We take your privacy very seriously and we ask that you read this privacy notice carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal data, your rights in relation to your personal data and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.
Italicised words in this privacy notice have the meaning set out in the Glossary of Terms at the end of this document.
The Mortgage Library Ltd collects, uses and is responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are required to comply with data protection regulation and we are responsible as a data controller of that personal data for the purposes of those laws.
When we mention "TML" "we", "us" or "our" we are referring to The Mortgage Library Ltd.
We provide you with intermediary services in relation to the products.
The Mortgage Library an appointed representative of Sesame Limited. Sesame Limited is a company registered in England and Wales (company number 2844161) whose registered office is at Pixham End, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1QA. Sesame Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Sesame Limited’s Financial Services Register number is 150427.
We and Sesame Limited have certain shared systems (and so shared access to your personal data). This means that in respect of certain personal data of yours, we and Sesame Limited will be joint data controllers.
The manner in which Sesame Limited will process your personal data is set out in a separate privacy notice which we will provide you with at the start of our engagement. If you require a further copy of this privacy notice, please contact Sesame Limited at dataprivacy@sbg.co.uk or Data Protection Officer, Sesame Limited, Fourth Floor, Jackson House, Sibson Rd, Sale M33 7RR.
In the course of our intermediary services we may collect the following personal data when you provide it to us:
We also obtain personal data from other sources in the course of providing our intermediary services. Where we obtain this information from another party it is their responsibility to make sure they explain that they will be sharing personal data with us and, where necessary, ask permission before sharing information with us.
The personal data we obtain from other sources may include the following:
The below table sets out:
Rationale/Reason for Processing | Lawful Basis for Processing | Third party recipients linked to that activity |
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Performance of a contract | Sesame Limited |
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Performance of a contract |
Lenders/product providers
External supplier(s) of software services through which we review, source and apply for decisions in principle, quotations and/or products on your behalf |
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Compliance with a legal obligation |
Sesame Limited
Our external solicitors Our professional indemnity insurers and insurance adviser |
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Legitimate interests [– we have a legitimate interest in protecting ourselves from breaches of legal obligations owed to us and to defend ourselves from litigation. This is needed to ensure that our legal rights and interests are managed appropriately] |
Sesame Limited
Our external solicitors Our professional indemnity insurers and insurance adviser |
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Compliance with a legal obligation | Sesame Limited |
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Legitimate interests [– we have a legitimate interest in operating our business. This includes ensuring that the service we provide is of a satisfactory standard] |
Sesame Limited
External supplier(s) of software services to obtain feedback from you |
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Compliance with a legal obligation | External supplier(s) of data storage and data hosting services to retain records on our behalf |
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Legitimate interests [– we have a legitimate interest in defending ourselves from legal claims and complaints. This is needed to ensure that our legal rights and interests are managed appropriately] | External supplier(s) of data storage and data hosting services to retain records on our behalf |
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n/a | n/a |
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Compliance with a legal obligation.
[We also consider that we have a legitimate interest in protecting ourselves, other parties and the financial services industry more widely in detecting, preventing and investigating financial crime and/or misconduct] |
The Financial Conduct Authority
Lenders/product providers Sesame Limited National Crime Agency (NCA) Police HMRC |
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Compliance with a legal obligation |
Sesame Limited
External supplier(s) to conduct anti-money laundering, identification and verification checks on our behalf Lenders/product providers |
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Compliance with a legal obligation | Information Commissioner’s Office |
Certain types of personal data are considered more sensitive and so are subject to additional levels of protection under data protection legislation. These are known as ‘special categories of data’ and include data concerning your health, racial or ethnic origin, genetic data and sexual orientation. Data relating to criminal convictions or offences is also subject to additional levels of protection.
We may process:
In addition to the lawful basis for processing this information set out in the above table, we will be processing it either (i) for the purpose of advising on, arranging or administering an insurance contract or (ii) for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
In the course of our activities relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of financial crime, we may process criminal conviction or offence information. Where we do so, in addition to the lawful basis for processing this information set out in the above table, we will be processing it for the purpose of compliance with regulatory requirements relating to unlawful acts and dishonesty.
We may use personal data we hold about you to help us identify, tailor and provide you with details of products and services from us that may be of interest to you. We will do so in accordance with any marketing preferences you have provided to us.
In addition, where you provided your consent, we may provide you with details of products and services of third parties where they may be of interest to you.
You can opt out of receiving marketing at any time. If you wish to amend your marketing preferences please contact i:
By phone: 01702 899072
By email: info@themortgagelibrary.co.uk
By Post: [Beech House, 1 Journeyman’s Way, Temple Farm Industrial Estate, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5TF.
We will tell you if providing some personal data is optional, including if we ask for your consent to process it. In all other cases you must provide your personal data in order for us to provide you with intermediary services.
We will hold your personal data for differing periods of time depending upon the reason we have for processing it. These retention periods are set out below.
Type of Record | Retention Period |
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Customer file containing a record of any intermediary services provided by us |
For as long as we reasonably consider that:
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Complaint file containing a record of any claim you have brought against us | For as long as we reasonably consider that you might legally bring an additional or repeat claim against us |
Marketing lists | For as long as we are permitted to retain this personal data based upon our legal and regulatory obligations |
Results of anti-money laundering, identification and verification checks, including assessment of your sanction check information | For as long as we are required/permitted to retain this personal data based upon our legal and regulatory obligations |
Fraud and financial crime files |
For as long as we reasonably consider that:
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Records of satisfaction of any request made by you in accordance with your rights under data protection regulation | 3 years from the date the request was satisfied |
We may transfer your personal data to the following which are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA) as follows:
You have a right to ask us for more information about any transfer of your personal data outside of the EEA, including the safeguards in place. To learn more, please see ‘Your rights’ below.
You have legal rights under data protection regulation in relation to your personal data. These are set out under the below headings:
We may ask you for proof of identity when making a request to exercise any of these rights. We do this to ensure we only disclose information or change your details where we know we are dealing with the right individual.
We will not ask for a fee, unless we think your request is unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Where a fee is necessary, we will inform you before proceeding with your request.
We aim to respond to all valid requests within one month. It may however take us longer if the request is particularly complicated or you have made several requests. We will always let you know if we think a response will take longer than one month. To speed up our response, we may ask you to provide more detail about what you want to receive or are concerned about.
We may not always be able to fully address your request, for example if it would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others, or if we are otherwise legally entitled to deal with the request in a different way.
To access personal data
You can ask us to confirm whether or not we have and are using your personal data. You can also ask to get a copy of your personal data from us and for information on how we process it.
To rectify / erase personal data
You can ask that we rectify any information about you which is incorrect. We will be happy to rectify such information but would need to verify the accuracy of the information first.
You can ask that we erase your personal data if you think we no longer need to use it for the purpose we collected it from you.
You can also ask that we erase your personal data if you have either withdrawn your consent to us using your information (if we originally asked for your consent to use your information), or exercised your right to object to further legitimate use of your information, or where we have used it unlawfully or where we are subject to a legal obligation to erase your personal data.
We may not always be able to comply with your request, for example where we need to keep using your personal data in order to comply with our legal obligation or where we need to use your personal data to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
To restrict our use of personal data
You can ask that we restrict our use of your personal data in certain circumstances, for example
We can continue to use your personal data following a request for restriction where we have your consent to use it; or we need to use it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, or we need to use it to protect the rights of another individual or a company.
To object to use of personal data
You can object to any use of your personal data which we have justified on the basis of our legitimate interest, if you believe your fundamental rights and freedoms to data protection outweigh our legitimate interest in using the information. If you raise an objection, we may continue to use the personal data if we can demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate interests to use the information.
To request a transfer of personal data
You can ask us to provide your personal data to you in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, or you can ask to have it transferred directly to another data controller (e.g. another company).
You may only exercise this right where we use your personal data in order to perform a contract with you, or where we asked for your consent to use your personal data. This right does not apply to any personal data which we hold or process outside automated means.
To contest decisions based on automatic decision making
If we made a decision about you based solely by automated means (i.e. with no human intervention), and the decision made by us produces a legal effect concerning you, or significantly affects you, you may have the right to contest that decision, express your point of view and ask for a human review. These rights do not apply where we are authorised by law to make such decisions and have adopted suitable safeguards in our decision making processes to protect your rights and freedoms.
You can contact us for more information
If you are not satisfied with the level of information provided in this privacy notice, you can ask us about what personal data we have about you, what we use your information for, who we disclose your information to, whether we transfer it abroad, how we protect it, how long we keep it for, what rights you have, how you can make a complaint, where we got your data from and whether we have carried out any automated decision making using your personal data.
If you would like to exercise any of the above rights, please:
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
If you are not happy with the way we are handling your information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (www.ico.org.uk).
We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before the ICO.
Please contact our Data Privacy Manager if you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information we hold about you.
If you wish to contact our Data Privacy Manager, please send an email to info@themortgagelibrary.co.uk or write to Beech House, 1 Journeyman’s Way, Temple Farm Industrial Estate, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5TF.
we, us or our | The Mortgage Library Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales, company number 11949917 and having its registered office at Beech House, 1 Journeymans Way, Temple Farm Industrial Estate, Essex, SS2 5TF |
contact information | these are details that can be used to contact a person, including title, first name, surname, personal telephone number, fax, email address, home address, country, postcode or city of residence. This may also include work contact information such as work telephone number, fax, work email and work address |
data controller | means a natural or legal person (such as a company) which determines the means and purposes of processing of personal data. For example, we are your data controller as we determine how we will collect personal data from you, the scope of data which will be collected, and the purposes for which it will be used in the course of us providing you with intermediary services |
data protection regulation | applicable data privacy and protection laws |
employment status | this is information about your work, if you are employed, self-employed, unemployed, a student or on job seeker allowance |
FCA | the Financial Conduct Authority, being the independent watchdog that regulates financial services |
financial information | this is information relating to your financial status, including salary/income, outgoings/expenditure, tax rate and P60 |
health information | this is information relating to your medical history, including symptoms, diagnoses, procedures and outcomes, as well as information about your height and weight. This could include previous and current or persistent medical conditions and family medical history |
identity information | this is any information that can be used to distinguish a person or verify their identity, such as name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, marital status, national identity card/number, passport, drivers licence and national insurance number |
intermediary services | these are the services we provide to you in relation to the products, which may include:
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lenders | a mortgage lender and/or specialist mortgage distributor providing us with access to specialist lenders (for a list of current lenders which we work with, please contact us – see How to contact us above) |
lifestyle information | this includes both work and leisure behaviour patterns. Most relevant to your products may be your smoker status, alcohol consumption, health, retirement age and exercise habits |
product | this is a mortgage, protection and/or general insurance product in respect of which we provide intermediary services to you |
product provider | a company which provides protection and/or general insurance products (for a list of product providers which we work with, please contact us – see How to contact us above) |
sanction check information | this is information relating to your politically exposed persons (PEPs) status and Her Majesty’s Treasury financial sanctions status, which is recorded to prevent fraud and money laundering |
vulnerability | a vulnerable consumer is someone who, due to their personal circumstances, is especially susceptible to detriment, particularly when an advisory firm is not acting with appropriate levels of care. These customers are more likely to suffer severe detriment if something goes wrong. Details of vulnerability fall in to the following categories: health; resilience (financial); life events; and capability (financial knowledge/ confidence) |