theidol.com Privacy Statement

theidol.com, have in place measures to ensure that any personal information or data that we obtain from you in connection with the theidol.com website ("Website") is processed in accordance with the accepted principles of good information handling.

What data do we hold about you?

We hold the personal data provided by you during the voluntary quotation process

We only hold your personal data where you have purchased products through theidol.com or requested further information on our products and services.

How is the data stored?

theidol.com is a trading name of Investment Discounts On line Limited which is the registered data controller of your personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998.

All personal data provided by you are held securely and in confidence by us in our database. You have a right to inspect the data we hold about you at any time. If you wish to do so, you should write to our data protection compliance officer whose details are set out below. If anything in the data is inaccurate or out-of-date, let us know and we will amend our records.

How do theidol.com use your data?

The way we operate requires that on occasions we have to share your personal data with Companies who provide the products and services that you request. For example, if you request for a quote or make an application for a particular financial product, we may need to pass your relevant personal data to the product provider in order to fulfil your request.

We may contact you by e-mail or otherwise to inform you about products and services which may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to be contacted and opt out of this service, please either call our Customer Services Department 0844 980 8601, or e-mail us at customerservices@theidol.com.

Is any data you hold on me secure?

Our Web site uses a COMODO Extended Validation SSL Web Server Certificates, which offer secure communications by encrypting data to and from the site.

An SSL certificate of security is displayed clearly on the Web site.

Our Operations Centre and Servers are located in physically secure premises

Will you use my e-mail address?

E-mail addresses are necessary to obtain quotation through our website. Occasionally, we may send e-mails to opted in customers offering our products and services...

In any e-mail we send, there are instructions that allow you to "unsubscribe" to this service should you not wish to receive e-mails in the future.

Google Analytics

Some Investment Discounts On line Limited websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use Investment Discounts On line Limited websites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purposes of evaluating your use of our sites, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of Investment Discounts On line Limited websites. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Contact details

Our data protection controller is Nick Matthews, contact details
email: n.matthews@theidol.com / tel: 0844 980 8601