The information collected about you by your use of the Corporate Finance Associates (CFA) website will be held by CFA whose trading address is The Coach House, Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. WR15 8SP.
You can use certain parts of the CFA website without submitting your details, but to gain access to the special terms and funding deals, our full range of products and services, we require you to provide certain Personal Details and in certain cases sign confidentiality and fee agreements.
We will process your Personal Details in the way indicated in this Privacy Statement. Over time the way we process your Personal Details may change. We will let you know about changes that may not be obvious to you by publishing them in the Privacy Statement.
By using the CFA website you agree to any changes we tell you about unless, within 60 days of that notice, you write and tell us not to handle your information in the new way.
If we ask for your email address, we'll be sure to keep it to ourselves. We will only use your address to notify you about important changes to the site, your account, or to send you updates and news items that you've specifically requested. You can read a full privacy statement here.
If and when the development of the CFA site results in the availability of personalised services, we will offer you the opportunity to opt in and become a member, we will also ask you to submit an ID and a Password. If at any time you forget your ID or Password, we will ask you to enter your e-mail address in the Need a Reminder? form and to submit it so that we can identify you and re-send your Password and ID. Your account is only accessible through the use of your ID and Password which at all times should be kept private.
We shall follow strict security procedures to ensure that your personal information is not damaged, destroyed, or disclosed to a third party without your permission and to prevent unauthorised access to it. CFA takes every possible precaution to protect against the misuse of our users' information, however, we shall not be held liable for any security lapses that occur beyond our control.
We will automatically gather data such as your IP address, which site you had previously visited, the kind of browser you are using, and statistics about how you use the CFA website ("User Data"). This will help us tailor the site to your individual need. The User Data will be linked to the Personal Information we hold about you to contact you for marketing purposes. We do not share User Data in any form with current or potential partners without your permission.
" In order to process any application for funding we will need to be supplied with information, including accounts and personal financial details, by you, the Client, and by other sources such as your Bank and credit reference agencies.
" We may also, when authorised by you in writing, apply for supplementary information from your professional or other advisers.
" We will record this information (whether in manually operated or automated systems) and retain it only as long as we are required by law to do so. We will keep it as securely as possible.
" We will use the information to assess the application, to approach a number of selected funders and, subsequently, in negotiations for the issue of an offer of funding with them.
" In order to do so, we will disclose such of this information as is necessary to negotiate terms with a funding source, with employees of this business, any guarantor required by the funder, any person or organisation necessary to comply with any legal or regulatory requirements to which we may be subject, and anyone else whom you may specifically authorise in writing.
" We may also use the information to monitor and analyse our business and, unless you instruct us in writing not to do so, contact you with details of products or services which may be of interest to you.
" In the event that we search with credit reference agencies, we will need to disclose information about you. The credit reference agencies will record details of our searches. If you would like details of the credit reference agencies please write to us at the address stated.
" You have the right to apply to us for details of the information we hold about you. We may make an administrative charge for doing so.