Privacy policy

1. Who we are and about this policy

The EMIGRATE2 website (the ‘Website’) is owned and operated by Halo Financial Ltd., whose head office address is Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road, London, SW8 3HE. The privacy and security of your personal information is very important to us and we treat this seriously.

2.  Security

We maintain appropriate technical and physical security measures to protect against any unauthorised access or damage to, or disclosure or loss of, your information.

3. What information do we need to collect from you?

We will not collect any information about individuals, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided by them. Examples of such information are your: name, telephone number, email address, postal address or details of your planned migration.

We do not collect sensitive personal information about you for the services we offer.

4. Why do we need to collect this information from you?

We will use your information to facilitate our services and, if necessary, may disclose your personal information to a third party where you have given us your consent to do so.

5. How we use and disclose your personal information

We will share your information with Halo Financial Ltd. and may also share your information with named business partners based upon your consent.

6. Your rights

You have a number of specific rights with regards to the use of your personal information that we hold, which include the right to:

  • access to the personal information or a copy of the information you provided in a portable format
  • request that we correct or delete the personal information, or restrict or object to the use of your personal information at any time
  • withdraw your consent or object to any automated decision making/profiling
  • complain to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) at any time. They can be contacted via www.ico.org.uk

7. How long will we keep your information?

We will keep your information for a period of two years unless you remove or refresh your consent.

8. International data transfers

We will not transfer your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA) unless it is to a country assessed by the European Union (EU) as having adequate data protection laws in place, or we will keep control of the information, or require anyone we pass it to, to treat it to European Union standards.

9. Links to other websites

This privacy policy only applies to information relating to this website, so please read the privacy policies of other sites, as we are not responsible for them.

10. Cookies

We may use ‘cookies’ and other similar technologies, for example pixel tags ((a small piece of code that captures information on the web browser you’re using), on our website. The session cookies we use do not maintain or capture personal or user data and are destroyed once you close your browser. The web browsers of most computers are initially set up to accept cookies, however, if you prefer, you can disable cookies through your Internet browser.

11. Contacting us

You can also ask for further information about the way we use your personal information, or to complain about its use, by contacting our Data Protection Officer at: Halo Financial Ltd., Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road, London, SW8 3HE, by emailing dpo@halofinancial.com or by using the Contact Form on this site.

 

1. Who we are and about this policy

The EMIGRATE2 website (the ‘Website’) is owned and operated by Halo Financial Ltd whose head office address is Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road, London, SW8 3HE.

The privacy and security of your personal information is very important to us and we treat the privacy of your information seriously. We know that you care how information about you is used and shared and we appreciate your trust in us to do so appropriately.

Please read this policy carefully as it explains what information we are gathering, how we will use it and to demonstrate our commitment to your personal information privacy. We may change the content or services found on our Website at any time without notice and consequently our privacy policy may change from time to time in the future to keep it up to date. You should review this page regularly and your continued access to or use of the Website will mean that you agree to any changes. If we make any significant changes to the way we use your personal information from that stated at the time we obtained your information, we will notify you by posting a notice on this website.

2. Security

We maintain appropriate technical and physical security measures to protect against any unauthorised access or damage to, or disclosure or loss of, your information. We use leading technologies such as (but not limited to) firewalls to protect the security of your information.

3. What information do we need to collect from you?

We will not collect any information about individuals, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided by them. Examples of such information are your: name, telephone number, email address and postal address.

You are not required to register your details to browse the EMIGRATE2 website. Your personal details are only required, collected and held when you choose to register for the free guides, send an enquiry or subscribe to our Emigrate2 e-newsletter.

We do not collect sensitive personal information about you for the services we offer.

4. Why do we need to collect this information from you?

We will use your information to facilitate our services and, if necessary, may disclose your personal information to a third party, for the following reasons:

Where we have a legitimate business interest to use your information

There are certain circumstances where we have a legitimate interest in using your information, which may not be aligned to the core element of the service we provide you, but may enhance the overall service we can provide you. For example, using Cookies and other analytics software in order to tailor the information available on the site.

We may also want to contact you for feedback on our performance using online surveys to monitor the level of service we provide. You will always have a right to refuse to complete any surveys.

Where you have given us your consent

For much of what we do with your information we will obtain your consent in advance.

We may share your information with our third party affiliated partners as part of our service to you and we will only do this with your consent.

If you have provided information to us about someone else (i.e. your spouse or partner) you will have confirmed that you have the consent of these individuals to share their personal information with us. You should share this privacy policy with all individuals whose personal information you have shared with us, as it may also apply to them.

5. How we use and disclose your personal information

We will share your information with Halo Financial Ltd. and may also share your information with selected business partners, should you provide us consent to do so. These may include:

  • removal firms
  • property agents
  • visa agents
  • recruitment
  • healthcare providers
  • financial services

We or our business partners may communicate with you by email, telephone or SMS, with offers of goods and services that you have expressed an interest in.

You can change your marketing preferences (i.e. how you would like us to communicate our products and services to you) at any time by contacting us.

We may use your contact details and other information you provide through this website or when you register with us or from our records of our dealings with you, to obtain your views on our services, and to identify our products and services, and those of our strategic partners, which may interest you.

By submitting your information through this website, you agree that we may use your information in this way, unless you have indicated when you submit the information, that you do not agree to this, or you subsequently write requesting us to stop.

For quality control and training purposes we may monitor or record your communications with us.

6. Your rights

There are a number of specific rights you have with regards to the use of your personal information that we hold, which include the right:

  • of access to and a copy of the personal information
  • to request that we correct or delete the personal information, or restrict or object to the use of your personal information at any time
  • to withdraw your consent, which you have previously provided, please note that, should you withdraw your consent, it will remain valid in respect of our use of your information prior to the date you withdrew consent
  • to complain to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) at any time if you object to the way we use your personal information
  • to object to any automated decision making/profiling we do, if we undertake such activity
  • to request a copy of the information you provided to us in a ‘structured, commonly used and machine readable’ format. This may be directly to you as the data subject or, where technically feasible, to another data controller.

Please be aware that in some situations, despite your request as noted above, we may not be able to or be required to honour it, as it may result in us not being able to meet our legal and regulatory obligations, or we may need to retain the information for a specified period. We will inform you if this is the case.

7. How long will we keep your information?

We will keep your information based upon your consent for a period of two years, unless you remove or refresh your consent.

8. International data transfers

We may need to transfer your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries whose data protection laws may not be as extensive. We will not transfer your information outside the EEA unless it is to a country assessed by the European Union (EU) as having adequate data protection laws in place or we will keep control of the information or require anyone we pass it to, to treat it to European Union standards.

We, or our selected partners, may use cloud based computer systems, which is where data is stored across multiple servers.

By communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal information in this way. If you would like to obtain further information about the safeguards we have in place please contact the Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are provided in Section 11 below.

9. Links to other websites

We link to a wide variety of other third-party sites and we display advertisements, tiles, skyscrapers and banners from third parties on our site.

This privacy policy only applies to information relating to the Emigrate2.co.uk website, so please read the privacy policies of other sites, as we are not responsible for them. Whilst we try to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Unless expressly stated, we are not agents for these sites, or advertisers, nor are we authorised to make representations or enter into correspondence on their behalf.

10. Cookies

We may use ‘cookies’ and other similar technologies on our website. A ‘cookie’ is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. We use session cookies to manage website content and structure. The session cookies we use do not maintain or capture personal or user data and are destroyed once you close your browser.

The web browsers of most computers are initially set up to accept cookies, however, if you prefer, you can disable cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may affect your ability to use this website by declining cookies. Information about cookies and how to reject them can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

11. Contacting us

Please help us to keep your records up to date by informing us of any changes to your personal details. You can also ask for further information about the way we use your personal information, or to complain about its use, by contacting the Data Protection Officer at: Halo Financial Ltd., Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road, London, SW8 3HE, by emailing dpo@halofinancial.com, or by using the Contact Form on this site.