PLEASE READ this notice as it explains the purposes for which Santander Insurance Services UK Limited will use the personal and sensitive personal data which we hold.
Santander may share and use the information You provide to us, or which we hold on You, with the group of companies to which we belong (the Santander group), with our associated companies, agents who may be located in other countries and ACE European Group Limited (“ACE”) who underwrite the Santander travel insurance product. Santander will make sure that Your information is only used in accordance with our instructions and our own strict policies on confidentiality. If Santander transfers Your information to another country, we will also make sure that it is given the same levels of protection as required under the UK Data Protection Act
You agree to Santander processing personal data including sensitive personal data, such as medical history or criminal convictions, about You and other people who may be insured under the contract. You understand that all personal data You give must be accurate. You confirm that You are allowed to give Santander information about any joint applicant, partner or spouse, family member or other third party and You have the specific permission of those other people who are insured to give Santander their personal data. By proceeding with this application You are giving Santander Your explicit consent to check the information You give, including checking whether You have criminal convictions in the event of a Claim
You understand all information, including sensitive personal data relating to convictions, given by individual policyholders may be made available to all policyholders named on the policy.
Santander may also give essential information to others where this is needed to run and / or renew Your policy and to regulatory bodies for the purposes of monitoring and / or enforcing the insurers’ compliance with any regulatory rules or codes. Santander will keep information about You after Your insurance has expired. You understand You have the right to see certain records we hold about You if You pay a fee and You can get more information explaining Your rights by telephoning 0800 519 9924.
You agree that Santander may use Your information for administration purposes and to develop and improve our products and services. You agree that Santander and ACE and their agents may use Your information for the purposes of insurance administration, renewal and claims handling.
ACE may share personal and sensitive personal information with the following organisations / individuals for the purposes described above:
ACE work with the police, other insurance companies, fraud reference and detection agencies, government agencies credit reference agencies and other representative bodies to prevent and detect fraudulent or exaggerated claims. As part of this ACE will share information about Your claims with providers of software designed to assist in the detection and prevention of fraudulent claims. ACE may also use commercially available databases to prevent money laundering. Other companies may contact these bodies for information to help them make decisions about insurance or similar services they provide to You.
ACE may also transfer Your information to countries that do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary, for the above purposes. If ACE does make such a transfer, ACE will, if appropriate put a contract in place to ensure the information transferred is protected.
If You are supplying personal or sensitive personal data to ACE about third parties, You confirm that they have appointed You to act for them and ACE assumes that those third parties consent to the supply of this information to ACE, to ACE processing this data, including sensitive personal data, and to the transfer of their information abroad. ACE will also assume that the supplier of the information is authorised to receive, on their behalf, any data protection notices.
Individuals whose information has been supplied to ACE are entitled to a copy of that information on payment of a fee and to have any inaccuracies corrected. Such information is available by contacting the Data Protection Officer at ACE Building, 100 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 3BP.
You agree that Santander and ACE may use Your information to:
If You indicated, when applying, that You did not want to receive such marketing information or take part in market research, You understand that Santander and ACE will respect Your wishes.
If you want to stop us contacting you for marketing purposes, or change how we contact you, please contact us:
By E-mail
santander.travelinsurance@ace-ina.com
By Phone
(from 09:00 to 17.00 on weekdays)
Freephone 0800 519 9924
or if calling from outside the UK
+44 (0)1293 726299
By Writing
Customer Service
Santander Travel Insurance
PO BOX 1018
Ashdown House
125 High Street
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 1DQ