This notice explains how Advisa Solicitors collects, uses and shares personal data; what your legal rights are; and how to exercise those rights.
Advisa Solicitors takes responsibility for protecting your data seriously. Please read this notice carefully. If anything is unclear, or you have questions, contact us using the details below.
Who is the data controller?
Advisa Solicitors is responsible for your personal data and is the data controller. Our registered office is 4th Floor, 33 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PW. Our practice address is The Harley Building, 77 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XB.
In this document Advisa Solicitors may be referred to as “Advisa Solicitors”, “we”, “us”, or “our”.
What kinds of personal data do we process?
We collect personal data for various purposes. The types of personal data we may collect, either directly from you or from other sources, include:
- Identity and Contact Data, including your name, address, email address, telephone numbers, date of birth, passport or identity documents, nationality, immigration history and other details relevant to our services;
- Financial and Payment Data, including bank account details and other information needed to process payments and prevent fraud;
- Business Information, including information provided in the course of a client or contractual relationship with you or your organisation;
- Information relevant to our legal advice, including personal data relating to any immigration application, appeal, judicial review, investigation or other matter we are instructed on. This may include sensitive personal data;
- Profile and Usage Data, including marketing preferences and information about how you use our website;
- Technical Data, including IP address, browser type and version, device type, time zone and location data;
- Physical Access Data, relating to visits to our premises where relevant.
Why do we collect personal data?
We use personal data to fulfil contractual obligations between us and you. Where we need personal data to enter into or perform a contract, you will need to provide it or we may be unable to deliver the services you require. In those cases, processing is necessary for the performance of a contract.
We are also required by law to process personal data for purposes relating to our legal and regulatory obligations. We may process personal data where we have received consent, or where processing is within our legitimate interests — including enhancing security measures that protect the data we hold.
You may withdraw consent for consent-based processing at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing beforehand.
Website enquiries
Any data you submit using this website will be held by our firm as data controller and will be held securely. Enquiry data will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent and will only be used for responding to your query, unless we are required to retain or disclose it by law.
You have the right to be informed about what data we hold about you, along with other rights set out in data protection legislation. Further information is available at www.ico.org.uk.
Special category and criminal offence personal data
In the course of immigration and related work, we may need to collect and use sensitive personal information, such as information about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health, sexual life or orientation, or details of criminal offences.
Where special category or criminal offence data is processed, one or more lawful bases will apply, including where we have received explicit consent or where processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Who will we share personal data with?
To achieve the purposes for which we process your personal data, we may share it with certain third parties. We will make all reasonable efforts to ensure any third party we share data with is also compliant with data protection law.
Third parties may include our professional advisors, insurers, counsel, interpreters, experts, and organisations necessary to carry out your instructions (such as the Home Office, UKVCAS, courts or tribunals).
How long will we keep your personal data?
We will keep your personal data only for as long as required to achieve the purposes for which it was collected, in line with this notice and our regulatory obligations.
Your rights
You have rights in relation to your personal data, including rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and complaint. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns or by telephone on 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this notice
We may update this notice from time to time to reflect changes in how we process personal data or changing legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page.
Contact details
Advisa Solicitors, The Harley Building, 77 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XB. Email: enquiries@advisasolicitors.co.uk. Telephone: 0845 388 9623. For compliance queries you may also contact Lisa Reid at Lisa@advisasolicitors.co.uk.