Bank Solicitors Privacy Policy

 

Cookie policy

HOW WE USE COOKIES

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
We also use cookies to ensure the contact form works correctly.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not and ensuring certain features work correctly. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. [We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.]

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

DATA PROTECTION

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. You have a right to access your personal data and change any inaccuracies.

We will ensure that any information we obtain and use will be held in the strictest confidence and used in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other relevant legislation.

We will use the Mailchimp email marketing platform for distribution of news to our newsletter subscribers. If you want to opt out of receiving these at any time, follow the unsubscribe link in an email.

A limited number of people at Bank Solicitors Limited, and our external web development agency (Lloyd&Co) have access to data.

We will not pass on your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you and you may ask for your details to be forgotten i.e. to be completely removed from our system(s).

If you would like a copy of the information held on you, or you wish to amend details or be removed completely, please contact BankSol Solicitors Ltd, 3 Chestnut Court, Jill Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6EW or use our contact form.

This statement was last updated on 19th October 2020