Privacy Policy

We collect information for the purposes of conducting and marketing our business and improvement to our services. The lawful basis under which we process your information includes:

1. to administer our website and business;
2. to personalise our website for you;
3. to enable your use of the services available on our website;
4. to supply services purchased through our website;
5. to obtain feedback from you about our services;
6. to carry out personalised marketing and communications (if you have opted to receive these);
7. to notify you from time to time about important new features and changes to our services or items we think you will find of interest;
8. to collect payments from you;
9. to send you non-marketing commercial communications;
10. to send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
11. to send you email newsletters if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
12. to provide third parties with statistical information about our Users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual User from that information);
13. to deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;
14. to keep our website secure and prevent fraud;
15. to verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.

We will only use your personal information for electronic marketing purposes if we are allowed to do this by law or if we have your consent.  If you agree to us providing you with marketing information, you can always opt out at a later date.  If you would rather not receive marketing material from us, please let us know at any time using the contact details at info [at] the-consortium dot co dot uk.

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.

You should be aware that the use of the Internet is not entirely secure and although we will do our best to protect your personal data we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will make our best efforts to prevent unauthorised access.

You have a right to ask us to confirm whether we are holding or processing information about you, and to request access to this information (‘right of access’).

You may ask us, or we may ask you, to rectify information you or we think is inaccurate, and you may also ask us to remove information which is inaccurate or incomplete (‘right to rectification’).

We want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. If any of the information that you have provided us with changes, for example if you change your email address, name, payment details, or if you wish to cancel your registration, please let us know via info [at] the-consortium dot co dot uk.

You have a right to seek the erasure of your data (‘right to be forgotten’). You may wish to exercise this right for any reason, for example, where it is no longer necessary for us to continue holding or processing your personal data, you may withdraw your consent. You should note that we are entitled to and reserve the right to retain your data, for example, to comply with our legal obligations, or for reasons of public interest.

If you would like to exercise any of your rights above, please let us know via info [at] the-consortium dot co dot uk. We will act in accordance with your instructions as soon as reasonably possible and there will be no charge.

You have a right to report any of your concerns about our use of your data to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You may do so by calling their helpline at 0303 123 1113.