Privacy Policy

Lees Solicitors LLP ("we") are sensitive to privacy issues on the internet. We believe that it is important you know how we treat the information about you that we receive on the internet and through http://lees.co.uk ("our site").

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, 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 Lees Solicitors LLP of 44/45 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 5AR.

Information Collected

In general, you may visit our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information about you. Our servers collect the domain names, operating system in use (e.g. Macintosh, Windows) and browser (e.g. Netscape, Internet Explorer). This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on our site, pages viewed, etc. We use this information to measure the use of our site and to improve its content.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more tailored service. They enable us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to personalise our site according to your individual interests;
Speed up your searches; and
Recognise you when you return to our site.

You may be able to set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, or even activate the setting on your browser to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will automatically issue cookies when you log on to our site.

Personally identifiable information including but not limited to first and last name, telephone number, address, e-mail address, occupation and interests are known only when voluntarily provided by a visitor for registration or other participation in any available online interactive activities, for example when subscribing to our services, posting material, entering competitions, and/or requesting further services. Data of this nature is also retained where it is relevant to any recruitment process.

Use Of Your Information

We may use the personal information you provide for any of the following purposes:

to better understand the use of our site and make improvements
to fulfill prizes
to respond to specific requests from visitors
to protect the security or integrity of our site when necessary
to send you notices and solicitations regarding our site and our businesses, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes
in general to promote and market products to you, when you have chosen to be contacted for these reasons
recruitment and selection processes

Methods of contact may take the form of mailings or other couriers, telephone calls, or e-mail solicitations. If you do not want to receive these from us using your personally identifiable information, please notify us

At times, we may conduct online surveys to better understand the needs and profiles of our visitors. When we conduct a survey, we will try to let you know how we will use the information at the time we collect the information from you on the internet.

Disclosures Of Your Information

Unless otherwise disclosed during the collection, personally identifiable information that may be collected in connection with visitors to our site is retained by us. We do not sell, transfer or otherwise disclose this personally identifiable information outside this company, except where disclosure is required by law.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

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.

Other Websites

Our site may contain links to other websites of third parties. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those other sites. Please check their policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. You are responsible for checking this policy when you visit our site to review the current policy. If you do not agree with the policy, you should cease use of our site immediately.

Access Rights

Under the Act, you have a right to access the personal data that is held about you. Please write to us at the following address to obtain a copy of your personal information: Lees Solicitors LLP, 44/45 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead Wirral CH41 5AR, enclosing your contact details. Any access request of this nature may be subject to a fee (currently £10) to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you, in accordance with the terms of the Act.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be sent to info@lees.co.uk

Eleni Kinch, Professional Support Principal, has overall responsibility for the regular review and updating of this policy.

Last updated: 12 July 2010

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