Privacy Policy
Data Protection
How we use your data
We will use the information that you give us to provide you with legal services, as per your instructions. We will keep your information confidential and will only use it for the purpose(s) for which it was provided or as is permitted in law (i.e. for dealing with complaints or regulatory investigations).
Your Rights
You have rights as a Data Subject under the General Data Protection Regulation as incorporated into the law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (and known as the UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Our Privacy Policy which is made available on our website www.brsports.co.uk contains important information on how and why we collect, process and store your personal data. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data.
Your rights include the right to be informed what information we hold about you which is known as a data subject access request (although obviously it is likely that you will have provided us with such information as we hold).
You also have the right of access and to request a copy of any information about you that we hold at any time. You also have a right of rectification and, in particular, to request that information is corrected if it is inaccurate.
There are also other rights available to you but these may be limited to a certain extent should you become a client as we may have overriding regulatory duties with respect to handling of your data for the purposes of providing services to you.
In particular, you may have a right of erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten). In certain circumstances, this allows you to request that we erase your personal data. This is not an absolute right however and, once you become a client of our firm, we will be required by our regulators and for legal purposes to retain some of your personal data and other information within case files (for retention periods, please see below).
If you are concerned about our handling of your personal data, there are also other rights available to you: a right to restrict processing; a right to data portability; a right to object and to request we stop processing your personal data; and a right in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
Importantly, you also have rights to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you feel that your data is not being handled properly.
For information on how your information is used, how we maintain the security of our information, and/or to exercise any of your data rights as explained above, please contact us. Similarly, if you wish to make a complaint in relation to our handling of your data, such as any potential data breach, then please contact us at the earliest opportunity.
Similarly, if you believe that the information, we hold is wrong or out of date, please let us know and we will update it.
How long will we hold your data?
We will only hold your information for as long as necessary to provide you with legal services and then for only so long as we are required either contractually or under our regulatory obligations. This will generally be six years after the end of your matter. For some cases, for instance where you or a named party are currently under the age of eighteen, we may decide that we are required and/or it is proper and appropriate to keep your data for longer than this period, but we will notify you if we believe that your case falls into this category.
After the designated retention time, we will confidentially destroy all information that we hold about you other than your name, address and date of birth which we will be obliged to continue to hold for the purposes of ensuring that we never act for another client where doing so would conflict with our obligations of confidentiality to you.
Email Communications
If you have the necessary facilities, we will sometimes use email for communication with you unless you tell us not to.
There are some specific points of which you should be aware:
Communications over the Internet are not completely secure. You will have to guide us as to what should or should not be sent over the Internet.
Viruses or other harmful devices may be spread over the Internet. We take reasonable precautions to prevent these problems by use of a firewall and virus checking software. If we are to communicate by email, it is on the basis that you will do likewise.
Termination
Termination by you
You may withdraw your instructions by giving written notice to us.
Should your matter not be carried through to completion then a charge will be made in respect of the work that has already been completed based upon the fee structure that has been agreed.
We will be entitled to keep all your papers and documents whilst there is money owing to us for our fees and expenses.
Termination by us
In some circumstances, we may consider that we ought to cease acting for you. We will only decline to act further for you where we have reasonable grounds to do so. Valid reason for our terminating our relationship with you and/or ceasing to provide services includes:
•Failure by you to settle invoices in full on the due date or to make payments in advance when so requested;
•Failure by you to give clear and proper instructions on how we are to proceed;
•If it is clear that you have lost confidence in how we are carrying out your instructions;
•If by continuing to act we would be in breach of the law or rules of professional conduct; and/or
•You or an associated individual become a designated person under the UK sanctions legislation or there is an increased sanctions risk that cannot be managed to an acceptable level.
This is not an exhaustive list. If we do cease to act for you then we will confirm in writing the reasons why and give you reasonable notice.
Third Party Rights
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 does not apply to the terms of our retainer with you or any subsequent amendment to it unless we expressly confirm in writing this it does apply.
Enforcement
In the event that any of these terms and conditions is held to be invalid, the remainder of the terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect.
Governing Law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England & Wales.
The Courts of England & Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any claim, dispute or difference concerning this agreement and any matter arising from it.
Future instruction
Unless otherwise agreed, and subject to the application of then current hourly rates, these Terms and Conditions of Business shall apply to any future instructions given by you to us. Although your continuing instructions in this matter will amount to an acceptance of these terms and conditions of business, it will be helpful if you will please sign and return one copy of them for us to retain on our file.
As this is an important document, please keep your copy in a safe place for future reference.
Cancellation of your instructions
Right to cancel
This Notice has been provided to you because you have entered into a contract to which the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 ('the Regulations') apply. Under the Regulations, you have the right to cancel this contract if you wish to do so within fourteen working days without giving any reason.
This Notice explains how to exercise this right. It also gives you other information that is required by the Regulations.
The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day of the conclusion of the contract – that is within 14 days of the date that you receive this notice.
In order to exercise your right to cancel the contract, you need to deliver or send to us a cancellation notice (that is, a written and clear statement that you wish to cancel the contract e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or email). The cancellation statement or notice should be sent to Basit Raza at info@brsports.co.uk.
However, please note that if any work is undertaken during the cancellation period and you then subsequently seek to cancel the contract, you will be liable to pay us an amount which is in proportion to what has been performed until the time that you have communicated us your cancellation from this contract, in comparison with the full coverage of the contract.
Effects of cancellation
If you cancel this contract within the relevant period, this will end both your and our obligations under the contract.