Privacy Policy
BACKGROUND:
Property118 Ltd understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website,
www.property118.com (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site
. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
- Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
| “Account” |
means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site; |
| “Cookie” |
means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 13, below; |
| “Cookie Law” |
means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; |
| “personal data” |
means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and |
| “We/Us/Our” |
Means Property118 Ltd , a limited company registered in England under company number 10295964, whose registered address is 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB. |
- Information About Us
- Our Site is owned and operated by Property118 Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 10295964, whose registered address is 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB.
- Our VAT number is 990 0332 34.
- Our Data Protection Officer is Neil Patterson, and can be contacted by email at npatterson@property118.com, by telephone on 01603 489118, or by post at 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB.
- What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
- Your Rights
- As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
- The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data;
- The right of access to the personal data We hold about you (see section 12);
- The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Us using the details in section 14);
- The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any personal data We hold about you (We only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in section 6 but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact Us using the details in section 14);
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
- The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
- The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
- If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us using the details provided in section 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
- For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
- What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal data (please also see section 13 on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies):
- Name;
- Date of birth;
- Address and post code;
- Business/company name and trading status;
- Number of properties owned;
- Accountants details;
- Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
- Proof of residence and ID;
- Financial information such as income and tax status;
- Landlords insurance renewal dates;
- Property Portfolio details such as value and mortgage outstanding;
- How Do We Use Your Data?
- All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.
- Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
- Providing and managing your access to Our Site;
- Supplying our products and or services to you (please note that We require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
- Personalising and tailoring our products and or services for you;
- Replying to emails from you;
- Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by the unsubscribe link at the bottom of all emails;
- Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience;
- Provide information to our partner service and product suppliers at your request.
- With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and or telephone with information, news and offers on our products and or We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
- We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
- Member profile information is collected with your consent and can be amended or deleted at any time by you;
- Anti-Money Laundering information and tax consultancy records are to be kept as required by law for up to seven years.
- How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
- We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
- Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using our site and submitting information to Us. If we do store data outside the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR
- Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
- Do We Share Your Data?
- We may share your data with other partner companies in for the purpose of supplying products or services you have requested.
- We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
- We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
- In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.
- What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
- We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
- How Can You Control Your Data?
- In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, we aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data for direct marketing purposes including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails.
- Your Right to Withhold Information
- You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
- You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see section 13.
- How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Us for more details at info@property118.com, or using the contact details below in section 14.
- Our Use of Cookies
- Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products AND/OR We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
- All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
- Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a cookie prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow only first party Cookies and block third party Cookies.
- Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in section 13.5. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 13.9, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
- The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
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Used only to collect performance data, with any identifiable data obfuscated |
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| __cfduid |
This cookie is strictly necessary for Cloudflare's security features and cannot be turned off. |
Yes |
- Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics and Facebook. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products AND/OR services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
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- The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
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Google |
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| _fbp |
First |
Facebook |
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- Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at info@property118.com, by telephone on 01603 489118, or by post at 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 12, above).
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
13:44 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Just had a letter from MX.
“One of my primary objectives is to develop an understanding of your current position and in due course would like to speak to you to discuss your portfolio along with your plans for the future”
Strange that no other lender takes such an interest in my life plan ….i wonder what their game plan is going to be… as i currently owe them 1.9m it will be interesting to see what they have to say …
Dr Rosalind Beck
13:59 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "BTL INVESTOR SCOTLAND" at "25/07/2015 - 12:21":
I also love this letter. I sent questions to my MP to ask the Treasury, but I am also going to steal yours if you don't mind and get them off to him today, as yours are far more comprehensive than mine, and I am going to add the bit Appalled mentions regarding point 6.
Last night I chanced upon the 15 July select committee on the Budget - unfortunately I couldn't record it and got too tired to watch all of it. But all the witnesses in the first 2 hours supported our cause implicitly. Notably: Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Professor Philip Booth, Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Michael Saunders, Chief UK Economist of Citi, and Paul Johnson, Director, and Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. I've already written to the IFS but am going to write again and to all of the others I mention, and I am going to add BTL Investor Scotland's excellent questions.
it's great to get another clever and articulate person on board!
Dr Rosalind Beck
14:18 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Just for the record, these are the suggestions for questions I gave to my MP and I have also now sent him those from BTL Investor Scotland - he can then select or redraft them as he sees fit.
Dear Wayne
I have no idea how questions are usually framed for the Treasury so amend as necessary. I have had a brainstorm, so just use what you think you can out of the following:
1.Do you think the singling-out of landlords in the Summer Budget, asking them to pay tax regardless of their actual income, is fair?
2. Was it the intention of the Budget to bankrupt many private landlords as this will be logical consequence of the proposal?
3. How is it envisaged that the bankrupting of landlords (which will be exacerbated once interest rates rise) will benefit first time buyers? And is this fair?
4. Why did the Chancellor say landlords enjoyed a favourable tax regime compared to owner occupiers, when both the IFS and Policy Exchange have pointed out the fallacy of this?
(NB. The day after the Budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ Paul Johnson correctly said that “rental property is taxed more heavily than owner occupied property.” Even the Tories’ favoured think tank Policy Exchange has concluded that the tax system “massively favours home ownership.” Unlike homeowners, landlords are taxed on rental income and capital gains. And the VAT system works against building new homes to rent by preferring home owner properties over rented housing.)
5. Given that the reasoning behind the policy is false, is the Treasury going to still go ahead with it?
6. Would it not be a better idea to build more affordable housing, which the IFS has stated is the only solution to the issue of affordable housing supply?
7. Have you done an economic analysis of the catastrophic effect this move is going to have on housing and the economy as a whole?
8. Have you thought about the consequences of this for millions of tenants who could lose their homes?
9. Once you have established the precedent that businesses can no longer include finance costs as legitimate expenses of running their businesses, which businesses will you target next?
10. Why was the measure introduced as something which would only affect landlords in the higher tax band and also only 1 in 5 landlords? This has also been proven to be a false statement.
14:46 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "Renovate To let" at "25/07/2015 - 13:06":
Renovate to let...nice to see another radio 4 listener.....I heard the same show but think in this instance you misunderstood their quote. They where not saying that only basic rate tax payers will be affected. ...They were refering to the fact that relief would be limited to the rate of tax that basic tax payers pay.
BTL INVESTOR SCOTLAND
15:05 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "Ros ." at "25/07/2015 - 13:59":
Feel free to use my questions Ros.
John McKay
15:05 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
BTL Investor Scotland has done a truly excellent piece of work with this letter. There can be no denying that.
However there is a point which has been overlooked in any post I've seen about this subject, which I guess is fair, because it's not really an economic one, or at least not an economic argument to put to MP's and so forth.
That is how ethical the Government has been in allowing so many people access to their pension funds knowing that the vast majority would take the money to put into property. By doing this they encouraged the market that they now claim to want to cool down.
On taking the cash from their pension pot people will have been allowed to take 25% of the total tax-free and then be taxed on the rest at whatever their rate is.
Having bought properties these people will now see their investments as unsustainable. Many of these people will have been Tory voters but I bet they'll think again in the future. And by the way, I'm one of those people.
dom glynn
15:20 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "Ros ." at "25/07/2015 - 14:18":
Hi, I have now also emailed my MP Zac Goldsmith.
Let's hope that our combined efforts force GO to rethink his proposals.
Dr Rosalind Beck
15:39 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "Dom " at "25/07/2015 - 15:20":
Great Dom. Well done. I've just drafted my email to Jonathan Portes and will probably send it tomorrow as I like to leave the important emails for a bit, review them and then send them. I'll then send similar ones to the other guys who were on the Select Committee.We're fighting for our livelihoods and for justice here, so it's great to see so much being done.
And you just never know which of these people might have the ear of Government, might be able to sway things a bit; it's why every email we send is important and could be the one!
15:43 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Anecdotal i know but :
I have 120 rooms within my portfolio spread accross 2,3 4 5 6 & 8 bed properties, pretty much 100% of my tenants fall into one of the following categories: Students, asylum seekers, young professional sharers, couples "trying living" together out, a lot of single/couple migrant workers, contractors on 3-6 mnth contracts, visiting scholars, international students & Mon to Thurs workers who go home Fri - Sun and many people who have just come out of relationships who would otherwise be homeless.
NONE of the above are looking to buy propertyy to satisfy their circumstances.
I am also not aware of having to outbid any FTB EVER when buying 4,5,6 & 8 bed HMO props, why would they want one of them. Also when i but a property split into 2 or 3 flats they dont seem to want them either.
BTL INVESTOR SCOTLAND
15:47 PM, 25th July 2015, About 9 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "BTL INVESTOR SCOTLAND" at "25/07/2015 - 12:21":
Thanks for the feedback on my questions, this has been helpful. I have again read the impact assessment and added 3 questions for my MP to ask the Chancellor. The questions are:
The impact assessment states that the measure could marginally reduce demand for housing. Can the Government explain how the measure will reduce demand? Surely demand for housing is influenced by demographic factors and rates of household formation. Is it not the case that the measure is more likely to affect supply rather than demand?
The impact assessment states that the measure is not expected to have a significant impact on either house prices or rent levels due to the small overall proportion of the housing market affected. How has the Government arrived at these conclusions? Does the Government know what proportion of the housing market will be affected? Does the Government know what proportion of the private rented market will be affected?
The impact assessment states that the measure is not expected to impact on family formation, stability or breakdown. In coming to this conclusion, has the Government taken into account the impacts that arise from landlords being declared bankrupt and from tenants being made homeless?