This privacy policy sets out how all the companies within the 1st Option Group use and protects any information that you give 1st Option Group when you use this website.
The 1st Option Group consists of:
1st Option Group Limited 1st Option Accounting Services Limited 1st Option Consulting Services Limited 1st Option Financial Consultants Limited Hereafter referred to as “1st Option”.
All the companies within the 1st Option Group are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should you provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
1st Option Group may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st September 2010.
What 1st Option collect 1st Option may collect the following information: • Name and job title • Contact information including email address • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests • Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What 1st Option do with the information gathered 1st Option require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: • Internal record keeping. • Improving our products and services. • Sending promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information that you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. • For market research purposes. Contact may be made by email, phone, fax or mail. • To customise the website according to your interests.
Security The 1st Option Group is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, 1st Option have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected online.
How cookies are used A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
1st Option use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps analyse data about web page traffic and improve the website in order to tailor it to customer needs. 1st Option will only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help provide you with a better website, by enabling the monitoring of which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites This website contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave this site, you should note that 1st Option does not have any control over that other website. Therefore, 1st Option cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: • Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes • If you have previously agreed to 1st Option using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing helpdesk@1st-option.co.uk
1st Option will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless you give permission or are required by law to do so. 1st Option may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which 1st Option holds about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:
The Data Controller 1st Option Group 153 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 6BB
If you believe that any information held on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email 1st Option as soon as possible. Any information found to be incorrect will be promptly corrected.