Privacy Policy
BACKGROUND:
Property118 Ltd understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website,
www.property118.com (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site
. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
- Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account” |
means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site; |
“Cookie” |
means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 13, below; |
“Cookie Law” |
means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; |
“personal data” |
means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and |
“We/Us/Our” |
Means Property118 Ltd , a limited company registered in England under company number 10295964, whose registered address is 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB. |
- Information About Us
- Our Site is owned and operated by Property118 Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 10295964, whose registered address is 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB.
- Our VAT number is 990 0332 34.
- Our Data Protection Officer is Neil Patterson, and can be contacted by email at npatterson@property118.com, by telephone on 01603 489118, or by post at 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB.
- What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
- Your Rights
- As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
- The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data;
- The right of access to the personal data We hold about you (see section 12);
- The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Us using the details in section 14);
- The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any personal data We hold about you (We only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in section 6 but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact Us using the details in section 14);
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
- The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
- The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
- If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us using the details provided in section 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
- For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
- What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal data (please also see section 13 on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies):
- Name;
- Date of birth;
- Address and post code;
- Business/company name and trading status;
- Number of properties owned;
- Accountants details;
- Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
- Proof of residence and ID;
- Financial information such as income and tax status;
- Landlords insurance renewal dates;
- Property Portfolio details such as value and mortgage outstanding;
- How Do We Use Your Data?
- All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.
- Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
- Providing and managing your access to Our Site;
- Supplying our products and or services to you (please note that We require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
- Personalising and tailoring our products and or services for you;
- Replying to emails from you;
- Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by the unsubscribe link at the bottom of all emails;
- Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience;
- Provide information to our partner service and product suppliers at your request.
- With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and or telephone with information, news and offers on our products and or We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
- We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
- Member profile information is collected with your consent and can be amended or deleted at any time by you;
- Anti-Money Laundering information and tax consultancy records are to be kept as required by law for up to seven years.
- How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
- We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
- Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using our site and submitting information to Us. If we do store data outside the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR
- Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
- Do We Share Your Data?
- We may share your data with other partner companies in for the purpose of supplying products or services you have requested.
- We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
- We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
- In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.
- What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
- We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
- How Can You Control Your Data?
- In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, we aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data for direct marketing purposes including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails.
- Your Right to Withhold Information
- You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
- You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see section 13.
- How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Us for more details at info@property118.com, or using the contact details below in section 14.
- Our Use of Cookies
- Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products AND/OR We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
- All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
- Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a cookie prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow only first party Cookies and block third party Cookies.
- Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in section 13.5. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 13.9, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
- The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
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Strictly Necessary |
JSESSIONID |
Used only to collect performance data, with any identifiable data obfuscated |
No |
__cfduid |
This cookie is strictly necessary for Cloudflare's security features and cannot be turned off. |
Yes |
- Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics and Facebook. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products AND/OR services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
- The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information.
- The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
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First / Third Party |
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Purpose |
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First |
Google |
Helps to understand how their visitors engage with our website |
_fbp |
First |
Facebook |
Helps to understand how their visitors engage with our website |
- In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
- You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
- It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
- Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at info@property118.com, by telephone on 01603 489118, or by post at 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 12, above).
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
Neil Patterson
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Sign Up15:01 PM, 25th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Hi Jan,
I am sure you will get some great guidance from readers, but do remember you should only act upon qualified and insured advice that has all your records to hand.
All of us at Property118 recommend the accounts we use ourselves. see >> http://www.property118.com/member/?id=452
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Sign Up15:34 PM, 25th July 2014, About 10 years ago
I'll be interested to see if we get a reply from a qualified professional on this (just to be clear, I'm not a qualified professional).
My guess is that you'll only be able to claim tax relief if you can demonstrate that your husband is actually doing work at the property (specific tasks, not something vague like "managing the property") and being paid a proper wage for his troubles - and I'd also guess that it will be very hard indeed to convince HMRC of this.
In any case, unless your husband pays tax at a lower rate than you it'll be self-defeating as he'll be liable for tax on the wage you pay him.
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Sign Up15:38 PM, 25th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Hi Jan
whilst its possible to place property into trust and yes it can be feasible to "re-direct" the rental income there are a great many factors that need to be considered.
Your first step should be ask your accountant to for WRITTEN details of the trust + all the pros and of course all the cons! Then ask someone like myself to take a look.
Best of luck
Garry Streeter
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Sign Up19:07 PM, 25th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Many, Accountants & lawyers do shoddy work due to being too long in the profession, cost or plain & simple not acting in the clients best interest. I am not suggesting that is the case in your circumstances.
They know that the clients are mostly ill informed and any advise given by them can be defended due to legislation, theory & practice laws or past cases.
If the client takes them to their respective supervisory body. the clients have little or no chance besides lip service and in some cases not even this.
The only option is to take a second opinion & draw your own conclusions
Joe Bloggs
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Sign Up23:29 PM, 25th July 2014, About 10 years ago
hi
i cant see how HMRC could object to you paying your husband for managing or working in your properties.
why not. sole traders, partnerships and companies employ family members all the time.
and as the property is personally owned, my understanding is you can pay him what you like as there is no company with a separate legal entity from you.
why not phone the self assessment helpline to get a definitive answer?
im not an accountant...
Jeremy Smith
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Sign Up1:46 AM, 26th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Why is your accountant suggesting a Trust ?
Is this to pass assets that you own on to your children, so that your estate value is reduced ? - I thought that this is the function of a Trust.
- I am NOT an advisor, nor do I have any experience in the field but only knowledge from friends who have created trust funds.
A trust, as far as I know, has nothing to do with transferring working profits from your business to your partner.
Perhaps other readers will correct me if this is not the case, and point out how it can be done through a trust.
If you AND your partner work in your business then it should be the case that you both have wages from it.
If you are self-employed, then you are taxed through your self-assessment tax return, but if you employ someone, then you should make them an employee, paying them through the PAYE system, deducting tax and NI at source (ie as you pay them)
..but if your employee is your partner, then you need further advice, to find out if you need to treat them differently than any other employee.
If your employees work for at least three people/businesses, then they can be self-employed, if they are not, they should be "employed" status and paid through your books. - You would need to register as an employer and get the information from the tax office about this.
If your partner or relatives are self-employed as well, then they should just give you a written invoice for their work. which you put into your accounts as a cost and tax deduction for you, if they earn less than the taxable income, then they will not need to pay tax on it, after they put their self -assessment tax return, but they would need to be paying their NI contribution of around £6-7 per week.
There is a rule about deducting tax at source from other contractors, but you would need to find out about that.
- I would suggest that you first read through ALL the HM revenue guidance notes that you can find on the subject, making notes, and then give them a ring to ask about all your queries, getting them to confirm all your questions in an email answer.
Good Luck !
....My various accountants have failed me over the years , with NO good advice in advance, and I have come to find that only the information that I have found out can be relied upon: one accountant declared 2 properties in one year, then 4 properties for the following year, with the income approximately the same, - a guaranteed recipe for the taxman to query my return !!!
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Sign Up10:11 AM, 26th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Reply to the comment left by "Joe Bloggs" at "25/07/2014 - 23:29":
Re Joe Bloggs comment: Joe is right to say that other businesses employ family members and there can be tax advantages. However, my understanding is that to avoid the risk of a challenge from the tax man you need to show that it is a commercial arrangement (i.e. they are actually doing work and being paid a wage for it), and that its not simply a tax-saving ruse.
In any case, the tax advantages are not guaranteed. As I said earlier, if Jan's husband pays tax at the same rate as Jan then at best it will be self-defeating because Jan's husband will have to pay tax on the wage that Jan pays him, cancelling out Jan's tax saving. if he pays tax at a higher rate than Jan his tax liability will be greater than Jan's saving.
Worse, HMRC might decide he's a self-employed property manager and thump him for 9% NI on his earnings, as well as his tax liability.
Worse still they might decide Jan's husband is properly employed by Jan and thump Jan for 13.8% employers NI contribution plus her husband for another 12%, and that's on top of Jan's husband's income tax liability.
Be careful what you wish for.
Jan Martin
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Sign Up11:11 AM, 26th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Thank you for all your replies and advice . The accountant talked of a trust in order to be able to use my husbands allowance to reduce my tax on rental profits. I asked him which trust and he said he didn't know yet .
My husband has worked hard in the properties . Refurbishing plumbing decorating etc and I have plenty of receipts for materials bought etc .
Jan Martin
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Sign Up14:54 PM, 26th July 2014, About 10 years ago
Thanks again to everyone who has answered my question . I thought I would update with my latest findings .
It seems that formal notification to HMRC of beneficial interest only applies to married joint owners of properties.
In the case of solely owned property any agreement between parties need not be recorded in writing .
Property income can be allocated to any individual with a beneficial interest but the income must be declared to HMRC.
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Sign Up18:00 PM, 26th July 2014, About 10 years ago
I appreciate that your Accountant will have more information about your affairs than any one on the forum.
To set up a trust to reduce your rental income could be self defeating especially as interest rates as expected to go up some time soon will negate any rental surplus.
The Majority of people who buy a property is for capital appreciation & not rental surplus.