We take your privacy very seriously and we ask that you read this privacy notice carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal data, your rights in relation to your personal data and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.
Who we are
Practice Cover Ltd collects, uses and is responsible for certain personal data about you. For this we are required to comply with data protection regulation and we are responsible as a data controller of that personal data for the purposes of those laws.
When we mention "Practice Cover", "we", "us" or "our" we are referring to Practice Cover Ltd.
Practice Cover Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 7063423 whose registered office is at East Wing, Goffs Oak House, Waltham Cross EN7 5BW. Practice Cover Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is recorded on the Financial Services Register under reference number 513798.
Our services are outlined in our Terms and Conditions of business which are issued separately.
The personal data we collect and use
In the course of providing our service to you we may collect the following personal data when you provide it to us:
- Contact information
- Identity information
- Financial information including income and expenditure
- Employment status
- Lifestyle information including health information and past medical history
- Details of others within your practice (If you are providing information about another person we expect you to ensure that they know you are doing so and are content with their information being provided to us. You might find it helpful to show them this Privacy Notice and if they have any concerns please contact us in one of the ways described below.)
Information collected from other sources
We also obtain personal data from other sources in the course of providing our intermediary services. Where we obtain this information from another party it is their responsibility to make sure they explain that they will be sharing personal data with us and, where necessary, ask permission before sharing information with us.
The personal data we obtain from other sources may include the following:
- Your other financial advisers
- From identification and verification checking agencies
How we use your personal data
Table 1 sets out the main areas of:
- how we use your personal data
- the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data
- who we routinely share your personal data with
Table 1 – How we use your Personal Data
| Rationale/Reason for Processing | Lawful Basis for Processing | Third party recipients linked to that activity |
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To provide you with information and advice relevant to the suitability of locum, absence and overheads insurance products. |
Performance of a contract Consent Legal Obligation |
Your other professional advisers e.g. accountants The third-party provider of services such as the underwriter of your cover |
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To provide you with details of products and services from us and third parties that may be of interest to you in accordance with your marketing preferences |
Consent | The third-party provider of services such as a product provider |
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To retain records of any services or advice provided to you by us in order to defend the advice provided |
Legitimate Interest Compliance with a legal obligation | Data may be shared or stored by third-party providers on our behalf in a secure manner |
Special category data
Certain types of personal data are considered more sensitive and so are subject to additional levels of protection under data protection legislation. These are known as ‘special categories of data’ and include data concerning your health. We do not generally collect or hold data relating to criminal convictions or offences which is also subject to additional levels of protection, however, where this is required we retain a lawful basis for doing so.
We may process health information and lifestyle information when providing intermediary services in relation to a protection or insurance product. In addition to the lawful basis for processing this information set out in the above table, we will be processing it either (i) for the purpose of advising on, arranging or administering an insurance contract or (ii) for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Marketing
We may use personal data we hold about you to help us identify, tailor and provide you with details of products and services from us that may be of interest to you. We will only do so where we have obtained your consent and have a legitimate business reason to do this and will do so in accordance with any marketing preferences you have provided to us.
In addition, where you provided your consent, we may provide you with details of products and services of third parties where they may be of interest to you.
You can opt out of receiving marketing at any time. If you wish to amend your marketing preferences, please contact us:
By phone: 0800 028 5633 or 023 8051 3286
By email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
By Post: Practice Cover Ltd, FREEPOST PLUS RSGG-XLAC-XXCA, Southampton, SO15 5JF
Whether information has to be provided by you, and if so why
We will tell you if providing some personal data is optional, including if we ask for your consent to process it. In all other cases you must provide your personal data in order for us to provide you with intermediary services.
How long your personal data will be kept
We will hold your personal data for differing periods of time depending upon the reason we have for processing it. These retention periods are set out below.
| Type of Record | Retention Period |
| Information leading to advice in relation to locum, absence and overheads insurance. | We will retain your records for the period of time that you remain a client and also to the extent to which we are required to by the UK Financial Services regulator, or for the length of time that we retain the liability for the advice provided. This may be indefinitely. |
| Claims Records | We will retain your records for the period of time that a claim is ongoing and for a reasonable period thereafter as the information may assist in the renewal of future cover. This may be indefinitely. |
| Other records | We will retain information of a general nature for as long as we feel that it is warranted but will review any requests for information removal on a case by case basis. |
Transfer of your information out of the EEA
We will not transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area, however, the organisation that may provide cover may be required to and you should review their Privacy Notice for full details should you be concerned.
Your rights
You have a right to ask us for more information about the safeguards we have put in place. You have legal rights under data protection regulation in relation to your personal data. These are set out under the below headings:
- To access personal data
- To correct / erase personal data
- To restrict how we use personal data
- To object to how we use personal data
- To ask us to transfer personal data to another organisation
- To find out more about how we use personal data
We may ask you for proof of identity when making a request to exercise any of these rights. We do this to ensure we only disclose information or change your details where we know we are dealing with the right individual.
We will not ask for a fee, unless we think your request is unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Where a fee is necessary, we will inform you before proceeding with your request.
We aim to respond to all valid requests within one month. It may however take us longer if the request is particularly complicated or you have made several requests. We will always let you know if we think a response will take longer than one month. To speed up our response, we may ask you to provide more detail about what you want to receive or are concerned about.
We may not always be able to fully address your request, for example if it would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others, or if we are otherwise legally entitled to deal with the request in a different way.
To access personal data
You can ask us to confirm whether or not we have and are using your personal data. You can also ask to get a copy of your personal data from us and for information on how we process it.
To rectify / erase personal data
You can ask that we rectify any information about you which is incorrect. We will be happy to rectify such information but would need to verify the accuracy of the information first.
You can ask that we erase your personal data if you think we no longer need to use it for the purpose we collected it from you.
You can also ask that we erase your personal data if you have either withdrawn your consent to us using your information (if we originally asked for your consent to use your information) or exercised your right to object to further legitimate use of your information, or where we have used it unlawfully or where we are subject to a legal obligation to erase your personal data.
We may not always be able to comply with your request, for example where we need to keep using your personal data in order to comply with our legal obligation or where we need to use your personal data to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
To restrict our use of personal data
You can ask that we restrict our use of your personal data in certain circumstances, for example
- where you think the information is inaccurate and we need to verify it;
- where our use of your personal data is not lawful, but you do not want us to erase it;
- where the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected but we need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
- where you have objected to our use of your personal data, but we still need to verify if we have overriding grounds to use it.
We can continue to use your personal data following a request for restriction where we have your consent to use it; or we need to use it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, or we need to use it to protect the rights of another individual or a company.
To object to use of personal data
You can object to any use of your personal data which we have justified on the basis of our legitimate interest, if you believe your fundamental rights and freedoms to data protection outweigh our legitimate interest in using the information. If you raise an objection, we may continue to use the personal data if we can demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate interests to use the information.
To request a transfer of personal data
You can ask us to provide your personal data to you in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, or you can ask to have it transferred directly to another data controller (e.g. another company).
You may only exercise this right where we use your personal data in order to perform a contract with you, or where we asked for your consent to use your personal data. This right does not apply to any personal data which we hold or process outside automated means.
You can contact us for more information
If you are not satisfied with the level of information provided in this Privacy Notice, you can ask us about what personal data we have about you, what we use your information for, who we disclose your information to, whether we transfer it abroad, how we protect it, how long we keep it for, what rights you have, how you can make a complaint, where we got your data from and whether we have carried out any automated decision making using your personal data.
If you would like to exercise any of the above rights, please:
- email or write to the Data Privacy Manager at Practice Cover Ltd, FREEPOST PLUS, RSGG-XLAC-XXCA, Southampton, S015 5JF;
- let us have enough information to identify you, e.g. name, address, date of birth;
- let us have proof of your identity and address (a copy of your driving licence or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill); and
- let us know the information to which your request relates.
Keeping your personal data secure
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
Our supervisory authority
If you are not happy with the way we are handling your information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office. It has enforcement powers and can investigate compliance with data protection regulation (www.ico.org.uk).
We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before the ICO.
How to contact us
Please contact the Data Privacy Manager at the address given above, if you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the information we hold about you.
Data Privacy Notice V1 May 2018
