Your information, handled with care.

Who we are

Clarendon Private Finance is a trading name of Aria Finance Limited. Aria Finance Limited is a mortgage broker and intermediary and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Enra Specialist Finance Limited.

When this notice refers to “we”, “us” or “our”, it means Aria Finance Limited trading as Clarendon Private Finance. Enra Specialist Finance Limited provides administrative and support functions to group companies, including Aria Finance Limited.

Why we collect your data

We collect and use personal data to understand your financial needs and circumstances, provide or arrange mortgage and property-finance services, manage enquiries and any contract for services, carry out due diligence, meet regulatory and legal obligations, and improve the information and services we provide.

Where appropriate, we may also use your details to provide information about Clarendon Private Finance, Aria Finance, associated group companies and their services or products. We will only do this where the law permits, and you may ask us to stop direct marketing at any time.

Personal data we may collect

Depending on the services you request and the stage of your enquiry, this may include contact details, identity information, financial and income information, property details, asset and liability information, information about companies, trusts or other structures, and information needed to carry out affordability, fraud-prevention, anti-money-laundering or other due-diligence checks.

We will only ask for data that is relevant to the services we provide, your financial needs and circumstances, or our regulatory and legal obligations.

How we use and share your data

Your data may be shared internally with colleagues who need it to provide services or meet our regulatory obligations. We may also share it, where necessary, with Enra Specialist Finance Limited and related group companies, lenders and funders, credit reference agencies, fraud prevention agencies, valuers, solicitors, insurers, professional advisers, technology and other service providers, and regulators or statutory bodies acting under lawful authority.

We do not sell your personal data. We only share information with third parties where there is a legitimate business, contractual, legal or regulatory reason to do so.

Retention of your data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant service, contract, regulatory obligation or legal purpose. In many cases, regulatory requirements mean that records relating to a completed service are retained for the duration of the contract plus seven years. Information is stored securely and deleted or anonymised in line with applicable standards when no longer required.

Your rights

Data protection law provides rights that may include the right to request access to your personal data, ask for correction or erasure, object to processing, request restriction of processing, and request that data is provided in a machine-readable format. Some rights are subject to legal and regulatory requirements, including our need to retain certain records.

You may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO can be contacted at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, by telephone on 0303 123 1113, or through www.ico.org.uk.

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