Privacy Notice

LORCAN EGAN T/A LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE

LORCAN EGAN t/a LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We wish to be transparent on how we process your data and show you that we are accountable with the GDPR in relation to not only processing your data but ensuring you understand your rights.

For the purposes of the GDPR the data controller is LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE. Our contact details are
ELPHIN STREET, BOYLE, CO. ROSCOMMON F52YN50
info@lorcaneganinsurance.com or tel: 071-9662464

When we refer to, we/us, we mean LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE

Please read this Privacy Notice carefully as this sets out the basis on which any personal data, we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Who are we?

Lorcan Egan T/A Lorcan Egan Insurance (C43476) is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as an insurance intermediary registered under the European Union (Insurance Distribution) Regulations 2018; as an Investment Intermediary authorised under the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995 and as a Mortgage Intermediary authorised under the Consumer Credit Act, 1995, and as a Mortgage Credit Intermediary under the European Union (Consumer Mortgage Credit Agreements) Regulations 2016
Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted directly here:

How do we collect your information and what information do we collect?

The personal information we collect varies depending upon the nature of our services. We will endeavour to provide you with an overview of those categories of personal data our organisation collects and our purpose for using that data.

Our organisation collects personal data in the following ways, if you:

  • request a service from us; GENERAL INSURANCE QUOTATIONS/LIFE POLICY QUOTES
  • register with or use any of our websites or online applications;
  • use our website/apps and it installs cookies or other tracking technologies onto your device.
  • engage with us on social media; LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook etc
  • contact us with a complaint or query;
  • apply for a position with us;

What information do we collect?

The information we collect about you includes the following:
1. Contact and Identifying information, e.g., name, address, contact details; email, mobile, landline
2. Unique identifiers e.g.
  • PPS number – the reason why we collect your PPS number is to comply with AML
  • pension scheme reference number- the reason why we collect this is correct information
  • insurance policy numbers, the reason why we collect this is identify correct person
3.

Demographic details, age, gender, marital status, lifestyle, and insurance requirements; date of birth, dependents, photo ID, as well as collecting personal information about you, we may also use personal information about other people, for example family members you wish to insure on a policy. E.g., your children/spouse

4.

Employment information e.g., role, employment status (such as full/part time, contract), salary information, employment benefits, and employment history;

This information is necessary for our Fact Find with our clients.

5. Publicly available sources: e.g., Information about you in the public domain such as Director information from the Companies Registration Office.
6. Health information such as information about your health status, medical records and medical assessment outcomes; We collect medical information relating to personal habits (e.g., smoking and consumption of alcohol), medical history. We may also process certain special categories of information, for example information about your personal characteristics (biometric information) or disability information.
7. Pensions and Insurance Benefits information such as current benefits, pension entitlement information, date of retirement and any relevant matters impacting your benefits such as voluntary contributions, PAO
8. Financial details e.g., bank account details, details of your credit history and bankruptcy status, salary, tax code, third-party deductions, bonus payments, benefits and entitlement data, national insurance contributions details
9. Claims Data (From you and any relevant third parties). Where you have given us permission (which you can withdraw at any time) we may:
  • Send electronic messages to you about product and service offers from Lorcan Egan T/A Lorcan Egan Insurance
  • Share your data with third parties so that they may send you electronic messaging about their products and offers.
  • Use cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • Use special categories of data, or sensitive data.
Use information you have made public and combine with this with the activities outlined above. When we ask for your consent, we will provide you with more information on how we will use your data in reliance on that consent, including in relation to third parties we would like your consent to share your data with.
10. Online information: e.g., information about your visits to our websites;
11. Events information e.g., information about your interest in and attendance at our events, including provision of feedback forms;
12. Social media information (e.g., likes and posts) with our social media presence; this includes, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook please
13. Criminal records information e.g., the existence of or alleged criminal offences, or confirmation of clean criminal records for motor products.
14. Searches that we undertake in relation to sanctions, money laundering and credit checks.
15. Calculators on our website. We use this data to perform calculations to prepare quotations for life insurance or mortgages.
When our organisation collects sensitive personal data as defined within the GDPR we will ensure that we require this information, and we have your explicit consent and/or authorisation prior to our collection. Please see the further information contained in this Privacy Notice that outlines special categories of personal data.

Information we automatically collect.

We sometimes automatically collect certain types of information when you visit our websites and through e-mails when we communicate with you. Automated technologies may include the use of web server logs to collect IP addresses, “cookies” and web beacons. Other cookies such as functional cookies, marketing cookies and analytical cookies will only be used with your expressed consent.  Further information about our use of cookies can be found in our Cookie Notice  at the footer of our web page.
www.lorcaneganinsurance.com

How do we use your personal data?

Your Personal Data will be used to enable us to fulfil our contractual obligations in relation to your request for insurance, investment, protection, pension products, financial advice, quotes.

1.Performing services for our clients and prospective clients – when you require insurance/investment products, we use your data to enable us to provide the required product
2.

Statutory and other regulatory requirements – we are required to carry out various obligations which include:

  • AML/Sanction checking
  • Knowing your customer “Fact Find”
  • Adherence to the Consumer Protection Code
3.

Carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request.

4.

Arranging premium finance agreements. – Close Brothers Finance Ireland Limited 

5.Provide professional services – Insurance/Investment/Mortgage Advice
6.Handling complaints – Terms of Business – Complaints Procedures
7.To notify you about changes to our service

Legal Basis

We need to ensure that we process your personal data lawfully. We rely on the following legal grounds to collect and use your personal data
Performance of a contract When we enter a contract with you, we will collect and use your personal data to enable us to fulfil that service.
Legal obligation The use of some of your personal data is necessary for us to meet our legal obligations e.g., pension contributions for Revenue Certificates, Regulatory purposes to the Central Bank
Consent

Sometimes we may rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information. For example, we rely on consent to collect and use personal data for any criminal convictions or alleged offences.  This is used when we need to assess risk relating to an insurance policy for you. We share this information with other third parties where it is necessary to manage these services provided to you – these services include insurance underwriters, reinsurer and other insurance providers.

We may also rely on your consent to send direct marketing to you. We will ensure that we present this to you concisely.  We will also ensure that we use clear and plain language and if you give us your consent you can withdraw this easily at any time.

Sometimes if you refuse to provide information that we reasonably require to provide the services, we may be unable to offer you the services and/or we may terminate the services provided with immediate effect.

Legitimate interests

Where we rely on this legal basis to collect and use your personal information, we shall take appropriate steps to ensure the processing does not infringe the rights and freedoms conferred to you under the applicable data privacy laws.

If you require further information on any of the above basis for processing your data, we can provide you with further details.

How we share your data

When required, we may make your information available to third parties with whom we have a relationship, where that third party is providing services on our behalf. We will only provide those third parties (data processors) with information that is necessary for them to perform the services.  We will take measures to protect your information, such as putting in place Standard Contractual Clauses and confidentiality agreements.

1.Insurance Partners where we need to manage the services provided to you such as Product Providers and insurance underwriters, reinsurers, and loss adjuster. You can refer to their privacy statements on their website for more information about their privacy practices.
2.Legal advisers, loss adjusters, and claims investigators, where necessary to investigate, exercise or defend legal claims, insurance claims or other claims of a similar nature;
3.

EU Law enforcement bodies, when required to do so by law and/or regulation, or another legal request.

4.Public authorities, regulators and government bodies, where necessary for us to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity;
 5.

Third-party processors: We outsource our processing operations to suppliers that process personal information on our behalf. Examples include IT service providers who manage our IT and back-office systems and telecommunications networks, and accounting and payroll providers, CRM providers.

These processing operations remain under our control and we have data processing agreements in place with all our third-party processors to ensure all processing is carried out in accordance with our security standards and the GDPR.

 6.Internal and external auditors where necessary for the conduct of company audits or to investigate a complaint or security threat.
 7.On the sale or reorganisation of our business whether by asset or share disposal or other transaction relating to our business.

Security

The security of your personal data is important to us, we have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.  We have processes in place to protect your personal data from loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration and destruction.

Retention

LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE shall not keep personal data in a form that permits identification of data subjects for a longer period than is necessary.
LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE may store data for longer periods if the personal data will be processed solely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical

purposes, subject to the implementation of appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject.

The retention period for each category of personal data will be set out in our Retention Schedule  along with the criteria used to determine this period, including any statutory obligations we have. Should you require further information we would be happy to provide.

Personal data will be disposed of securely.

Data Subjects Rights:

LORCAN EGAN T/A LORCAN EGAN INSURANCE will facilitate your rights in line with our data protection policy and the Subject Access Request procedure. This is available on request.

Your rights as a data subject
At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

  • Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
  • Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records. (The erasure of such data will be dependent on our other legal obligations, and whether the data is subject of legal privilege).
  • Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.
  • Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
  • Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
  • Right to object to automated processing, including profiling.
  • Right to make a complaint: if we refuse your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why.

All the above requests will be forwarded on, should there be a third party involved, as we have indicated in the processing of your personal data.

Complaints

If you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by (name of firm) or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint with our Data Protection Officer LORCAN EGAN
You may also lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland, whose details are:

Data Protection Commission
21 Fitzwilliam Square South,
Dublin 2.

D02RD28
Web: www.dataprotection.ie
Email: info@dataprotection.ie

Contact Us

Your privacy is important to us. If you have any comments or questions regarding this statement, please contact us on 0719662464 or email: info@lorcaneganinsurance.com