Privacy Policy

Personal Data

Personal data means any information about someone from which that person can be identified.

We may collect, use, store and transfer personal data including identity data, contact data, and aggregated data.  We will only use and process your personal data for legitimate purposes and in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.

Our Obligations and Your Rights

When we collect your personal data we have responsibilities and you have rights.  These include that you can withdraw your consent to us keeping your data at any time, that you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, that we will protect your data and ensure that no unauthorised person has access to it, that we will only share your personal data with other organisations for legitimate purposes, that we will not keep it for longer than necessary, and that we will not make it available for commercial use without obtaining your prior consent, and that we will consider your request to correct it, to stop processing it, or to erase your personal data entirely.

There are limited circumstances where we can pass on information without telling you, such as for the prevention or detection of crime, or to produce anonymised statistics.

Data Retention and Security

We will only ask for the personal data that we need, and will not collect information that is excessive or irrelevant.  How long we retain it for will depend on the purpose for which we are using the information and on the applicable legal obligations.

We have appropriate security measures in place to ensure that the personal data we retain is kept safe from being accidentally lost, used, altered, or disclosed.

Opting Out

You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time.

Information Sharing

We do not share your personal information with third parties except as described in this privacy policy.  We may share your personal information with third party service providers and as needed for legal purposes.  Third party service providers have access to personal information only as required to perform their functions and they must process the personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.  We may also disclose your personal information to any third party with your prior consent.

Third Party links

This website may contain links to other websites, plug-ins or applications which enable third parties to collect or share information about you.  As we do not control these third party websites and are not responsible for them we would encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website you visit.

Cookies  and Analytics Information

When you visit the website we may send one or more cookies, which are text files containing information about the user, to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets the website help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site.  A cookie may also convey information to us about how you use the website and allow us to track your usage of the website over time.

You can control or reset your cookies on your web browser, and you can customise your cookie preferences and refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent.  However, some features of this website may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is restricted.

We may directly collect analytics information or use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the website.  These tools collection information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other information that assists us in improving the website.

Data Controller

Richard Finlay is the Data Controller and can be contacted by phone on 01903245041, by email at richardfinlay@finlaysolicitors.co.uk and at 2A Arcade Road, Littlehampton BN11 5RX.

If you have any concerns over the use of your data then please contact Richard Finlay to discuss it.  If you consider that your information has been handled incorrectly you can contact the Information Commissioner for independent advice about data protection.  They can be contacted on 03031231113, via their website at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ , or via the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our practices.  We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

This policy was last updated on 23 December 2021.