This notice explains how we will process your personal information when you provide personal information to The UK Trades Confederation (the data controller). If another company is the data controller, this will be made clear when you provide your personal information.

The data controller will use your information together with other information for administration (including providing any goods, services or information you have requested), marketing, credit scoring, customer services and profiling your purchasing preferences. We will disclose your information to our service providers and agents for these purposes. We may keep your information for a reasonable period.

If you apply for credit then to help us to make credit decisions about you, to prevent fraud, to check your identity and to prevent money laundering, we may search the files of credit reference agencies who will record any credit searches on your file. We may also disclose details of how you conduct your account to such agencies. The information will be used by other credit grantors for making credit decisions about you and the people with whom you are financially associated for fraud prevention, money laundering prevention and occasionally for tracing debtors.

We would like to share your information with organisations who are our business partners. We or they may contact you by mail, telephone, SMS or e-mail to let you know about any goods, services or promotions which may be of interest to you. When you give us your personal information, we will give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such information by post or telephone from us but remember that this will preclude you from receiving any of our special offers or promotions in future. We will also give you the opportunity to opt in to receive such information by e-mail or SMS and will only send it to you if you do opt in or if you are an existing customer and the information relates to similar goods or services to those which you have previously purchased from us. You will also have the opportunity to opt [out of receiving] and/or [in to receive] information from our business partners and other third parties.

You may also exercise your right to opt out of the use of your information for marketing purposes at any time by contacting us by the methods explained at the end of this notice.

By returning or submitting a form with your personal information to us, you consent to our processing your sensitive personal data for the above purposes; and  You have a right to ask for a copy of your information (for which we charge a small fee) and to ask us to correct any inaccuracies in your personal information (which is free). To make sure we follow your instructions correctly and to improve our service to you through training of our staff, we may monitor or record telephone calls.

When you give us information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal data, including sensitive personal data and to the transfer of their information abroad and to receive on their behalf any data protection notices.

How to contact us

By email:                   privacy@uktc.org
By telephone:           08709 220442
By Fax:                      08709 220441
By mail:                    

The  UK Trades Confederation,
Unit 18
Holroyd Business Centre
Carr Bottom Road
Bradford
BD5 9BP


General information about data protection may be found at the
Information Commissioners website:
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk