Amanah Solicitors Privacy Policy

Our contact details
Name: Amanah Solicitors
Address: Tower Bridge Business Centre
46-48 East Smithfield London E1W 1AW
Phone Number: 020 3468 0200
Email: info@amanahsolicitors.co.uk
Website: www.amanahsolicitors.co.uk

The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
• Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details).
• Financial and tax related information (for example, payslips and tax returns).
• Identity related information (for example, passports and driving licences)

How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
• In order to enable us to advise and represent you for your legal matters.
• In order to prepare and submit applications and tax returns to the courts, government agencies and other third party organisations on your behalf.
We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:
• From the Home Office in connection with immigration applications.
• From HMRC and the courts and tribunals.
• From other third party organisations such as credit reference agencies if we need to obtain specific information related to you. Sometimes we obtain such information as part of our regulatory and/or legal obligations and/or to provide legal services to you.

We use the information that you have given us in order to perform our role as solicitors regulated by the SRA. We are legally required to preserve our files for six years after the matter completion. We may share this information with third party organisations as part of our regulatory and/or legal obligations and/or to provide legal services.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Under the GDPR, the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us at the contact details shown above.
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
(c) We have a legal obligation.
(d) We have a legitimate interest.

How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored. We keep your personal information for six years. We will then dispose of your information by deleting your personal data.

Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
• Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
• Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at address shown above if you wish to make a request

How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at the address shown below.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk