We are Burnley Savings and Loans Limited (BSAL), company number 7640762 and whose registered office is at 30 Keirby Walk, Burnley, Lancashire. BB11 2DE (‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’). We take the privacy of our customers very seriously. We ask that you read this Privacy Policy (‘the Policy’) carefully, as it contains essential information about how we will use your personal data.
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act (‘DPA’), we are the ‘Data Controller’ (i.e. the company who is responsible for, and controls the processing of, your personal data).
This Policy was last updated in January 2025 in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) reform that came into effect in May 2018. The reform sets out more rights for individuals and greater transparency in how personal data is processed by Data Controllers, such as consent, distribution, marketing and deletion. As we are a credit intermediary, we undertake a number of financial tasks that relate to consumer credit. Our firm’s lawful basis for processing your personal data is done so under a Legitimate Interest – Article 6(1)(f) – “the processing is necessary for your legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect the individual’s personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.”
We will obtain personal data about you (including your name, address, date of birth, contact information, interests, payment details, and financial information) and those whose personal data you have with express authority disclosed to us (‘others’) whenever you complete an online or paper form, make a telephone enquiry with us, or visit our office to receive our services. If you submit an online enquiry, you will be required to agree to the terms of this Policy which include permitting us to contact you for the purposes of the finance related enquiry via the contact means of which you provide us with the details of. I.e. email address, telephone number, etc.
For example, we will obtain personal data when you (e.g. contact us for any reason, or purchase services). In certain circumstances, we may hold sensitive personal data if you provide us with such information if you feel that it is relevant for the purpose of your enquiry, but we will not ask for such information. Any sensitive personal data obtained and recorded will only be done so with your explicit consent.
We will use the personal data you disclose to us for the purposes described in Our Terms. These purposes include:
Our legal basis for processing your personal data for the purposes described within this Privacy Policy will typically be one of the following:
Legitimate interests: We have a legitimate interest in providing and improving our services and personalising your experience of our services, this interest in not outweighed by your rights or any negative impacts on you.
Examples of processes where we rely on legitimate interest include:
Contract: It is necessary for us to process your personal data to perform a contract to which you are party, or to take steps at your request prior to you entering into a contact.
Examples of processes where we rely on Contract include:
Consent: You have consented to us using your personal data for specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the BSAL Data Protection Officer.
Examples of processes where we rely on Consent include:
Legal Obligations: When processing is necessary in order for BSAL to adhere with legal and regulatory obligations.
Examples of processes where we rely on Legal Obligations include:
Credit Reference Agencies (CRAs)
We use CRAs to help us carry out credit and identity checks when you apply for a product or service with us. This involves us sharing your personal data with CRAs and receiving personal data back from them. We use the personal data they send us to assess our credit risk and make sure what you’ve told us is true.
We share your personal data with CRAs to ask them to provide a credit scoring computation when you make an application. Credit scoring uses several factors to work our risks involved in any application. A score is given to each factor and a total score obtained. Where automatic credit scoring computations are used, acceptance or rejection of your application will not depend only on the results of the credit scoring process.
When we ask CRAs about you, they will note it on your credit file. This is called a credit search. Other organisations (including lenders or providers of goods or services) will see this credit search or previous footprint on any report prepared for their own purposes and prospective relationship with you. The CRAs have created a “Credit Reference Agency Information Notice” or “CRAIN” which includes more details about how the CRAs use and share your personal data, as well as their role as fraud prevention agencies. The CRAINs for each of the three main CRAs are available on their websites, which we have linked below:
You can also find more information about how the CRAs use personal data, and your data protection rights with the CRAs, here: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/credit/
Fraud Prevention Agencies (FPAs)
If you have been refused credit you can get advice from your local Trading Standards Department, Citizens Advice Bureau Consumer Advice Centre and the agency’s websites. The Information Commissioner also produces a useful leaflet entitled ‘Credit Explained’. You can obtain a free copy on the Information Commissioner’s website or by telephoning 0870 600 8100.
The Information we collect:
You may give us information about you when you use Open Banking Services, and when you communicate with us. This includes information you input during registration, providing us with feedback, participating in surveys, and when you report a problem.
The information you give us may include:
Information that we will receive from your bank or credit account provider (“Account Provider”).
Your Account Provider may share with us information about you contained in your account, which could include:
We may share your personal data with organisations as set out in the ‘Disclosure of personal data’ section below. If you have opted-in to receive our marketing material, we will ensure that it is to your requirements and granular. We or they may contact you or others (unless you have asked us or them not to do so) by mail, telephone, text message, email, (each contact method requires its own consent via an opt-in selection) The nature of these marketing communications relate to information on products, services, promotions and special offers which we believe may be of interest to you or others. If you or others would prefer not to receive any further direct marketing communications from us or our business partners, it is possible to opt out at any time. See further ‘Your rights’ below.
We may disclose personal data which you provide to us to:
We may also disclose personal information on a discretionary basis for the purpose of, and in connection with, any legal proceedings or for obtaining legal advice.
We only share the personal data provided if we are satisfied that our partners or suppliers have sufficient measures in place to protect your information in the same way that we do.
We never share personal data outside our organisation for marketing purposes.
We currently safeguard personal data by storing it on a CRM protected by password and shall ensure that from time to time we use no lesser technical and organisational measures to safeguard personal data which is disclosed to us. Whilst we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard such personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data which are transferred from you or to you via the internet.
We may monitor and record communications with you (such as telephone conversations and emails) for the purpose of quality assurance, training, fraud prevention or compliance purposes.
If you give us information about others, you confirm that the other third party person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf. This is also relevant where others are concerned if you indeed ask another person to act on your behalf as a third party.
Under the third party authorisation, the other person can:
Such authorisation will remain in place until this has been revoked, either by verbal or written communication.
We use Google Analytics Advertising Features (‘GAAF’) through our website, which means that certain information about the traffic on our website is collected. In light of using GAAF, We will not facilitate the merging of personally-identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected through GAAF unless we receive your express consent to that merger.
Furthermore, We are hereby notifying You that:
You have the right to ask us not to contact you for marketing purposes either by unsubscribing from any emails you receive or by contacting us by post at Burnley Savings and Loans Limited, 30 Keirby Walk, Burnley, Lancashire. BB11 2DE or by calling us on 01282 454744. Calls to this number are normally charged at a local rate – charges may apply if you call from a mobile telephone.
You also have the right to access the information that we hold on you and request details of the third parties with whom we have shared your information with us contacting us using the details provided in the previous paragraph. We do not charge a fee for this service in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR), unless the request is deemed to be unreasonable by the company. In the event that the request is deemed unreasonable, BSAL will inform you of the intent to charge a fee and outline the reasons for this.
All information relevant to you will be released upon request within 30 Days of your request being received.
You may also correct errors in, or update your information, or request that we remove information about you form our records by sending us a request to the postal address provided above or by emailing our data protection officer at info@bsal.co.uk In most cases we will comply promptly with your request and let you know when we have done so. However, sometimes we will not be legally obliged to comply with your request. If this is the case, we will inform you of our decision and the reasons for that decision.
To protect your privacy and the security of your information, we are required to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before we act on any request which you may make in respect of your information.
In accordance with the UK GDPR you have the following rights:
We would like to draw your specific attention to this final right. If you have any questions about this right or any others, then please contact our Data Protection Officer.
This is a summary of your rights under data protection law. Some of these rights are very complex so we have just summarised them. You may obtain guidance from the ICO for a more detailed explanation. Where you contact us to affect a right, we will seek to deal with your request without undue delay, and in any event within any time limits provided for in applicable data protection law.
You have the right to request access to your personal data which we process. This formal request is made under the DPA and is referred to as a Subject Access Request. If you wish to exercise this right and make a Subject Access Request, you should:
We will only process your personal data providing you have given your consent for us to do so. Under the provisions of the DPA, our firm’s lawful basis for processing personal data is based on a Legitimate Interest.
The legitimate interest relates to a legal requirement for the firm to hold your personal data and financial information on record for up to a total of six years. This six-year period satisfies the requirement of our regulator, The Financial Conduct Authority and is also in line with other financial industry retention periods.
In the normal course of business there may be a need for Burnley Savings and Loans Limited or any other firm associated to the business, usually when processing an application for credit, personal data would have to be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) where those countries do not typically have the same protections and safeguards in place for the protection of personal data to those countries within the EEA.
Burnley Savings and Loans Limited deal with a number of large, international corporations where data is likely to be transferred in this way. Assurances and processes will always be put in place and considered before any international transfer to a non-EEA country is undertaken to ensure the protection and security of the personal data.
Under the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority, the Information Commissionaires Office (ICO), who are the national authority responsible for the protection of personal data. A complaint can be made to the ICO via their website: ico.org.uk or through their helpline: 0303 123 1113.
If you have a received an email or other communication sent by us that you believe is spam or in violation of our acceptable use policies, please contact us via one of the methods below.
We welcome your feedback and questions. If You wish to contact us, please send an email to info@bsal.co.uk or you can write to us at 30 Keirby Walk, Burnley, Lancashire. BB11 2DE or call us on 01282 454744. We may change this Policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version which will apply each time you deal with us.
Our privacy policy may be updated from time to time and the latest version will always appear on our website.
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Burnley Savings and Loans Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 717019).
We act as a credit broker and a lender. We can introduce you to a limited number of lenders who may be able to offer you finance facilities for your purchase. We will only introduce you to these lenders. We will receive a commission payment from the finance provider if you decide to enter into an agreement with them. All the lenders that we work with pay commissions at different rates, however, the commission received does not affect the amount you will pay under your finance agreement. You can request us to disclose the amount of any commission received.
Rates from 10.9%: The actual APR offered is subject to status and is based on your individual circumstances on application. Representative example: Borrowing £7,500.00 over 4-years with a representative APR of 22.1%, the amount payable would be £224.38 per month, with a total cost of credit of £3,270.24 and a total amount repayable of £10,970.24.
If you would like to know how we handle complaints, please ask for a copy of our complaints handling process. You can also find information about referring a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) at financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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Our business is committed to treating our customers fairly and ensuring our products and services are suitable for their needs. Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) is a core part of our culture and philosophy and you can review our commitment to it by asking for a copy of our TCF policy statement.
We are a credit broker and a lender. We can introduce you to a limited number of lenders or hire companies who may be able to assist you with your requirements. We will only introduce you to these lenders or hire companies.
You may be able to obtain funding for your purchase from other providers and you are encouraged to seek alternative quotations and details of their products by researching on the high street, in the media and online.
You will not make any payment to us for processing a finance or hire application or for introducing you to a finance or hire provider. All charges that you will pay including, interest, documentation fees or rentals, where applicable, will be clearly shown on the finance or hire agreement.
We may receive a commission payment from the finance or hire provider if you decide to enter into an agreement with them.
You can request for us to disclose the amount of any commission received.
If you have any health issues, difficulty in understanding information or there are any recent life events that could affect your ability to fully understand the information and documentation you are presented with or what your commitments are under the agreement, you should carefully consider the amount of time you require to review the documentation. You should also consider if it is advisable for you to have someone you know, help you make your decision. Please advise us accordingly if this is the case and we can then proceed with your requirements in the most appropriate way.
You should make sure you have sufficient time to assess the information given to ensure the funding option offered is suitable for you and meets your requirements. You should seek further explanations and ask questions if needed to fully understand the documents you are given.
You should assess the monthly payments you are required to make throughout the agreement and ensure you are able to meet these obligations and other obligations you already have without suffering undue hardship. If you are aware of any future events that will affect your ability to meet these payments, you should ensure the provider is informed immediately.
Your credit rating could be adversely affected if you do not make payments when due which could make it harder or more expensive for you to access finance facilities in the future.
Burnley Savings and Loans Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority; registration number 717019. Burnley Savings and Loans Limited address is 30 Keirby Walk, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 2DE.
You can check this information on the FCA register by visiting www.fca.org.uk/register or by contacting the FCA on 0800 111 6768.
If you wish to register a complaint, you can contact us at:
In writing: 30 Keirby Walk, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 2DE
By Phone: 01282 454744
By email: Info@bsal.co.uk
If you would like to know how we handle complaints, please ask for a copy of our complaints handling process. If you can’t resolve a complaint with us, you may be able to refer it to the Financial Ombudsman Service whose contact details are set out below:
In writing: The Financial Ombudsman Service, Exchange Tower, London E14 9SR
By telephone: 0800 0234567
By email: complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk
Website: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
Throughout the process of administering services for you, we will need to collect personal information from you and pass this information to one or more third-party organisations in order for them to supply any services you request. This may include passing this information to one or more potential lenders or credit brokers to enable them to make a credit decision. These lenders may use your information to conduct an affordability and creditworthiness assessment and will do so using the consent given by you.
This may include sharing your information with credit reference agencies and other companies for use in credit decisions and fraud prevention. For full details of where your information will be sent, and the purpose for doing so, or to cancel your consent for the processing of your personal data, please contact us.
In cases where your initial application may be refused by the most suitable lender, your application may be referred to other lenders or credit brokers who may also share information with credit reference agencies in order to assess your application for finance.
Those lenders or credit brokers will not use your personal information to provide you with promotional or marketing material unless you opt-in to receive this material directly with them.
A copy of our privacy policy, which details how your information will be processed and your rights, is freely available upon request. To request this information please contact us:
In writing: Burnley Savings and Loans Limited. 30 Keirby Walk, Burnley, Lancashire. BB11 2DE
By telephone: 01282 454744
By email: info@bsal.co.uk
The finance products we offer are:
As the finance is not secured on the vehicle, you own the vehicle once purchased.
You can sell the vehicle at any time without having to pay the finance in full at the point of sale.
There are no restrictions on how you maintain or use the vehicle as the finance agreement is separate to the vehicle i.e. the loan is not secured on the vehicle. However, you may have less protection than with a hire purchase or lease agreement where you can refer certain problems with the vehicle to the lender.
Flexible terms may allow you to finance the vehicle over a longer period than leasing and PCP. By increasing your deposit, you will lower the monthly payment. As the amount borrowed is paid off in equal instalments during the term of the agreement, it is more likely you will have a higher amount of equity than a PCP agreement for the same term. However, if you decide to sell the vehicle before the end of the agreement, it is advisable to pay the agreement in full (less an interest rebate) which will reduce the amount of equity you have in the vehicle and particularly in the early stages of the agreement could mean the vehicle is worth less than the amount of finance outstanding.
You have an option to own the vehicle at the end of the agreement.
You are the registered keeper, but the finance company remains the owner until the finance is paid in full.
In some circumstances, if you have problems with the vehicle, you may be able to refer these issues to the finance company.
There are usually no mileage restrictions though you will need to check your agreement. Excess mileage charges will not apply. You cannot sell the vehicle until the finance has been paid off in full. You will need to service and insure the vehicle in line with the terms of the agreement.
Flexible terms may allow you to finance the vehicle over a longer period than leasing and PCP. By increasing your deposit, you will lower the monthly payment. As the amount borrowed is paid off in equal instalments during the term of the agreement, it is more likely you will have a higher amount of equity than a PCP agreement for the same term. However, if you decide to sell the vehicle before the end of the agreement, you will have to pay the agreement in full (less an interest rebate) which will reduce the amount of equity you have in the vehicle and particularly in the early stages of the agreement could mean the vehicle is worth less than the amount of finance outstanding.
Any surplus funds may result in a rebate of rentals as per your individual agreement (you will be liable for any shortfall).
You can continue to rent the vehicle for a longer period, usually at a nominal cost (this option may not be available if there is a balloon rental).
Some agreements may allow you to add maintenance to the contract.
Please see your agreement form for full details.
If you want to terminate the agreement early, you may have to pay all outstanding rentals and therefore you should take care in matching the term of the agreement to your expected requirements.
In the event that the sale of the vehicle results in a lower value than the final rental, you will be required to pay the Lessor any shortfall.
Restrictions on use and location may apply.
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