GAS SAFE REGISTER PRIVACY POLICY
This notice describes the privacy policy of
GasSafeRegister.co.uk. By registering your details with the Gas
Safe Register, you are accepting and consenting to the practices
described in this Privacy Policy.
CONTROLLERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Any personal data or sensitive personal data provided to or
gathered by GasSafeRegister.co.uk will be controlled by Capita Gas
Registration and Ancillary Services limited (Company No. 05078781),
whose registered office is 17 Rochester Row, London, United
Kingdom, SW1P 1QT. Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services
Limited is registered as a data controller for this purpose with
the Information Commissioner’s Office.
References to “Gas Safe Register” in this policy are to the data
controller acting under that trading name.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CUSTOMERS DOES
GASSAFEREGISTER.CO.UK GATHER?
Gas Safe Register will not sell, share, transfer or rent the
information collected on this site other than as disclosed in this
statement. Gas Safe Register will use such information for:
- Sending you information about services or technical information
by any means, including by email;
- Keeping you informed of new content on the site by way of email
alert, or to follow up on the interest you have shown;
- Managing and maintaining installer’s registration accounts and
payments;
- Notifying and communicating with installers about their
accounts;
- Use in the ‘Find an Installer’ and ‘Check an Installer’
functions on the consumer facing site;
- The purposes of gas safety, which might include (but not be
limited to):
- liaison with relevant government agencies and departments, or
other parties, in promoting and demonstrating gas safety; and
- determining one or more risk models and inspection regimes to
be applied by Gas Safe Register, other bodies, or industry
generally.
This information may also be used to improve the service
provided via our website, prevent or detect fraud or abuses of our
website or the register, and to enable third parties to carry out
technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf.
HOW SECURE IS INFORMATION ABOUT ME?
Gas Safe Register will at all times comply with the requirements
of the Data Protection Act 1998, including ensuring that there are
appropriate technological and operational procedures in place to
protect our users' information. When you submit personal data via
the web site, this is protected both online and offline.
All of our users' information, not just personal data, has
restricted access. Our employees must use password-protected log-in
screens to gain entry to restricted information. Furthermore, all
employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. When new policies are added, our employees are notified
and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what
they can do to ensure your information is protected. You may at any
time request a copy of the data we hold on you by sending an email
to the address at www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk,
or by written notice to us. A fee of £10 will be charged for
this.
- We work to protect the security of your information during
transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which
encrypts information you input.
- We reveal only the last four digits of your credit card numbers
when confirming an order. The entire credit card number is
transmitted to the appropriate credit card company during order
processing.
- We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in
connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of
personally identifiable customer information. Our security
procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity
before we disclose personal information to you.
WHAT ABOUT THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISERS AND LINKS TO OTHER
WEBSITES?
Our site may include third-party advertising and links to other
websites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer
information to these advertisers or third-party websites.
Please be aware that Gas Safe Register is not responsible for
the privacy practices or content of such other websites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to
read the privacy statements of each and every web site that
collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this
website.
WHAT INFORMATION CAN I ACCESS?
Gas Safe Register gives you access to a broad range of
information about your account and your interactions with Gas Safe
Register for the purpose of viewing and updating that
information.
WHAT CHOICES DO I HAVE?
- Most of the information required from installers is mandatory
information required to maintain the Gas Safe Register.
- Installers can elect whether they are used in the ‘Find an
Installer’ function.
- All installers will be included in the ‘Check an Installer’
functionality, but installers can elect not to have their
photograph displayed.
- We will have to send certain key correspondence to installers
at specific times (installer magazine, renewing registration are
some examples) and you can elect which method you would like to
receive this in the Manage Account section of the installer
site.
NOTICES AND REVISIONS
If you have any concern about privacy at GasSafeRegister.co.uk,
please email us a thorough description and we will try to resolve
the issue for you.
Our Privacy Policy might change from time to time. We may e-mail
periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have
instructed us not to, but you should check our website frequently
to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy
Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your
account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will
never materially change our policies and practices to make them
less protective of your information.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will notify you of
those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. You will have a choice as to
whether or not we use the information in this different manner. We
will use information in accordance with the changed privacy policy
unless you notify us that you wish to unsubscribe.
LOG FILES AND COOKIES
We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the website,
track users’ movement, and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to any personally
identifiable information.
OPT-OUT
You may opt-out of receiving information from us by email at any
time by sending an email to the address at enquiries@gassaferegister.co.uk,
or by written notice to us.