Data Driven Legal Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect about individuals who interact with our organisation. It explains what personal data we collect and how we use it.

In this Privacy Policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Data Driven Legal and when we refer to "personal data" we mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person and an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Our Details

This website is owned and operated by Bryan Plenty Ltd trading as “Data Driven Legal” a company registered in England and Wales with company number 13052306 and registered office at 95 Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, Herts AL4 0TN.

If you have any comments or questions about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The key elements of this privacy policy:

We take very seriously our responsibilities to respect your legal rights and keep your data safe
You have a number of data protection rights which we can help you exercise
We collect some personal data from you
We use your personal data to assist you with your enquiries, provide the services you request from us and comply with our legal obligations
When we no longer need your personal data we delete it
We may share your personal data but we will let you know before we do (unless the law tells us not to)

One last thing: we do not use cookies or tracking technologies.

The type of personal data we collect, how we get the personal data, why we have it and the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information

We are the controller of the personal data we collect about you. The following table explains the types of personal data we collect, the purposes we use it for, the source of the data and the legal basis on which we process your data.

Purpose	Source	Personal data	Lawful Basis for Processing
Purpose: Enquiries/ communication	Source: Directly from you	Personal data: Name, email, job title, telephone number, message	Lawful Basis for Processing: Legitimate interests - it is necessary for us to read and store your message so that we can respond.
Purpose: Subscribing to email updates about our services	Source: Directly from you	Personal data: Name, email	Lawful Basis for Processing: Consent - you have given your explicit consent.
Purpose: Provide our services to you	Source: Directly from you	Personal data: Name, job title, email address, telephone number and address.	Lawful Basis for Processing: Fulfil contractual obligations - it is necessary for us correspond with you and process your data throughout the duration of your contract with us.

How we use your data

We will only use your personal data in a manner that is appropriate considering the basis on which that data was collected, as set out in the table above.

For example, we may use your personal data to:

reply to enquiries you send to us;
fulfil the service contract you have entered into with us;
where you have specifically agreed to this, send you marketing communications by email relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you.

When we share your data

We will only pass your data to third parties in the following circumstances:

you have provided your explicit consent for us to pass data to a named third party;
we are using a third party purely for the purposes of processing data on our behalf and we have in place a data processing agreement with that third party that fulfils our legal obligations in relation to the use of third party data processors; or
we are required by law to share your data

We may share personal data when we require services such as data hosting, website management, IT software, IT support, data storage and postal services to assist us in delivering documents related to our services.

In addition, we will only pass data to third parties outside of the UK and/or EU when appropriate safeguards are in place as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, as applicable.

Where third party recipients are providing us with services that involve processing personal data on our behalf, they are our data processor. The data processor we use is Microsoft Corporation (Office 365 applications).

Please note there may be circumstances where we reasonably need to share your personal data with other third parties in order to provide our services, as described in this privacy policy or as required under applicable law or otherwise with your consent.

How we store your data and for how long

We will only ever ask for the minimum amount of data required for the associated purpose. It is stored on servers in the UK and we delete that data promptly once it is no longer required.

Data collected through enquiries/communications will be kept for 3 years following the date of the most recent contact between you and us. Data collected through a contractual relationship with you will be retained for six years following the end of the contractual relationship.

Please note that we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject to.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have a range of rights over your data, including:

the right of access - you have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data.
the right to rectification - you have the right to ask us to rectify personal data you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete data you think is incomplete.
the right of deletion - you have the right to ask us to erase your personal data in certain circumstances.
the right to restriction of processing - you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
object to processing - you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
request data portability - you have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
where data processing is based on consent, you may revoke this consent at any time.
lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner if you feel your rights have been infringed.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address is Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Their helpline number is 0303 123 1113 and their website is avaialble at www.ico.org.uk.

Modifications

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and will publish the most current version on our website. If a modification meaningfully reduces your rights and we hold your personal data, we will notify you.