Cavern Funding Limited is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We know that you care about how your information is used and shared and we appreciate your trust in us to do that carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy and forms part of our website terms and conditions (“Website Terms”).
Cavern Funding believes it is important to protect your Personal Data (as defined in the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018) and we are committed to giving you a personalised service that meets your needs in a way that also protects your privacy. This policy explains how we may collect Personal Data about you. It also explains some of the security measures we take to protect your Personal Data and tells you certain things we will do and not do. You should read this policy in conjunction with the Website Terms.
Who we are
Company Name: Cavern Funding Limited of 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, England, E14 5HU Company Number: 12689777 Registered under the Data Protection Act 2018 with the Information Commissioner’s Office Registration Number: 12689777
How do we collect information from you?
We collect Personal Data from you:When you take a service or product from us.When you contact us, or if you have replied to a communication from us.A third party who sells your data.
What type of information is collected from you?
This includes:contact details;date of birth;address details;employment details;email details;IP addresses;bank details;Any sensitive information you share with us.
What is our lawful basis for collecting this data and why do we need this?
In order for us to process your data we have to have a lawful basis to do so. We are relying on the following basis to do so:Consent: you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.Contract: the processing is necessary to enter into the loan agreement with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).Legitimate interests: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect your personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.We have identified these on a lawful basis to assess whether we can, pass your details on to a third party who may assist you with obtaining a loan if we cannot help you or if we wish to continue to market to you with other specific products set out below after our contractual relationship has ended.
How is your information used?
We use your information so that:We can identify you when you contact us.We can identify accounts, services and products you may have from us.We can offer you other products.We can ensure we do not pass your details to the same third-party twice in a short period and so third parties can avoid unnecessary credit searches.We can improve your account administration.We undertake marketing analysis, credit strategy and customer profiling.We can continue to market to you with relevant offers;To prevent and detect consumer vulnerability;To manage your account as and when needed; andTo help us prevent and detect fraud and loss.
Do you record calls or emails?
Yes we do record calls. Calls and Emails are retained for a period of time and then destroyed in accordance with our Data Retention Policy.
Who has access to your information?
all our staff; third parties including police. government or regulatory agencies should they request it; if any officials request it for legal proceedings; if our company and all of its assets are bought by a third party your personal data will also be transferred to this third party; credit information service providers open banking information service providers if we need to pass on personal data to others who offer administration services, marketing information and customer services; and Debt collectors or law firms if you fall behind with payments to us.
What type of third parties do you pass my data to?
As a lender we will pass data to: Credit report information service providers Open banking information service providers Debt Collectors Law Firms Fraud Prevention Agencies For a detailed list of these third parties you can write to us at Cavern Funding Limited of 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, England, E14 5HU
How is your information used?
We use your information so that:We can identify you when you contact us.We can identify accounts, services and products you may have from us.We can offer you other products.We can ensure we do not pass your details to the same third-party twice in a short period and so third parties can avoid unnecessary credit searches.We can improve your account administration.We undertake marketing analysis, credit strategy and customer profiling.We can continue to market to you with relevant offers;To prevent and detect consumer vulnerability;To manage your account as and when needed; and To help us prevent and detect fraud and loss.Automated Decision Making and ProfilingPrior to any loan being agreed with you we will use your personal data to make automated decisions. This is done in order to determine whether we wish to enter into a contract with you and to determine your creditworthiness in the quickest, fairest and most legally compliant way using credit scoring and past payment history to predict future performance. We will also monitor your account using automated means for fraud detection and crime prevention purposes. The automated decision may result in us declining your loan application.We regularly test our credit scoring model to ensure it is working appropriately and accurately. If you are dissatisfied with the result of this automated processing you have the right to seek an explanation and request a person review the decision.
Sharing your data with Credit Reference and Fraud Prevention Agencies
In order to process your application, we will perform credit and identity checks on you with one or more credit reference and fraud prevention agencies (“CR/FPAs”). To do this, we will supply your personal information to CR/FPAs and they will give us information about you. This will include information from your application and about your financial situation and financial history. CR/FPAs will supply to us both public (including the electoral register) and shared credit, financial situation and financial history information and fraud prevention information. We will use this information to: Assess your creditworthiness and whether you can afford to take the product Verify the accuracy of the data you have provided to us Prevent criminal activity, fraud and money laundering Manage your account(s)Trace and recover debts Ensure any offers provided to you are appropriate to your circumstances We will continue to exchange information about you with CR/FPAs while you have a relationship with us. We will also inform the CR/FPAs about your settled accounts. If you borrow and do not repay in full and on time, CRA/FPs will record the outstanding debt. When CRAs receive a search from us they will place a search footprint on your credit file that may be seen by other lenders. If we notify them of criminal activity on your account, they will keep a record of this which may result in other organisations refusing to provide you with services or employment. The identities of the CRAs, their role also as fraud prevention agencies, the data they hold, the ways in which they use and share personal information, data retention periods and your data protection rights with the CRAs are explained in more detail.
Open Banking
This section of our Privacy Policy relates to Open Banking and should be read in conjunction with the other clauses in our Privacy Policy. In the event of conflict with any other clauses, this clause shall prevail. What is Open Banking? Open Banking is the secure way of providing you a loan or building society account to providers who are registered for this purpose. Registered providers and participating banks and building societies are listed under the Open Banking Directory. Open Banking was set up by the UK Government to encourage more competition and innovation in the financial services sector. As a forward thinking lender, we support the use of Open Banking as it allows us to process loan applications efficiently, securely and in our consumer’s best interests. By permitting access to your bank or building society account information we are able to make a better lending decision as we shall be able to monitor your outgoing spending, outgoings and other matters in order to assess what loan terms would be suitable for you based upon what you can reasonably afford to repay. Further information about Open Banking is available to all applicants, How will my personal data be shared and used for the purposes of Open Banking By proceeding with your loan application via our website you expressly consent to us sharing your personal, contact and loan application details (“the Shared Personal Data”) with our registered Open Banking partner, Almadies Bank UK Limited (“ABUK”) using the trading style”, During your loan application we shall safely and securely direct you to ABUK secure portal (“the Portal”) for the purposes of Opening a bank account or building society account information (“Transaction Information”). As soon as your bank account is created it shall be reported back to us in the form of a completed in order that we may continue to process your loan application (“the Permitted Purpose”). Is Open Banking secure? Almadies Bank UK Limited are registered under the Open Banking Directory as an account information service provider and are also regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as a payment services firm. Any data you submit via the Portal will be encrypted and its usage tracked as part of set Open Banking data security standards. We are responsible for the secure transmission of any Shared Personal Data to ABUK, for safely directing you to the Portal and for the safe receipt and usage of your Transaction Information. You will not be required to share your banking password or log in details with either us. Once you have given your explicit consent to share your bank account information on the Portal you will be provided online login access to your bank account after creating. Save as set out above or elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we are not responsible for your direct data transmissions with ABUK or with your own bank or building society. How will my Shared Personal Data and Transaction Information be used? ABUK shall, subject to their own terms and conditions and privacy policy, and, obtain your Transaction Information and submit this back to us for the Permitted Purpose. By way of example, the Transaction Information that we shall receive is likely to include information relating to your outgoings and credit worthiness. ABUK shall be entitled to re-access your Transaction Information for up to 90 days from the date of your original search result in order to refresh the search results, obtain a snapshot of your data or gather additional data. ABUK shall hold the Shared Personal Data and the Transaction Information they receive and retain according to their own terms and conditions and privacy policy, available on the Portal, which you will be required to read and consent to once directed their via our website. As ABUK are also a credit reference agency they may also share and keep a record of your Shared Personal Data and Transaction Information. Will you use my Transaction Information data for any other purpose? The Transaction Information we receive about you will only be used for the Permitted Purpose. We do not sell or share Transaction Information with any third party. Save as set out above the information contained in the rest of this Privacy Policy deals with how we collate, use, transfer, store, delete and other terms applicable to your personal data including Shared Personal Data and Transaction Information. Do I have to provide you with my consent to proceed? We will request your consent for us to access both your bank transactional data and access to your credit information during the application process. Where your bank or building society have already permitted access to your Transaction Information you shall need to contact them directly in order to withdraw your consent under their particular Open Banking terms and conditions. Are any of my other rights under this Privacy Policy affected? Your individual data protection and privacy rights including the right to access, correct, delete, object, restrict, withdraw consent, request transfer and/or make a complaint, continue to apply to relevant personal data we control or process and are dealt with elsewhere in this Privacy Policy. Under Open Banking as your personal data is shared by your bank or building society and accessed by ABUK you may also be able to exercise your individual data protection and privacy rights against either of them pursuant to their own terms and conditions and privacy policies.
Do you sell data?
No
How safe is my data?
We carry out comprehensive due-diligence on each party that we work with to ensure your personal data is secure and that the communication you receive is relevant to your needs. Communication from the third party may be by email, SMS or telephone.We will not disclose your Personal Data to any third party except in accordance with this Privacy Policy.We invest heavily in data security so you should be assured that your data is safe.
Can I change my mind about marketing?
If you consented to receiving marketing communication from us, there will be an opt-out on every correspondence you received. You can also change your mind at any time by emailing us at customerservices@cavernfunding.com
We have a very strict policy on protecting your Personal Data:We make sure we do thorough checks on everyone we work with.We use encrypted software.We continually test our systems to see whether it can be penetrated by malicious software and outside third parties looking to steal data. Our regulators expect us to do this to ensure our systems are secure.We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personally identifiable customer information.
Do you use Cookies?
Yes
Why do you use Cookies?
Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally and are used to improve services for you, for example through: letting you navigate between pages efficiently; enabling a service to recognise your computer so you don’t have to give the same information during one task; recognising that you have already given your data so you don’t need to enter it for every web page requested; measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there is enough capacity to ensure that they are fast. We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website and to help us ensure it is tailored to our customers’ needs and interests. These cookies only collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of website visitors and the pages visited. No personal information is collected or stored by Cavern Funding. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites.
Do you buy data?
Yes, we purchase data in a number of ways but always perform full due diligence on our partners to ensure that they Treat Consumers Fairly before we purchase.
Do we profile your information?
We do limited profiling so that we can match your specific needs to the loan product you require. Our panel of lenders may carry out their own profiling. To find out what information we hold on you, you can write to us at customerservices@cavernfunding.com
What age must I be?
20
Do we review our Privacy Policy?
Yes, we can update our privacy policy without letting you know. We will review this at a minimum annually.
How long do we store your data?
We will retain your personal data indefinitely after the duration of your contract with Cavern Funding. Where a quote does not progress to a contract, and we have no other contracts with you, we may keep your data for a period of 18 months.
What are my rights?
You have the following rights for your data: The right to be informed The right of access The right to rectification The right to erasure The right to restrict processing The right to data portability The right to object Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling. For further information in relation your rights.
Will you transfer my personal data to a country outside the European Economic Area?
No
Who can I write to get more information about this Privacy Policy?
