Privacy Statement of Branded Card Company Limited.

Information about our Organisation and Web site

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organisation like Branded Card Company Limited. We are based in United Kingdom.

Our principal activities are :

• Verification and Validation Services
• Issue of Multi-function Proof of Age cards
• Issue of   Multi-function Photographic based cards
• Bespoke call centre services to the Financial Services Sector
• Bespoke call centre services to other sectors as appropriate

Our privacy policy covers Branded Card Company Limited, Proof GB and its Web site:

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site

Our Web site does not enable our visitors to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others.

Our Web site does include links to third party Web service providers.

Automatic Collection of Information

We do not use cookies on our Web site.

We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about
specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services.

We may also collect information about you from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations.

To access the table of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used, please click here

We may collect and use personal data for the additional purposes of:

• Verifying the true identity of a card holder
• Determining classifications of usage
• Identifying purchase patterns
• Pre verification/validation of an individual for financial services purposes

If we wish to use your personal data for new purposes, we offer you the means to consent to those new purposes:

• by indicating in a box at the point on the site where personal data is collected
• by sending an email to optout@proofgb.com    
• by visiting   www.proofgb.com
• by sending postal mail to The Managing Director, Branded Card Company Limited , Victoria House, New Cheshire Business Park, Wincham Lane, Wincham, Cheshire. CW9 6GG

Children's Privacy

We knowingly collect personal data from children.

We take specific steps to protect the privacy of children by:

• making reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent has authorised the collection of the child's personal data and selective use of the child's personal data for the disclosure to third parties.
• giving parents the option to consent to the collection and use of the child's personal data for our internal use and selective use of the child's personal data for the disclosure to third parties.
• work with all authorities in protecting individuals rights under the relevant and prevailing legislation

We do provide information about our personal data practices in relation to children on our home page and wherever we knowingly collect personal data from children on our Web site.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organisations, without pre-approved consent from parents or guardians.

Where we disclose your personal data for purposes which are different from those indicated in the table mentioned above, we offer you the opportunity to consent to disclosure.

Confidentiality / Security

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us the following types of personal data:

• primary personal data (such as name and contact details) including email and SMS text
• other personal and profiling data (such as physical description, leisure activities)
• identifiers (such as credit card details, Web site password)

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorised access
• improper use or disclosure
• unauthorised modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss
• child exploitation and online protection initiatives

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data and are subject to checks through the criminal records bureau

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to government institutions, quangos and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you

You have certain rights to see the personal information that we hold on you or enquire whether we are keeping personal data about you. You can ask to see this information, by making a Subject Access Request (SAR).

You can do this by:

• sending an email ( saradmin@proofgb.com )
• visiting   www.proofgb.com
• sending postal mail to the   SAR Administrator, Branded Card Company Limited , Victoria House, New Cheshire Business Park, Wincham Lane, Wincham, Cheshire. CW9 6GG

Upon receiving a Subject Access Request we will take the necessary steps to provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you.

This will be done   within a month, although we may require proof of your identity before we make any information available.

We will provide the information at a charge of £15.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:

• rectified or amended
• completed

We reserve the right to refuse to provide enquirers with a copy of their personal data, but will give reasons for our refusal.

We do, however, allow you to challenge our decision to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance

Our privacy policy is compliant with the following legislation:

• Data Protection Act 1998 UK
• Electronic Communications Directive 2003

There are no global, or regional, regulatory or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organisation.

We acknowledge and support the efforts of the Child Exploitation and On-Line Protection Centre (CEOP) and its activities to help
safeguard the online experience of young people.

We can demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with privacy requirements.

Privacy Support

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:

If you are not satisfied with our response to your concern, you may wish to contact:

•  the local Office of Fair Trading  

• the Office of the Information Commissioner  

Primary personal data/Business information

Other personal details and profiling data

Identifiers

Specific Data