Privacy Policy
In this Privacy Policy, “we”, “our” or “us” means Irwin Mitchell LLP.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”), the data controller is Irwin Mitchell LLP of Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, S3 8DT.
Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is Alison Matthews.
We are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of our users. We want to provide a safe and secure user experience.
The personal information collected on this Website will be treated confidentially and dealt with in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Website Terms of Use. If you follow a link to another website this Privacy Policy will not apply. You are advised to check the privacy policy of the website in question.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on this Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Website, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Website.
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
- Details of any transactions you carry out through the Website and of the progress of any services provided to you.
- Details of your visits to the Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.
Uses made of your information
Any personal data you provide to us will be used by us to deal with any enquiry you make through the Website and to provide any services which you ask us to provide. We may also add your details to our database. We use this information to send you information about our other products and services which may be of interest to you. This may include, without limitation, information on services, publications or seminars. If you do not agree to your personal data being used in this way, you will have an opportunity to indicate this when you enter your details.
We may use information held about you to notify you about changes to our service and to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
If you enter your credit card details onto the Website, the details will be encrypted with 128bit encryption and processed by Worldpay limited.
Please note that we cannot guarantee that any email sent from you to us will be received by us or that its contents are or will remain secure during or following transmission. Likewise we cannot guarantee that emails sent by us to you are secure. If you have any concerns about the security of email transmissions to or from us, you may prefer to telephone or write to us instead.
Disclosure
We respect your right to privacy and treat our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act") very seriously. We will keep your personal information confidential except to the extent that it is necessary to disclose it by law or to comply with a regulatory or legal process or where we need to disclose the information to provide a product or service that you have requested. Under the Act you have the right to receive details of the personal data we maintain on you. An official fee is payable.
Cookies
We use cookies (small pieces of information, which are stored on your computer in the form of a file) on this Website. We may also use cookies at our discretion to enable more accurate reporting of site usage data, such as new visitors, unique visitors and returning visitors. Cookies are also utilised to improve our Website and deliver a better user experience.
The data stored in the cookie for usage tracking is a randomly generated identifier and does not identify you personally. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the features of the Website if cookies are disabled.
Contact
If you would like to see the information we hold about you or would like to be removed from our database, you should contact Marketing at Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, S3 8DT. Please contact us at the same address if you have any reason to believe the details we hold about you are incorrect.
Changes to our privacy policy
Our Privacy Policy may be changed at any time. Any changes which we make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. If you continue to use our site you will be deemed to have accepted any changes, so please check this page regularly.