Terms of Use
This site is only directed at UK residents.
By accessing or using the Abacus website, you agree to the terms of the Abacus Limited online Privacy policy (listed below). If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use this site.
Abacus Limited, its subsidiaries or associates (together “Abacus”) shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages whether in contract, tort or otherwise, arising out of the use of this website or the reliance on information in it. The content of this paragraph and its disclaimers and exclusions shall apply to the maximum extent permissible by applicable laws. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Information and disclaimers
Abacus uses reasonable care to ensure that the information appearing on this website is up to date and accurate. While we take precautions to prevent the occurrence of errors and omissions, the user of this website should not take the accuracy of the information for granted but should check directly with Abacus. None of the material contained in this website is to be relied upon as a statement or representation of fact.
Abacus has no control over the use to which the information may be put by the user and accordingly shall not be liable for any loss of profits or contracts or any indirect or consequential loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of such information.
We make no warranty that the contents of this website are free from computer viruses or anything else which has contaminating or destructive properties and shall have no liability in respect thereof.
The statutory rights of a client dealing with Abacus shall remain unaffected.
Links to other Websites
It is not possible for Abacus to review the content of all of the websites to which this website links and Abacus can not be held liable for their content. Users of this website link to other websites at their own risk and use those websites according to the terms and conditions of use of those websites.
Transmitted material
By requesting quotes, registering for updates etc, you agree to your details being used within the Abacus for the purpose of providing information to you. We would only give these details to a third party - such as a mailing house - if it was necessary to provide you with the information you asked for. If at any time you decide you no longer wish to receive updates and invitations in this way please contact us accordingly. Please read our Privacy policy.
Do not post or transmit to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any other material which could give rise to any civil or criminal liability in the territory to which this website relates.
English law and jurisdiction apply with respect to the contents of this website.
Privacy Policy
Collection of Personal Information
In order for you to request or submit information to Abacus, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself or your company by completing and submitting an online form. In completing an online form, we ask that you submit personal information, such as your name, postal address, telephone number and e-mail address.
When you submit information to us, you understand and agree that we may store your information in a secure manner on our servers based in the United Kingdom.
Abacus collects this information in order to record your feedback and respond to your requests for information. We use the information that you provide as part of our effort to keep you informed about our products and services. If you ask us to telephone you to obtain a quote or other information, note that calls may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes.
We appreciate the importance of responsible use of this information. If you do not want the information you provide to us to be used to inform you of other services and special offers from Abacus and you indicate this preference when you provide the information to us, we will honour your preference.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are used on this site to save your preference for viewing pages as 'text only' or with images. No personal information is stored.
Aggregate Visitor Information
Our web servers collect certain information about all visitors to this site, including:
- IP addresses
- Host names
- Domain name
- The time and date information is requested
- The browser version and platform when information is requested
- A record of which pages have been requested
We use this information to produce aggregate visitor statistics in relation to which pages are being accessed. We may also use it to monitor usage patterns on this website in order to improve navigation and design features to help you get information more easily. These statistics do not include information that can be used to identify any individual.
Updating Your Personal Information
You have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences. We reserve the right to charge an administrative fee in respect of such requests. Should you wish to do this, please confirm in writing to us either by letter, fax or e-mail to the following address:
The Data Controller
Abacus Limited
Queen Isabelle House
Kingsclere Park
Kingsclere
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 4SW
Tel: 0845 257 1515
Fax: 01635 299516
E-mail: dataprotection@abacuscover.com
Please include your name, address, telephone and/or e-mail address when you contact us.
Please note that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any other website to which this website may link.
Security of Personal Information
We take your personal security very seriously and any information which you give us will be kept confidential.
Abacus Limited is registered under the Data Protection Act 1984 as a Data User and Computer Bureau, registration numbers M1362013 and X370794X.
This site uses industry-standard 'military grade' encryption methods to transmit your personal registration information from your computer to ours across the Internet and we restrict access to any transactional portions of this website to computers running web browsers that support Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") protocol.
To use this protection technology, you need to have an SSL-capable browser, such as Netscape Navigator 4.5 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 or higher. These browsers will automatically activate the technology when you log on to this site.
We do not store your personal, service, or credit card details anywhere on this site, and they are never stored on any publicly available server unencrypted. We use the 1024 bit public key encryption technology to protect your data before storage.
