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Select Car Leasing are one of the UK's largest independent specialists for car and van leasing. Established in 2004, we have now supplied lease vehicles for over 17 years to thousands of satisfied customers across the UK


Our Privacy Policy

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting our websites, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the European Data Protection Regulations (‘GDPR’) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act) and, the data controller is Select Car Leasing who are a trading style of Select Contracts (UK)Ltd

This Privacy Statement explains how we process your information and your rights under both DPA and GDPR.

We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for Select Car Leasing. The use of Internet pages of Select Car Leasing is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing of personal data can become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Select Car Leasing. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, Select Car Leasing has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through our website and our Customer Relationship Management systems. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone, should they so wish.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

• Information you give us

o Sensitive personal data such as your name, address, employment status and financial data.

• Information we collect about you

o Sensitive personal data such as your name, address, employment status and financial data – We only retain what is required in order to progress a credit application and/or order for the relevant period of time. Please ask for full details.

• Information we receive from other sources

o This can include your sensitive personal data as above – We would only retain this information if directly related to appropriate if in relation to the order/transaction. Please ask for full details.

We store your data securely and only for the relevant period of time which would be deemed to be reasonable and directly related to one of the following:

• Your Enquiry

• A Credit Application

• An order of a vehicle or anything related to the order during the lease period

We do not retain documents *such as bank statements or utility bills beyond the credit application stage and such documents are deleted automatically.

We have further information later in this policy about the period of time your data is stored.

*Full details can be provided upon request

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie Policy below.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

Information you give to us. We will use this information: This can include Sensitive Personal and financial data

• Information we collect about you. We will use this information: In order to progress with your enquiry, credit proposal and/or the order of your vehicle.

• Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may us this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with our funders (If you proceed with and order this is the finance company you enter into an agreement with) and other third parties such as vehicle manufacturers and dealerships - for reasons such as the credit proposal stage and to progress with an order, in the life communication relating to your order/transaction and communication such as arranging delivery and/or collection.

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

• Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with [them or] you, including without limitation any data processor we engage.

• Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use or terms and conditions of supply and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Select Car Leasing, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Where we store your personal data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transfers will be encrypted using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site: any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try and prevent unauthorised access.

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of Select Car Leasing is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:

• a) Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

• b) Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

• c) Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

• d) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

• e) Profiling

Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

• f) Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

• g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

• h) Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

• i) Recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

• j) Third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

• k) Consent

Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at dataprotection@selectcarleasing.co.uk.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Your rights under Data Protection Law

We operate under the Data Protection Act 2018 (‘DPA’) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).

The DPA and GDPR apply to ‘personal data’ we process and the data protection principles set out the main responsibilities we are responsible for.

We must ensure that personal data shall be:

a) Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner

b) Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes

c) Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed

d) Accurate and where necessary kept up to date

e) Kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed. We operate a data retention policy that ensures we meet this obligation. We only retain personal data for the purposes for which it was collected and for a reasonable period thereafter where there is a legitimate business need or legal obligation to do so. For detail of our current retention policy contact our privacy officer at louise@selectcarleasing.co.uk

f) Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures

We ensure lawful processing of personal data by obtaining consent; or where there is a contractual obligation to do so in providing appropriate products and services; or where processing the data is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests in providing appropriate products and services.

In the majority of cases we process personal data based on your contract with us. In other cases, we process personal data only where there are legitimate grounds for so doing.

To meet our Data Protection obligations, we have established comprehensive and proportionate governance measures.

We ensure data protection compliance across the organisation through:

a) Implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures including internal data protection policies, staff training, internal audits of processing activities, and reviews of internal HR policies

b) Maintaining relevant documentation on processing activities

c) Implementing measures that meet the principles of data protection by design and data protection by default including data minimisation, pseudonymisation, transparency, deploying the most up-to-date data security protocols and using data protection impact assessments across our organisation and in any third party arrangements

Under the GDPR You have the following specific rights in respect of the personal data we process:

1. The right to be informed about how we use personal data - This Privacy Statement explains who we are; the purposes for which we process personal data and our legitimate interests in so doing; the categories of data we process; third party disclosures; and details of any transfers of personal data outside the UK

2. The right of access to the personal data we hold. In most cases this will be free of charge and must be provided within one month of receipt

3. The right to rectification where data are inaccurate or incomplete. In such cases we shall make any amendments or additions within one month of your request

4. The right to erasure of personal data, but only in very specific circumstances, typically where the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purpose for which it was originally collected or processed; or, in certain cases where we have relied on consent to process the data, when that consent is withdrawn and there is no other legitimate reason for continuing to process that data; or when the individual objects to the processing and there is no overriding legitimate interest for continuing the processing.

5. The right to restrict processing, for example while we are reviewing the accuracy or completeness of data, or deciding on whether any request for erasure is valid. In such cases we shall continue to store the data, but not further process it until such time as we have resolved the issue

6. The right to data portability which, subject to a number of qualifying conditions, allows individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services

7. The right to object in cases where processing is based on legitimate interests, where our requirement to process the data is overridden by the rights of the individual concerned; or for the purposes of direct marketing (including profiling); or for processing for purposes of scientific / historical research and statistics, unless this is for necessary for the performance of a public interest task

8. Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

Please contact our privacy officer at dataprotection@selectcarleasing.co.uk for more information about the GDPR and your rights under Data Protection law.

If you have a complaint about data protection at Select Car Leasing, please contact our privacy officer at dataprotection@selectcarleasing.co.uk.

Alternatively contact our supervisory authority for data protection compliance: www.ico.org.uk:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)

Additional information and clarification on your rights:

• a) Right of confirmation

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer or another employee of the controller.

• b) Right of access

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

o the purposes of the processing;

o the categories of personal data concerned;

o the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;

o where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

o the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;

o the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

o where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;

o the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may at any time contact our Data Protection Officer or another employee of the controller.

• c) Right to rectification

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer or another employee of the controller.

• d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:

o The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

o The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

o The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

o The personal data have been unlawfully processed.

o The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

o The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Select Car Leasing, he or she may at any time contact our Data Protection Officer or another employee of the controller. The Data Protection Officer of Select Car Leasing or another employee shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. The Data Protection Officer of Select Car Leasing or another employee will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

• e) Right of restriction of processing

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

o The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

o The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.

o The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

o The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the Select Car Leasing, he or she may at any time contact our Data Protection Officer or another employee of the controller. The Data Protection Officer of the Select Car Leasing or another employee will arrange the restriction of the processing.

• f) Right to data portability

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact the Data Protection Officer designated by Select Car Leasing or another employee.

• g) Right to object

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Select Car Leasing shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If Select Car Leasing processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Select Car Leasing to the processing for direct marketing purposes, Select Car Leasing will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by Select Car Leasing for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact the Data Protection Officer of Select Car Leasing or another employee. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

• h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject's explicit consent.

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, Select Car Leasing shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may at any time directly contact our Data Protection Officer of Select Car Leasing or another employee of the controller.

• i) Right to withdraw data protection consent

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may at any time directly contact our Data Protection Officer of the Select Car Leasing or another employee of the controller.

3. Name and Address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:

Select Car Leasing
Pacific House, Imperial Way
RG2 0TD Reading
United Kingdom

Phone: 07974156918

Email: dataprotection@selectcarleasing.co.uk

Website: www.selectcarleasing.co.uk

4. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:

Louise Strange
Select Car Leasing
Pacific House, Imperial Way
RG2 0TD Reading
United Kingdom

Phone: 01189205130

Email: dataprotection@selectcarleasing.co.uk

Website: www.selectcarleasing.co.uk

Any data subject may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer directly with all questions and suggestions concerning data protection. 

5. Collection of general data and information

The website of Select Car Leasing collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, Select Car Leasing does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimise the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Select Car Leasing analyses anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

6. Registration on our website

The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the controller with the indication of personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller, and for his own purposes. The controller may request transfer to one or more processors (e.g. a parcel service) that also uses personal data for an internal purpose which is attributable to the controller.

By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address—assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject—date, and time of the registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our services, and, if necessary, to make it possible to investigate committed offenses. Insofar, the storage of this data is necessary to secure the controller. This data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a statutory obligation to pass on the data, or if the transfer serves the aim of criminal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject, with the voluntary indication of personal data, is intended to enable the controller to offer the data subject contents or services that may only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the matter in question. Registered persons are free to change the personal data specified during the registration at any time, or to have them completely deleted from the data stock of the controller.

The data controller shall, at any time, provide information upon request to each data subject as to what personal data are stored about the data subject. In addition, the data controller shall correct or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as there are no statutory storage obligations. A Data Protection Officer particularly designated in this data protection declaration, as well as the entirety of the controller’s employees are available to the data subject in this respect as contact persons.

7. Submission of an enquiry form or an order form

The website of Select Car Leasing contains information that enables an enquiry on a vehicle to be submitted to our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via an enquiry form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. This may include electronic mail (using the email(s) provided by the data subject), direct mail, telephone (using the relevant telephone number(s) provided), SMS/MMS or other digital messages, instant messaging or other communication methods. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

If you submit an enquiry or order form, all the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. This may include electronic mail (using the email(s) provided by the data subject), direct mail, telephone (using the relevant telephone number(s) provided), SMS/MMS or other digital messages, instant messaging or other communication methods. Please note that as part of the process to order a vehicle we are required to request personal data for the purpose of a credit proposal.

If you do not intend to proceed with an order of a car then all personal data from the submission of an enquiry form by a data subject will be retained for a reasonable time, after which we will delete the data subject’s details. Within this timeframe we will contact the data subject for all reasons relating to the enquiry of a car, including a short survey detailing reasons for not proceeding with an order. 

As we are a broker and not a lender we will ask for your express consent to submit your data to a third party being the lender. The lender being one of our partner funders (the finance company who you will enter into agreement with should you proceed with an order). Further information regarding this process and our funders can be requested directly from the Data Protection Officer. Vehicles are ordered through one of the UK Automotive dealer networks. Therefore, to progress with the order of a vehicle we must share relevant information with a dealer. Personal information shared with a dealer will include sensitive data such as your address and contact details to progress the order.

8. Subscription to our newsletters

On the website of Select Car Leasing, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our enterprise's newsletter. The input mask used for this purpose determines what personal data are transmitted, as well as when the newsletter is ordered from the controller.

Select Car Leasing informs its customers and business partners regularly by means of a newsletter about enterprise offers. The enterprise's newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter shipping. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address registered by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons, in the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to prove whether the owner of the e-mail address as the data subject is authorised to receive the newsletter.

During the registration for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the computer system assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject at the time of the registration, as well as the date and time of the registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to understand the (possible) misuse of the e-mail address of a data subject at a later date, and it therefore serves the aim of the legal protection of the controller.

The personal data collected as part of a registration for the newsletter will only be used to send our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail, as long as this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a registration in question, as this could be the case in the event of modifications to the newsletter offer, or in the event of a change in technical circumstances.

There will be no transfer of personal data collected by the newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given for shipping the newsletter, may be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revocation of consent, a corresponding link is found in each newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the website of the controller, or to communicate this to the controller in a different way.

If you any questions regarding opt in/out to our newsletter, please email marketing@selectcarleasing.co.uk?subject=Subscriptiontonewsletters

9. Newsletter tracking

The newsletter of Select Car Leasing contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such e-mails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, Select Car Leasing may see if and when an e-mail was opened by a data subject, and which links in the e-mail were called up by data subjects.

Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and analysed by the controller to optimise the shipping of the newsletter, as well as to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. These personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects are at any time entitled to revoke the respective separate declaration of consent issued by means of the double-opt-in procedure. After a revocation, these personal data will be deleted by the controller. Select Car Leasing automatically regards a withdrawal from the receipt of the newsletter as a revocation.

10. Contact possibility via the website

The website of Select Car Leasing contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.


11. The Basis Upon Which We Send Marketing To You

You will receive marketing communications from us where you have provided your consent to receive these during the order process, or where you have opted in to receiving our marketing communications via our website. You can withdraw your consent at any time using the link at the bottom of our communications to you. 

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. If you are a business customer, we may contact you about our deals and marketing offers. You have the right to opt out of receiving these at any time. 

You can opt out at any time using the link at the bottom of our communications to you. As clearly detailed on our website forms, we use ICO and PECR opt in and soft opt in guidance and rules as the basis to send these communications.

12. CAP HPI vehicle information

We derive our vehicle data from CAP HPI.

CAP HPI data and software is protected by copyright and database rights. All rights reserved.

As such, as a visitor to our website you are subject to the following terms: 

- You are not permitted to use CAP HPI vehicle information from our website for personal or commercial purposes

- You are not permitted to mass extract or re utilise CAP HPI vehicle information from our website

- CAP HPI have the right enforce any breach of their terms directly against a individual website visitor

- You understand that the vehicle valuations from CAP HPI are provided “as is” and no warranties are given in relation to these valuations

 Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the website visitor from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognised and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Through the use of cookies, Select Car Leasing can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimised with the user in mind. Cookies allow us to recognise our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilise our website. The website user that uses cookies, does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user's computer system.Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

You can find more information about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu. For a video about cookies visit http://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/technologies/cookies/.

Cookies we use are detailed below:

a. Cookies from Google Analytics:

We use Google Analytics log cookies (such as _utma, _utmv, _utmc, _utmz, and _utmb) to identify user’s activities such as which pages are being visited and how long for. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and user’s behaviours to improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. You can find more details about Google analytics cookies here.

Overall, cookies help provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the website visitor. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the device used by the website visitor will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the website visitor, the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits of our website by the website visitor, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.

These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

b. Targeting or banner advertising cookies including remarketing with Google Double click and YouTube channel

This type of advertising is designed to provide you with a selection of products based on what you have viewed on our website and deliver adverts to you when you visit other selected websites. The adverts may highlight alternative vehicle options from other categories suitable to your browsing history.

The technology behind these adverts uses cookies that are usually placed by third parties such as advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and the information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.

Please be assured that the data contained in the cookie used in these adverts is completely anonymous and does not contain any of your personal details.

c. Social Media:

Select Car Leasing uses social media for the purposes of promoting and communicating about the enterprise. This includes the use of various remarketing services through social media platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Google remarketing services to advertise our content, products and services on these social media channels to previous visitors to our site. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and the social network's privacy policy. Details around how you may opt out of receiving these cookies can be found in some of the links below:

• Facebook cookie policy

• Twitter cookie policy

• Linked-in cookie policy

• Instagram cookie policy

• Google My Business cookie policy

Select Car Leasing uses the You Tube Channel for the purposes of marketing and remarketing of the enterprise to different audience groups using video advertising. These audiences include, but are not limited to, the general population of the UK, specific targeted audiences (e.g. such as those interested in cars, luxury cars and other motor vehicles), audiences who have visited other websites, previous Select Car Leasing website visitors and also ‘Lookalike’ audiences. By using You Tube, the user is subject to the data and privacy policies of this organisation, not Select Car Leasing.

d. Google Adwords

If a website visitor reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is filed on the device of the website visitor through Google. A conversion cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used to identify the website visitor. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to check whether certain sub-pages, e.g. the shopping cart from an online shop system, were called up on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both Google and the controller can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our website generated sales, that is, executed or cancelled a sale of goods.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used in order to determine the total number of users who have been served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimise our AdWords ads in the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could identify the website visitor.

e. Display Ad Cookies

Select Car Leasing uses Display Advertising for the purposes of marketing and remarketing of the enterprise to different audiences using various Display ad networks. For this we use ad form platform, which stores cookies on your PC using Ad Form Ad Serving system. This allows advertisers to collect and store data about internet users and use them for analysis and online behavioural advertisements. Users can read about their privacy policy here: https://site.adform.com/privacy-policy-opt-out/.

The website visitor may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the website visitor deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable. 

This privacy policy was last updated on 5 February 2024