Privacy and cookies policy
Burges Salmon LLP ("we", "us", or "our") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (the "Privacy and Cookies Policy") (together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, via our site www.burges-salmon.com (the "Site"), will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"), the data controller is Burges Salmon LLP of One Glass Wharf, Bristol BS2 0ZX with registration number Z4563265.
1 INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
2 COOKIES
3 TRANSMISSION OF DATA
4 USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
5 DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
6 YOUR RIGHTS
7 ACCESS TO INFORMATION
8 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY AND COOKIES POLICY
9 CONTACT
1 INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and process the following data about you:
(a) information that you provide by filling in forms on the Site. This includes information provided when you complete a contact information form. This information may include your name, telephone number, email address and any messages or content you submit; and/or
(b) details of your visits to our Site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, and other communication data, and the resources that you access.
We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Site.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
2 COOKIES
The Site uses Google Analytics to monitor user activity. Cookies are stored on your computer to collect information about the general use of the site. This is statistical data about users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual. Burges Salmon uses this information to improve the content and the user experience of the Site. Please visit Google for further details on Cookies & Google Analytics.
In accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2011, we provide users with the opportunity to control the use of cookies on this Site. You may refuse to accept cookies by clicking "Decline" within the footer of the Site. Any cookies you accept can be deleted from your computer. To find how to do this and find out more about cookies, visit All About Cookies.org. If you choose not to indicate your preference the Site will assume consent.
3 TRANSMISSION OF DATA
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
4 USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
We use information held about you in the following ways to ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
If you are submitting your details to receive publications, the information is used to send you the publications that you have requested. We may also use it to send you other legal briefings or information about us and the services we offer.
If you are a job applicant using the 'Careers' section of the Site, the information you provide will be used to determine your suitability for a position and, if applicable, in determining terms of employment or engagement. It may also be included in management information used to monitor recruitment initiatives and equal opportunities policies. If your application is progressed further, details may be disclosed to third parties (such as educational institutions, present and past employers, employees and members of Burges Salmon, credit reference agencies, etc.) for reasons such as the verification of, or obtaining extra, information. If your application is unsuccessful, we may retain any information as required by law or, at our option, for up to twelve months following our final communication with you, unless you tell us otherwise. Any information which you send us in the process of applying for a job will be treated with the greatest care and confidentiality.
If you are an ex-employee of Burges Salmon and submitting your details for the purpose of the alumni programme, the information may be used to send you information about the programme, relevant events and other publications that we think may be of interest to you.
5 DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your personal information with carefully selected third party service providers and other organizations who provide support services to us (such as a printer, mailing house, web host, data management and promotional services) or that help us market our services. We provide these companies with the information needed for them to perform their functions.
We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:
(a) in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
(b) if Burges Salmon LLP or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers and web site users will be one of the transferred assets; and
(c) if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Burges Salmon LLP, our clients, or others.
6 YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking or not checking (as the case may be) certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at marketing@burges-salmon.com.
Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
7 ACCESS TO INFORMATION
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to an administration fee to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
8 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY AND COOKIES POLICY
Any changes we may make to our Privacy and Cookies Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
9 CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy and Cookies Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to contact marketing@burges-salmon.com .