Please read this privacy policy very carefully. By using our website and product aggregation services, you will be regarded as having read and accepted this privacy policy. If you do not accept this privacy policy, you must not use our website or services.

Who are The Comparisons?

The Comparisons Limited is the data controller in relation to the services offered and your personal data – registered company number: 06240578 – registered address: Omnia One, Queen Street, Sheffield, S1 2DG. The Comparisons Limited is an appointed representative of Motorway Direct plc, who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority – registration number: 311741.

In this privacy policy, ‘we’ and ‘us’ means The Comparisons Limited.

What do we do?

We run thecomparisons.com - a price comparison website, aimed at offering a fully-featured, independent price comparison service for the whole family, across a range of markets and products. We also run Comparisonville (contained within thecomparisons.com) - a supporting online community, offering added-value functionality to registered users.

We do not sell products ourselves but do introduce people to insurers, brokers, lenders and other providers, who do sell such products across various markets. We will always let you know who you are dealing with before you purchase a product. Their own terms and conditions will govern the sale of the product. We do not act as an agent for any insurer, broker, lender or other provider.

What information do we collect?

We will collect information about you as part of our online quote and product aggregation services and Comparisonville registration, newsletter sign-up and free prize draws. These services usually require that we hold data about you. In order to provide some services, we may also be required to collect sensitive information about you and disclose that information to a number of trusted third party partners and service providers. We may also disclose your information (a) to anyone to whom we transfer our rights and duties under our agreement with you, and (b) if we have a duty to do so and if the law allows us to do so.

We may also use cookies to store small amounts of data about your preferences or your computer in your browser, which will improve your overall experience of our websites. Cookies from our website are completely harmless, but should you choose not to accept incoming cookies, your experience of our website may be impaired. In order to not accept cookies, you should read the information that came with your browser software to see how you can set up your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, which will give you the opportunity to decide whether or not to accept it.

We are registered under the data protection laws in the UK – notification number: Z 9909898. You can request a copy of any personal information we hold about you, although we may charge a fee to do this. You can request that we correct any information we hold about you by sending an email to our customer services department.

If you want to be removed from our mailing list, or have us delete your details from our database, please send an email to our customer services department detailing your request. Please note that it may take up to 28 days to action your request.

How do we use your information?

We will use your data to (a) provide our services, such as online quotes via our product aggregation services, (b) provide you with information about our services, for example (but not limited to) - newsletters, new product communications, renewal reminders, (c) assess and develop our services, (d) detect and prevent fraud, and (e) administer any prize draws or competitions you enter. We may contact you via post, telephone, email or SMS.

We may also share your details with our trusted partners and third party companies. We cannot be held responsible for any website content or email communications from trusted partners or third parties, or their privacy policies. If you experience any problems with trusted partner or third party communications, please inform our customer services department.

Security

We run our product aggregation and account services under Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which encrypts data as it is transferred. You will see the closed padlock icon appear on your browser when accessing and transmitting information under SSL, assuring you that your information is secure. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose on-line. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing on-line over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.

Please be aware that our site may link to other websites which may be accessed through our site. We are not responsible for the data policies, procedures or the content of these linked websites and would advise that you familiarise yourself with any external data policies, procedures or content before using such websites.

In the course of undertaking the activities specified in this privacy policy, we may transfer data outside the European Economic Area to countries which do not have data protection laws or to countries where your privacy and other fundamental rights may not be protected as extensively as in the United Kingdom.

Amendments

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time.

Any questions?

If you have any queries relating to the use of your personal data, please email our customer services department.