PRIVACY POLICY

By visiting the Site, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and processing of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you are providing us with personal information relating to another person, you warrant that such personal information is provided with the consent from such person for the use, disclosure, and processing of such personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. In such a case you will: (i) provide appropriate notice to the relevant person regarding the processing of their personal information by us; (ii) obtain any requisite explicit, written, consent (based on the notification provided), (iii) provide the relevant person with details of their options with respect to the use, disclosure and processing of their personal information; and (iv) provide the relevant person with the opportunity to exercise their rights as a data subject pursuant to the DIFC Data Protection Law. You undertake that you will notify us of any changes in, or revocation of, permission by the relevant person to our use, disclosure and processing of their personal information and you will notify the relevant person about any changes to this Privacy Policy.

We will collect and process your personal information in the event that you complete the application and/or contact forms at 12cheques.ae. The main types of personal information that we collect includes:

• Contact information (such as name, postal address, telephone number, and email address);
• Other personal information found in content that individuals provide (including date of birth, nationality, current salary, current address, future address, current profession and other similar information);
• Login credentials for our Site; and,
• Information we collect by automated means as further explained in the section addressing “Cookies, Web beacons or similar technologies” below.

We never request any special categories of personal information including, without limitation, personal information concerning racial or ethnic origin, communal origin, political affiliations or opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, criminal record and health life and including genetic data and biometric data where it is used for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person.

We may use your personal information for any of the following purposes:

• To facilitate the purchase of the products and services described at 12cheques.ae
• Contact you to verify the information provided to us;
• Complete any missing information in the application forms filled in by you;
• Provide customer support (including, responding to your requests), troubleshoot and resolutions for problems and disputes;
• Understand and anticipate your needs and preferences;
• Ensure this Site is of interest to you (including, customization of advertising and content) and help us better understand your use of this Site;
• Protect the security and integrity of this Site;
• Conduct internal reviews of this Site and administer this Site’s systems;
• Monitor compliance with and enforce this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use and any other applicable agreements and policies;
• Develop, enhance and market our products and services or the products and services of third parties;
• Provide you with promotional materials, offers and personalized information;
• Manage our business and operations;
• Meet legal and regulatory requirements;
• Provide administrative communications to you;
• Apply User Generated Content as permitted in our Terms of Use; and
• For other purposes which may be disclosed when you provide personally identifiable information or in this Privacy Policy.

12Cheques Site is the interface technology platform between the User and Alliance Insurance PSC, an insurance company registered with the Insurance Authority under the IA License no. 018 & Commercial License no. 206782, and business address at Warba Center Abu Baker Al Siddiqque road, 2nd floor, P.O. Box 5501 (Alliance).

The Site allows the User to complete an application to request the issuance by Alliance of a Rental Guarantee insurance contract. The application requires the User’s to provide personal information such as name, address, date of birth, nationality, or current salary.

Once an application has been completed and submitted through the Site, 12Cheques will process such personal information on behalf of Alliance and may share it with Alliance for the insurer to issue the Rental Guarantee insurance contract and/or to examine the eventual claims. Similarly, 12Cheques may share the User’s personal information with other third companies, such as recovery companies, in order to facilitate the implementation of the rights and obligations of the User and / or Alliance under the insurance contract.

12Cheques processes your personal information for the following purposes:

• Analysis and optimization of the offers of our Site as well as ensuring its functionality
• Ensuring flawless services and training of our employees
• Processing of your requests when you contact us
• Marketing as well as fostering relations with current or future customers
• Compliance with the legal requirements of 12Cheques
• Other purposes expressly stated when entering data

We may communicate with the User material such as but not limited to Site offerings, products, promotions and other similar communications that we think may be of interest. Where required by law, we will obtain an individual's consent before sending them these communications. If an individual no longer wishes to receive these communications, they can unsubscribe following the details in the message or via the contact details at the end of this document.

Conversations with 12Cheques may be recorded for the purposes of quality control and training only.

Your personal information will only be transmitted to us if you fill out the electronic contact form in full with your personal information and then continue the process. Detailed information on data processing in connection with the insurance application and conclusion can be found in the application form and in the customer information of your insurance company as well as in the enclosed information sheet on data protection.

The Site collects information that reveals the frequency with which the Site is being visited, the times and dates of visits, and other information. Information is collected through various means. These devices may also be used on our behalf by third parties that manage our advertising on other websites; allowing us to identify which class of advertisements bring visitors to our Site.

We may employ cookie technology, web beacons, transparent GIF images, and similar devices to facilitate Site administration and navigation and to provide an enhanced online experience for our visitors. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but can be configured not to do so. If you wish to disable cookies, you should refer to the browser help menu. If you disable cookies, you may not be able to access some features on the Site.

We may use devices such as web beacons and transparent GIF images to count and recognize Users. Being able to access cookie data allows for personalization of the Site while enhancing User experiences.

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and in order to create reports. This is statistical data about our Users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual User.

We use the Google Analytics cookie on our Site. Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps website owners understand how visitors engage with their website. Google Analytics customers can view a variety of reports about how visitors interact with their website so that they can improve it.

Like many services, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions. In our case, they are used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We then use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. These cookies are used to store information, such as the time that the current visit occurred, whether the User has been to the Site before and what Site referred the visitor to the web page.

Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our Site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page.

We also use the DoubleClick cookie on our site. Google uses the DoubleClick cookie in the ads served on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying AdSense ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When Users visit a partner’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end User's browser.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a User's prior visits to our Site. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to ours Users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Ads Setting

We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information we collect, except as described in this Privacy Policy. 12Cheques may provide personal information to third parties who provide services on our behalf based on our instructions. We do not authorize these third parties to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. These parties may use the information solely in conjunction with the specific services they provide (e.g., responding to your question, replying to a call back request, initiating a consumer survey, etc.). Some of these third parties may be involved in administering or supplementing 12Cheques databases and will need to have access to personal information in order to do so.

In the event that 12Cheques sells or buys any business or assets, 12Cheques reserve the right to disclose personal information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation).

If 12cheques.ae or a substantial amount of all of its assets are acquired by a third party, the personal information held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

12Cheques reserves the right to disclose personal information as needed if such information is required (i) by law, court order or requested by a government entity or (ii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.

This Site will include send-to-a-friend applications that make it easy to forward information from our Site to others. In order to address the User's e-mail message, the application may ask you to input the recipient’s e-mail address and/or similar information. 12Cheques does not retain any of this information.

12Cheques reserves the right to change or replace this Privacy Policy at our discretion without prior notice to reflect changes in our personal information practices. Users are encouraged to review it from time to time to ensure that he/she is aware of any updates or changes in this Privacy Policy. We will post a prominent notice on our Sites to notify of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information gathered on this Site.

If a child has provided 12Cheques with personally identifiable information, a parent or guardian of that child must contact us using the form found on the Site if they would like access to this information or have their child's details deleted from our records. We will take steps to verify the identity of anyone requesting information about a child to ensure that the person is in fact the child's parent or legal guardian. If requested we will use all reasonable efforts to delete the child's information from our databases.

If you are under 16 years of age, please do not send any information about yourself to us or on this Site, including your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child, we will delete that information.

You have the right to review and update the personal information we collect through your use of this Site. To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us. Furthermore you have the right to request that your personal information not be processed for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data.

To the extent provided by law, you may request access to the personal information we maintain about you or request that we correct, amend, rectify, erase, delete, block, or move the information by contacting us. You may also contact us to withdraw any consent you previously provided relating to our handling of your personal information or object on legitimate grounds to the handling of your personal information. We will also ensure that you are not discriminated against for exercising any of your rights described in this Privacy Policy.

You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us via the contact us form found on the Site. Unless there is a legal reason not to, we will apply your preferences going forward.

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. We also maintain safeguards to delete or de-identify personal information no longer required in accordance with law. We store your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collect the personal information, except as otherwise required by law.

In order to undertake some of our activities, we may transfer personal information we collect to recipients in countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected. Where we transfer personal information to another country for processing by a recipient, we will require the recipient to protect the personal information received in accordance with the data protection requirements under the DIFC Data Protection Law and this Privacy Policy. This may include the requirement to put appropriate safeguards in place to protect the personal information. Details of any such appropriate safeguards can be requested by contacting us.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the DIFC Data Protection Commissioner. You can contact the DIFC Data Protection Commissioner in the following ways:

DIFC Authority
The Gate, Level 14, DIFC
P.O. Box 74777, Dubai, UAE
Telephone: +971 (0)4 362 2222
E-Mail: commissioner@dp.difc.ae

If you have any question or concern about this Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions or about our collection or use of information, you should contact us. You can reach us via email at info@12Cheques.ae