Speechly Bircham website privacy policy
This website is owned by Speechly Bircham LLP whose contact details are on the website.
Important: By submitting personal data to us and/or by using our website you give your consent that all personal data that you submit may be processed by us in the manner and for the purposes described below.
Scope of privacy policy
We are committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information provided by you to us. This privacy policy describes our current policies and practices with regard to personal data collected by us from you directly and/or through the website. The term ‘personal data’ refers to personally identifiable information about you as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998.
Notification of changes to privacy policy
We are continually improving our methods of communication and adding new functionality and features to this website and to our existing services. Because of these ongoing changes, changes in the law and the changing nature of technology, our data protection practices will change from time to time. If and when our data practices change, we will notify you. We encourage you to check this page frequently.
Collection of personal data including email addresses
You may choose to receive advice, additional information or services from us. When you contact or instruct us, we request personal information about you such as your name, postal address, email address and telephone number as well as information required to verify your identity for money laundering purposes. We may also ask for demographic information to enable us to provide a personalised service to you. The information you provide is either manually or electronically stored. We sometimes supplement that information with information that is received from third parties. For instance, if inaccurate postal or zip codes are received, we may use third party software to fix them.
Use of personal data
We will use your personal data to fulfil your instructions and requirements and we will ask only for data that is adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes. Where we send you information for any purpose, it may be sent by email or post. When we ask you for personal data it may be for any of the following purposes:
- to contact you to inform you of our services or events
- to send you regular updates on issues we think will be of interest to you
- to use your personal data in connection with and arising from your job application as more detailed later in this policy
- to send you requested information on our people and services
- to use your personal data in connection with your access to information and materials on our website
- to use your personal data for marketing purposes and market research, and
- to use your personal data internally to administer this website and help us improve our services
- to use your personal data in relation to or arising from our events, publications and webinars.
Unsubscribe
We hope you will be pleased with our information and services. However, if you do not wish to receive emails from us and want to be removed from our electronic mailing list, please email us at the address given below with “email unsubscribe” in the subject heading.
If you also wish to be removed from our postal marketing database, please let us know by emailing us at the address given below with “mail unsubscribe” in the subject heading or writing to us at the address given below.
You may unsubscribe by emailing marketing@speechlys.com or writing to Marketing Department, Speechly Bircham LLP, 6 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3LX.
Anonymous data collected through this website
In addition to the information we collect as described above, we use technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our website. For example, our web server automatically logs which pages of our website our visitors view, their IP addresses and which web browsers they use. This technology does not personally identify you - it simply enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our website.
Our website contains hyperlinks to other pages on our website. We may use technology to track how often these links are used and which pages on our website our visitors choose to view. Again this technology does not identify you personally – it simply enables us to compile statistics about the use of these hyperlinks.
Cookies
In order to collect the anonymous data described in the preceding paragraph, we may use session ‘cookies’ that remain in the cookies file of your browser until the browser is closed.
Cookies by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not. For more information about cookies, including how to set your browser to reject them, please go to www.allaboutcookies.org.
We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. An IP address is an assigned number, similar to a telephone number, that identifies your computer on a network. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information.
We may also perform IP lookups to determine the domain you are coming from (eg aol.com, yourcompany.com) to gauge more accurately our users' demographics.
Disclosure of your personal data
We do not share, sell or distribute your personal data with unrelated third parties, except as otherwise provided for in this privacy policy and under these limited circumstances:
- In order to provide you with the information or services which you have requested, personal data may occasionally be transferred or shared with our nominee or trust companies, and other professionals or third parties who act for or with us, for further processing in accordance with the purposes for which the data was originally collected or for purposes to which you have consented. For example, sometimes a third party may have access to your personal data in order to support our information technology or to handle mailings or events on our behalf.
- Where you have consented, we may also disclose your personal data to other businesses who may contact you about their services that may interest you.
- We may share, transfer or disclose the information in our databases and server logs to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, interacting with anti-fraud databases, to protect your vital interests, to protect the security or integrity of our databases or this website, to take precautions against legal liability, or in the event of a joint venture, collaboration, financing, sale, merger, reorganisation, change of legal form, dissolution or similar event.
- We may share, transfer or disclose your personal data to a potential or actual successor to us.
- Where appropriate, before disclosing personal data to a third party, we contractually require the third party to take adequate precautions to protect that personal data and to comply with applicable law.
Data access and corrections
Upon receipt of your written request and enough information to permit us to identify your personal data, we will disclose to you the personal data we hold about you, for which we may make a charge up to the maximum as allowed by applicable law. We will also correct, amend or delete any personal data that is inaccurate and notify any third party recipients of the necessary changes. You may update any information you have given to us by contacting us at the addresses given at the end of this policy.
Requests to delete personal data are subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document retention obligations imposed on us.
Links to other websites
This website may contain hyperlinks to websites that are not operated by us. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of such third-party websites or any association with their operators. We do not control these websites and are not responsible for their personal data practices. We urge you to review any privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any personal data about yourself.
Online application form
This website offers you the possibility to apply online for a training contract with us. To do so you will need to fill in an online application form which will provide us with personal data relating to your education, previous employment and other general information relevant to our decision to offer you a position or necessary for the purposes of contacting you in connection with that position. This information is only used to enable us to decide whether to proceed with your application.
As part of the application process you may be given the opportunity to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form. Information on this form is used to ensure we maintain our commitment to being an equal opportunities employer. You are entitled to refuse to complete the form. Please note that whether or not you complete the form will have no influence whatsoever on the outcome of your application. If you do provide the information, it will not be used for any purpose other than equal opportunities monitoring. The form is submitted to us separately from your application form.
Governing Law
This privacy policy forms part of our website terms of use.
Feedback
We welcome comments about this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this policy or any part of our service, you may contact us by emailing information@speechlys.com or by writing to Marketing department, Speechly Bircham LLP, 6 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3LX. Any feedback will be stored at our offices.
Speechly Bircham LLP is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, whose rules and principles governing solicitors' conduct are available at www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page