What data we collect
Identity Data includes name and title.
Contact Data includes address, email address and telephone numbers.
Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
How we collect your data
Direct interactions. You may give us your personal data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you apply for our products or services or complete our contact form.
Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, and other similar technologies.
Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties including Technical Data from analytics providers and search information providers.
How we process your data
How we share your data
In some instances, we may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table above.
- Service providers acting as processors who provide IT, document management and system administration services.
- Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
- HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
- The police and other law enforcement agencies where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of providing you with our services or where we have a legal or regulatory obligation to do so.
- Third parties 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 notice.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Our Website provides sharing buttons that you can use to share our legal updates on social media. If you click on a sharing button, the relevant social media site will gather personal data directly from you. We do not control these social media sites and we are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy notice of the relevant social media site before clicking on the corresponding sharing button.
How long we retain your data
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements.
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 requirements.
International Transfers
We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Your Duty to Inform us of Changes
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.
