Introduction
When you use our services, we understand that you’re trusting us with your information. We work hard to protect your information and put you in control.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it and how you can update, manage, export and delete your information.
Who we are
SKB Law is the trading name for Shire Solicitors. We may collect, use and are responsible for personal information about you. This policy covers the personal data we collect in the course of operating our business and our website: https://skblawfirm.co.uk.
Personal Data Collection (what we collect, how we collect it and why we collect it)
We may collect and process different types of personal data in the course of operating our business and providing our services.
General
- Basic personal details such as your name, job title, telephone number and postal or email address;
- Financial data such as payment related information or bank account details;
- Demographic data such as your address, preferences or interests;
- Personal data provided to us by or on behalf of our clients or generated by us in the course of providing our services, which may, where relevant, include special categories of personal data;
- Identification and other background verification data such as a copy of passports or utility bills or evidence of beneficial ownership or the source of funds to comply with client due diligence/anti-money laundering laws and collected as part of our client acceptance and ongoing monitoring procedures;
- Recruitment related data such as your CV, your education and employment history, details of professional memberships and other information relevant to potential recruitment or work placement with SKB Law;
- Any other personal data relating to you that you may provide;
Website
- Website usage and other technical data such as details of your visits to our website or information collected through cookies and Google Analytics. The site usage data may include your geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
- Website Contact Forms: we have several contact forms on our website; information collected may include your name and email address, plus any details about your enquiry. The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of contacting you either by phone or an email address; the legal basis for this processing is by consent.
- Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
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How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
For any GDPR query, please contact Sarah on info@skblawfirm.co.uk.