This privacy notice contains information about the data we have collected and stored about you and why.
It also informs you who we share this information with, the security measures we have put in place to protect your data and how to contact us if you have a complaint. If you have any questions about this notice or the information we hold about you please contact us, our details are set out below. We collect, use and are responsible for personal information about you. When we do this we are the “controller” of this information for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) and other applicable data protection laws. What Do We Do With Your Information? Information collected by us When carrying out legal work on your behalf we will collect from you the following information ::-
Information collected from other sources We collect the following information from other sources:-
How we will use your information We use your information for the following reasons:-
The personal data we collect from you will be used to:
We rely on confirmation from you to of our Terms of Business and continued instruction as your consent Who will we share your personal information with? We may, where necessary share your personal Information with certain trusted third parties such as:-
Our legal obligations We will share specific and relevant information with law enforcement and government agencies or public bodies where we are legally required to do so. Examples of this may include:-
How long will we store your personal data? We are both legally required to store your personal data for at least 6 years. Under the GDPR you have a number of important rights that you can exercise free of charge. In summary, these rights are:-
If you want more information about your rights under the GDPR please refer to the guidance provided by the Information Commissioners Office on Individual’s rights under the GDPR. If you want to exercise any of these rights, please:-
We will respond to you within one month from when we receive your request. How to make a complaint We hope that you will not need to make a complaint, but should the situation arise, please get in touch so that we can do our best to resolve any issues if this is not possible them you can refer the matter to The Legal Ombudsman who may be able to help . The GDPR also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the UK the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioners Office who can be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/. Our security We use a variety of technical and organisational measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction consistent with applicable data protection laws. Future processing We do not intend to process your personal information for any reason other than stated within this privacy notice. If this changes, we will inform you by publishing a new privacy notice on our website www.woollatonssolicitors.co.uk Changes to this privacy notice This Privacy Notice was published on the 21st March 2022 and will be updated when necessary. Our internal privacy practices are constantly under review and may change this policy from time to time. When we do so we will inform you by publishing the new notice on our website www.woollastonssolicitors.co.uk Get in touch If you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information we hold about you please contact us, our details are:- Woollastons Solicitors Limited 331 Jockey Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield B73 5XE Tel: 0121 355 5516. E mail enquiries@woollastonssolicitors.co.uk Our data protection officer is Frances Woollaston |