided to us by an insurance broker, Insurers, your employers, family member or any third person who may be applying for a policy which names or benefits you.

This may include name, address, email address, date of birth, occupation, vehicle details, no claims bonus, driving history, property details and sensitive data including medical history and reports, criminal data- driving offences, convictions.

Claimants

We will collect information from you when you notify us of a claim. You might make a claim to us directly or through your representative or through your broker or one of your representatives who manage claims on your behalf.

We may also collect information about you if the claims is made by another person who has close relationship with you or otherwise linked in the claim- for example if the policyholder is your employer, or you are the subject of a third party claim.

This may include name, address, email address, and date of birth, occupation, vehicle details, property details, driving convictions and in certain circumstances medical records. Incident date and time, incident details, details of loss, injury details, claims history third party details and any representatives, sensitive data including medical history and records, criminal data- driving offences, convictions.

Business Partners

If you are a business partner, we may collect your business contact details, we may collect your details if you visit our website, register for a newsletter or attend one of our events.

How we use your information

Prospective Insureds and Insured Persons

We may collect information about you in different ways: – directly when you apply for a policy, information about you may also be provided to us by an insurance broker, Insurers, your employers, family member or any third party who may be applying for a policy which names or benefits you.

We only collect personal information that we know we will genuinely use and in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation. The type of personal information that we will collect about you, from third party organisations or that you have voluntarily provided to us on this website or from enquiry/contact forms, or other contact methods includes:

Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, marital status, title, date of birth, gender, National Insurance Number, Driving Licence information or other identification information, accident/incident details, vehicle details. This includes details of additional drivers.

Contact Data includes address, email address or telephone numbers.

Employment Data includes the name of your employer and contact details

Financial Data includes payment card details, bank account details and basic credit information

Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access the Website. Records of conversations. (Calls may be recorded for training and monitoring purpose)

Vehicle operation and Location data– Our vehicles are equipped with a vehicle telematics system. All telematics system functionality may or may not be active during rental periods. Telematics systems may provide us with use of, disclosure of, or access to; (1) location information; (2) crash notification and related crash data; and (3) operational condition, mileage, diagnostic and performance reporting of vehicles, as permitted by law.

Profile Data includes information you provide us, services offered and used, your marketing preferences, feedback, and survey responses.

Other Personal Data you voluntarily provide, which may include people appointed to act on your behalf and special category personal data, for example data which you provide about your health where this relates to your ability to meet your obligations under the agreement.

Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature.

However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.

Searches such as carrying out a Hire Purchase Investigation (HPI) check to see if there is any outstanding finance on the vehicle, Motor Insurance Database (MID) check to review the vehicle Insurance details and/or Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register to monitor written off vehicles and help trace stolen vehicles. CUE checks provide access to the Motor, Home and Personal Injury databases viewed to verify/add or update individual claims history, and DVLA Keeper records which may be viewed to identify the registered Keeper for a given vehicle. Driving Licence checks may be carried out to verify all motoring convictions have been correctly advised.

CCTV if you visit our offices.

Business Partners– if you are a business partner, we may collect your business contact details, we may collect your details if you visit our website, register for a newsletter, or attend one of our events.

How we use your information and Legal basis

We must have a legal basis (lawful reason) to process your personal data. In most cases, the legal basis will be one of the following.

  • Performance of a contract: the processing is necessary to enter into a contract you have with us.
  • Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law. For example, Money Laundering Regulation and associated laws.
  • Consent: where we have obtained appropriate consents to collect or use your Personal Information for a particular purpose.
  • Legitimate interests: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, unless there is a good reason to protect the individual’s personal data which overrides those legitimate interests. For example, to understand how customers use our services so we can develop new services and improve the services we currently provide.

When we process your personal information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights under data protection laws.

Where we need to collect personal information by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you choose not to provide it, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we may have to cancel a service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.