Privacy Policy
This policy relates to the website with the domain name
'http://www.echarris.com' (the "Website") belonging to EC Harris
LLP ("EC Harris") and its affiliated companies and
organisations.
1 EC Harris LLP ("We" or "Us") are committed to
protecting and respecting your privacy.
2 This policy (together with our terms and
conditions of use [insert as link to terms and conditions] (the
"Terms") and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the
basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you
provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following
carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your
personal data and how we will treat it.
3 For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998
(the "Act"), the data controller is EC Harris LLP, of ECHQ, 34 York
Way, London N1 9AB.
4 We may collect and process the data about you
including information that you provide by filling in any forms on
the Website. This includes (without limitation) information
provided at the time of registering to use the Website; subscribing
to any service on the Website; posting material or enquires
requesting further services, enquires relating to employment
vacancies; details of your visits to the Website and the resources
that you access. We may also ask you for information when you
report a problem with the Website.
5 If you contact us, we may keep a record of that
correspondence.
6 We may also ask you to complete surveys that we
use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to
them.
7 The data that we collect from you may be
transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European
Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating
outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. By
submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing
or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to
ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with
this privacy policy.
8 Where we have given you (or where you have chosen)
a password which enables you to access certain parts of the
Website, you are responsible for keeping this password
confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
9 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via
the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best
to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of
your data transmitted to the Website; any transmission is at your
own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use
strict procedures and security features to try to prevent
unauthorised access.
10 We use information held about you to ensure that
content from the Website is presented in the most effective manner
for you and for your computer, and to allow you to participate in
interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
11 We may disclose your personal information to:
11.1 any member of our group, including our
subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act
1985;
11.2 third parties in the event that we buy the
whole (or any part) of any business or assets, in which case we may
disclose your personal data to the prospective seller of such
business or assets; or in the event that the business or assets of
EC Harris LLP (or any part it) is acquired by a third party, in
which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one
of the transferred assets;
11.3 if we are under a duty to disclose or share
your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or
in order to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of the
Website and other agreements.
12 The Website may, from time to time, contain links
to and from the websites third parties. If you follow a link
to any of these websites, these websites have their own privacy
policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for
these policies. Please check these policies before you submit
any personal data to these websites.
13 The Act gives you the right to access information
held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance
with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to
meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we
hold about you.
14 Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in
the future will be posted on the Website.
15 Questions, comments and requests regarding this
privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to:
EC Harris
ECHQ
34 York Way
London
N1 9AB
United Kingdom
t +44 (0)20 7812 2000