Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

SALegal ("we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website salegal.co.uk, use our services, or otherwise interact with us.

We are registered in England and Wales. For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, we are the data controller.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

• Identity Data: Full name, title, and professional role.
• Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, and postal address.
• Case Data: Information you provide about your legal matter when completing our contact form or during consultations.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including pages visited and navigation patterns.
• Communication Data: Records of correspondence between you and our firm, including emails, letters, and telephone call notes.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide legal services and manage client relationships.
• To respond to enquiries submitted through our website contact form.
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations, including anti-money laundering checks.
• To administer and protect our business and website.
• To improve our website, services, and client experience.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under the UK GDPR:

• Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided your rights do not override those interests.
• Consent: Where you have given specific consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes.

5. Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with:

• Barristers, expert witnesses, and other legal professionals instructed on your matter.
• Courts, tribunals, and regulatory bodies as required.
• Our professional indemnity insurers.
• Third-party service providers who assist with IT, document management, and administrative services, subject to appropriate data processing agreements.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements. Client matter files are typically retained for a minimum of six years following the conclusion of a matter, or longer where required by law or professional obligations.

7. Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing of your personal data.
• Request transfer of your personal data (data portability).
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@salegal.co.uk.

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users and to improve your experience. Cookies are small text files placed on your device. We use essential cookies required for the website to function and analytical cookies to understand how visitors use our site. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, though some features of the website may not function properly as a result.

9. Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage. Access to personal data is restricted to authorised personnel on a need-to-know basis.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

SALegal
60 Station Rd, Cambridge CB1 2JH, UK
Email: privacy@salegal.co.uk
Telephone: (212) 555-0147

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe your data protection rights have been infringed.