BACKGROUND
ChhokarLaw LLP understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, [www.chhokarlaw.com] (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is requested when you use Our Site or any of our services.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
- “Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site.
- “Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site.
Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in Part 14, below.
2. Information About Us
Our Site is owned and operated by ChhokarLaw LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England under company number OC448596
- Registered Address: 29a The Broadway, Southall, UB1 1JY
- Main Trading Address: 29a The Broadway, Southall, UB1 1JY
- Email Address: law@chhokar.com
- Telephone Number: +44 (0) 208 574 2488
- Postal Address: 29a The Broadway, Southall, UB1 1JY We are regulated by SRA.
3. What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
4. What Is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data includes information such as your name, contact details, and identification numbers, as well as less obvious information like electronic location data and online identifiers.
5. What Are My Rights?
Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights:
- The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data.
- The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to have your personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to be forgotten, i.e., to ask us to delete or dispose of your personal data.
- The right to restrict our processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
- The right to withdraw consent at any time if we are relying on your consent to process your data.
- The right to data portability, allowing you to obtain and reuse your data across different services.
- Rights related to automated decision-making and profiling (which we do not use).
6. What Data Do You Collect and How?
Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the following personal data:
- Identity Information including name and title (collected via online forms and direct interactions).
- Contact Information including address, email address, and telephone number (collected via online forms and direct interactions).
- Business Information including job title and profession (collected via service agreements and correspondence).
- Payment Information including bank account numbers (collected via secure payment portals).
- Technical Information including IP address, browser type and version, and operating system (collected via cookies and analytics tools).
7. How Do You Use My Personal Data?
Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. The table below outlines how we may use your data: | What We Do | What Data We Use | Lawful Basis | Providing our services | Identity, Contact, and Payment Info | Performance of a Contract | | Managing payments | Payment Information | Performance of a Contract | | Communicating with you | Contact Information | Legitimate Interests | | Personalising your experience | Technical Information | Legitimate Interests |
8. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Specific retention periods are:
- Identity and Contact Information: Retained for 7 years after the end of our services.
- Payment Information: Retained for 6 years for tax purposes.
- Technical Information: Retained for 1 year for analytics purposes.
9. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?
We will store your personal data in the UK and ensure that it is protected under the UK’s data protection laws. Transfers outside of the UK will only be made where adequate safeguards are in place.
10. Do You Share My Personal Data?
We do not share your personal data with third parties except as necessary to deliver our services, comply with legal obligations, or with your explicit consent.
11. How Can I Control My Personal Data?
In addition to your rights under the Data Protection Legislation, set out in Part 5, when you submit personal data via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your personal data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails, at the point of providing your details [and by managing your Account]).
You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.
12. Can I Withhold Information?
You may access [certain areas of] Our Site without providing any personal data at all. [However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.]
You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 14 for our Cookie Policy.
13. How Can I Access My Personal Data?
If you wish to access the personal data we hold about you, please contact us using the details below. We aim to respond within 30 days.
14. How Do You Use Cookies?
Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our products/services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site and your use and experience of Our Site will not be impaired by refusing consent to them.
All Cookies used by third party and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a notification requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.
Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown in the table below. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
The following first-party and third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
Our Site uses analytics services provided by third-party services. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve Our Site and the products/services offered through it.
The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
OR
Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our products/services. By using Our Site you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site. In addition, Our Site uses analytics services provided by, which also use Cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use Our Site.
15. How Do I Contact You?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details:
- Email: law@chhokar.com
- Telephone: +44 (0) 208 574 2488
- Postal Address: 29a The Broadway, Southall, UB1 1JY
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on Our Site, and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the updated Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the changes.
Chhokar & Co Solicitors
a business name of
ChhokarLaw LLP -OC448596
29a The Broadway
Southall, UB1 1JY
- +44 (0) 208 574 2488
- law@chhokar.com