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DATA PRIVACY NOTICE
Introduction
As a controller, Articus Finance (“Articus Finance/we/us/our”) comply with all applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time including the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (where applicable) (together the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018. (“DPA18”). This privacy notice details how we process your personal data.
Under the UK GDPR we are required to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) about our use of personal data. You can view our current controller registration on the ICO here:
https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZA545663
We place great importance on ensuring the quality, confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data we hold and in meeting our data protection obligations when processing personal data. Articus is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of technical and organisational measures to help protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use or disclosure.
We collect personal data about a range of people:
If you are applying, or have applied to work with us, please refer to our job applicant privacy notice.
What personal information we process
We process personal information to act as an intermediary for financial transactions; typically to advise and apply for property finance such as mortgages or similar for clients. The same applies to advising and arranging insurance policies.
To understand how any personal information other than that provided to us through this website is processed you will need to refer to any personal communications you receive from us, check any privacy documents provided when entering into a contract with us, or contact us to ask about your personal circumstances.
Enquirers
When you contact us, we ask for some personal information. You are under no obligation to provide this information to us. Providing that information, enables us to give you the right information or services that you ask for, or notify you of further information required to facilitate that service.
If we would like to use your information for any other purpose than those stated above, we will contact you.
As a minimum, we will hold your name and phone number for the purposes specified above. If you do not become a client of ours, your information will be erased in line with our retention policy.
Visitors to Our Website
We use Google Analytics on our website (https://www.articusfinance.co.uk) to provide statistics to help us give visitors the best experience when using our sites. IP addresses are collected to see how users interact with our site. Our website uses cookies, which is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.
We use cookies to help identify and track visitors and their website access preferences. Website visitors can control which types of cookies are placed on their browser by adjusting the cookie settings in the cookie controller button, which can be found at the bottom left-hand corner of our website.
Our Clients Views
We want to receive your views on the service you received from us and any improvements you think are necessary. We use Trustpilot® as a data processor to collect feedback from our customers on our behalf and to support our marketing activities. If this is something you agree to help us with, we will share your name and email address with Trustpilot® in order to generate a review invite and confirm you are a verified customer of Articus Finance.
Regulatory Functions and Reporting
As a regulated firm we are required to retain and provide information to the FCA regularly. We must also share regulatory data with our principal firm, JLM Mortgage Network. Most of the information is provided to us under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Purposes & bases for using your personal data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following purposes and lawful bases:
Purpose | Lawful Basis for Processing |
| Carrying out due diligence on our clients and performing risk assessments. This includes carrying out standard due diligence checks in relation to financial affordability for the mortgage and insurance products we recommend to you. | Necessary to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject. Our legitimate business interest to assess the risk associated with providing you with our services. When processing sensitive personal data, we do so with your explicit consent. |
| Legal and regulatory compliance and compliance with law enforcement requests. This includes biometric facial recognition to confirm your identity, other checks and monitoring transactions for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and to comply with laws relating to money laundering, and fraud. Also, sharing information on suspected financial crimes, fraud and threats with law enforcement and regulatory bodies. | Necessary to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject. When processing sensitive personal data, we do so with your explicit consent. |
| Providing our mortgage and insurance advisory and administration services to you, covering any services we provide to you as a private client. | Necessary for the performance of the contract agreement to which you are a party. |
| Maintaining a record of and monitoring clients that consider themselves to be or are considered to be vulnerable. | Necessary to comply with FCA guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. When processing sensitive personal data, we do so with your explicit consent which can be withdrawn at any time. |
| Managing and developing our relationship with you. This includes providing account management, contacting you for feedback and inviting you to participate in customer satisfaction surveys. | Our legitimate business interest to develop our relationship, collect your feedback, assess your level of client satisfaction and to improve our services. |
| Sending you marketing about our services, our news and events. This includes sending you our news emails, information about our services, related information which may be of interest to you and to invite you to our events. | Our legitimate business interest to send you marketing and promotional materials from time to time. Where we have obtained your consent to send marketing, we rely on such consent as the legal basis. You can tell us to stop sending you marketing information at any time by objecting or withdrawing your consent. You can do so by contacting us at info@articusfinance.co.uk or by using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email you receive from us. |
| Internal management, administrative and organisational purposes. This includes maintaining internal records and carrying out other business administration tasks. | Our legitimate business interest to process your personal data to manage and improve our business processes. |
| Statistics and other data analysis. This includes creating forecasts and business plans, improving our services and developing new services. | Our legitimate business interest to process your personal data to develop and improve our business through aggregated and anonymised reporting and analysis. |
| Sharing data with entities in our group. This includes sharing client records and results of due diligence with our Appointed Representative entities. | Our legitimate business interest to identify and develop shared clients across our network of advisers and to utilise existing due diligence and risk assessment information when providing our clients with services. |
| Sharing data with third parties, including those who process personal data on our behalf. | Our legitimate business interest to share your data with trusted third parties who provide us with services relevant to our provision of services to you, including professional advisers, screening service providers and IT service providers. |
Sharing your information
We sometimes need to share the personal information with other organisations. Where this is necessary, we are required to comply with all aspects of the UK GDPR.
What follows is a description of the types of organisations we may need to share some of the personal information we process with for one or more reasons. Where a joint application is made, we are not able to restrict data sharing between applicants.
Articus Finance will only collect the information needed so that it can provide you with marketing and consulting services. We do not sell or broker your personal data.
Where Necessary or Legally Required We Share Information With:
Further Disclosure
We may, on occasion, pass your personal information to third parties exclusively to process work on our behalf; for example, a data destruction provider. We always require these parties to agree to process this information based on our instructions and requirements consistent with this Privacy Notice and UK GDPR.
How we protect your data
Articus Finance takes the security of your data seriously. We have internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused, or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the performance of their duties. Where we engage third parties to process personal data on our behalf, they do so on the basis of written instructions, are under a duty of confidentiality and are obliged to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of the data.
How long we retain personal data
To ensure we meet our legal, regulatory and customer obligations, we will retain client information for the following periods.
International transfers
It is unlikely that we will ever share your personal data outside the UK or European Economic Area. (the EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) (“EEA”). If, however, it becomes necessary for the purposes of providing our services to you, we will only share it with organisations in countries benefiting from a European Commission (“EC”) adequacy decision, approved by the UK ICO, or on the basis of EC Standard Contractual Clauses, approved by the UK ICO, which when reinforced with additional supplementary measures, contractually oblige the recipient to process and protect your personal data to the standard expected within the UK and EEA.
Your rights
At any point whilst Articus Finance is in possession of, or processing your personal data, all data subjects have the following rights:
You have the right to access your personal information (subject to certain exemptions). If you wish to find out what information we hold that relates to you, please contact us; details below.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances.
In the event we refuse your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason why, which you have the right to legally challenge.
Automated decision making
We do not make client or supplier decisions based solely on automated decision making.
Contact us
This privacy notice does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of the collection and use of personal information. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. If you have any questions or complaints regarding your data, please contact us at:
Data Protection Manager,
Articus Finance
Suite 3, Islington House
313-314 Upper Street
London
N1 2XQ
Telephone 020 8088 5465 or email info@articusfinance.co.uk
What if I am still not satisfied?
If you are not satisfied with how Articus Finance has responded to your enquiry, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), who is the regulator for data protection in the United Kingdom: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/
Changes to this privacy notice
We update this notice from time to time in response to changes in applicable laws and regulations, to our processing practices and to the products and services we offer. When changes are made, we will update our notice on https://www.articusfinance.com/privacy-policy. Please review this notice periodically to check for updates.
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Henry has amassed over five years of experience in the finance industry, where he has honed his skills in arranging financing facilities for both businesses and individual consumers. At Articus, he leverages his expertise in corporate finance to guide clients in achieving their business objectives, combining a deep understanding of market dynamics with a steadfast commitment to client success. Henry prides himself in problem solving and no deal is too large or complex for him to tackle, he enjoys crafting innovative solutions that drive results. His dedication to his clients is evident in his proactive communication style and his ability to build lasting relationships. Henry holds a degree in Economics from Queen Mary University London and outside of work, he is a creative within the music industry and is an avid fan of Liverpool FC.
Harry has over 16 years of experience within the Finance, Housing and Development sector. He started off his career as a CIMA Qualified Chartered Accountant and transitioned over to financial services in 2019. During this time he has dealt with a range of complex financial arrangements from ex pat mortgages to large development loans. Harry has a can do attitude and believes there’s a solution to every situation and will work tirelessly to ensure your deal crosses the line. In his spare time Harry likes to play poker, travel and try new cuisines.
Carolina is a multilingual Marketing Manager originally from Portugal. She specialises in International Marketing and Business, helping organisations expand their brand awareness globally over the last 4 years. Her past work includes supporting start-ups to multinational companies in the UK and across Europe. She is a creative and passionate individual, bringing a fresh perspective to the financial industry and delivering high quality research.
In her spare time, Carolina enjoys socialising & travelling around the world, embracing different cultures and experiences.
Antonia brings fantastic planning, organisational and time management skills to her role as office manager, ensuring that operations at Articus run smoothly. An experienced administrator with fantastic problem solving skills, Antonia began her career working in medical administration, so she is highly experienced working with confidential client data.
Matthew has experience working as a mortgage administrator and assisting with clients of any calibre. His main strength is his ability to develop a close relationship to his brokers and clients, allowing for a smooth transition throughout your mortgage journey, his friendly nature helps in making the process a lot less intimidating than it needs to be. Outside of work Matthew spends his time playing Chess and exploring the world with his Girlfriend.
Theo started his journey in the specialist finance industry while working as a journalist at an industry trade magazine. During this time he amassed a great knowledge of mortgages, bridging, development and commercial funding and established a wealth of relationships in the industry. He transferred these skills and now specialises in assisting clients with their specialist finance requirements. Working alongside the CEO, Theo has learnt the nuances of ultra-complex transactions and knows how to most efficiently manage the funding process to completion. Theo aims to achieve the best solution for every client he deals with a particular focus on sourcing funding for developments and refurbishment.
With over 20 years of financial services experience Dino is an accomplished mortgage adviser who relishes the more complex cases, enjoys a challenge and always does everything he can to ensure his clients not only get the result they need but to achieve their property goals. A fully qualified financial adviser Dino quickly realised that property and mortgages were his passion and over the years gained his experience helping investors build their property portfolios. When not working Dino enjoys spending time with his family, loves modern and classic performance cars, popular culture, technology, mountain biking and is a supporter of West Ham United.
Whether you require access to bespoke funding, or need to fund a project of any scale, Samuel will always find a solution to meet the requirements of any client. No matter how complex your case is, through his innovative and determined nature, he can find a structure to finance a client’s plans. As a trained martial artist, Samuel’s passion and confidence carries over into the workplace, and you can expect a clear and concise transaction journey from start to finish.
Jason started in 2012 in financial services working across London’s property and financial services markets for HNW individuals. He is able to construct tailor-made solutions to suit his client’s needs, no matter how complicated. He has completed multi-million pound residential, buy to let and commercial developments across the UK. Jason is a confident and motivated individual whom takes pride in offering an exceptional and professional level of service to all of his clients. Outside of work he enjoys hiking, cycling and traveling the world with his sights set on Base Camp Everest.
Assad prides himself on being open minded and thinking outside the box. Through a personalised approach and consistent communication; Assad’s strong relationships with specialist lenders gives him the ability to reach the ideal outcome for his clients. With a particular strength in dealing with foreign nationals and ex-pats he approaches his clients with a can-do attitude. His attention to detail allows him to actively support his clients and build a long-term relationship by giving a truly tailored approach. Outside of work, Assad is a keen explorer and foodie, regularly travelling to remote destinations and testing out the local cuisines.
Shyan is a global businessman with keen commercial acumen and a deep understanding of the UK property market. Following the successful completion of an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Mathematics from King’s College London, Shyan has held a range of highly strategic roles, with a focus on UK property investment – meaning he is well versed in the world of HNW property finance. Not only is he an experienced UK landlord, he has an impressive history in the world of property trading, and has played a pivotal role in the completion of a number of large scale development projects with values up to £30 million.
Ollie entered the world of high net worth mortgages after living in Geneva, where he provided tailored financial advice to private clients. This experience shaped his career trajectory, giving him first-hand experience in understanding and communicating the benefits of financial advice – all while developing the ability to build exceptional client relationships. Following this, Ollie moved back to London where he began specialising in mortgages. His drive, ambition and natural flair for anticipating the needs of his clients led him to progress quickly from Client Services to broker, where he honed his skillset after passing his CeMap exams. Outside of work, Ollie is an avid traveller – and an equally keen supporter of his local club, Fulham FC.
Antonio has over a decade’s experience arranging and negotiating mortgage finance for some of the UK property market’s most complex transactions. During his career, he has worked at some of the UK’s most prestigious mortgage brokerages, as well as the fast-paced world of currency broking. As a result, he has a wealth of relevant experience in handling complicated cases, like clients buying properties through trusts. Crucially, Antonio has developed an almost unparalleled network of close industry relationships. This enables him to navigate challenging situations with ease, and he relishes taking on cases that have struggled to progress elsewhere and seeing them through to completion.
Antonio started in financial services in 2006, arranging and negotiating mortgage finance for some of the UK property market’s most complex transactions. During his career, he has worked at some of the UK’s most prestigious mortgage brokerages, as well as the fast-paced world of currency broking.
As a result, he has a wealth of relevant experience in handling complicated cases, like clients buying properties through trusts. Crucially, Antonio has developed an almost unparalleled network of close industry relationships. This enables him to navigate challenging situations with ease, and he relishes taking on cases that have struggled to progress elsewhere and seeing them through to completion.