At Bankhawk, our most important asset is our relationship with our clients. Therefore, Bankhawk places the utmost priority on the confidentiality of client data and enforces a strict data security policy to ensure that the sensitive nature of your data is respected.

As part of Bankhawk's data security policy, Bankhawk adheres to the following legislation:

• Data Protection Act 1988
• Data Protection Act 2003
• ePrivacy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 336 of 2011)

Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003

The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 relates to the areas of data retention, establishing the existence of data and rights of access. The Acts include the following topics:

• Data Collection, processing, keeping, use and disclosure of personal and sensitive data.
• Right to establish the existence of personal data.
• Right of Access.
• Restriction of right if access.
• Right of Rectification of erasure.
• Duty of Care owned by Data Controllers and Data Processors.
• Disclosure of personal data in certain cases.

ePrivacy Regulations 2011

The ePrivacy Regulations 2011 give effect to the EU directive e Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC and regulates the following areas:

• Telephone
• SMS
• Email
• Internet

In accordance with the ePrivacy Regulations 2011 Bankhawk.com does not save cookies with personal details on visitors computers. Bankhawk.com uses Google Analytics to collect visitor data and analyze traffic on our site. This information helps us understand customer interests and helps us improve our website. When you visit our site, the pages that you look at, and a short text file called a cookie, are downloaded to your computer. A cookie is used to store small amounts of information. This information is collected for traffic analysis only. The cookie does not contain personal details. Depending on the browser that you use, you can set your preferences to block/ refuse cookies, and/ or notify you before they are placed. Bankhawk does not sell, give, or trade the statistics they store to any 3rd parties for data-mining or marketing purposes. Please visit Google Analytics for their privacy policy.

Bankhawk are currently working towards an ISO 27001 certification as part of our ongoing commitment to data security.