Privacy Policy
At Chequers Estate Agents (Barnstaple) Ltd. we're committed to respecting and protecting your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about our website visitors, customers and people who contact or interact with us, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
If you do not want us to process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide information to Chequers Estate Agents (Barnstaple) Ltd. or use our website www.chequershomes.co.uk.
For questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at enquiries@chequershomes.co.uk or 66/67 Boutport Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1HG.
About Chequers Estate Agents
Chequers Estate Agents is a trading name of Chequers Estate Agents (Barnstaple) Ltd. whose registered number is 13304039 and registered office is 66 - 67 Boutport Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1HG
How do we collect personal information about you?
We obtain personal information about you that you provide to us through our website, emails, phone conversations, documents you provide to us when you visit one of our branches, for example when you:
We also obtain personal information relating to you using automated technical means when you visit our website.
What type of personal information is collected?
The information we collect from you might include (but is not limited to) your name, address, email address, phone number, date of birth and financial details and any other information you choose to provide to us.
The information we collect through our website using automated technical means includes: the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, identification number, online identifier and location data. We also collect information about your website visit including which website pages are accessed, page response times and length of visits to pages.
How long do we retain your personal information?
We review our retention periods for personal data on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information for certain prescribed periods to fulfil our statutory obligations. Outside of specific statutory obligations, we will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant contract you hold with us.
We will retain personal data such as your name, address, email address, date of birth, phone number and financial details for a minimum period of 3 months following first contact, and for a maximum period of 5 years following initial contact.
In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which we will retain your personal information. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:
How do we use your personal information?
We may use the information that you directly provide to us in the following ways:
In this section we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal information might be transferred to countries outside the EEA.
If you use our services while you are outside the EEA, your information may be transferred outside the EEA in order to provide you with those services.
Review of this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated on 16th May 2018.
If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other sections of the website and/or notify you by email.
Further information
You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner's Office website at www.ico.org.uk.