Lewis Silkin is committed to protecting and respecting your
privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will
be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to
understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and
how it will be treated by us.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act") the
data controller is Lewis Silkin LLP, 5 Chancery Lane, Clifford's
Inn, London, EC4A 1BL.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site.
This includes information provided at the time of registration or
at the time of posting material or requesting further services. We
may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our
site.
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that
correspondence.
- Details of transactions you carry out through our site and of the fulfilment of your orders.
- Details of your visits to our site and the resources that you
access.
IP Addresses and Cookies
We may collect information about your computer including where
available your IP address, operating system and browser type for
system administration. This is data about our users' browsing
actions and patterns and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason we may obtain information about your general
Internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard
drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is
transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve
our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
They enable us:
- to estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
- to store information about your preferences and so allow us to
customise our site according to your individual interests;
- to speed up your searches;
- to recognise you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on
your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies.
However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access
certain parts of our web site.
Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to and
stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area. By
submitting your personal data you agree to this transfer. We will
take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is
treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet
is not completely secure. So, whilst we will do our best to protect
your personal data, we cannot ensure the security of your data
transmitted to our site. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once
we have received your information we will use strict procedures and
security features to prevent unauthorised access.
Uses made of the information
We use information held about you in the following ways:
- to ensure that content from our web site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
- to provide you with information, products or services that you
request from us or which we feel may interest you;
- to allow you to participate in interactive features of our
service where you choose to do so;
- to notify you about changes to our service.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
- in the event that the business and assets of Lewis Silkin LLP are
merged with or sold to a third party in which case we may disclose
your personal data to the merger partner or buyer of our business
or assets;
- if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in
order to comply with any legal obligation or in order to enforce or
apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or protect the
rights, property, or safety of our firm, our clients, or others.
This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Your rights
You have the right to request us not to disclose any of your
personal data or information or to pass information to third
parties. We will usually inform you before collecting your data, if
we intend to disclose your information to any third party and you
can exercise that right by checking certain boxes on the forms we
use to collect your data. You can also notify us by contacting us
at 5 Chancery Lane Clifford's Inn London EC4A 1BL or info@lewissilkin.com
Our site contains links to and from our partners' and
affiliates' websites. If you follow a link to their sites, please
note that these sites have their own privacy policy and that we do
not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.
Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to
these sites.
Access to information
The Act gives you various rights including the right to access
information held about you. Your right to access can be exercised
in accordance with the Act.
Questions about this privacy policy info@lewissilkin.com