When you contact us with queries or register for events or mailings from our website, you may be required to answer certain questions and provide certain personal information about yourself. In addition, such personal information may be disclosed to us during or as a consequence of our providing services to you.
This Privacy Policy is provided to set out clearly how we process personal data gathered through the Finers Stephens Innocent LLP website (the Website). Clients of Finers Stephens Innocent LLP should also consult the relevant section of our standard terms and conditions which are sent to all new clients.
By supplying us with personal data and/or using this Website you consent to FSI processing your personal data in accordance with this privacy policy and our Terms of Use. However, this shall not effect your rights in relation to your personal data which are explained below.
1. Who will hold your information?
1.1 Your information will be held by the owner of this Website, Finers Stephens Innocent LLP (FSI). FSI is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (No OC 308685) and regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority.
1.2 If the business of FSI is sold, transferred or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisors and any prospective purchasers and their advisors and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.
2. The information about you which we collect
2.1 The information about you which we will collect via the Website may include:
2.1.1 Personal contact details such as name, address, contact telephone numbers and email address;
2.1.2 Details about the legal services or events for which you have expressed an interest;
2.1.3 Information to assist in the operation of our Website including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual;
2.2 We may also receive information when submitted by you over the telephone, in person or in any other communication with FSI. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
3. Purposes for which we hold and use your information
3.1 We may use your information for a number of purposes which are outlined below:
3.1.1 The provision of our services to you:
3.1.1.1 To administer and maintain our records;
3.1.1.2 To ensure that the service we offer you continues to be the most appropriate service for your needs and that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer; and
3.1.1.3 To verify your identity and conduct any appropriate anti-money laundering, anti-fraud or credit checks; and
3.1.1.4 To respond to any query that you may raise with us.
3.1.2 Marketing, selling, and trading in personal information purposes:
3.1.2.1 Your personal data may be used to keep you informed about the services offered by FSI which may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an email to unsubscribe@fsilaw.com or write to us at the address below.
3.1.2.2 We will not trade, sell or share your personal information without your consent save as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you are a client of FSI it may be necessary from time to time to share information with your other professional advisors as explained in our standard terms and conditions, which are sent to all new clients.
3.1.3 Other purposes:
3.1.3.1 Your information may be used by FSI for the purpose of research, statistical analysis and internal client service monitoring;
3.1.3.2 FSI may disclose information to law enforcement agencies in accordance with legislation and our professional conduct rules.
3.1.4 The period of use of the personal data supplied by you will not be longer than we deem necessary but may, subject to clause 7.1.3, be unlimited.
4. Keeping information up to date and secure
4.1 If any of the information that you have provided to FSI changes, for example if you change your email address or other contact details, please let us know details by sending an email to datacontroller@fsilaw.com or by writing to us at the address below.
4.2 We have in place a level of security appropriate to the nature of the data and the harm that might result from a breach of security. However, all publicly accessible websites are susceptible to malicious practices, and we accept no liability if security is breached.
5. Cookies
5.1 This website uses “cookies”. Cookies are small pieces of information which are sent by a website to your web browser and remain on your computer until they are deleted. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
5.1.1 To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
5.1.2 To store information about your preferences, and to allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
5.1.3 To speed up your searches; and
5.1.4 To recognise you when you return to our site.
5.2 This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the Google Analytic cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States of America. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
5.3 You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the Website.
6. Your rights
6.1 You have certain rights under the Data Protection Act in relation to the information that we hold about you. These rights include the rights set out below:
6.1.1 You are entitled to have access to your personal data. You may request by writing to FSI (at the address given below), details of your information which we hold and the purposes for which it is held. We will provide this information within 40 days of your request, subject to any routine processing continuing between that time and the time of response. You may be charged a reasonable fee (as permitted by the Data Protection Act 1998) for this information.
6.1.2 You are entitled, by writing to FSI, to require that FSI stop using information about you for the purpose of direct marketing i.e. the communication to you (by whatever means) of any advertising or marketing material; and
6.1.3 You are entitled to require us to ensure that no decision taken by or on behalf of us and which significantly affects you is based solely on the automated processing of your information, for the purpose of evaluating such matters as, for example, your creditworthiness, reliability or conduct; and
6.1.4 You are entitled to require a correction of errors in the personal information held about you. If we disagree that information is inaccurate you are entitled to apply to ask the court for an order that such erroneous information be rectified, blocked, destroyed, or erased.
7. Consent and changes to this Privacy Policy
By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times.
8. Contact Details
If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments regarding our privacy policy, please send an email to datacontroller@fsilaw.com or write to:
Finers Stephens Innocent LLP
179 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 5LS
Last updated: 25th January 2011