Fisher Meredith is a law firm. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our websites. Please read the following policy to understand how your information will be treated. This policy may vary from time to time so please check it regularly. Any significant changes to this policy will be clearly indicated on our home page. This policy shall be interpreted in all respects in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

The information we collect

You are not required to provide any personal information on the public areas of this website. However, you may choose to do so by completing the application forms on various sections of our websites, including:

• Careers
• Publications
• Seminars
• Payment for Services

We may collect and use non-personally identifiable information that you provide for statistical and marketing purposes.

How we use this information

We will only use the information you provide to us on these sections of the website in order to process the relevant application form. Please see the privacy wording on the relevant form for a more detailed explanation of how your information will be used.

We use other organisations to perform functions on our behalf in relation to the purposes included in this Privacy Policy. Such functions include credit/debit card validation and authorisation, marketing and advertising, web-hosting and data analysis. Please note that in order to process your application form we may on occasion be required to share your information with Fisher Meredith branches and any third parties who provide services on our behalf. Any third party used by us may be provided with access to your personal information, but only where this information is relevant for them to perform their functions. We have taken steps to ensure that all such entities protect your data adequately. In relation to any other third parties we will only disclose your information where you have given your consent or where we are required to do so by law, or where it is necessary for the purpose of, or in connection with legal proceedings or in order to exercise or defend legal rights.

Data Usage and Accuracy

We may occasionally contact you by email or post about forthcoming events and to tell you about our products and promotions. We will endeavour to ensure that reasonable steps are taken to create accurate records of any personal information you have submitted through the website. However, we do not assume responsibility for confirming the ongoing accuracy of your personal information.

Should any of your personal details change, or should you no longer wish to receive communications from us, please email us at mail@fishermeredith.co.uk stating your exact name, email address and postal address.

If you advise us that your personal information is no longer accurate we will make corrections as far as is practical.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer’s hard disk or on a website server. Such cookies do not retrieve information about you stored on your hard drive and do not corrupt or damage your computer or computer files. You are not obliged to accept a cookie that we send to you, and you can in fact modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. For more information about cookies including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies please click here.

We use session cookies when you use the search engine. These are transient cookies which are deleted when you close your browser (i.e. we do not retain this data once you close your internet browser). We also use session cookies on the online seminar registration and online publication order forms so that if you wish to complete another form on this website you do not have to re-enter all your details. You have the option on these forms for the cookies to be saved when you close your internet browser so that your details are saved and you do not have to enter them again to register for another seminar or publication in the future.

We also use similar technology to verify your username and password when you access our payment section, as access to these sites is restricted to authorised users only and by entering your username and password on these sites you accept the use of such cookies.

IP addresses

When you visit our website our server will record your IP address together with the date, time and duration of your visit. An IP address is an assigned number, similar to a telephone number, which allows your computer to communicate over the Internet. It enables us to identify which organisations have visited this website. We use this information to compile statistical data on the use of our website to track how users navigate through our site in order to enable us to evaluate and improve our site.

Security

We take the privacy of our customers very seriously and we are committed to protecting the security of your data, both on and off line. We use up-to-date data storage and security techniques to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our employees and any third parties we engage to process your personal information are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your information.

For security reasons, we strongly recommend that you do not send credit or debit card numbers by standard email and only use the secure facility provided on our website.

Your rights

You have the right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small administration fee) and to have any inaccurate information about you corrected.

Contact information

If you have any questions in relation to this policy please contact us at:

Address: Attn: Managing Partner, Fisher Meredith, 405 Kennington Road, London SE11 4PT

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7091 2700

Fax: +44 (0)20 7091 2800

Email: mail@fishermeredith.co.uk

If you currently receive marketing information from us which you would prefer not to receive in the future please email us at mail@fishermeredith.co.uk.

All email messages sent to and from Fisher Meredith may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and to protect our business.