Fahri LLP understands 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 all of our clients and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

1. What Are My Rights?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold.  The right to:

1. be informed about our collection and use of your personal data.
2. access the personal data we hold about you.
3. have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.
4. be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold.
5. restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
6. object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
7. withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.
8. to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.  We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first, using the details in Part 6.

2. What Personal Data Do You Collect and How?

We collect personal data about you in connection with our legal products and services in the following ways:

• When you make an enquiry or request a quote, whether by telephone or by email, when you instruct the firm and whilst dealing with your matter;
• We may collect persona information about you from other people when:
  • You are referred to us by an intermediary, such as an estate agent or financial advisor;
  • Your matter is transferred to us by another firm;
  • You are named as a joint party in a transaction, or as the joint owner of a property or business we are dealing with;
  • You are named as the buyer or seller of a property or business we are selling or buyer for a client;
• During meetings, telephone calls, correspondence, emails and through our website;
• Companies House which is available to the public;
• Through third parties, such as credit reference agencies, anti-money laundering checks; government and law enforcement agencies.

3. How Do You Use My Personal Data?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. The following describes how we will use your personal data, and our lawful bases for doing so:

• To administer you as a client of the firm;
• To communicate with you;
• To conduct Anti-Money Laundering and due diligence checks against you;
• To send you marketing information. You can unsubscribe from receiving these communications at any time by emailing info@fahrillp.com and confirming that you wish to be unsubscribed.

We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes and you will be able to opt-out at any time.

In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.

4. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?

We may store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein).

In these circumstances, we will ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:

We will only transfer your personal data to third countries whose levels of data protection are deemed ‘adequate’ by the European Commission.  More information is available from the European Commission.

Where we transfer your data to a third party based in the US, the data may be protected if they are part of the EU-US Privacy Shield. This requires that third party to provide data protection to standards similar levels of data protection to those in Europe. More information is available from the European Commission.

5. Do You Share My Personal Data?

We may share your personal data with:

• our service providers and third parties who provide services on our behalf;
• agents and administrators such as our regulators, auditors, dispute resolution bodies, fraud prevention and law enforcement agencies;
• External consultants or auditors who manage our Law Society Lexcel and Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditations.

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

If any of your personal data is shared with a third party, as described above, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the third party’s obligations under the law, as described above in Part 6.

If any personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation, as explained above in Part 6.

6. How Do I Contact You?

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details:

Email address: info@fahrillp.com.

Telephone number: 020 3813 8450

Postal Address: 1268a High Road, London N20 9HH.

7. Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be made available on our website www.fahrillp.com. This Privacy Notice was last updated on 10 March 2019.