How we look after your data.
In plain English. Short version: we hold what we need to advise you and to meet our regulatory obligations.
What we collect
For the consultation: your name, contact details, and the information you choose to give us about your situation. For active matters: identification documents, supporting documents required for the application, correspondence with the Home Office, and our internal file notes.
Why we collect it
To advise you, to act for you if you instruct us, to comply with our Anti-Money-Laundering obligations, and to meet the record-keeping requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
How long we keep it
Active matter files: seven years from the date of conclusion (SRA requirement). AML records: five years. Consultation-only files where you do not instruct us: two years.
Who else sees it
Anna, our paralegal, who is bound by the same duty of confidentiality. Counsel and translators we instruct on your behalf, where applicable, under appropriate non-disclosure terms. The Home Office and other parties, where you authorise us to act on your behalf. Otherwise no one.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR you have the right to access, correct, port, restrict or delete your personal data, subject to our overriding regulatory obligations. Make a request here.