Privacy Statement

Jonathan Goodwin Solicitor Advocate Ltd is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Our company number is 7960718. Our registered office is 69 Ridgewood Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 4UR.

This policy only applies to Jonathan Goodwin Solicitor Advocate Ltd’s own website. Our site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy or the contents of other websites to which we provide links.

Consent

You signify your consent to us collecting and using information by your use of this website, live chat and enquiry forms. Should we elect for any reason to change our Policy we will publish these changes on the Jonathan Goodwin Solicitor Advocate Ltd website.

Information

If you provide us with any personal data whilst using this website we may use it to provide you with any information or services you have requested.

We may also use it for any other purpose for which you give your consent. For example, we may send you additional information about the firm, its services, or articles, if you have consented to us doing so.

We use the information you provide primarily for the provision of legal services to you and for related purposes including;

  • Updating and enhancing client records,
  • Analysis to help us manage our practice, statutory returns,
  • Legal and regulatory compliance.

Our use of that information is subject to your instructions, data protection law and our duty of confidentiality.

Please note that our work for you may require us to pass on such information to third parties such as expert witnesses and other professional advisors, including sometimes advisors appointed by another party to your matter. We may also give such information to others who perform services for us, such as typing or photocopying. Our practice may be audited or checked by our accountants or our regulatory, or by other organisations.

We do not normally copy such information to anyone outside the European Economic Area, however we may do so when the particular circumstances of the matters so require.

All such third parties are required to maintain confidentiality in relation to your file.

You have a right to access under Data Protection law to the personal data that we hold about you. We seek to keep that personal data correct and up to date. You should let us know if you believe the information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

We may receive personal data from you for the purposes of our money laundering checks, such as a copy of your passport.

These will be processed only for the purposes of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, or as otherwise permitted by law or with your express consent.

You consent to us retaining such data for longer than 5 year statutory period, unless you tell us otherwise.

If you send us personal data about anyone other than yourself you will ensure you have appropriate consent and notices in place to enable you to transfer that personal data to us, and so that we may use it for the purposes for which you provide it to us.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser. We may use this information to create anonymous usage and user interest profile. This information never includes any information that would identify you personally, nor does it include any information that would be considered sensitive. We use this information only for the purpose of improving the efficiency of a website.

Data Sharing

We will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission to do so or when required by law.

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 other websites. 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.

Changes to this policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Statement and Data Protection Statement at any time by posting revisions on our Site.