Privacy Policy

 

We are a firm of solicitors who deal with legal matters within the criminal justice, insurance and regulatory sectors. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we may collect about you in order to progress the legal matter you are involved in.

 

This privacy notice covers the following topics:

 

    What information do we collect about you?

 

    How will we use the information we collect?

 

    Information collected as part of Fraudulent Claims Investigations

 

    Marketing

 

    Rights regarding your information

 

    Data Protection Officer

 

    Changes to our privacy notice

 

    How to contact us

 

What information do we collect about you?

 

We collect information about you when your insurance company submits a file for a legal matter concerning yourself and/or when you voluntarily submit information in relation to a legal matter. This information can include, but is not exclusive to:

 

    Personal Data - such as your name, address, age etc.

 

    Sensitive Personal Data – such as your racial or ethnic origin, medical records, political opinions, religious beliefs, criminal records etc.

 

Please be advised that we only collect information that is relevant to the aforementioned legal matter. 

 

How will we use the information we collect?

 

We collect information about you in order to process and manage the legal matter. The information we use will be pertinent to the legal matter in some capacity. The information we collect can be used in a variety of ways to deal with the legal matter, such as:

 

    Deciding on how the legal matter should be progressed

 

    To prevent fraud

 

We may be required, from time to time, to send your details to third parties in order to aid the progression of the legal matter and/or ensure your information is handled securely. These third parties can include, but are not exclusive to:

 

    Transcription services

 

    Expert witnesses

 

    Barristers Chambers

 

    Courts

 

    Archiving facilities

 

We will not share your information with any unauthorised parties, either within or outside of the organisation. 

 

Retention Periods

 

Per the Limitations Act 1980, legal files are kept for a minimum period of 6 years from the date the legal matter is closed. There are certain circumstances where records concerning legal matters may be kept for longer than 6 years. 

 

If you would like further information regarding this, please contact Damien Morrison using the below listed contact information.

 

Marketing

 

We will not use your information for marketing purposes unless you have explicitly given your consent for us to do this. If you no longer wish for your information to be used for the purposes of marketing, please review your rights in the ‘Rights regarding your information’ section.

 

Rights regarding your information

 

Under data protection legislation you have the right to:

 

    Request a copy of the information that we hold about you

 

    Request any information we hold about you is corrected if it is incorrect and/or inaccurate.

 

    Request that the processing of your information is restricted

 

    Request that your information is ‘erased’ from our records

 

Please be advised that there is no charge for an initial request for a copy of the information we hold about you, however subsequent requests will require a £10.00 administration fee to be paid.

 

If you wish to exercise your above listed rights, please submit a request to M & A Solicitors using the contact information detailed in the ‘How to contact us’ section of this document. We will review each request submitted on a case by case basis and you will be advised on the outcome of your request in writing. We reserve the right to reject your request if necessary. 

 

Data Protection Officer

 

In order to align with General Data Protection Regulations we have assigned a specialist Data Protection Officer, Damien Morrison, to deal with Data Protection policies, processes and data subject queries.  Please contact him at dm@maasolicitors.co.uk.

 

Changes to our privacy notice

 

We keep our privacy notice under regular review and this notice was last updated on 5th May 2021.

 

How to contact us

 

Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or the information we hold about you, you can contact us by:

 

    Telephone: 01904 666888

 

    Email: contact@maasolicitors.co.uk

 

    Mail: Risk & Compliance – Damien Morrison, Senior Partner, M & A Solicitors, 38 Coney Street, York YO1 9ND

 

Please note:

 

Any enquiries regarding the legal matter should be directed to you’re the lawyer dealing with your matter, as detailed within your client care letter.