Privacy Statement
The European Direct Debit Association is committed to protecting the privacy of users of this website and the security of the information which website visitors provide once this data is in the company's possession.
Before anyone submits information they first must accept the insecure nature of the internet and the risk this may pose to the integrity of information they provide. Accordingly, the European Direct Debit Association accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or misuse of the data that may occur while the data is in transmission.
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Upon receipt, the European Direct Debit Association will take precautions which accord with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will take responsible precautions to ensure personal data in its possession is secure and not open to abuse.
Information is collected at several different points in this website with the informed consent of the website visitor. The data provided is used to improve the appropriateness of the information provided on the site, market research, and the provision of other services by the company, associated companies and other third parties. The data will only be used for the following purposes:
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The European Direct Debit Association shares aggregated information and statistics about its customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information with the banking industry, partners, third parties, marketing agencies, suppliers and advertisers. While the aggregated information is derived from information provided by website visitors, it should be noted that it is not possible to identify any individual from the aggregated data.
The company may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party websites linked to the European Direct Debit Association site with information relating to the number of users linking to this website from such third party sites. Individuals cannot be identified from this information.
Those who elect to receive further information or contact the European Direct Debit Association, its associated companies, partner organisations and third parties will only contact those individuals who have opted in to receive information and further contact from the company or its representatives.
Accordingly, representatives of the European Direct Debit Association or those acting on its behalf may, from time to time, contact you and ask for comments on the services provided by the European Direct Debit Association. In addition, companies and third parties associated with the European Direct Debit Association may contact you with information and products, services, updates and other issues the company believes may be of interest to you.
In respect of originators, the European Direct Debit Association may share your supplied data with your organisation's sponsoring bank for the purposes described in this policy. This data may include personal information such as your name, organisation name, and address.
You may change your preference and opt out of receiving information by contacting the European Direct Debit Association at the following address: European Direct Debit Association Limited, CI Tower, St Georges Square, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 4HG. If you exercise this right, please allow six weeks for the change to take effect.
You may opt out from receiving marketing and company services information at any time by emailing marketing@edda.eu.com. Information is gathered and collated to help evaluate and improve the site. Comments are confidential and cannot be traced back to the sender.
If you contact us by email to request any other information, the European Direct Debit Association will use the email address you provide to send a reply. This will not be used to send you any other kind of marketing information or information about our company's services or partner organisations unless you request otherwise.
Registration page information is gathered and collated to help evaluate and improve the site. This will not be used to send you any other kind of marketing information or information about our company's services unless you opt in to indicate otherwise.
The European Direct Debit Association uses IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track users’ movements and gather broad demographics information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information and the analysis of addresses is only used to assist the European Direct Debit Association in providing an effective service on this website.
Cookies are small pieces of temporary data that are exchanged between a website and a user's computer.
The European Direct Debit Association uses cookies to provide a higher level of service to its customers. The European Direct Debit Association does not use cookies to collect any personally identifying information from users or to track user activities beyond our website. The European Direct Debit Association does not maintain copies of cookies on our website after you leave our website.
Cookies from the European Direct Debit Association website are stored on your machine to allow your user session to be shared across multiple servers. This results in no loss of service in the case of excessive load or the failure of one server.
The European Direct Debit Association limits its use of cookies to session cookies - types of cookies that are temporarily stored in your computer's memory. Session cookies are deleted from a user's computer when the user logs off the computer or the user exits the browser.
If you are unwilling to let The European Direct Debit Association store a temporary cookie on your machine, you can turn cookies off using your web browser. Follow the instructions below.
on the top menu, select [Tools]
select [internet options]
in the [internet options] dialogue box, select [security]
select [custom level] or [customise]
scroll down the [security settings], select [allow cookies to be stored on your computer]
select [disable]
click [OK]
your computer will then be unable to accept cookies from that point on.
You can reconfigure your computer to accept cookies again by following the same instructions, but by selecting [enable] and instead of the [disable] option before clicking [OK].
on the top menu, select [Tools]
select [options]
uncheck [accept cookies from sites]
click [ok]
your computer will then be unable to accept cookies from that point on.
You can reconfigure your computer to accept cookies again by following the same instructions, but by re-checking [accept cookies from sites]
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Please note any calls you make to the European Direct Debit Association will be recorded for security and monitoring purposes.
The European Direct Debit Association accepts no liability for the privacy practices or content of websites that may be linked to this site. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the site.
The European Direct Debit Association provides these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by The European Direct Debit Association. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by the privacy statements and terms of use posted on any linked sites.
The European Direct Debit Association invites you to express positive preference and "opt in". By doing so you will receive information and contacts which the company believes may be of interest to you.
The European Direct Debit Association gives you the following options for changing and updating information previously provided. Write to: Marketing Department, European Direct Debit Association, CI Tower, St Georges Square, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 4HG or, if you prefer, email marketing@edda.eu.com.
If at any point in time the European Direct Debit Association wishes to use information which comprises personal data, as defined in the Data Protection Act, 1998 for a purpose or purposes different from that stated at the time it was collected, the European Direct Debit Association will contact the data subjects and obtain their positive consent.
By submitting your information you consent to the use of your personal information as set out in this policy.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact marketing@edda.eu.com.
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