Privacy Policy

OffshoreLaw.co.uk understands the importance of personal privacy and our clients desire to have their personal information safeguarded. As a law firm we have a professional obligation to keep your personal information confidential.

This privacy policy was created to outline how our law firm manages your private information and to list the safegaurds we have put in place to keep this information private and secure.

Your Privacy

As a law firm, OffshoreLaw.co.uk is responsible for the personal information we collect and hold. To ensure this accountability, we have developed this policy, and trained our lawyers and support staff about our policies and practices. In addition your communications with our law firm are covered by attorney-client privilege.

Why Does OffshoreLaw.co.uk Collect Personal Information?

OffshoreLaw.co.uk provides legal services and products to a wide range of clients. In order to complete these services on behalf of our clients we need to obtain certain pieces of personal information so as to reasonably perform these services. No more information than what is required to complete work will ever be collected.

What personal information does Offshorelaw.co.uk collect?

Personal information is any information that identifies you, or by which your identity could be deduced. In the course of providing you with services we may need information such as your name, address, email, phone number and passport information. The amount of information collected depends on the type of service we perform on the clients behalf. No more information than is required to perform services on your behalf will ever be collected.

How is personal information collected?

Submitting information to our law firm is strictly voluntary. By submitting your personal information you are giving Offshorelaw.co.uk permission to use this personal information for the purposes of providing you with legal services.

Your Consent

Your consent to collect, use or disclose your personal information will be asked for explicitly. Normally, we ask for your consent in writing, but in some circumstances, we may accept your oral consent. If you have any questions regarding consent please call our offices and speak with one of our lawyers.

Use of Your Personal Information

We use your personal information to provide legal advice and services to you and to administer our client billing database. OffshoreLaw.co.uk will never disclose your personal information to any third party to enable them to market their products and services to you.

Disclosure of your Personal Information

Under certain circumstances, OffshoreLaw.co.uk will disclose your personal information when we are required or authorized by law to do so, for example if a court issues a subpoena;

• • when you have consented to the disclosure;
• • when the legal services we are providing to you requires us give your information to third parties (for example a lender in a real estate mortgage transaction) your consent will be implied, unless you tell us otherwise;
• • where it is necessary to establish or collect fees;
• • if we engage expert witnesses on your behalf;
• • if we retain other law firms at your request, and on your behalf;
• • if the information is Publicly Available Personal Information, as is agreed upon with the client’s consent.

Updating Your Personal Information

Since we need to stay in constant contact with you while performing services on your behalf it is extremely important that you keep your personal information on file with us up to date and current. Since we use your personal information to provide legal services to you, it is important that the information be accurate and up to date. If during the course of using our services, any of your information changes, please inform us immediately to ensure we are able to stay in contact with you.

Is Your Personal Information Secure?

OffshoreLaw.co.uk takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personal information is kept safe from loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. Among the steps taken to protect your information are:

• • premises security;
• • restricted file access to personal information;
• • deploying technological safeguards like security software and firewalls to prevent hacking or unauthorized computer access;
• • internal password and security policies.

Access to Your Personal Information

You may ask for access to any personal information we hold about you. Summary information is available on request. More detailed requests which require archive or other retrieval costs may be subject to our normal professional and disbursement fees.

Correcting Errors in Your Personal Information

If OffshoreLaw.co.uk holds information about you and you can establish that it is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, OffshoreLaw.co.uk will take reasonable steps to correct it.

Can I be denied access to my Personal Information?

Your rights to access your personal information are not absolute. We may deny access when:

• • it is required or authorized by law (for example, when a record containing personal information about you is protected by solicitor-client privilege);
• • to do so would reveal confidential commercial information, and the personal information cannot be severed from the record;
• • to do so could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual, and the personal information cannot be severed from the record; or
• • the information was generated in the course of a formal dispute resolution process.

Communicating with Us

You should be aware that e-mail is not a 100% secure medium, and you should be aware of this when contacting us to send personal or confidential information. This risk can be mitigated by emailing us using our hushmail account which features full public, private key encryption: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Since OffshoreLaw.co.uk regularly reviews all of its policies and procedures, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time.

Web Site Terms

Our website contains links to other sites, which are not governed by this privacy policy. On our website, like most other commercial websites, we may monitor traffic patterns, site usage and related site information in order to optimise our web service. You agree that Offshorelaw.co.uk will not be held liable for any damages incurred by accessing these third party websites not covered by this privacy policy.