Privacy
Privacy Statement
The data controller in respect of the personal information provided by you is AEGON Scottish Equitable International plc.
Data Protection
Any personal data processed in relation to your enquiry or your plan would be administered in Ireland, so it comes under Irish laws on privacy of personal data. These laws are the Data Protection Act 1988 and the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003, and any subsequent related legislation.
Data Protection fundamentals are governed by a number of rules. These rules state how any data we collect within our organisation should be treated. These rules are:-
- Data is collected for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes,
- Data collected shall not be processed in a manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes,
- Data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which it is collected or further processed,
- Data is not retained longer than necessary,
- Appropriate security measures shall be taken against unauthorised access to, or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of the data, in particular where the processing involves the transmission of data over a network, and against all other unlawful forms of processing.
The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you about how we comply with these rules and the Acts.
Purpose
Use of personal information
We use this information for the following purposes:
- dealing with your requests and enquiries
- providing you with information about AEGON Scottish Equitable International plc products and services
- carrying out customer and marketing research
- internal record-keeping
- providing aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop our website and services (these statistics won't include information that can be used to identify any individual)
We don't sell personal information collected through this website or use your personal information for any purposes other than those stated above. In addition, we won't disclose your personal data to anyone outside AEGON Scottish Equitable International plc or AEGON UK and its group of companies.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user's hard drive containing information about the user. These work by setting data on the visitor's browser to anonymously track the pages they visit on the AEGON Scottish Equitable International plc website and provide us with statistics.
AEGON Scottish Equitable International plc currently uses cookies on its website for anonymously tracking the usage of this website. This assists us in developing the website and improving user experience.
AEGON Scottish Equitable International plc may use non-personal data about your visits to the website. More information about cookies, including how to block them and/or delete them, can be found at http://www.aboutcookies.org/.
Right of access
Under section 4 of the 1988 Act, you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we may hold on you. This maybe in two forms:
- An Existence Request is a request any individual can make to establish whether an organisation holds any personal data about them.
- An Access Request is a request for a copy of the personal data an organisation may hold on them.
If you wish to make either of these requests, you should write to:
Data Protection Coordinator
AEGON Scottish Equitable International
2nd Floor
IFSC House
Custom House Quay
Dublin 1
Ireland
You should also provide means by which we can verify your identity.
Security
We're committed to ensuring your information is protected and held securely. However, the internet is not a secure medium and we can't accept responsibility for the security of an email during transmission or for non-delivery of that email.
Links
This website may contain links to other websites. If you use the links to leave this website and visit a website operated by a third party, then we don't have any control over that website. So we can't be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such websites.
