Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website, and Medicare4u, the owner and provider of this Website. Medicare4u takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website.
Please read this privacy policy carefully.
Definitions and interpretation
In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
Data collectively all information that you submit to Medicare4u via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;
Cookies a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies);
Data Protection Laws any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the GDPR, and any national implementing and supplementary laws, regulations, and secondary legislation;
GDPR the UK General Data Protection Regulation;
Medicare4u, we, or us Medicare4u, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 07544009 whose registered office is at Devonshire House, 582 Honeypot Lane, Middlesex, HA7 1JS;
UK and EU Cookie Law the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 & the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2018;
User or you any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Medicare4u and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Medicare4u and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and
Website the website that you are currently using, www.medicare4u.co.uk, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
Scope of this privacy policy
This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Medicare4u and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
For the purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Medicare4u is the “data controller”. This means that Medicare4u determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.
Data collected
We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:
- name;
- contact Information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
How we collect Data
We collect Data in the following ways:
- data is given to us by you; and
- data is collected automatically.
Data that is given to us by you
Medicare4u will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:
- when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
- when you use our services;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Data that is collected automatically
To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:
- we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times, and frequency with which you access the Website and the way you use and interact with its content.
- we will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser. For more information about cookies, and how we use them on the Website, see the section below, headed “Cookies”.
Our use of Data
Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:
- internal record keeping;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Who we share Data with
We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons:
- relevant authorities;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Keeping Data secure
We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:
- access to your account is controlled by a password and a user name that is unique to you.
- we store your Data on secure servers.
Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us