What is this Privacy Policy for?

This privacy policy is for the website barsbank.com and served by Barsbank Limited (Barsbank) and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore, the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

GDPR Statement

Barsbank has built its business on customer trust and places a high importance on information security within our company. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a privacy and data protection regulation in the European Union (EU) became enforceable from May 25th 2018 and requires no enabling legislation so automatically becomes binding and applicable on that date. The GDPR imposes new obligations on organisations that control or process relevant personal data and introduces new rights and protections for EU data subjects. The GDPR applies to data processing carried out by organisations operating within the EU. It also applies to organisations outside the EU that offer goods or services to individuals in the EU. Barsbank will comply with the GDPR as a processor and controller of data. We are working with our suppliers and partner organisations to ensure they can also meet these obligations. As we work towards best practice and compliance, and our efforts are concentrated in these key areas:

• Website Data Collection & Consent, Privacy Policy: we will only collect and use customer data in accordance with our GDPR obligations.
• Training & Awareness: we will undertake training across the company on the GDPR and its impact on the new policies, procedures, and responsibilities of staff & stakeholders.
• Supplier & Partner relationships: where relevant and related, we will be using all reasonable endeavours to ensure that our third party and suppliers are complying with the GDPR.
• Technology: we will be reviewing our technology platforms to analyse their operation, security, compliance in order to ensure that they meet the standards we have laid down and identify any gaps and risks.

What personal information does Barsbank ask for?

During the contact enquiry process we may ask for your name, postal address, e-mail address, contact telephone number.

How does Barsbank use your information?

• We may use some or all this information to contact you regarding your enquiry, or inform you of any of our services that we think you may be interested in.
• We may also use your IP (Internet Protocol) address to diagnose problems with our server and administer the site - monitoring visitor traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop and improve Barsbank’s website further.

How does Barsbank protect customer information?

All the information you give us is protected by a secure server. The secure server software SSL (Secure Socket Layers) encrypts all information you enter before it is sent to us. We also have a Firewall (security software) in place to protect our internal information from the Internet.

Will Barsbank disclose any of this personal information to third parties?

We will never pass on your details to other companies for marketing purposes. If we are required to disclose any personal information by any applicable law, regulation or legal process we will only disclose the minimum information required.

Will Barsbank use the information I give for direct marketing?

Barsbank will only use your information for direct marketing activities for services that we think you may be interested in if you have given us your permission for us to do so. If you do not want any contact with us, apart from that which is necessary for us to give you our normal level of service, then you can unsubscribe at any time.

The Website

This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's computer / device.

Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information [ https://www.google.com/privacy.html ].

Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

Contact & Communication

This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Barsbank Ltd's Data Protection Registration Number is: Z9547785.

Contact Details

Should you have any further questions please write to: Barsbank Limited, 9c Darwin Court, Hawking Place, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 0JN or email us at contact@barsbank.com.

Do you need assistance accessing something on Barsbank’s website?

Call support on 0844 493 5505 or email us at contact@barsbank.com.

Accessibility Policy Statement

Barsbank Limited is committed to website accessibility. It is our policy to ensure that everyone, including persons with disabilities, has full and equal access to our website content and digital media.

Actions

To ensure accessibility, we have taken the following actions:.

• We have adopted a web accessibility policy
• We have initiated staff training on web accessibility.
• We conduct a quarterly audit on our website and digital content
• We are evolving our website and digital content to meet evolving accessibility guidelines

Standards

To make our digital content accessible, Barsbank endeavours to conform to the following accessibility standard: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

Audits

As part of our policy, Barsbank is committed to maintaining accessibility. We conduct a quarterly web accessibility audit to ensure our digital content and website stays up to date with the latest standards and best practices in accessibility.

Feedback

Barsbank is committed to accessibility and we are always seeking to improve. If you know of a way we can improve, we’d love to hear more. You can email us at contact@barsbank.com.