At Graham Walker Solicitors we are committed to
protecting the privacy of our clients and website visitors.
Our relationship with you is valuable and we understand the
importance you place on the privacy and security of
information which personally identifies you. In that
respect, and whether you are a first time visitor to our web
site or a regular user, we take your privacy seriously.
Please read the following in order to learn more about our
privacy policy and our information gathering and
dissemination practices.
1. Why we require your information
We collect personally identifiable information when you
register with us and when you use our services. We ask you
for personal data only when it is needed to provide services
you have enquired about or asked us to provide or to respond
to your requests for information. You do not need to provide
us with personal data simply to browse our site except on
sections of the site we have asked you to register with us.
We use this information in order to customise the content
you see on our pages, to fulfil your request for certain
information and services, to communicate with you generally
and to contact you about new services, updates and events.
2. What information do we collect?
We will collect information from you in the following
circumstances:·
Registration
Some areas of our web site require you to be registered
with us prior to certain information or services being made
available. We use this information to provide you with the
service or information you have requested or to answer your
queries.
Registration and Updates
Users of our website can register for e-mail newsletters
and news updates/invites. This service is entirely optional
and you may unsubscribe at any time by contacting us.
Surveys
From time to time we may offer users the option of
participating in surveys. Participation is entirely
optional. Any specific information you provide during the
course of a survey is kept confidential and used by us in
order to conduct research or improve our services.
Optional Information
We may request optional information from you on our
registration forms for example on your business and business
interests. We request this optional information eg to
provide more tailored service to you and so that we
may understand our users better
Information from Other Sources
In the normal course of our business we may check some of
the information you provide to us against third party
databases to confirm that it is accurate.
Security
We use security safeguards to protect information from
unauthorised access and misuse. We use the most accurate and
current information you provide in order to process your
request.
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Cookies
Some areas of the our website use cookies so that we
can serve you better. You can refuse cookies by turning
them off on your web browser and you do not need to have
cookies turned on to successfully use the site.
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Website Usage Data
With or without cookies, our website keeps track of
usage data, such as the source address that the page
request is coming from (i.e. your IP address, domain
name), date and time of the page request, the referring
website (if any) and other parameters in the URL (eg
search criteria). We use this data to better understand
website usage so we know what areas of our websites
users prefer. This information is stored in log files
and is used for aggregated and statistical reporting but
is not attributed to you as an individual.
3. What information do we share?
There are times when we may require to share the
information we learn from you with other parties. We do
not sell or rent this information to others but will
send personally identifiable information about you to
other companies or people in the following situations:-
Agents
We may share your information with professional
advisors, strategic partners, survey and research
organisations and other individuals and organisations
whom we use to perform functions in certain situations
on our behalf. Examples of these functions include
providing marketing assistance by data analysis,
handling credit card transactions and following up on
enquiries (including by phone, e-mail, post or fax).
These agents have access to the personal information
required in order to perform their functions but may not
use it for any other purpose.
Compliance with law
We will release personal information where we are
required to do so by law or by any regulations and other
rules (including professional and auditing requirements)
to which we are subject.
Consent
Other than in the above situations you will receive
notice from us when your personal information might go
to third parties and you will have the opportunity to
decide not to share that information.
4. Changes to Privacy Policy
We may edit this policy from time to time. If we make
any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a
prominent announcement on our web pages.
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