Terms and Conditions
Spitfire Advisors Limited (“Spitfire”, “us”, “our” or “we”) is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 11387802 whose registered office is 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.
Disclaimer
This website provides general information about Spitfire and the areas in which we work. The information and opinions provided on the website should not be relied upon and should not be considered as any type of advice (regulated or otherwise). The website is not a substitute for taking independent professional advice.
No information relating to specific client needs is contained on the website.
We assume no responsibility for the information and opinions contained on this website, nor its ongoing security or availability, and to the maximum extent permitted by law we disclaim all liability in respect of such information.
Copyright notice
The content of this website is subject to copyright. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of the website or the information presented therein, may be the subject of prosecution, particularly for infringement of copyright. We reserve the right to revise, alter or withdraw any document on the website at any time without prior notice.
If you do wish to reproduce or use information from this website beyond these terms and conditions, please contact us for consent.
Website Access and Links
Access to this website is permitted on a temporary basis. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service without notice. It is your responsibility to arrange access to our website and to ensure all persons connected to you are aware of these terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
We reserve the right to prohibit any link from another website to materials or information on this website without notice. Any link to material or information on our website must be neither misleading nor deceptive and must fairly indicate this website as the destination of the link. You must not establish the link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement where none exists.
Jurisdiction
We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions from time to time and any such variations will take effect upon posting to this website. We recommend you revisit these terms and conditions on a regular basis.
These terms and conditions and all matters connected with them, are governed by the laws of England and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts. If you access the website from outside the United Kingdom you are responsible for ensuring compliance with any local laws relating to access.
Privacy Policy
We take your privacy and the protection of your personal data seriously. We will only store, process and disclose your personal data where we have your consent or have a legitimate interest and in accordance with the law. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
We do our best to protect your privacy through the appropriate use of information security technology and organisational measures.
1. How we collect information
We may collect your data from one or more of the following sources:
Directly from you (for example business cards, registration from events, job applications and sit visits);
Indirectly where we are required to do background checks for regulatory or recruitment purposes;
From third parties and publicly available sources, such as news articles and internet searches.
2. Types of data and its use
Examples of the types of personal data we collect are set out below:
Contact information such as your name, job title, address, telephone number, email address;
Professional details such as qualifications, employment record, education history;
We do not hold sensitive personal information, such as ethnicity, ill-health data or religion, other than for our employees, nor do we hold information on children under the age of 16.
This information is held used for the following purposes:
To perform our contractual obligations toward you;
To fulfil our legal, regulatory and compliance obligations to, for example, regulators;
For our business needs such as invoicing and accounting;
To promote our services and invite guests to events;
To enable us to assist us with recruitment, including relevant background checks;
To maintain IT security.
3. Data transfers
We store our data on servers in the UK and may transfer data inside or outside the UK when there is a business reason to do so. Any party that receives our data, for example e-mail providers, are under agreement to ensure the protection of personal data and will not be permitted to use it for their own or any other purpose.
We may disclose your personal data to any law enforcement body, regulator, government agency, court, or other third party where required by law, regulation, or court order, or to enforce or defend our legal rights. We may disclose your personal data to a third party (and its advisors) in connection with any proposed change of control, purchase, merger, re-organisation, or acquisition of any part of our business. We may also transfer your personal data to any other person with your consent to the disclosure, for example, if you ask us to obtain a quote or other information from an insurance or benefit provider on your behalf.
4. Data retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements. In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data.
Cookie Policy
Cookies and Tracers, our website may use cookies. We may use cookies and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons, pixels, ad tags and device identifiers) to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off and across the Site and different Services and devices. A cookie is a small file that is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) that stores information when you visit a website. However, you can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools. You can also opt-out from our use of cookies and similar technologies that track your behaviour on the sites of others for third party advertising. Neither the Site nor the Services respond to Do Not Track signals.
Spitfire uses cookies and related technologies on our website to help us recognize your device as a repeat visitor, and enable certain website features and functionalities. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.
Specifically, we use cookies and other similar technologies on this website to:
Recognize you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the website as you do not have to log in each time);
Support security and any authentication features on our website;
Obtain information about your preferences and use of our website;
Carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content, and Services, and to help us better understand our customers’ requirements;
Improve the speed and performance of our website and Services; and
Make your online experience more enjoyable and efficient.
Types of Cookies: The cookies we place on your device fall into one of the following two categories:
Session cookies: these allow our website to link your actions during a particular browser session. These expire each time you close your browser and do not remain on your device afterwards.
Persistent cookies: these are stored on your device in between browser sessions. These allow your preferences or actions across our website to be remembered. These will remain on your device until they expire, or you delete them from your cache.
The cookies that we place on your device may also be:
Strictly necessary cookies: these cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate our website and use its features. Without these cookies, we could not provide you with the Services you have requested.
Performance cookies: these cookies collect information about how you use our website, for example, which pages you go to most often. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information about you. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous, and is only used to improve how our website works.
Functionality cookies: these cookies allow our website to remember the choices you make (such as your user name, language, last action, and search preferences) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Controlling Cookies: Your browser may give you the ability to control some types of cookies. If you do not want to accept the kinds of cookies you can control, you can change your browser settings so that certain types of cookies are not accepted.
If you turn off any cookies, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. For more information about cookies and how to disable them please check one or more of the following resources:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Consent to Use Cookies: The first time you visit our website, a cookie notice is displayed describing our use of cookies, and linking to this Cookie Policy. As described in that notice, the cookie choices you make the first time you visit our Site will be used for your future use of the Site.