Privacy Policy

Wade & Davies (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect any personal data you provide to us through our website or in the course of providing our legal services. We are a data controller registered in the UK, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No: [Insert Number]).

1. What Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

• Identity and Contact Data: Your name, email address, phone number, postal address.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type/version, time zone setting, operating system, platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including pages visited, time spent on site, and interactions.
• Communication Data: Information provided when you contact us, such as through web forms, emails, or phone calls.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your data for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries.
• To provide legal services you request from us.
• To improve our website and services.
• To comply with our legal obligations.
• To send you relevant updates or marketing communications (where permitted by law).

3. Lawful Basis for Processing

We process your personal data under one or more of the following lawful bases:

• Your consent.
• Performance of a contract with you.
• Compliance with a legal obligation.
• Our legitimate interests (e.g. to provide and improve our services).

4. How We Share Your Data

We will never sell your personal data. However, we may share your data with:

• Our professional advisers (e.g. solicitors, accountants, insurers).
• IT service providers who support our systems.
• Legal or regulatory authorities where required.

All third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures and only process your data as instructed by us.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including legal, regulatory, tax, or accounting requirements.

6. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Request erasure of your personal data (subject to legal limitations).
• Object to or restrict processing in certain circumstances.
• Withdraw consent at any time (where consent was given).

To exercise your rights, please contact us at enquiries@wadeanddavies.co.uk

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, or disclosure.

8. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the way we handle your data, please contact:

Wade & Davies 28 High Street, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 AH 01371 872816 If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.