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This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) – together with any other privacy information we may provide on specific occasions – applies to the processing of personal data by Keller Postman in the course of providing legal services and carrying out its business operations. The Notice sets out the types of personal data Keller Postman collects, explains how Keller Postman collects and processes that data, who it shares it with and certain rights and options that you have in this respect.
We recognise that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, and so we will from time to time update this Privacy Notice as we undertake new personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies.
When we refer to “Keller Postman” or “we” in this Notice we mean Keller Postman UK Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales with registered number 11937792 and registered address at 81 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1DD. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under registration number ZA653311.
We collect and process personal data for following categories of data subjects:
All of the information you provide during the application process will only be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfil legal or regulatory requirements if necessary.
We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes or store any of your information outside of the United Kingdom or the European Union unless we have appropriate contractual clauses with the entity with whom we share such information. We verify that any data transfer outside of EEA is subject to UK adequacy requirements, Standard Contractual Clauses or other transfer tools which comply with data protection legislation. The information you provide will be held securely by us whether the information is in electronic or physical format.
We will use the contact details you provide to us to contact you to progress your application. We will use the other information you provide to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for.
We do not collect more information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.
At the application stage, we ask you for
You may also be asked to provide equal opportunities information. This is not mandatory information – if you don’t provide it, it will not affect your application. This information will not be made available to any staff outside of our recruitment and HR team in a way which can identify you. Any information you do provide, will be used only to produce and monitor equal opportunities statistics.
Our hiring managers shortlist applications for interview. They will not be provided with your equal opportunities information if you have provided it.
We might ask you to attend an interview or take a written test. Information will be generated by you and by us. For example, you might complete a written test or we might take interview notes. This information is held by us.
At this stage we will ask you to provide contact details of previous employers/colleagues, their details and their answers and/ or opinions will be retained by us. We will also conduct an ID verification and check your right to work in the UK if appropriate.
If you are unsuccessful at any stage of the process, the information you have provided until that point will be retained for 12 months from the first receipt. Information generated throughout the assessment process, for example interview notes, is retained by us for12 months following the closure of the campaign.
If you are successful in your application, we will retain your information in accordance with our Privacy Notice for Employees, Workers and Contractors. A copy of this Notice will be provided to you with your offer letter.
If you are a client or potential client, we will collect personal information about you in the course of our services, including the provision of legal advice and representation of our clients in legal matters.
We may collect the following information about you:
We may also receive personal information from third parties including lead generators, other law firms or business contacts. Any such information provided to us is used solely for providing our services and is handled strictly as per our data protection procedures.
Only information that is relevant to the case is collected. As a counterparty or litigant, information about you may be provided to us by our clients or other third parties because you are the subject of, or otherwise included in, legal advice or representation we have been asked to provide to such clients.
We use this data for following purposes:
If you are a supplier, service provider, advisor, or consultant, we may process following data about you:
We use this information to enter into and fulfil a contract with you, to administer and manage our relationship with you including accounting, payment processing activities
When you visit our website, we use third-party services to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to various parts of the website. The information is only processed in a way which does not identify any individual.
When you complete a contact form on our website or use the email for enquiries, we will use the information provided by you only for the purpose of providing you with an appropriate response.
Visitors to our office premises – we may retain information about your visit as will reception staff whether employed by us or otherwise. We work across a variety of buildings and our landlords may record CCTV images as well as physical access logs. These details may be shared with us from time to time.
We hold name and contact details of individuals who have expressed interest in hearing from us about our services or have engaged with us for supply of our services in the past. All direct marketing activities to such individuals shall comply with relevant privacy and regulatory requirements.
You may give us your personal data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
We may also receive your information indirectly from third party partners.
We may share your personal data in following circumstances:
We do not use automated decision-making in relation to your personal data.
To help protect the privacy of data and personally identifiable information you provide to us, we maintain physical, technical and organisational controls. We update and test our security technology and controls on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personal data to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to you. In addition, we train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information. We commit to taking appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce our employees’ privacy responsibilities.
We are certified to IASME governance standard which demonstrates our commitment to security and privacy of your personal information.
Your personal data is stored by Keller Postman on the servers of the cloud-based services and IT service providers we engage, as well as in physical forms in our office and at backup and archive facilities.
We will continue to keep your personal data for as long as this is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collect and use it, as these are explained in this Notice, including for complying with our legal and regulatory obligations (for example auditing, reporting and accounting requirements), for the provision of legal services and for the establishment or defence of legal claims.
Where data is stored on basis of consent, we provide such information at the time consent is taken.
For more information on where and how long your personal data is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact us at DPO@kellerpostman.co.uk.
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer for you to contact if you have any questions or concerns about our personal data policies or practices. If you are concerned about an alleged breach of privacy law or any other regulation by us, please contact our Data Protection Officer at DPO@kellerpostman.co.uk who will ensure that your complaint is investigated.
You have the right to ask if Keller Postman is processing your personal data, and to have access to the personal data we may have about you.
Where we have asked for your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time. If you ask to withdraw your consent, this will not affect any processing which has already taken place.
You also have a right to request correction of inaccurate information, deletion of information in certain circumstances, and to instruct us to stop processing your information. We are obliged to honour such requests as per the regulatory requirements unless we are unable to do so for legal reasons. If you’d like more information or would like to make such a request, please contact our DPO as stated above.
If you are not satisfied with our handling of your queries or complaints on data protection, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (UK data protection authority) on 0303 123 1113 or at (https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/)
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