JRV Surveys & Valuations want to give you the best experience possible. We use the personal information you share with us to make our services and your experience even better. This privacy policy aims to give you a clear view of how we use personal information that you provide, our dedication to protecting it, your rights and the options you have to control your personal information and protect your privacy. It also outlines what personal information we collect about you when you visit our website, how we use your personal information and the third parties we will share it with.
We use personal information for various purposes, as described in detail below.
Who collects your personal informationJRV, controls the processing of any personal information collected through marketing cookies used on the JRV Surveys & Valuations Website. We have offices in the following locations:
Head Office JRV Surveys & Valuations , Garden Place, Victoria Street, Altrincham WA14 1ET
Yorkshire Office JRV Surveys & Valuations, 1200 Century Way, Thorpe Park Business Park, Leeds LS15 8ZA
Personal information we collect from you“Personal information” is any information that relates to you and identifies you personally, either alone or in combination with other information available to us. JRV Surveys & Valuations will collect various types of personal information and special categories of personal information (such as health and other sensitive data) about you, including the following (as applicable): we will ask for your name, e-mail address, telephone number, gender, personal preferences, social identifier if you choose to log in to your account via social media and age or date of birth.
Use of our servicesWhen you use our services we will ask for personal information (at the moment of collection we will explain what information is required in order for us to provide the particular service, and what information you may choose to provide), such as:
If you choose to create a property perspective account through your social network account (such as Facebook), your sign-on credentials will be imported via your social network account. Please note that when you use this "social sign-on" option, we will use the following personal information:
We will often also receive certain personal information (which you have agreed to be accessible on your public profile) via the social network, such as:
This information is not requested by JRV Surveys & Valuations, but is provided by the social network through the use of the social sign-on option if you have a public profile, in line with the social network's terms of use. JRV Surveys & Valuations will not use such information without your consent.
Information we collect automaticallyWebsite: we will collect information from the JRV Surveys & Valuations website that you visit and how you use it. A visit to our website results in data being sent from your browser to our servers. We will collect personal information in this way, such as:
Most of the information we collect about you will be personal information that you have voluntarily provided to us, through our website.
JRV Surveys & Valuations will create a profile for you with the information needed to provide you with our services. The personal information we collect from the above other sources listed above will be used in the format that it is received, or, where appropriate, will be combined with personal information we obtain from other internal or external sources. We use and analyse this personal information where necessary for the following purposes detailed below:
We will ask for your consent if we wish to use your personal information for purposes other than those listed in this privacy statement and as required to do so under applicable law. We will not use your personal information for other purposes before we have received such consent.
How we share your personal informationWe will share limited the personal information you provide when you sign up for a JRV Surveys & Valuations single sign-on (your name, email address, password and date of birth) with our cloud service providers for the purposes of identification and authentication, so that you can log on to your JRV Surveys & Valuations account quickly and with the ease and speed you expect from us from anywhere in the world.
We will also share your personal information as necessary and only for the purposes and on the lawful grounds described above with various third parties who process your personal information on our behalf, such as third parties that run our loyalty program and/or Prize Giveaways/competitions, hosting, delivery, payment and fraud management providers, credit scoring agencies and analytics platform providers. We require that these service providers and other third parties adhere to strict rules when processing your personal information, including to only use your personal information in accordance with JRV Surveys & Valuations instructions and the applicable laws
With social networksOur website will, in certain circumstances, provide you with social plug-ins from various social networks. If you choose to interact with a social network such as Facebook or Twitter (for example by registering an account), your activity on our website or via our apps will also be made available to that social network. This is necessary for the performance of your contract with JRV Surveys & Valuations which allows you to interact with a social network. If you are logged in on one of these social networks during your visit to one of our websites or apps or are interacting with one of the social plug-ins, the social network might add this information to your respective profile on this network based on your privacy settings. If you would like to prevent this type of data transfer, please log out of your social network account before you enter one of our websites or apps, or change the app's privacy settings, where possible. Please read the privacy policies of those social networks for detailed information about the collection and transfer of personal information, what rights you have and how you can maintain suitable privacy settings for your needs.
With legal and law enforcementJRV Surveys & Valuations will disclose personal information where required by law or legal process, for the administration of justice, to protect your vital interest, for investigations by law enforcement or regulatory bodies, to protect and defend jrv surveys & valuations’ legal rights, to protect the personal safety of jrv surveys & valuations website users or by order of a valid injunction ‘from a court or law enforcement agency.
With your consentWe will share your personal information with other third parties (different from those described above, for example, sports or fitness centres or when you decide to connect our devices with third party devices) in other limited circumstances. In these instances we will, where required by applicable law, obtain your consent to share your personal information in this way.
How we protect your personal informationWe are committed to protecting your personal information and implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect it against any unauthorised or unlawful processing and against any accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
Retaining your personal informationWe will keep your personal information for two years from your last interaction with us, such as the date your account was deleted, your last purchase, the last time you used one of our apps or in some other way contacted or interacted, unless a longer or shorter retention period is required by law, is necessary in the course of legal proceedings or is otherwise needed for a particular purpose under applicable law.
The following are examples to illustrate how jrv surveys & valuations keeps your personal information for as long as necessary for a particular purpose:
Unless stated otherwise, we store and process your personal information in the european union. There will, however, be occasions when we need to transfer your personal information outside of the european economic area ("Eea") to a country is not regarded under european law as providing the same level of data protection as the country in which you normally use our products and/or services. For example, the personal information you provide when you sign up for an jrv surveys & valuations account will be stored in the european union, and our cloud services providers located outside the eea for the purposes of authenticating your account and signing you in. In these circumstances we will take appropriate steps to ensure that your personal information is adequately protected. Typically, such steps include carrying out data security reviews of any recipients and putting in place contracts with such recipients to ensure they employ the same or similar appropriate technical and organisational measures as jrv surveys & valuations, so your data is adequately protected. For more information on the appropriate safeguards in place, please contact us at the contact details below.
Information about childrenAs a general rule, we do not intentionally collect personal information about children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information about children under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible, except where we are required by applicable law to keep it.
Where we know a child is above the age of 13, but considered a minor under applicable law, we will obtain parental/guardian consent prior to using that child's personal information.
Links to other websites and servicesOur websites may contain links to third party websites, and some of our services provide you with access to third party services (such as social networks
We have no control over how third party websites and services process your personal information. We do not review third party websites and services, and we are not responsible for such third party websites and services or their privacy practices. Please read the privacy statements of any third party websites or services that you access from our websites or services.
Your rights in relation to your personal informationFair play and transparency are important to us. We are open about the personal information we collect and have implemented mechanisms to enable you to exercise any rights you might have with respect to your personal information.
Withdrawing consentWhere we have obtained your consent in relation to any matter in relation to your personal information (e.G. Your consent to receiving direct marketing messages or your consent to the placement of cookies on your device), you can withdraw this consent at any time by contact us using the contact details set out below or changing your cookie settings.
Access to, deletion, and correction of personal informationIf you have ordered products or services or registered an account with us, you can access your personal information through one of our websites. Our websites generally present you with the option to add, update or remove information we have about you
If any personal information we have about you is not accessible through our website, you can send us a request for access to this information at no cost using the contact details set out at the end of this privacy statement.
After receiving your request and sufficient information to verify your identity we will provide you with a copy of the personal information we have about you which you are entitled to have under applicable law. We will also confirm the purposes for which such personal information is being used, its recipients and the origin of the information.
You may write to us at any time requesting amendments to certain personal information that you consider to be incorrect or irrelevant or to request that we block, erase or otherwise remove your personal information. You may also write to us at any time to object to our use of your personal information, restrict our use of your personal information, or request that we provide your personal information in a usable electronic format and transmit to a third party (right to data portability). We will comply with these requests in relation to your personal information in line with applicable law.
Opting out and unsubscribing from marketing messagesAll our marketing communications contain an easy way to opt out from receiving future messages, such as a link through which you can unsubscribe. You may also opt out for particular channels (for example email or sms) as indicated in the message received in such channel or through your jrv surveys & valuations account settings.
If you would like to opt out of receiving jrv surveys & valuations marketing messages you may use the unsubscribe link contained in the messages you have received, or alternatively you could contact our:
Customer service department - Online at enquiries@jrvsurveysandvalutions.co.uk
Note that if you choose to opt out of receiving marketing messages in the manner explained above, we will continue to process your personal information, in particular to allow us to understand your interests and preferences, but we will stop using your personal information to send you personalised or non-personalised marketing messages. If you would like us to stop such processing in part or in full, we have explained how to do this in the above paragraph.
Please note that some of our mobile apps might also send you messages, including (if you have given your permission to do so) push messages, for instance about new products or services. In this case, the particular mobile app will provide just in time notices before we send you push notifications. You can disable these messages through the settings in your phone or the app, or choose to uninstall the app to stop receiving the messages.
Changes to this policyJRV Surveys & Valuations has pledged to adhere to the fundamental principles of privacy and data protection. We therefore regularly review our online privacy statement in order to ensure that it is free of errors and clearly visible on websites, that it contains appropriate information about your rights and our processing activities, and that it is implemented and is compliant with applicable law. We may update this privacy statement from time to time to keep it up to date, to keep pace with new developments and opportunities relating to the Internet and to stay in line with applicable law. If we make significant changes to this privacy statement, we will inform you by posting a notification on our websites and/or mobile apps along with an updated version of the privacy statement
Contact informationIf you have any questions about our use of your personal information, how to exercise your rights or about our privacy statement you are welcome to contact us at:
Customer serviceOnline at enquiries@jrvsurveysandvalutions.co.uk
If you prefer to contact us by regular mail, please send your request to the following address:
Head Office - JRV Surveys & Valuations, Garden Place, Victoria Street,Altrincham WA14 1ET
We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution of any complaint or concern about privacy. If, however, you believe that we have not been able to assist with your complaint or concern, you have the right to make a complaint to your local data protection authority using their website.
LAST UPDATED: APRIL 2018
COOKIE STATEMENT - LAST UPDATED: APRIL 2018
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. For this section, we conveniently use "cookies" as an umbrella term for techniques such as cookies, Flash cookies and web beacons. They don’t take much space and they will be removed automatically when expired. Some cookies expire at the end of your internet session, while others will be saved for a limited amount of time.
Secondly... What are the different cookie types we use?There are different types of cookies with different uses. Some are there just to allow you to browse the website and see certain features. Some give us an idea on your browsing experience, i.e. when you have trouble finding what you are looking for, so we can improve and make your future visit as pleasant as possible.
Cookies set by JRV Surveys & Valuations are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than us are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer or mobile both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites. We use first party and third party cookies for several reasons.
The most important cookies are the required cookies. They are essential and help you to navigate on the website and to use basic features, such as media plugins. Then there are functionality cookies that enable you to save your shopping bag, create a wish list and to save your shipping details for a quicker checkout. The performance and analytics cookies we use to improve our website. We also like to show you relevant offers. To manage this we collect browsing data, which may be linked to a unique identifier to allow us to understand how you interact with across different platforms as described in our privacy statement (click [here] for our JRV Surveys & Valuations privacy statement). Interaction cookies are used for you to interact with social media or to submit reviews. Targeting cookies, advertising cookies and social media cookies capture your preferences in order to show you relevant ads outside the JRV Surveys & Valuations sites. In addition, social media cookies may be used to track your activity over social media platforms.
Next... Why do we use cookies?JRV Surveys & Valuations uses cookies primarily to ensure your visit to our website is as pleasant as possible, as well as for advertising-related purposes during your future visits to other websites. Below you see a more elaborate overview of the types of cookies we are using and why:
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What if you don’t like cookies?You can change your browser settings to delete or prevent certain cookies from being stored on your computer or mobile device without your explicit consent. The ‘help’ section in your browser should provide information on how to manage your cookie settings. Find out how this works for your browser here:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies
Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
Adobe (flash cookies): http://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/flash-player.html
Note that you may visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ to learn about the options that some of the third parties we work with offer for opting out of certain ad targeting activities. You will need to visit those websites from each browser and device that you would like to be covered by your opt-out. Because the opt-out tools may depend on cookies, you may need to visit these sites again to reinstate your preferences if you delete your cookies.
How often will you update this cookie statement?We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Statement indicates when it was last updated.
Finally... Where can I get further information?If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at enquiries@jrvsurveysandvalutions.co.uk.