The Law Place Limited
This privacy notice sets out how The Law Place Ltd uses and protects any information that you give The Law Place Ltd when you use this website or instruct The Law Place Ltd to provide legal services to you.
The Law Place Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
The Law Place Ltd may change this notice from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 25/5/2018 and complies with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.
We may collect the following information:
– name and job title
– information on directorships
– contact information including email address
– demographic information such as address and postcode
We are Data Controllers (ICO registration number ZA170764) for the following processes:
1) When working with our clients
2) When working with third parties
3) When recruiting and employing people
More detail is provided about each process below, but normally:
– We only process personal data in the UK.
– Security of personal data is very important to us. We use a wide range of organisational, technical, physical and operational controls to prevent unauthorised access to data. Our controls are assessed on a regular basis.
– We only share personal data with third parties if they are processing that data on our behalf under written contract, or if required for legal or regulatory reasons.
– We will not sell your data.
– We fully respect your rights to request that we:
*Allow you to opt-out of any process that you previously consented to, at any time.
*Provide a copy of data we hold on you, or to pass it to a third party on your behalf.
*Amend, delete or restrict processing of your data.
*Explain and review any automated decision making or profiling.
*Provide further information about our processing activities.
– If you wish to raise a privacy request or contact us about any another matter, please contact us at: martyn@thelawplace.co.uk or Martyn Valentine, The Law Place Limited, 6 Key West, Eastbourne, BN23 5TD. When we receive a request, we will verify your identity, then aim to complete our response within 28 days. We will retain details of your request as a legitimate interest, for quality assurance purposes and to ensure we continue to comply with your request going forward.
– Our website provides links to other websites, which are beyond our control. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
About our processes:
1) When working with our clients
When you accept our terms and use our services, we store your information and send correspondence to you or on your behalf as instructed by you. We will retain your data for 6 years (or a shorter period by agreement) in order to assist with an HM Revenue & Customs inquiry (section 34(1) Taxes Management Act 1970).
2) When working with third parties
When engaging with third parties for business purposes, we process contact details of people at those organisations as a legitimate interest. We will retain that information until deemed out of date or we receive a request to delete it.
3) When recruiting and employing people
When people apply for a job with us, we process information that is necessary for the recruitment process. For example, legal reasons (such as employment and money-laundering laws), for contract, and legitimate interest (such as understanding your skill-sets and employment history). If applicants are not successful, we delete their data after six months, unless there is business or legal justification for longer retention.
For employees, we process information necessary for their employment, for legal, contractual and legitimate interest (e.g. performance monitoring) reasons. We retain employment records for 7 years after termination of the contract and retain some data after that time for references or to support legal activities.
If you are unable to provide required data for our recruitment or employment purposes, we may be unable to employ you.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive.
Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
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Summary

If you are ever unhappy with the way we are processing data, please let us know. If we are unable to help, you have the right to notify the UK Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) via https://www.ICO.org.uk.
We reserve the right to update our Privacy Notice at any time. We will notify our Data Subjects of major amendments.