Updated 30th January 2024
Accepted Catalogue Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.acceptedcatalogue.com (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. You will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy when signing up for an Account. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
1.1 In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
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“Account” |
means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site; |
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“Cookie |
means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 13, below |
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"Cookie Law" |
means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; |
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“Personal Data" |
means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the Data Protection Act 1998 or after 25th May 2018 EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) |
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“We/Us/Our" |
means Accepted Catalogue Limited, a limited company registered in United Kingdom under company number 15185835, whose registered address is Accepted Catalogue Limited, Retford Enterprise, Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR. |
2.1 Our Site is owned and operated by Accepted Catalogue Limited, a limited company registered in United Kingdom under company number 15185835, whose registered address is Accepted Catalogue Limited, Retford Enterprise, Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR.
2.2 Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted by email dpo@acceptedcatalogue.com, or by post at the address above.
2.3 We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office and our Data Protection Licence number is ZB606362.
3.1 This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
4.1 As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
4.2 If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us using the details provided in section 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a national rate number.
4.3 For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data (please also see section 13 on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies:
5.1 Title;
5.2 Name;
5.3 Date of Birth;
5.4 Email Address;
5.5 Telephone number;
5.6 Annual Income;
5.7 No. of Dependants;
5.8 Monthly Rent/ Mortgage;
5.9 Sources of income;
5.10 Delivery Address information;
5.11 Billing Address information;
5.12 Direct Debt details such as Sortcode, Bank Account Number & Account Holder status;
5.13 Credit Card details such as Card Number, Expiry Month & Year, Card holders name & CVV/CVC;
5.14 business/company name
5.15 company address
5.16 job title;
5.17 IP address;
5.18 web browser type and version;
5.19 operating system;
5.20 a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on Our Site, and the site you exit to;
6.1 Personal Data about our customers is an important part of our business and we shall only use your Personal Data for the following purposes and shall not keep such Personal Data longer than is necessary to fulfil these purposes:
6.1.1. To help us to identify you when you contact us.
6.1.2. To help us to identify accounts, services and/or products which you could have from us or selected partners from time to time. We may do this by automatic means using a scoring system, which uses the Personal Data you have provided and/or any information we hold about you and Personal Data from third party agencies (including credit reference agencies).
Catalogue Credit Services promoting:
Diesel Emissions Claims :
Housing Disrepair Claims:
Mobile Phone Network Services:
BY ACCEPTING OUR PRIVACY POLICY YOU AGREE TO BE SENT PROMOTIONS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED BUSINESSES AND PRODUCTS LISTED.
6.2 Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for Our performance of a contract with you, or because you have consented to Our use of your personal data. Specifically, We may use your data for the following purposes:
6.3 With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and/or telephone and/or post with information, news and offers on Our products and/or services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
6.4 Any Third parties content which may appear on Our Site from time to time may use third party Cookies, as detailed below in section 13. Please refer to section 13 for more information on controlling Cookies. Please note that We do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data they collect and use and advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
6.5 You have the right to withdraw your consent to Us using your personal data at any time, and to request that We delete it.
6.6 We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
7.1 We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
7.2 Your data will only be stored in the UK.
7.3 Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
8.1 Subject to section 8.4, We will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes.
8.2 We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, suppliers, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. We will only pass your customer details to 3rd parties for instances such as delivery and tracking of your goods, of which will consist of:
8.3 We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
8.4 In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.
In order to process your application, we will perform credit and identity checks on you with one or more Credit Reference Agencies (CRAs). We may also carry out further periodic searches at CRA’s to allow us to manage your account with us.
To do this, we will supply your personal information to CRAs. This will include your name, date of birth and residential address. It may also include additional information such as your salary, previous residential addresses and other information you provide as part of your credit application.
The CRAs will match this information to the records they hold about you, and provide in return, both public information (including the electoral register) and shared credit information in relation to your financial situation and financial history.
CRA’s will supply to us both public (including the electoral register) and shared credit, financial situation and financial history information and fraud prevention information.
We will use this information to:
We will continue to exchange information about you with CRA’s while you have a relationship with us. We will also inform the CRA’s about your settled accounts. If you borrow and do not repay in full or on time, CRA’s will record the outstanding debt. This information may be supplied to other organisations by CRA’s
When CRA’s receive a search from us they will place a search footprint on your credit file that may be seen by other lenders.
If you are making a joint application, or tell us that you have a spouse of a financial associate, we will link your records together, so you should make sure you discuss this with them, and share with them this information, before lodging the application. CRA’s will also link your records together and these links will remain on your and their files until such time as your partner successfully files for a disassociation with the CRA’s to break the link.
The identities of the CRA’s, their role also as fraud prevention agencies, the data they hold, the ways in which they use and share personal information, data retention periods and your data protection rights with the CRA’s are explained in more detail at www.equifax.co.uk/crain
9.1 We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
9.2 In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will not, however, be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
10.1 In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, when you submit personal data via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. As we only use any personal data that you give us for the purpose of managing your account and as required by contract. We will not be using your data for marketing purposes
11.1 You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
11.2 You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see section 13
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held. Under the GDPR, no fee is payable, and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Us for more details at dpo@acceptedcatalogue.com, or by using the contact details below in section 14.
13.1 Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
13.2 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
13.3 Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.
13.4 Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in section 13.6. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 13.10, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
13.5 The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose & Type | Expires After | Strictly Necessary |
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| phpsessid | Tracking user navigation around site | 24 hours | No |
13.6 Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
13.7 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information.
13.8 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose & Type | Provider | Expires After | Strictly Necessary |
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| _ga | Analytics – used to distinguish users | 2 Years | No | |
| _gid | Analytics – used to distinguish users | 24 hours | No | |
| _gat | Analytics – used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute | No | |
| AMP_TOKEN | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service | 30 seconds to 1 year | No |
13.9 In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
13.10 You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
13.11 It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at dpo@acceptedcatalogue.com, or by post at Accepted Catalogue Limited, Retford Enterprise, Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 12, above).
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
