Privacy
Of course. Here is the privacy statement uniquely rewritten for CDN Law in the United Kingdom, reflecting UK-specific legal terminology, regulatory bodies, and standard practices.
Privacy Statement
(Article 13 UK GDPR)
1. Personal Data
CDN Law LTD, with its registered office at 8 Berry Street, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, L20 8AT, (“CDN Law”, “we”, “us”) collects, processes, and uses your personal data only on the basis of your prior consent, for the performance of a contract where we are engaged for legal services, or where there is another legitimate legal basis for processing in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. In doing so, we adhere strictly to all applicable data protection laws.
We only collect personal data that is necessary for the execution and administration of our legal services or which you have voluntarily provided to us.
Personal data includes any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This encompasses, for example, your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, and identity verification documents. In the context of our legal services, this may also include special category data (sensitive data), such as information about health, or data related to actual or alleged criminal offences.
2. Your Data Subject Rights
As a client or a data subject, you have the right, at any time, to request access to the personal data we hold about you. You can also request information about the source of the data, the recipients, and the purposes of the processing. Furthermore, you have the right to rectification, data portability, to object to processing, and to request the erasure or restriction of the processing of your personal data. Our compliance with these rights is, of course, always subject to our overriding duty of client confidentiality and legal professional privilege.
Please inform us promptly of any changes to your personal data.
You have the right to withdraw any consent you have given for the processing of your personal data at any time. You can submit your requests for access, erasure, rectification, objection, and/or data portability to our Data Protection Officer using the contact details provided in Clause 13 of this statement.
If you believe that our processing of your personal data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
3. Data Security
The security of your data is ensured through appropriate organisational and technical precautions. These measures are designed to protect against unauthorised, unlawful, or accidental access, processing, loss, use, or manipulation of your data.
Notwithstanding our efforts to maintain a high standard of security, we cannot guarantee that information you transmit to us over the internet will be secure from access by third parties.
Please note that we accept no liability for the disclosure of information due to errors in data transmission not caused by us or for unauthorised access by third parties (e.g., a successful cyber-attack on our systems or interception of communications).
4. Use of Data
We will not process the data you provide for any purposes other than those covered by our engagement letter, your consent, or a provision under the UK GDPR. This does not apply to the use of data for statistical or analytical purposes, provided the data used has been anonymised.
5. Data Disclosure to Third Parties
To fulfil our engagement, it may be necessary to disclose your data to third parties (e.g., opposing parties, counterparties, barristers, experts, insurance companies, or IT service providers we engage). Your data will only be disclosed in compliance with the UK GDPR, primarily for the performance of our contract with you or based on your prior consent.
Please be aware that the provision of legal services routinely involves the disclosure of information relevant to your matter to third parties.
Some recipients of your personal data may be located in countries outside the UK. The level of data protection in these countries may not be equivalent to that of the UK. We will only transfer your personal data to a third country if the UK has issued an adequacy regulation for that country, or if we have put in place appropriate safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
6. News and Marketing Communications
You can subscribe to receive CDN Law newsletters and marketing communications via our website. When you register, we process the personal data you provide voluntarily (such as your name, company, and email address) to send you these communications. You can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe at any time.
7. Website Analytics
Our website uses analytics services to help us understand how visitors interact with our site. If you consent to their use, services like Google Analytics place cookies on your device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour data in an anonymised form. The information generated about your use of the website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored on servers outside the UK.
You can refuse the use of these cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics specifically by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
8. Social Media
Our website may feature links or buttons to social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter. Data is only transmitted to these third parties if you actively click on the corresponding button. We have no control over the cookies set by these platforms and do not have access to them.
9. Reporting of Data Breaches
We have implemented measures to detect and respond to data security incidents. In the event of a personal data breach that risks your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authority without undue delay, as required by law.
10. Data Retention
We will not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or regulatory reporting requirements, and for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
11. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to make our services more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. They help us to recognise returning visitors and analyse website traffic.
We use both session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a set period to recognise your browser on subsequent visits.
You can configure your browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
12. Server Log Files
To maintain the security and performance of our website, our hosting provider automatically collects information in server log files that your browser transmits. This data includes your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referral URL, host name of the accessing device, and the time of the server request. This data is not combined with other data sources and is used solely for statistical analysis and system administration.