Website terms of use
This website is owned by Planning Clarity Legal Limited (“Planning Clarity Legal”) which is a private limited company registered in England & Wales (No. 10279674) and is protected by copyright. References here and elsewhere on this website to ”the firm”, “we”, “us” or “our” mean Planning Clarity Legal. Reproduction of part or all of the content of this website is prohibited, other than for personal use only. No part of this website may be copied, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of Planning Clarity Legal.
Disclaimer against liability, loss and/or damage
Planning Clarity Legal endeavours to keep the content of this website accurate but disclaims all liability for loss and/or damage that may result from its use. The material on this website is for general information only. It is not intended to apply to specific circumstances and does not constitute legal or other professional advice. Users should seek appropriate legal advice before taking or refraining from taking any action. Planning Clarity Legal is not responsible for any loss which may arise from accessing, using or reliance on any information contained in this website.
External links
This website provides links to, and content from, other internet sites and resources. Planning Clarity Legal cannot monitor all information accessible via those sites and therefore such information cannot be guaranteed to be accurate or up to date and is not endorsed by us. Links to other sites from the pages on this website are for information only and Planning Clarity Legal is not responsible for any material on any website which is linked from or to this website.
Governing law
Your use of this website will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any disputes or claims between you and Planning Clarity Legal will be decided only by the Courts of England and Wales.
Privacy Policy
Planning Clarity Legal is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information.
We abide by local data protection laws in the UK, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 (we refer to these laws together as the ‘DP Laws’).
Certain sections of this website invite you to contact us with enquiries. Any personal information supplied by you as part of this process, or otherwise collected from you from in the course of our business will be treated in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Your rights
You have the right to access personal data that we hold on you in accordance with the DP Laws. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries concerning our processing, please contact us at enquiries@planningclaritylegal.co.uk and we will respond to your enquiry within 30 days unless the query is complex. You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal information. However, we may charge a reasonable fee, if your request is clearly unfounded or excessive.
How we collect personal data
Personal data is information that identifies a living person whether directly or indirectly. We collect such personal information in thecourse of our business from or about a number of different categories of people both directly and indirectly. This includes:
- where our clients are individuals, those clients, and
- people who work for our clients
What data we collect
We collect personal information which can include one or more of the following:
- basic information such as your name, title or position, and related information such as the organisation you work for
- how to contact you by phone, email or post
- identification information collected as part of our business acceptance process
- financial information such as payment related information
- information to help us help you when you attend events
- any other information relating to you from public sources and/or provided to us by you
From time to time this information may include special category data which the law requires us to treat with extra care
What we do with your information
We process personal information for the purpose of providing legal services to you and also for our own business purposes including:
- to provide information requested by you
- disclosures to our regulators, auditors, our own legal or professional advisors, our insurers and insurance brokers
- fraud prevention (including money laundering and bribery) and for the prevention or detection of crime
What is the basis for processing your data?
We will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis for doing so. This is set out in the DP Laws. The lawful basis will beone or more of the following, that the process is necessary:
- for compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations
- to pursue our legitimate interests
- for establishing, exercising or defending legal claims or
- to perform a contract for the provision of legal services to which you are a party directly (or to which our client is a party) or taking stepsprior to entering into such a contract
Transfer of personal data
We do not routinely transfer personal data outside the UK but may do so in the future. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any personal data that is transferred is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.
Data security
We use trusted IT suppliers to protect and preserve the data we process and control. They employ up-to-date data storage and security techniques to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our employees and any third parties we engage to process your personal information are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal information.
Storage of personal data
We hold personal data and other information for different periods reflecting both good data protection practice and our regulatory, statutory and contractual requirements.
Cookies
Cookies are used on this website to collect information about how visitors use our site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. By using this website, you consent to using these cookies.
Changes to the website and these terms
We may update the website and change its content at any time, including making revisions to the terms of these Legal Notices and the Privacy Policy. Any changes will be binding on you should you use the website.