mendmyi ("we", "us", "our") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
We act as a data processor on behalf of your insurance company.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
When you visit our websites or use our services, we collect personal data. The ways we collect it can be categorised into the following:
Information provided to us by you:
When you visit or use some parts of our websites and/or services we might ask you to provide personal data to us. For example, we ask for your contact information when you sign up for a free trial, respond to a job application or an email offer, participate in community forums, join us on social media, take part in training and events, contact us with questions or request support. If you don’t want to provide us with personal data, you don’t have to, but it might mean you can’t use some parts of our websites or services.
Information collected automatically:
We collect some information about you automatically when you visit our websites or use our services, like your IP address and device type. We also collect information when you navigate through our websites and services, including what pages you looked at and what links you clicked on. This information is useful for us as it helps us get a better understanding of how you’re using our websites and services.
Some of this information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies.
Information given to us by your insurance company:
The majority of information we process is given to us by your insurance company who have your information on file. This data will be in line with your policy information and will be used to process your claim.
Where we collect personal data, we’ll only process it:
to perform a contract with you, or
where we have legitimate interests to process the personal data and they’re not overridden by your rights, or
in accordance with a legal obligation, or
where we have your consent.
If we don’t collect your personal data, we may be unable to provide you with all our services, and some functions and features on our websites may not be available to you.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHY WE NEED IT
We use your personal data to operate our websites and provide you with services requested and to manage our relationship with you. We also use your personal data for other purposes, which may include the following:
To communicate with you. This may include:
providing you with information you’ve requested from us (like training or education materials) or information we are required to send to you
operational communications, like updates or changes to our websites and services, security updates, or assistance with using our websites and services
marketing communications in accordance with your marketing preferences
asking you for feedback or to take part in any research we are conducting (which we may engage a third party to assist with).
To support you: This may include assisting with the resolution of technical support issues or other issues relating to the websites or services, whether by email, in-app support or otherwise.
To enhance our websites and services and develop new ones: For example, by tracking and monitoring your use of websites and services so we can keep improving, or by carrying out technical analysis of our websites and services so that we can optimise your user experience and provide you with more efficient tools.
To protect: So that we can detect and prevent any fraudulent or malicious activity or claim activity.
To market to you: In addition to sending you marketing communications, we may also use your personal data to display targeted advertising to you online – through our own websites and services or through third party websites and their platforms.
To analyse and report: We may use the personal data we collect about you and other users of our websites and services (whether obtained directly or from third parties) to produce aggregated and anonymised analytics and reports, which we may share publicly or with third parties.
USE OF COOKIES
We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies help us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. Some of the cookies we use are essential for the site to operate. If you continue to use our Website, you agree to our use of cookies.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area whether by us or third parties that we use (such as payment processing companies, postal delivery services and website providers). By accepting our terms and conditions you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and any applicable laws.
None of your credit/debit card details will be stored by us.
RETENTION
We’ll retain your personal data for a period of 12 months from the date that your service with us completes. 12 months is the maximum warranty period that we can offer and the time period is in line with this period of time. At the end of the 12 months or when our relationship with you ends we’ll make sure that your data is deleted or anonymised.
SECURITY
Security is a priority for us when it comes to your personal data. We’re committed to protecting your personal data and have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to make sure that happens.
ADVERTISING
We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these from time to time.
If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, you have the right to request us not to do this. To do so, please email [email protected] with your request
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Website Use, our Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of mendmyi, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection, credit risk reduction and corporate acquisitions.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
It’s your personal data and you have certain rights relating to it. When it comes to marketing communications, you can ask us not to send you these at any time – just follow the unsubscribe instructions contained in the marketing communication, or send your request to [email protected]
You also have rights to:
• know what personal data we hold about you, and to make sure it’s correct and up to date
• request a copy of your personal data, or ask us to restrict processing your personal data or delete it
• object to our continued processing of your personal data
You can exercise these rights at any time by sending an email to [email protected]
If you’re not happy with how we are processing your personal data, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected] . We will review and investigate your complaint, and try to get back to you within a reasonable time frame.
You can also complain to your local data protection authority. They will be able to advise you how to submit a complaint.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to [email protected]