The policy is subject to regular review to reflect, for example, changes to legislation or to the structure or policies of Panther Interactive Marketing Ltd. All staff are expected to apply the policy and to seek advice when required.

Panther Interactive Marketing Ltd needs to collect and use certain types of information about people with whom it deals in order to operate. These include current, past and prospective individuals within the regulated community, Panther Interactive Marketing Ltd's own employees, suppliers and others with whom Panther Interactive Marketing Ltd conducts business. In addition, Panther Interactive Marketing Ltd may occasionally be required by law to collect and use certain types of information to comply with the requirements of government departments. This personal information must be dealt with properly however it is collected, recorded and used – whether on paper, electronically, or other means - and there are safeguards to ensure this in the Data Protection Act 1998.

 

We regard the lawful and correct treatment of personal information by Panther Interactive Marketing Ltd as important to the achievement of our objectives and to the success of our operations, and to maintaining confidence between those with whom we deal and ourselves. We therefore need to ensure that our organisation treats personal information lawfully and correctly. To this end, we fully endorse and adhere to the Principles of data protection, as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.

The eight Principles require that personal information: