1. Introduction
This Privacy Notice covers the information practices Howden Insurance (Ireland) Limited (“Howden”). Howden Insurance (Ireland) Limited is a member of the Howden Broking Group and is a Data Controller in its own right:
Data Controller | Registered Number | Registered Address |
Howden Insurance (Ireland) Limited | 338916 | 48 Ringsend Road, Dublin 4, D04 EK2K |
We have appropriate safeguards in place, in accordance with our data protection obligations, for the protection of any Personal Data which we process. Our security controls are aligned to industry standards and good practice, providing a control environment that effectively manages risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your information. Additionally, we ensure that our staff remain aware of our data protection obligations and are required to undertaken annual training and testing. We take the protection of your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information (“Personal Data”) seriously. This Notice sets out how we meet our obligations regarding data protection and the rights of our customers, prospective customers, and former customers (“Data Subjects”) in respect of their Personal Data as defined under relevant data protection legislation (including the Data Protection Acts of 1998, 2003 and 2018 [“the DPA”], the General Data Protection Regulation effective from 25 May 2018 [“the Regulation”] and any subsequent data protection legislation).
The Regulation defines Personal Data as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (a 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 by one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
Howden is committed not only to the letter of the law, but also to the spirit of the law and places high importance on the correct, lawful, and fair handling of all Personal Data, respecting the legal rights, privacy, and trust of all individuals with whom we deal.
This Privacy Notice should be read in conjunction with our Cookie Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use of any of the Howden websites you access. Any information you provide about you, and, where applicable, others, within any website operated by Howden will be processed as set out in this Privacy Policy.