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Your data and privacy are essential to us, and we will always treat them safely, fairly, and lawfully. Tri-line complies completely with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the information below details the types of data we collect, retain, and utilise.
We retain any information that you provide us with when you register with us. This information is accessible through your account, and much of it may be modified at any time. These include your name, address, email address, and telephone number.
We just keep the last four numbers of your payment card in order to identify which card was used to purchase your services. We DO NOT STORE OR VIEW YOUR CVV security code.
If you contact us, we will record the call in order to have a record of what was said. Likewise, we maintain a record of every correspondence with you via email and LiveChat.
When you make a phone call, we gather information about the call so that we may bill you and provide you with an itemised history – the time of the call, the called number, and the duration of the conversation. We maintain comparable records for SMS and faxes.
We keep audio files – voicemail greetings, music on hold, and interactive voice response (IVR) prompts – that you have provided us with for upload to your service.
We save the IP address assigned to your phone when it registers with us, as well as the device’s kind.
If you use our Broadband Service, we keep track of the quantity of data you consume but not the substance of that data.
We do not view or save your credit/debit card security number, and so do not store or use it (CVV).
We do not save the content of any websites you visit, nor do we keep track of the websites you visit or the times and days on which you visit them.
Unless you select the ‘call record’ button on your phone, utilise our Call Recording Care, Virtual PA Service, or make or receive a call from customer service, we do not record the content of your conversations.
We frequently remove voicemails, faxes, and text messages that have been saved.
We take the security of your personal data extremely seriously. We are legally required to keep it secure and manage it with care, and the consequences for failing to do so are severe.
We securely store and back up your personal data in two geographically distinct places to ensure that it is never lost in the event of a catastrophic failure of our data centres or systems.
According to the GDPR, we are permitted to use and distribute your personal data only when we have a legitimate cause to do so.
Article 6 of the GDPR specifies the permissible legal bases for processing. When we process your personal data, at least one of the following must apply:
The following is a summary of the methods in which we may use your personal information, together with the Legal Bases on which we depend.
Tri-line collaborates with a variety of reputable vendors to deliver the high-quality services you expect from us. In all situations, our providers have been thoroughly verified and only the very minimum amount of personal data necessary to fulfil your orders or offer the services you have requested is shared.
Your information may be shared with the following third parties:
Additionally, we are required by law to release data in response to legitimate demands from
We retain your data for the duration of your account with us, and occasionally for a longer period, depending on the legal or regulatory requirements.
Contact information, account information, and payment history must all be preserved for a period of seven years.
We are required by law to retain your communications data for a period of 12 months. This comprises the caller number, the recipient’s number, and the time, date, and length of the call, text, or fax. Law enforcement authorities have the right to access this information in order to assist them in investigating and prosecuting major crimes. Nota bene: After 12 months, communications data records will be automatically destroyed.
Unless you have activated our Call Recording Service, we do not retain the content of phone calls; nevertheless, you may erase your recordings at any time.
After 30 days, the contents of fax and SMS communications are destroyed. After 12 months, voicemail messages are automatically destroyed.
At Tri-line, your data is securely stored in our United Kingdom-based data centres. There will be no transmission of your information to a third nation (defined under the GDPR as a country outside of the European Economic Area).
We’d want to keep you informed about new goods and services, as well as any special deals that may become available. We guarantee that your personal information will never be shared with any third-party marketing business.
You may opt-in or opt-out of receiving these messages at any time by visiting the marketing choices page in your Control Panel or by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link included in our marketing emails.
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
If you have any concerns about how Tri-line handles your personal data that are not addressed here, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact our Customer Services team at 0113 256 4313.
You have the right to file a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner. Additional information, including contact information, may be found at https://ico.org.uk.
The GDPR distinguishes between organisations that handle personal data for their own purposes (referred to as ‘Data Controllers’) and organisations that process personal data on behalf of other organisations (referred to as ‘Data Processors’).
Tri-line is a Data Controller, registered in England as Tri-line® Ltd under registration number Z2w2324 and with its registered office at
30 Church Lane
Pudsey, West Yorkshire
7RF LS28
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We recognise that openness is a continuous process, and as such, we will evaluate our privacy notice on a regular basis.
This privacy statement was most recently updated on May 22, 2018.