CSG Legal is committed to safeguarding the privacy of the personal information that is provided or collected during the course of our business as well as the personal information that we receive from visitors to this website. Should were ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website you can be assured that it will be used only in accordance with this privacy policy.

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This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manange and store those details and how your rights under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the Data Protection Act and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations are adhered to. 

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This policy may from time to time be updated. You should check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. 

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INFORMATION COLLECTED

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Personal information is collected about you includes name, address, email address, telephone numbers, nationality, business interests, employment history, business interests, employment history, financial status etc., includes but not limited to the following circumstances:

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• When we agree to provide legal services to you or the organisation you work for

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• When you request information from us or provide information to us

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• When you apply for a role or work experience opportunity with us

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• When you visit our websites

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• When you or the organisation you work for are a counterparty of one or more of our clients

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• When you complete any forms eg applications forms including any forms contained in our website

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• If you are a former employee of the firm

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• When you attend our seminars or any other events where we are participants.

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WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

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The information we gather is required to help us understand your needs and provide you with a better service and in particular for the following reasons:

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• Internal record keeping

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• We may use the information to improve our services

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• For the provision of legal services 

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• Compliance with legal obligations as a regulated body to carry out identification and anti-money laundering checks on clients including corporate clients​

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COOKIES

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This website uses cookies to better understand the users’ experience while visiting the website. Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

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Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer’s hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit

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EXTERNAL WEBSITE LINKS & THIRD PARTIES 

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Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the appropriate privacy policy applicable to the relevant website being used.

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DATA SECURITY 

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Your information may be stored in different places such as internal systems and our secure servers.  A Data Protection Policy is in place which outlines our obligations under data protection and how we comply with the requirements.

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Transmission via the internet is not entirely secure, although we do what we can to secure your data. Any information transmitted is at your own risk. Strict measures are in place to prevent unauthorised access.

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How we use your information

• We will only use your personal information if and to the extent that applicable law allows. We will therefore only process your personal information if we have one of the following legal basis to do so: It is necessary for the performance of a contract with your or the organisation you work for

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• It is necessary in connection with a legal obligation

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• You have given your consent (where necessary) to such use or the organisation you work for has obtained your consent (where necessary) to share your information with us

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• If we (or a third party) have a legitimate interest which is not overridden by your interests or your rights and freedoms. Such legitimate interests include the provision of legal services, running the firm’s business and marketing relevant services directly to you.

We will only process sensitive ‘special category’ personal information, for example race or disability, in compliance with one of the following conditions:

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• You have given your consent to processing

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• The processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity.

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We will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including for the purposes of complying with any legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements. Personal information processed in connection with our business acceptance processes and/or providing legal services will be retained in accordance with the firm’s retention and destruction policy and in line with the requirements set out by the Law Society of Scotland. If you wish to know more about the firm’s Retention and Destruction Policy or any of the firm’s different retention periods, please contact admin@csglegal.co.uk 

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If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the Data Protection Leader in writing by emailing admin@csglegal.co.uk  or by letter to:

Data Protection Office

CSG Legal Limited

10 South Clerk Street

Edinburgh

EH8 9JE
 

FURTHER INFORMATION

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If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact the Data Protection Leader as set out above.

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If you are dissatisfied with how we handle your query, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues at ico.org.uk/concerns or telephone 0303 123 1113.