Privacy Policy

Burness is committed to preserving the privacy of our clients and website visitors. Please read the following policy which explains how we use and protect the information that you provide.

Data That Burness LLP Collects From You

Burness LLP collects data about you:

• when you request services or otherwise provide us with your personal details (such as your name, contact details, e-mail address etc); and
• from your usage of the website and any other information you post on the website, e-mail or otherwise send to us.

By using the website you consent to the collection, storage, use and transfer of your data by us in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Subscribing

You can subscribe on the website to receive information from us, including legal briefings; seminars details; blogs and press releases.  You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the “click here to unsubscribe” link provided in our emails or by contacting us direct.

Use Of Data

We use the data that you provide:

• to supply you with the products, services and information which you have requested;
• to inform you about our services and about events such as seminars and conferences and to send you briefings and similar material;
• to assess client satisfaction (e.g. where you agree to participate in a survey); and
• to help improve our services generally.

We may contact you by post, telephone or fax as well as by e-mail. If you change your mind about being contacted in the future by any of these means then please let us know.

Disclosure Of Data

We process all data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We may disclose your data to other third parties who act for us and to our business partners for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or for purposes approved by you.  Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the data you provide to us without your consent.

Cookies

A “cookie” is a piece of software that attaches to the hard drive of your computer and remembers information about the configuration of your computer.  We use cookies to track visitors movements through the website.  We may use cookies to record details such as the date and time of visits, your IP address, the pages visited, and the websites visited immediately before and after your visit to our website. All information is collected on an aggregate basis and the data shall remain anonymous. You can disable the cookies that we attach if your browser supports this - please refer to the “Help” section of your browser.  If you disable cookies you may be unable to use some of our on-line services.

Your Rights

You have the right to ask for a copy of the Data held by us in our records in return for which we may charge a small fee. You also have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your Data.

Contact Us

If you have any queries concerning your data or this policy then please contact dataprotection@burness.co.uk or write to us at:

Burness LLP

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