1. Direct Sharedeal is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. We strictly adhere to the data protection legislation in the UK.

2. The purpose of this statement is to explain to you what personal information we collect and how we may use it.

3. The personal information we hold is used for establishing and managing your account, and supplying you with information regarding opportunities that we believe may be of interest to you. As a result we may send you marketing material from time to time. If you do not wish to receive this information, please send us an email at clientservices@directsharedeal.com or phone us on 0141 270 3200.

4. We may disclose your personal information to successors in title to our business and suppliers we engage to process data on our behalf. However, we do not sell, rent or exchange your personal information with any third party for commercial reasons, beyond the essential requirement for debit card validation when depositing or withdrawing funds, and credit agencies should you wish to open a credit account with Direct Sharedeal.

5. However, where required by law, your personal information may also be disclosed to an applicable governmental, regulatory or enforcement authority. These authorities may then use your personal information to investigate and act on any breach of regulatory rules in accordance with their procedures.

6. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information that you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access in accordance with the UK data protection legislation.

7. We do not collect sensitive information about you except when you specifically knowingly provide it. In order to maintain the accuracy of our database, you can check or update your personal details by telephone.

8. We sometimes use a technology known as "cookies" as part of a normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. A cookie is an element of data that our website sends to your browser which is then stored on your system. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings to switch off cookies. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.

9. In order to process debit card transactions, the bank or card-processing agency may require to verify your personal details for authorisation outside the EEA (European Economic Area). Therefore by browsing this web site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of your personal information in this way. Save in the circumstances set out in paragraph 5 of this policy, your information will not be transferred outside the EAA for any other purpose.

10. If you have any questions about privacy please contact us via the form on our site.