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Summary
With your permission we take your details and pass them on to three companies. We will not pass your details to any other third parties,
without your permission. We may from time to time send you out a newsletter on other products and services that we offer.
The beauty is that you only have to enter your details once, and then the quote process will begin. No more jumping from website to website worrying about who you should be getting the quotes from.
In this Privacy Policy references to "we" and "us" are to Search Professionals Ltd (trading as Compare Companies), Shire Hill Business and Technology Centre, Saffron Walden,
Essex CB11 3AQ.
The purpose of this statement is to set out how we use personal information that we may obtain about you. By either registering as a user of any services provided by Search Professionals Ltd on this website generally you agree to this use.
How does it work?
You provide us with all your details. After you submit your details you will be contacted by our call centre
to have a quick chat about the work you'd like doing and to double check with you that you'd like a quote. If you give us your permission over the phone, we will send your details to up to
three companies to get you free and no-obligation quotes. The three companies will each phone you to organise appointments
to come out to your property to give you a quote.
What are we doing with your details?
Only with your permission we take your details and pass them on to three companies that cover your local area. We
will not pass your details to any other third parties without your permission.
We may from time to time send you out a newsletter on other products and services
that we offer. The beauty is that you only have to enter your details once, and
then the quote process will begin. No more jumping from website to website worrying
about who you should be getting the quotes from.
How do I remove my details from your system to opt out of any further email, phone or other direct communications?
To remove your details from our database, just send an email along with your name, phone number and postcode to privacy@comparecompanies.co.uk.
If we ever send out a newsletter or email with special offers (we haven't actually done either of these yet, but may do in the future), there will be a link
in the email which you'll be able to click to unsubscribe yourself from the email automatically and to remove your details from our database.
Alternatively, you can email
privacy@comparecompanies.co.uk along with your name, postcode and email address, and we'll remove you
from our database. If you have any questions, email these to privacy@comparecompanies.co.uk.
How can I get a copy of my details that you hold?
You have a right to receive a copy of any details we hold about you in return for an administration fee. If you want to receive a copy of any of your details that we hold about you, please send a £10 administration fee, payable 'Search Professionals', and the request
in writing to:
Search Professionals Ltd.,
Shire Hill Business and Technology Centre,
Saffron Walden,
Essex,
CB11 3AQ
What information do you collect via this website?
Any personal details you type in and submit such as name, address, email address, etc.
Data which allows us to recognise you, your preferences and how you use this website.
This saves you from re-entering information when you return to the site. This data is
collected by cookies from your navigation around the site. A cookie is a small amount
of data, which we send to your computer. The data is then stored on your browser or hard disk.
Most web browsers can be set to prevent you from receiving new cookies, notify you before accepting
cookies or disable cookies altogether. Details about this can normally be found in the Help facility
provided with your browser. If you disable cookies, you will not be able to receive personalised facilities.
If you do not want
your visits to our website to be monitored in this way you can disable certain cookie functions as
described below: If you wish, you can usually adjust your browser so that your computer does not
accept cookies. If you do this, you will still be able to browse around the site but certain functions
will not be available. Alternatively you can adjust your browser to tell you when a website tries to
put a cookie on your computer. How you adjust your browser to stop it accepting cookies or to notify you of
them, will depend on the type of Internet browser programme your computer uses.
If your computer uses Microsoft Windows Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, you will need to follow these instructions after clicking onto
this link www.allaboutcookies.org. Go to the heading "Manage Cookies". Click onto the option you prefer, either stopping cookies
being installed, or notifying you of them. From the list provided, click onto the programme, which your computer uses. If this
is not shown on the list, click on the "help" heading on the bar at the top of this page, search for information on "cookies" - an explanation of how to delete cookies will appear, then follow these instructions.
Your browser also generates other information, including which language the site is displayed in, and your Internet Protocol address ("IP address"). An IP address is a set of numbers which is assigned to your computer during a browsing session whenever you log on to the Internet via your internet service provider or your network (if you access the Internet from, for example, a computer at work). Your IP address is automatically logged by our servers and used to collect traffic data about visitors to our web sites. We do not use your IP address to identify you personally but these logs may contain unique identifiable information left by your computer.
We also collect your preferences and use of email updates, recorded by emails we send you (if you select to receive email updates on products and offers).