LEXeFISCAL LLP - Privacy Policy

 

We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how and why we collect, store, use and share your personal data. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.

When we use your personal data we are regulated under Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which applies across the European Union and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal data for the purposes of the GDPR. Our use of your personal data is subject to your instructions, Data Protection Act 2018, the GDPR, other relevant UK and EU legislation and our professional duty of confidentiality.

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KEY TERMS

It would be helpful to start by explaining some key terms used in this policy:

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We, us, our:

LexeFiscal LLP and our associated companies

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Personal data:

Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. 

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Special category personal data: 

Personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership. Genetic and biometric data. Data concerning health, sex life or sexual orientation.

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PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

The table below sets out the personal data we will or may collect in the course of advising and/or acting for you.

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Personal data we will collect: 

Your name, address and telephone number Information to enable us to check and verify your identity, e.g. your date of birth or passport details

Electronic contact details, e.g. your email address and mobile phone number Information relating to the matter in which you are seeking our advice or representation Information to enable us to undertake a credit or other financial checks on you.

Your financial details so far as relevant to your instructions, e.g. the source of your funds if you are instructing on tax matter.

 

Personal data we may collect depending on why you have instructed us

Your National Insurance and tax details. Your bank and/or building society details. Details of your professional online presence, e.g. LinkedIn profile. Details of your spouse/partner and dependents or other family members, e.g. if you instruct us on a trust matter or a will. Your employment status and details including salary and benefits, e.g. if you instruct us on matter related to your employment or in which your employment status or income is relevant. Details of your pension arrangements, e.g. if you instruct us on a tax, trust matter or in relation to financial arrangements. Your employment records including, where relevant, records relating to sickness and attendance, performance, disciplinary, conduct and grievances (including relevant special category personal data), e.g. if you instruct one of our consultants on a matter related to your employment or in which your employment records are relevant. Your racial or ethnic origin, gender and sexual orientation, religious or similar beliefs, e.g. if you instruct one of our consultants on discrimination claim. Your trade union membership, e.g. if you instruct one of our consultants on a discrimination claim or your matter is funded by a trade union. Personal identifying information, such as your hair or eye colour or your parents’ names, e.g. if you instruct us to incorporate a company for you. 

 

This personal data is required to enable us to provide our service to you. If you do not provide personal data we ask for, it may delay or prevent us from providing services to you.

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HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED​

We collect most of this information directly from you, however, we may also collect information:

• from publicly accessible sources, g. Companies House or HM Land Registry;

• directly from a third party, g.: (sanctions screening providers; credit reference agencies; client due diligence providers;)

• from a third party with your consent, e.g.: (your bank or building society, another financial institution or advisor; consultants and other professionals we may engage in relation to your matter; your employer and/or trade union, professional body or pension administrators; your doctors, medical and occupational) health professionals;

• via our website—we use cookies on our website.

• via our information technology (IT) systems, g.: (case management, document management and time recording systems; o automated monitoring of our websites and other technical systems, such as our computer networks and connections, CCTV and access control systems, communications systems, email and instant messaging systems).

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HOW AND WHY WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Under data protection law, we can only use your personal data if we have a proper reason for doing so, e.g.:

• to comply with any legal and regulatory obligations;

• for the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract;

• for our legitimate interests or those of a third party;

• where you have given

A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.

The table below explains what we use (process) your personal data for and our reasons for doing so:

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What we use your personal data for:                                                                                                                              

To provide services to you.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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Conducting checks to identify our clients

and verify their identity.

Screening for financial and other sanctions

or embargoes.

Other processing necessary to comply with

professional, legal and regulatory

obligations that apply to our business, e.g.

under health and safety regulation or rules

issued by any professional regulator.

 

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Gathering and providing information

required by or relating to audits, enquiries

or investigations by regulatory bodies.

 

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Ensuring business policies are adhered to,

e.g. policies covering security and internet

use.

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Operational reasons, such as improving

efficiency, training and quality control.

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Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially

sensitive information.

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Statistical analysis to help us manage our practice,

e.g. in relation to our client base, work type or other

efficiency measures.

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Preventing unauthorised access and

modifications to systems.

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Updating client records.

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Statutory returns.

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Ensuring safe working practices, staff

administration and assessments.

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Marketing our services and those of

selected third parties to:

• existing and former clients;

• third parties who have previously

expressed an interest in our services;

• third parties with whom we have had no

previous dealings.

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External audits and quality checks, e.g. for

the audit of our accounts.

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The above table does not apply to special category personal data, which we will only process with your explicit consent.

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PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

We may use your personal data to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone or post) about legal developments that might be of interest to you and/or information about our services, including exclusive offers, promotions or new services.

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data for promotional purposes (see above ‘How and why we use your personal data’). This means we do not usually need your consent to send

you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.

We will always treat your personal data with the utmost respect and never share it with other organisations for marketing purposes.

You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by:

• contacting us by emailing marianna.penna@lexefiscal.com

• using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in

We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you instruct us to provide further services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.

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WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH

We routinely share personal data with:

• professional advisers who we instruct on your behalf or refer you to, g. barristers, medical professionals, accountants, or other experts;

• other third parties where necessary to carry out your instructions, e.g. HM Land Registry or Companies House;

• courts, tax tribunals and HMRC;

• credit reference agencies;

• our insurers and brokers;

• our IT providers;

• external auditors, e.g. the audit of our accounts; and

• our bank.

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We only allow our service providers to handle your personal data if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal data. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to ensure they can only use your personal data to provide services to us and to you.

We may disclose and exchange information with law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies to comply with any legal and regulatory obligations.

We may also need to share some personal data with other parties, such as potential buyers of some or all of our business or during a re-structuring. Usually, information will be anonymised but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations.

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WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS HELD

Information may be held at our offices and those of our third party agencies, service providers, representatives and agents as described above (see ‘Who we share your personal data with’).

Some of these third parties may be based outside the European Economic Area. For more information, including on how we safeguard your personal data when this occurs, see below: ‘Transferring your personal data out of the EEA’.

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HOW LONG YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE KEPT

We will keep your personal data after we have finished advising or acting for you. We will do so for one of these reasons:

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• to respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;

• to show that we treated you fairly;

• to keep records required by law.

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We will not retain your data for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of data.

When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal data, we will delete it.

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TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL DATA OUT OF THE EEA

To deliver services to you, it is sometimes necessary for us to share your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), e.g.:

· with your and our service providers located outside the EEA;

· if you are based outside the EEA;

· where there is an international dimension to the matter in which we are advising.These transfers are subject to special rules under European and UK data protection law.

These non-EEA countries do not have the same data protection laws as the United Kingdom and EEA. We will, however, ensure the transfer complies with data protection law and all personal data will be secure.

If you would like further information please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).

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YOUR RIGHTS

You have the following rights, which you can exercise free of charge:

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Access

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Rectification

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To be forgotten

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Restriction of processing

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Data portability

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To object

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Not to be subject to automated

individual decision-making

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For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, please contact us or see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals’ rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:

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• email, call or write to us. See below: ‘How to contact us’; and

• let us have enough information to identify you (e.g. your full name, address and client or matter reference number);

• let us have proof of your identity and address (a copy of your driving licence or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill); and

• let us know what right you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.

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KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURE

We have appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed unlawfully. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to access it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

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HOW TO COMPLAIN

We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you may raise about our use of your information.

The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/concerns or telephone: 0303 123 1113.

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CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy was published on 21st May 2018. We may change this privacy policy from time to time.

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HOW TO CONTACT US

Please contact us and/or by post, email or telephone if you have any questions about this privacy policy or the information, we hold about you.

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LEXeFISCAL LLP 

April 2021

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LEXeFISCAL LLP, 23 Berkeley Square, Mayfair London, W1J 6HE.

Telephone: +44(0)2071291180. E-mail: info@lexefiscal.com.   Website: www.lexefiscal.com.  ​

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