Here at Travel Counsellors, looking after the personal data that you share with us is extremely important. We would like to share with you how we use your data to make your experience truly personal and to explain how we secure your personal data.
This Privacy Policy, which may be updated from time to time, sets out the types of personal data that we collect and explains how and why we use your personal data. It explains when and why we share personal data within the Travel Counsellors Group and with other organisations, and we also set out your rights when it comes to your personal data.
This Privacy Policy applies to you if use our products and services or interact with us, both directly via any of our Websites, our social media accounts or any members of the Travel Counsellors’ new franchise sales team.
Travel Counsellors Limited is the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation.
When you register for our Services on our Websites, for example signing up for marketing emails or requesting to be contacted by a member of the Travel Counsellor’s team, you may provide us with:
When you contact us, or we contact you to take part in any surveys or questionnaires about our services, we may collect:
We may also use personal data from other sources such as specialist companies that supply information, online media channels, our supplier partners and public registers. For example, this other personal data helps us to:
If you call our Head Office, your call will be recorded.
When you interact with us via our Social Accounts, we may collect:
We may also use personal data from social media sources such as Facebook advertising that supply information, cookie and third-party data. For example, this type of personal social media data helps us to:
When you use our Website we use data tracking software (‘cookies’) which allow us to collect:
We use personal data to effectively manage and improve the services we offer to you, including:
We may share the personal data we collect with other companies in the Travel Counsellors Group, where it is necessary for the effective servicing of a query.
We may share the personal data we collect with other Supplier Partners and Service Providers. We only share personal data that enable our Supplier Partners to provide their services. We work with carefully selected Service Providers that carry out certain functions on our behalf, including for example, companies that help us with our technology services, storing and combining data, and processing payments. We only share personal data that enable our Service Providers to effectively provide their services.
When we share personal data with these companies we require them store and process it securely, and they must not use your personal data for their own marketing purposes.
We may also need to share personal data with other organisations in certain circumstances:
The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by companies operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our Service Providers.
The protection and safe-guarding of your personal data is very important to us and we implement various security safeguards to protect your data, including:
However, whilst we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal data that you transfer over the internet to us.
Whilst the focus of the provision of our products and services is via personal communications, we support this relationship digitally via our Websites.
On our Websites, we use cookies and similar technologies, such as tags and pixels (“Cookies”), to personalise and improve your customer experience.
Cookies are small data files stored locally on your technology device that allow a Website to collect and store a range of data on your desktop computer, laptop or mobile device. Cookies help us to provide important features and functionality on our Websites, and we use them to improve your customer experience. For example, we use Cookies to improve the way our Websites work and their performance so that we can personalise your experience and allow you to use many of their useful features.
We also use Cookies to measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications, for example by telling us if you have opened a marketing email that we have sent to you.
You can use your browser settings to accept or reject new Cookies and to delete existing Cookies. You can also set your browser to notify you each time new Cookies are placed on your computer or other device.
We will send you relevant news and offers about our products and services in a number of ways, including by email and occasionally, personally by phone direct from a member of the new franchise sales team, but only if you have previously agreed to receive these marketing communications or have engaged with us in a service provision way. When you register with us on our Websites, we will ask you if you would like to receive marketing communications. When you engage with a member of our new franchise sales team, they will also ask you if you would like to receive marketing communications. You can change your marketing choices over the phone or in writing to us at Head Office at any time.
We may also wish to contact you about your views to help us improve our products and services, so we may contact you for market research purposes. You can choose not to take part in our market research.
All of the information you provide during the process will be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfil legal or regulatory requirements if necessary. We will use the contact details you provide to us to contact you to progress your application and to send communications to support your decision to become a Travel Counsellor. We will use the other information you provide to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for.
Application stage
We ask you for your personal details including name, contact details and date of birth. We will also ask you about your previous experience. Our new franchise sales team will have access to all of this information.
We might ask you to participate in discovery days; complete tests or occupational personality profile questionnaires; and/or to attend an interview – or a combination of these. Information will be generated by you and by us. For example, we will take interview notes and this information will be held by Travel Counsellors.
Onboarding & compliance
You must complete a Franchise Application form which will ask you to provide details including a 5- year address and employment history, next of kin and NI number. You must also successfully complete additional pre-induction checks including proof of identity, CV, character and employment references, bank details in order for us to process commission payments and emergency contact details. A credit check with Experian will also be carried out.
Under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to see the personal data we hold about you. This is called a Subject Access Request. If you would like a copy of the personal data we hold about you, or would simply like to ask any questions about how we collect, store and use personal data, please write to:
Customer Relations
Venus Building
No 1 Old Park Lane
Trafford City
Manchester
M41 7HA
You can also email us at [email protected]
If you would like to exercise your rights under the GDPR, such as the right to be forgotten on our systems or if you would like to withdraw your consent to be marketed and/or communicated with, you may do so via a specific request to your Travel Counsellors and/or contact us directly on [email protected].
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 3 May 2018.