Privacy policy

The Diverse Finance Company is a trading name of Diverse Finance Limited.
Diverse Finance Ltd is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. We are committed to protecting your privacy and have taken steps to explain our policy and procedures for dealing with your personal information below.

What information do we collect?
1. In order to fully utilise the services of the Diverse Finance web site (“our Site”) it will be necessary for you to provide a variety of information.
2. This information can include; personal/business, financial, identifier, demographic and contact details.
3. We will use the information you provide to prepare finance applications for the range of services detailed on our Site.
4. Some of the services on our site require information to be provided which we will collect. Other services require information input from you in order to assess your options where the information is not collected and/or processed by us.
5. In all cases you are under no obligation to supply the requested information. However this will mean you will be unable to utilise certain services on the Site.

What do we do with your information?
1. We package and present information submitted by you to prepare applications for services you have requested.
2. We will share your information with third parties (“Lenders”) for the purpose of securing Quotations, Offers in Principle (“OIP’s”) and firm Offers of Advance (“OA’s”).We and/or our Lenders may use this information to credit check and/or verify your application details.
3. More generally information provided may be used to administer, select appropriate Lenders and their services, assess needs, survey, compile industry and demographic trends of the users of our Site and our Direct Service.
4. The information provided may also be used to more accurately tailor our services to your needs.
5. We may also use and publish information from you in any form provided your identity remains anonymous.
6. We monitor traffic patterns and usage of our website to help us improve the design and layout of the website
7. It enables us to contact you by letter, email, telephone, fax or any other medium for the products and services you have expressed an interest in.
8. It also enables us to contact you by letter, email, telephone, fax or any other medium after you have completed a transaction with us to ensure you were satisfied with our products and services

How do we protect your information?
1. Our site has security precautions in place to protect the information you provide.
2. Whilst we endeavour to protect your personal information at all times we cannot warrant or ensure the security of the information that you provide and so you do this at your own risk.
3. We will not share your information with any third parties unless they need to have it to process an application (Quotations, OIP’s, OA’s) for a product or service requested by you.

Third Party Links
1. Any links to other sites are provided for the convenience of our customers.
2. We cannot be held responsible for their privacy practices or the content of these websites. The parties at these linked websites are not under a duty to abide by the Privacy Policy of this Site.

Cookies
1. The Site uses cookies to keep track of your identity and selections.
2. Cookies may be used to deliver content specific to your interests and for other purposes. Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. However, switching off cookies will restrict your use of our Site.

Choice/Opt-Out
1. The Site provides you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us about the services available on the Site, at the point where we request information from you. In addition, you may request not to receive future communications.
2. You can contact us using the details below.

Access to your Information and Correcting/Updating your Information
1. You may at any time request us to make available to you a copy of the personal information held about you.
2. You may change personal information previously provided to us.
3. There will be a small administration charge for this service.

Enquiries
If you would like to enquire further about this privacy statement please contact us at:

Diverse Finance Ltd
Attn: Data Manager

Regal House

5th Floor

70 London Road

Twickenham

TW1 3QS

phone: 0845 225 2917
fax: 0870 432 3611

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