Privacy & Cookie Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Adams & Moore Solicitors LLP respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights.
PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY & CONTACT DETAILS
This privacy policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you contact us.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us by email: info@adamsmoorelaw.com.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
We keep our privacy policy under regular review.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you when you provide such information to us (or when such information is provided to us by those working on your behalf), or when such information is provided to us or made available through publicly available sources, such as (but not limited to) your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and financial information. By using any of our services, including our website, and by providing us with any personal information you are indicating that you consent to the use of your personal information as set out in this policy.
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with services).
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We will store and use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you, or to otherwise maintain our relationship with you.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
To contact you with regard to information about our services.
To perform or receive services for our clients or otherwise which may involve you.
Where we need to comply with a legal obligation or otherwise in order to conduct conflict and know your client checks.
To monitor how our website is being used.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with this policy, where this is required or permitted by law.
COOKIES
A “cookie” is a small text file that attaches to the hard drive of your computer and remembers information about the configuration of your computer. We use this information to track your movements through our Site, to find out how it is being used and to assess its usefulness. Personal information about you is not collected during the tracking process. Some third-party services on our website may also set cookies if you specifically allow this. Cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site, which is then used to help improve the site. The information collected includes the number of site visitors, where visitors come to the site from and the pages they visited.
How we use cookies on our website and what information we collect:
WEB ANALYTICS
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics uses cookies to help our Website analyse how visitors use it. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our Website, compiling reports on activity for our operators to support the provision of other services related to Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data it holds. More technical information about Google Analytics cookie usage can be found on the cookie section of Google’s website, along with a copy of Google’s privacy policy.
FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
The Adams & Moore website also places cookies on your device to make navigating the website easier. These cookies are used to allow the website to remember choices you made and provides an enhanced journey. For instance, these cookies can be used to allow you to return to a previous page.
SOCIAL MEDIA COOKIES
Third party social media sites can place cookies through the Adams & Moore website when you interact with them (i.e. sharing via Twitter, Google+, Facebook & Linkedin). You agree to place these cookies on your device when you click on the social media buttons to activate them. Social media sites have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we do not control. Please check the social media websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
If you want to delete or block any cookies, please refer to the help and support area on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. Information on deleting or controlling cookies is also available at www.aboutcookie.org (note that this is an external website, and we therefore cannot ensure its accuracy, completeness or availability).
Our website is hosted on the alt-design.net platform and for more information about the cookies we use by virtue of being hosted on such platform, please see the alt-design.net privacy and cookie policy here.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent, unless we are required to do so to comply with our legal or regulatory requirements. We may share your personal data with third parties for the purposes set out in this privacy policy including, but not limited to, third parties assisting us in the provision of our services to you, or to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.
Some of the third parties we deal with may be based outside the EEA so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA, where similar degrees of protection as in place in the EEA may not apply. Please also be aware that the internet and the e-mail medium isn’t completely secure, hence though we will comply with this policy, any transmission of information remains at your own risk.
Third parties are required to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We will ensure that procedures are put in place to assure adequate protection of your information.
INFORMATION SECURITY
We have put in place commercially reasonable and appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal information received from us on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
INFORMATION RETENTION
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation with respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out below, please contact us.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
You have the right to:
Request access to your personal information (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new information you provide to us.
Request erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal information to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Object to processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processing of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal information in the following scenarios:
If you want us to establish the information’s accuracy.
Where our use of the information is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it.
Where you need us to hold the information even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
You have objected to our use of your information but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request the transfer of your personal information to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our Site.