Privacy Notice

Who we are 

Simple Commercial Finance Ltd are Commercial Finance Brokers registered office at 2 Exeter Street, New Village Road, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, HU16 4LU – our Company Register Number is 07053500.  Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (reg number 723329 – you can check via www.register.fca.org) and we are registered with the ICO (reg number Z2105504 – you can check via www.ico.org.uk) 

What data do we collect?

Our Company may collect the following data:

  • Personal identification information
  • Location based data
  • Contact information
  • Bank details
  • Special category data

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Our Company with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Complete an online form or other communication methods for our services.
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
  • During the course of meetings, face to face or remotely.
  • Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.

Our Company may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

  • Companies House
  • In the course of AML searches.
  • Credit Reference Agencies
  • Firm websites
  • Referrals

How will we use your data?

Our Company collects your data so that we can:

  • Process your application with potential funder(s) and manage your request including general correspondence with you.
Data Type Data use
Personal Identification Information Part of Simple Commercial Finance’s due diligence
Contact Information To contact you about our services and general updates on you request.
Location based data Used as part of our Cyber Security
Bank Details Part of Simple Commercial Finance’s due diligence
Special Category Data Part of Simple Commercial Finance’s due diligence relevant to your request

When Our Company processes your data, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.

How do we store your data?

Our Company securely stores your data at:

Data Location Security
Microsoft Outlook https://support.office.com/en-us/article/help-protect-your-outlook-com-email-account-a4f20fc5-4307-4ece-8231-6d4d4bd8a9ba
Google analytics https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US#infosecurity
Redflag alert Password protected:https://www.redflagalert.com/privacy-policy
Microsoft One Drive https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb

Our Company will keep your different categories of data for different time periods. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data.

Data Type Duration Data Deletion Method
Personal identification information Minimum of 6 years Data Deletion
Contact information Minimum of 3 years Data Deletion
Location based data Minimum of 3 years Data Deletion
Bank Information Minimum of 6 years Data Deletion
Special category data Minimum of 6 years Data Deletion

You have the right at any time to stop Our Company from contacting you or giving your data to other members of our Company Group.

What are your data protection rights?

Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:

Call us at: 01964 545965 or write to us: 65b Forthill Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 3DQ

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Keeping you signed in
  • Understanding how you use our website

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

Cookie Key Domain Cookie Type Expiration Description
_ga .simplecf.com Analytics 2 years The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report.
_gid .simplecf.com Analytics 1 day Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_gat .simplecf.com Performance 1 minute This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

Simple Commercial Finance’s website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 17.08.2022

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protections rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: info@simplecf.com

Call us: 0800 612 3995

Or write to us at: 65b Forthill Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 3DQ

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Our Company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk.