CannGen UK Ltd (“CGUK”) is part of the CannGen Insurance Services Group (“CannGen Group”) and aims to ensure the confidentiality and security of personal data processed by the company in connection with the services provided to its clients. CGUK operates as a Managing General Underwriter (MGU) and is an appointed representative of Advent Solutions Management Ltd, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), FRN 308751. CGUK’s services primarily include underwriting and insurance intermediary services that facilitate the consideration of, access to, administration of, and claiming of insurance benefits.
This privacy notice applies to data processing by the data controller:
CannGen UK Ltd
20 St Dunstan’s Hill
London EC3R 8HL
United Kingdom
Email: nmorris@canngenins.com
The company Data Protection Officer is Mr Nick Morris, who can be contacted at the above address or at nmorris@canngenins.com.
The person responsible is also referred to below as “CGUK”.
When you request our services, we ask you for accurate and necessary information that will enable us to respond to your request. If you provide us with personal data, we will use that data for the purposes for which it was provided to us, as stated at the time of collection or as is obvious from the context of collection, for example to provide an insurance quote.
When we provide the above services to our customers, we may collect personal data such as:
Personal master data and communication data
Name, address, proof of address, contact details (including emails and telephone numbers), gender, marital status, date and place of birth, nationality, employer, job title, employment history and family details (including their relationship to you), relationship to policyholder, insured, beneficiary or claimant.
Identification data
Identification numbers issued by authorities or government agencies (e.g. National Insurance number, passport number, tax identification number, driving licence number — depending on your country of residence).
Financial data
Card number (debit card, credit card, etc.) and bank details, income and other financial data or transaction histories.
Insured risk
Information on the insured risk which may contain personal data, provided that this is relevant to the risk to be insured.
Policy data
Information about the insurance offers and policies that are created.
Technical information
Including the IP address of your computer.
Credit and anti-fraud data
Including credit history, credit score, sanctions and offences, as well as information from various anti-fraud databases relating to you.
Special categories of personal data
Which enjoy additional protection under the UK GDPR, including health data, criminal convictions, origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data or data concerning sex life or sexual orientation.
Previous insurance cases/claims (only with your express consent)
Information about previous insured events/claims, which may include health data and other special categories of personal data.
Current insurance cases/claims
Information on current insurance cases/claims, which may include health data and data on criminal records.
Marketing data
Information on whether you have consented to receive marketing communications from CGUK and/or selected third parties.
In the event that you provide us with personal data of third parties (for example, employees or family members), please note that you must obtain the consent of these persons beforehand.
We receive personal data from various sources and third parties, including:
The collection of this data takes place:
We may also use your personal data for other purposes if you have consented or the processing is compatible with the previous purpose.
The data processing is lawful pursuant to:
In order to facilitate the provision of insurance cover and the processing of insurance claims, CGUK relies on the data subject’s explicit consent to the processing of special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9(2)(a) UK GDPR.
The data subject’s consent to the processing of special categories of personal data is a necessary condition for CGUK to provide the services requested by the customer.
If data about another person is provided to CGUK, you agree to inform that third party about our use of their personal data and to obtain their consent for us.
You can withdraw your consent to this processing at any time. However, as a result, CGUK will no longer be able to provide the services to you. In addition, if you withdraw your consent to the processing of special categories of personal data by an insurer or reinsurer, the continuation of insurance cover may no longer be possible.
We will only share your personal data with service providers, business partners and other third parties in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We do not rent, sell or otherwise disclose personal information to unaffiliated third parties for their own marketing purposes.
We may share personal data with other affiliates and business units of the CannGen Group in order to provide services to you.
We disclose personal data to business partners who provide us with certain specific services or work with us on a project. These business partners operate as separate data controllers and are independently responsible for compliance with data protection laws. Examples include: insurers, reinsurers and other insurance intermediaries, insurance reference bureaux, and service providers for conducting sanction and compliance checks.
We may share your information with service providers contracted as processors. These service providers are subject to contractual restrictions and may only use or disclose data for the performance of the services we have contracted them to perform, or to comply with legal requirements.
If we transfer personal data to service providers outside the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA), the transfer will only take place where adequate safeguards are in place, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA), UK addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, or an adequacy decision by the UK Government.
Our IT service providers are based in the following countries: Germany, USA, Philippines. These service providers are subject to strict contractual restrictions with regard to the processing of personal data.
We may disclose personal data to a third party:
Disclosure may also be required in the case of audits or to investigate a complaint or security threat.
We will delete your personal data as soon as it is no longer required for the above purposes. Personal data may be retained for the duration during which claims can be asserted against our company. We also store your personal data insofar as we are legally obliged to do so under UK law.
You have the right:
Insofar as your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 21 UK GDPR, insofar as there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of objection, please send an email to nmorris@canngenins.com.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will notify you of any changes that materially affect it via our website. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Notice so that you are aware of our privacy practices.
This Privacy Notice was last updated on 4 August 2025.