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Privacy Policy

Introduction

London Rebuilding Society  (Industrial and Provident Society Number 29352R) has its registered office at 9, Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4PE, United Kingdom (LRS).

LRS is committed to protecting the privacy of its users and we will only use information received from you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 ('the Act').

Please read this Privacy Policy before providing us with any information about you or your organisation. This policy (together with our copyright notice and our basic terms and conditions) governs our use of personal data received from you.

LRS is the data controller for the purposes of the Act.

Personal Information

The LRS website does not store or capture personal information about you when you visit it; it merely records traffic information. This means information about all of our visitors collectively, for example how many visits the website receives.  In order to respect our visitors' rights of privacy, this information is anonymous and no individual visitor can be identified from it.  We will only collect personal information about you if you contact us by telephone or e-mail, or fill out the on-line form included in our website. 

By sending information to us or by filling in forms on londonrebuilding.com ('the site') you are enabling us to provide you with services.

We take all reasonable precautions to protect our visitors' information, both on and off line.  If your personal information changes, please let us know and we will correct, update or remove any information that we hold about you on our active databases. 

We can only collect personal information for fair reasons.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Please be assured that we will not disclose your personal information to others, except in the following circumstances:

  • Where it is necessary for the provision of information or services to you;
  • To prevent and/or detect crime;
  • Where we are required to do so by the courts (or other statutory bodies) or to comply with other legal, statutory and/or regulatory obligations including accounting and taxation requirements; or
  • For credit reference purposes.
IP Addresses and Cookies

Cookies (small computer files) may be downloaded to your computer during the course of your visit to the site.

Cookies are very common. They enable us to tailor the content of the site to your preferences. Cookies also enable us to monitor (without identifying users) the statistical usage of different aspects of the site.

You can amend the settings on your computer to refuse to accept cookies. However, doing so may affect your ability to use all areas of the site.

We also collect other information about your computer. The information we collect is dependent on availability, but can include: IP addresses and operating system information. We use this information to monitor (without identifying users) the statistical usage of different aspects of the site.

Hyperlinks

We may provide hyperlinks from this website to websites of other organisations.  Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to this site and that LRS will not be liable for the contents of linked web sites or any transactions carried out with organisations operating those web sites.

Access to Personal Information

We are happy to provide you with details of the personal information which we process about you.  To protect our customers' personal information, we follow strict storage and disclosure procedures, which mean that we will require proof of identity from you prior to disclosing such information.  We may charge a small administration fee in relation to any requests for access to personal information. 

Information Updates

Please help us to keep your Personal Information current and accurate by contacting us if your Personal Information is or becomes inaccurate and/or out-of-date.

Security

As you may be aware, no data transmission over the Internet can be entirely secure.  As a result, while we will always use reasonable endeavours to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and the use of our site (including the e-mail facilities) is at your own risk.

User Declaration

By providing LRS with any personal information you consent to the use of your personal Information for the purposes and in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.

General

This policy is subject to change. Where appropriate we will inform you of any change and give you the right to object.

This policy is governed by English Law and the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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