Our Code of Ethics
Family research in a legal, ethical manner
It is the policy of the Blood-Ties People Search Service to carry out their business of family research in a legal, ethical, caring and professional manner. We pledge to perform all professional duties in accordance with the highest moral principles and never to be guilty of conduct that will bring reproach upon our profession.
We will not divulge a person’s whereabouts without their consent. We aim to protect people’s privacy at all times. We will act as a go-between once contact has been made until both parties are happy to share their personal details. We find that this removes a lot of stress from the first contacts. It also allows the subject of the search to keep their privacy and avoid contact if they so choose.
It must be understood that we may not be able to trace the person you are looking for. However, if at a later date information were to come our way hinting at the location of the person sought, we will let you know.
It must be remembered that an initial payment is required for work to commence on specialist research and that this payment is made as soon as we accept your instructions and it is non-returnable. The final payment must be received before we will put you in touch with the person you are looking for.
We reserve the right to terminate a search at any time, without prejudice, if we feel that it is uneconomic to continue or not in the interests of the parties concerned.
We do not undertake work for people under the age of 18, nor do we search for missing children. In cases of missing children or other vulnerable people the police should be your first call.
We recognise that we have a duty of confidentiality to our clients and we pledge to respect the privacy of our clients and their lawful confidence. However, we agree to assist all regulatory and legal authorities when required to do so by law.
We agree to practice only in matters, for which we are qualified and competent, namely the tracing of family, friends and missing heirs.
The information we use to locate people is all to be found in the public domain and it is collected legally and fairly.
We cannot accept liability for the outcome of any contact initiated by either party after the search is complete. In truth, not all searches have a happy ending. Nonetheless, we believe that you have the right to try and find the people missing from your life and we are happy to help you in your search.
This is a statement of Data Protection policy adopted by BLOOD-TIES PEOPLE SEARCH SERVICE:
BLOOD-TIES PEOPLE SEARCH SERVICE 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 employees, suppliers, clients/customers, and others with whom it communicates. In addition, it may occasionally be required by law to collect and use certain types of information of this kind to comply with the requirements of government departments for business data, for example. This personal information must be dealt with properly, however it is collected, recorded and used – whether on paper, in a computer, or recorded on other material – and there are safeguards to ensure this in the Data Protection Act 1998.
We regard the lawful and correct treatment of personal information by BLOOD-TIES PEOPLE SEARCH SERVICE as very important to successful operations, and to maintaining confidence between those with whom we deal and ourselves. We 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 enumerated in the Data Protection Act 1998.
Specifically, the Principles require that personal information:
- Shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless specific conditions are met;
- Shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes;
- Shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed;
- Shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;
- Shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes;
- Shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Act;
- Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.
- Shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.
- Observe fully conditions regarding the fair collection and use of information;
- Meet its legal obligations to specify the purposes for which information is used;
- Collect and process appropriate information, and only to the extent that it is needed to fulfil operational needs or to comply with any legal requirements;
- Ensure the quality of information used;
- Apply strict checks to determine the length of time information is held;
- Ensure that the rights of people about whom information is held, are able to be fully exercised under the Act. (These include: the right to be informed that processing is being undertaken, the right of access to one’s personal information, the right to prevent processing in certain circumstances and the right to correct, rectify, block or erase information which is regarded as wrong information.);
- Take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard personal information;
- Ensure that personal information is not transferred abroad without suitable safeguards.
- There is someone with specific responsibility for data protection in the organisation. (Currently, the nominated person is GILES HIGGITT);
- Everyone managing and handling personal information understands that they are contractually responsible for following good data protection practice;
- Everyone managing and handling personal information is appropriately trained to do so;
- Everyone managing and handling personal information is appropriately supervised;
- Anybody wanting to make enquiries about handling personal information knows what to do;
- Queries about handling personal information are promptly and courteously dealt with;
- Methods of handling personal information are clearly described;
- A regular review and audit is made of the way personal information is managed;
- Methods of handling personal information are regularly assessed and evaluated;
- Performance with handling personal information is regularly assessed and evaluated.
GILES HIGGITT - the People Finder
Date: 17 November 2006
Why use us? At Blood-Ties Tracing Service we can help find missing family and friends, locate a lost parent, track down relatives, trace an uncle, aunt, cousin, friend or colleague. We can help in finding lost father, mother, brother, sister, son or daughter, contact birth-mother, foster parents, adopted guardian, also relocate lost business contacts and colleagues. We are The UK People Finder, experts in people search and finding people.
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