Privacy & Cookie Policy
INTRODUCTION:
We understand 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 our Site, and those visitors who contact directly by phone, email or by visiting us. We promise only to collect and use your personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
We are obliged to ask you to opt into our Privacy and Cookie Policy and we will take no personal data from you until you have. This means that, until you have agreed this Privacy Policy, we cannot offer any substantive help or advice.
You can opt into this Privacy Policy:
- If you are on the Site, by pressing the “Accept” button;
- If you contact us by email, by sending us a return email, saying that you accept this Privacy Policy;
- If you contact us by telephone, by returning the acceptance form we will send you in the post; and
- If you come into our offices, by signing the acceptance at the base of the copy Privacy Policy we will give you.
- Definitions and Interpretation
To make this Privacy Policy easier to read, we have defined certain terms as follows:
| We, Us, Our | Lease Legal which is a trading name of Small Business advice Network Limited Small Business Advice Limited. Company Number: 7807118. Registered Office: 152-160 City Road, London. EC1V 2NX9 |
| Account | means the account you have with us, which enables you to use our services; |
| Cookie | means a small text file placed on your computer or device by the Site when you visit or use certain parts of the Site. Details of the Cookies used by the Site are set out in Part 12 below; |
| Cookie Law | means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and any replacement of it; |
| Data Protection Officer | means: Chris Hutchins email: chris@sban.co.uk |
| Data Protection Legislation | means General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018; and |
| Site | means www.leaselegal.com |
- What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of the Site, which 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.
- What Is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the Data Protection Legislation as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified.
Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
Some personal data may be sensitive in its nature. That includes health records, criminal convictions and other similar data.
- 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. Part 11 will tell you how to do this.
- The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold.
- The right to restrict 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.
- The right to data portability.
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.
You can always contact us for more information about your rights and we will do our best to help you. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau is also a valuable source of help.
It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please tell us.
Please, always, contact us if you are not happy with the way we are using your personal data and we will do our best to resolve any problem. If you are not happy with any solution we offer, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
- What Data Do You Collect and How?
Depending upon your use of the Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal and non-personal data set out in the table below, using the methods also set out in the table. Please also see Part 12 for more information about our use of Cookies and similar technologies.
| Data Collected | How We Collect the Data |
| Identity information including name, title, date of birth, and gender. | We collect data using the Site or directly from you, in interviews, from completed forms and otherwise. |
| Contact information including address, emails address, and telephone number. | |
| Payment information including card details and bank account details. | |
| Profile information including preferences, habits, likes and dislikes. | |
| Technical information including IP address, browser type and version. |