(“We”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy when you visit our website. This privacy policy sets out how we will process and use any personal data that you provide to us, or that we may collect from or about you as a result of visiting our website. For the purposes of the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 we are the data controller.
In the event that we ask you to provide any information by which you can be identified when using this website, then we will only use that information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Please note that this policy may be updated from time to time. Please therefore check this page to ensure that you continue to be in agreement with any changes that we may have made.
The effective date for this policy is 1 October 2024.
Harrington Sinclair Law is constituted as a Limited Company, registered in England and Wales with Company Number 15390426 (“the Business”).
Address: Morland House, 18 The Parks, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 0JQ
Telephone Number: 0151 452 6017
Web Site: harrington-sinclair.co.uk
The information we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Your name,
- You contact information (including email address and telephone number),
- Information such as postcode, preferences and interests,
- Client identification and proof of address,
- Other information used in connection with customer surveys and/or offers,
- Other information in respect of your case such as tenancy agreements and credit agreements etc
- Call recordings for training and monitoring purposes
- Technical date including IP address, dates, times, browser type and location
This information will normally be collected from you by means of the following:-
- You instruct us Instruct us to act on your behalf
- Make an enquiry via the forms on our website or via the telephone
- Use our website
We may also obtain information from third parties depending on the type of claim i.e medical records, landlord disclosure documents and DSAR requests.
How we use the information we collect
The information that we collect is used:
- To deliver legal services to you on your instruction.
- To answer enquiries that you make prior to any formal instruction.
- To avoid any conflict of interests as we represent you
- To keep you informed about our services, or insight into industry trends and best practice, if you have opted- in to receive these communications
- To fulfil our regulatory obligations
- For auditing purposes
- To invite you to our networking events with expert speakers on topics which we believe will be of interest to you.
- To process a job application
- To fulfil our obligations as an employer
- To provide benefits to you as an employee
- To adhere to regulations set out by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority
- To maintain security of our office and IT infrastructure
- To invoice you, and to track payments you make or payments made to you
- To send you information which we believe may be of interest
Please note that where information is sent to you following your consent to receive that information you may at any time unsubscribe or withdraw your consent by contacting the office on the details below :-
Email: peter.dodd@hs-law.co.uk
Tel: 0151 452 6017
Post: Morland House, 18 the Parks, Newton-Le-Willows, wA12 0JQ
The legal bases for processing upon which we primarily rely are contractual, consent and legitimate interests.
- We believe that all these purposes are justified on the basis of our legitimate interests in running and promoting the firm, our contractual requirements to deliver the agreed legal services to you, and our legal obligations, both as a Limited Company and responsible employer. The exception is for sending email marketing about our services, which we carry out on the basis of consent.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. These include:
Retention
In the event that you do not instruct us in relation to a legal matter, then we will retain your personal data for a period of 6 years.
In the event that you instruct us to act for you in relation to a legal matter, then we will retain your personal data in accordance with our usual retention periods, details of which are set out in our terms of business sent to you on confirmation of instructions.
Links to other websites
In the event that you follow links to other websites from our website, we cannot provide any assurances in relation to the content, accuracy or privacy of those websites, and cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Your Rights
In the event that you are not happy with any aspect of our website or our use of your personal data you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner at ico.org.uk – Tel: 0303 123 1113.
You have the right to obtain confirmation that your personal data is being processed by us and obtain a copy of your personal data from us. This will be provided without charge. Please send such requests to info@hs-law.co.uk.
You also have various other rights in relation to your personal data which you may be able to exercise (depending upon the circumstances). These include:
- the right to ask us to correct personal data,
- the right to ask us to delete your personal data or stop processing it, unless it is necessary for us to retain it to comply with our legal obligations and/or the exercise or defence of legal claims,
- the right to restrict our use of your personal data,
- the right to object to us using your personal data.
IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
We may collect information about your computer; this is statistical data concerning your browsing actions and does not identify you individually. This information includes your IP address where available, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report collective information to our advertisers.