Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is operated by Home World Management Limited. If you visit our website, or make a contact with us, this policy is for you. It’s about how we protect your data and respect your privacy.
We update it from time to time as we make improvements or when laws change. Please check it regularly to make sure you know exactly how we use your data.
Home World Management Limited is the ‘controller’ of your personal data. This means we decide how and why your data is processed any time you use our products or services. We go into this in more detail below.
Please read this policy and make sure you’re happy with it before using our services.
1. WHO WE ARE:
We are the owners of the Home World Management Company website https://homeworldmanagement.co.uk/ and any other Services, We may operate in the future.
This Privacy Policy covers Home World Management Limited and any of Our subsidiary companies under Section 1159 Companies Act 2006 (referred to as “We” or “Us” or “Our” or “HWM”).
References to “Users”, “You”, “Yourself” or “Your” is a reference to individuals using Our Platforms or Services.
2. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT:
Based on the service or services we are providing you, we collect your personal information. Only the necessary information will be gathered. Your personal information won’t be sold to anyone by us.
When you visit the HWM Website or create a login in and password to access the Services, you may be asked to provide information about yourself.
Here are some other examples of the data we might obtain directly from you and the reason behind collecting the data:
To provide you with estate agency services to find a property to buy or sell
When you enter into a residential sale or letting agreement
To perform anti-money laundering and rent referencing checks (as required by law)
To ensure you able to pay the required amount of deposit
To provide evidence of your capability to buy a property.
To perform anti-money laundering checks (as required by law)
Where you are a landlord and we are providing you with letting and/or management services
To carry out referencing and credit checks
To deliver our service to you when you engage us to market a property for you
So we can deliver our management and letting service to you
So we can deliver our management and letting service to you
To enquire or apply for a mortgage or insurance protection products on your behalf
To ensure we only send you details of properties and services you are interested in via your preferred communication method (as required by law)
3. LAWFUL BASIS OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Home World Management Ltd processes your personal information under any of the following lawful conditions:
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Consent Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR – if we process information under consent we will seek your clear and affirmative consent before processing your data, for example, to receive marketing information of properties for sale or to let.
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Performance of a contract Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR – this is where the collection and processing of your data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party.
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Legal obligation Article 6 (1)(c) GDPR- where the collection and processing of your personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, for example, to comply with the Data Protection Act, verify your identity, for fraud and money laundering prevention.
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Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest Article 6 (1) (e) for example carrying out money laundering checks.
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Legitimate interests Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR – some personal information is processed by the HWM ltd as part of its legitimate interests which includes direct marketing, web analytics, sales and lettings.
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Data that has been made public Article 9 (2)(e) – such as Electoral Roll or Land Registry data.
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Establishing, exercising or defending a legal claim Article 9 (2)(f) GDPR – for advice on underwriting, arranging or administering an insurance contract (Schedule 1 Part 2 of Data Protection Act 2018) or on the suspicion of money laundering in line with the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Section 339ZB)
You may want to inform us of your “special category” data voluntarily to enable us to offer you appropriate products or services. For example, you may have a health condition that means you are unable to climb stairs. We will record your needs/preferences without recording your medical/health conditions in most cases.
Withdrawing consent:
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us at that time without any hesitation. You can contact us at info@homeworldmanagement.co.uk
Children’s privacy:
We do not offer any products or services to children (defined as under the age of 16 in GDPR UK).
4. WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA:
- Your personal information (which includes your name, address and any other details you provide to us which concern you as an individual) may be processed both by us.
- May also share your information with: (i) third parties we use to help deliver our products and services to you (for example, payment service providers); (ii) other third parties we use to help us run our business (for example, marketing agencies or website hosts); and (iii) third parties approved by you (for example, social media sites you choose to link your account to or third-party payment providers).
- We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with Applicable Laws.
- May use or share the information that you provide to us if we are under a duty to disclose or share your information in order to comply with any legal obligation or in order to enforce any obligation against you or to protect our rights and those of our affiliates.
- We may also need to share some personal information with our affiliates, subsidiaries and third parties (such as real estate agents that use the Website) or during a re-structuring of our business. Usually, personal information will be anonymized but this may not always be possible.
5. COOKIES:
We may send a small file to your computer or device when you visit our Website (a “cookie”). This will enable us to identify your computer, track your behavior on our Website and to identify your particular areas of interest so as to personalize and enhance your experience on this Website. We may use cookies to collect and store personal data and we link information stored by cookies with personal data you supply to us. You can set your browser to reject cookies but this may preclude your use of certain parts of the Platform.
If you participate in or enquire about any lead, referral or similar service we may offer, we may use the information you submit. As well as, other data we might have or obtain ourselves or from other sources, to determine which of our participating Professional(s) may be willing, able and/or compatible to serve your needs or possible interests and to assist them or others in doing so. We may forward or share information relating to you, which may include such information as well as personal information obtained through our sign-up form or otherwise, to certain Professional(s). Those Professionals or their affiliates, contractors, advertisers, agents or other designees may use such information and contact you regarding your needs or possible interests, as may we ourselves. “Professional(s)” means individuals, companies and other organizations or persons acting as real estate professionals or otherwise engaged in a business relevant to the Website.
Third-party vendors, including Google and Facebook, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to the Website. Google and Facebook’s use of cookies (in Google’s case, the DART cookie) enables them and their partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to the Website and/or other sites on the Internet.
6. DATA DELETION REQUEST:
You may request that we delete your personal data by emailing us at Contact@homeworldmanagement.co.uk
We will endeavor to comply with such deletion requests but in certain circumstances. We will be unable to delete your personal data as we may be required to retain it for legal, regulatory and/or compliance reasons (and we may not be able to communicate why we cannot delete such data due to confidentiality obligations that we may be under). We may ask for proof of your identity before deleting any information and reserve the right to refuse to delete information if your identity is not established. We reserve the right to charge a fee in respect of any deletion request.
7. SECURITY MEASURES:
Here we strictly have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorized access, improper use and disclosure, unauthorized destruction or accidental loss.
Also, we do have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator or authority of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
You are solely responsible for keeping your password and other account details confidential. If you have concerns about your password, account details, or are suspicious about any unauthorized use of your account, you should change your login details immediately.
8. UPDATES TO POLICY:
We reserve the right to vary this policy from time to time. Our updated policy will be displayed on the Website, and by continuing to use and access the Platform, following such changes, you agree to be bound by any variation made by us. It is your responsibility to check this policy from time to time to verify such variations.
If you have any query, you can contact us at: