Privacy Statement

Data Protection

The processing of your personal data is regulated in the UK by the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”).  The Trustees hold and process certain data about you in order to administer your pension and so the Trustees are deemed under the Act to be the “data controller” in respect of your personal data. 

Processing your data

The Trustees have both a legal obligation and a legitimate interest to process data relating to you for the purpose of administering and operating the Scheme and paying benefits under it, both within and outside the European Economic Area. 

Collecting Information

The Trustees may hold data about you which is provided by either yourself, your employer(s), other pension schemes or medical advisers.

In the course of administering your pension, the Trustees may pass on data about you to the Press, the Scheme’s actuary, auditor, administrator and such other third parties as may be necessary for the administration and operation of the Scheme and provision of benefits.  Your data will only be disclosed where it is necessary to achieve these purposes and the Trustees will not disclose your personal information to anyone else without your consent.

Sensitive data

Some of the data that you disclose to the Trustees may be sensitive data.  For example, the Trustees may require you to provide them with information relating to your health.  [In the event that you are providing the Trustees with any of this information you may be asked to complete a consent form.  This will enable the Trustees to process your sensitive personal data for the purposes set out in the form.  These purposes will include disclosure to the Trustees’ professional advisers as set out above.]

Security Measures

The Trustees have put in place appropriate technical and organisational security measures in order to prevent the unauthorised disclosure or use of your data.  These measures are designed to prevent unauthorised access, use, disclosure or modification of your data as well as unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

Access to your data

Under the Act you have a right to access the personal data the Trustees hold about you.  You are also entitled to know the purpose(s) for which the data is held and the identity of any person to whom your data has been disclosed.  To obtain a copy of any of this information please write to the Pensions Department. 

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information stored on your computer by the server which maintains and operates this website.  A cookie does not compromise your privacy and security as it works by storing a randomly generated number on your computer.  Cookies are used in order to monitor the use of our website and improve it in the future.  Cookies are also used in order to pass data between the different pages on the website.

It is possible to stop cookies being placed on your computer.  To do this you will need to turn off your cookie acceptance option on your browser settings.

September 2008