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Compensation / Data Protection – Privacy Notice

Compensation

In the event that either AXA Insurance UK plc or Alwyn Insurance Company Limited is unable to meet its liabilies You may be entled to compensaon from the Financial Services Compensaon Scheme. Further informaon can be obtained from the Financial Services Compensaon Scheme:

Financial Services Compensaon Scheme Tel: 0800 678 1100 or 020 7741 4100 Web: www.fscs.org.uk

Data Protection

Privacy Notice – (Sections 1 – 5)

AXA Insurance UK plc is part of the AXA Group of companies which takes Your privacy very seriously. For details of how We use the personal informaon We collect from You and Your rights please view Our privacy policy at www.axa.co.uk/privacypolicy. If You do not have access to the internet, please contact Us and We will send You a printed copy.

Data Protection (Section 6 Legal Expenses)

In order to manage the insurance under secon 6, including the provision of helpline services, claims handling, underwring and other administrave dues, We may need to share personal informaon which has been given to Us with other pares such as insurers, insurance intermediaries, law firms, experts, regulatory authories or agents providing services to Us or on Our behalf. We will only request necessary informaon from an Insured Person and will only use it and disclose it in the course of arranging and administering this insurance.

Any personal informaon We hold about an Insured Person will be retained by Us for a period of seven years aer this secon expires and in any event, for the minimum periods required by relevant laws and regulaons. This informaon may need to be retained for legal and regulatory reasons and for legimate business purposes including (but not strictly limited to) establishing, pursuing or defending legal claims.

Somemes We may need to send an Insured Person's personal informaon to agents based outside of the European Economic Area and in doing so will ensure that those agents apply the same levels of confidenality, protecon and security that are applied by Us.

In arranging and managing the insurance under this secon and administering claims, We will comply with the provisions of the Data Protecon legislaon which is directly applicable in the United Kingdom (this includes the General Data Protecon Regulaon (EU) 2016/679 (otherwise known as GDPR) as well as any subsequent amending or replacement Data Protecon legislaon which is directly applicable in the United Kingdom) and unless required to do so by law or a professional body, will not disclose an Insured Person's personal data to any other person or organisaon without their consent.

You can find full details of Our privacy policy on Our website www.legalprotecongroup.co.uk

More informaon on the Data Protecon Act and the principles in place to protect personal informaon can be found on the Informaon Commissioner's Office website hps://ico.org.uk/

An Insured Person has a right to obtain informaon We hold about them. This is called a Subject Access Request and in order to obtain such informaon, please write to: The Data Protecon Officer, Legal Protecon Group Limited, 8 Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Gloucester Road, Rudgeway, Bristol, BS35 3QH.

If an Insured Person has a concern about the way We have handled their personal data, then they have the right to report this to the Informaon Commissioner's Office:

Website: hps://ico.org.uk/concerns/ Phone: 0303 123 1113 (lines are open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) Email: casework@ico.org.uk