GE Money Dorothy Perkins : FAQs : privacy

PRIVACY

What is your privacy policy?

1. What is your privacy policy?

Our privacy policy is outlined below:

See how we protect your information:

GE Money is committed to protecting any personal information that you may provide to us.

By using our site, you agree to accept the principles set out in this policy. GE Money reserves the right to amend or supplement this policy from time to time without giving notice to you. We may do this by publishing details of any changes on this web page. You agree to revisit this page regularly. Your continued access to, or use of our site, will mean that you have agreed to any changes we make.

For the purposes of this policy, GE Money is the trading name of GE Capital Bank Limited, GE Money Home Lending Limited, "GE Group" means General Electric Capital Corporation (USA) and any subsidiary, or other company which is associated with or affiliated with it or any such subsidiary in any country.

Your questions

If you have any questions, contact us on 0870 126 2665* (Monday to Sunday 8am to 9pm). Telephone calls may be monitored and/or recorded. Please see our website Terms and Conditions for more details on using our site.

Use of Personal Information

In general, you can visit this site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, for some services or areas on the site, you will need to be registered.

Where access to certain services or areas of our site require registration, you may be asked to provide us with information about you, such as your name and contact details, and we will tell you at the time of collection how we will use your personal information. Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the United Kingdom´s Data Protection legislation.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you have a right to access certain personal records we, Credit Reference Agencies and Fraud Prevention Agencies hold about you. This is called a ´data subject access request´. A fee will be payable. To find out more, visit the website of the Information Commissioner at http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/

Security of Collected Information

We will take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that we protect your personal data from unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.

Technical and Routing Information including Cookies

A technology called cookies may be used to provide you with tailored information. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive, so you can be recognised when you return. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Cookies are used on our web sites to monitor the traffic to the site. They are used to count the number of visitors to each page and to track the path each visitor takes to navigate this web site but no personal information about you is collected during this process. Even in this safe state, some security software may alert you to their presence. This is normal.

If our web site requires you to register or login to gain access to the site, cookies are used to assist in this process. Cookies are used as part of the registration process. They are also used to store the username while the user is logged into the site and to track the number of times the user has tried to log in during a single visit.

However, if you prefer not to accept cookies, you can set your browser to reject them or to alert you before one is placed.

Please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies to discover how to disable and delete cookies.

November 2006