Website Privacy Policy
Aamer Anwar & Co is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. We comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) and the local laws applicable in the various countries in which we operate. In this notice, we will tell you in detail how we use and share your personal information and explain your rights regarding how we use your personal information.
Who is Aamer Anwar & Co?
Aamer Anwar & Co is a law firm with headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland and with influence all over the world. Aamer Anwar & Co controls the processing of any personal data that you provide to us. You can also contact our Data Protection Officer if you have an enquiry or question.
What Personal Data do we collect?
The GDPR defines “personal data” as any information that relates to you and that identifies you. This can be either directly from this information or indirectly, by reference to other information that we have access to. The personal data that we collect, and how we collect it, depends upon how you interact with us. Categories of personal data that we collect include:
- Contact information such as name, email address and telephone number
- Biographical information such as job title, employer, photograph and video or audio content including you
- Billing and financial information (billing address, bank account and payment information)
- Services information (details of services that we have purchased from you)
- Special categories of data such as race and ethnicity, trade union membership, information about health or information, political opinions or religious beliefs
- Information relating to children or regarding criminal matters
Marketing, communication preferences and related information
Personal data we collect from you
We collect personal data directly from you:
- When a client contacts Aamer & Anwar & Co for information about our legal services, it is important for us to ask for information that we need in order to provide those services. This information includes, but is not limited to contact details, billing information, and information necessary to conduct checks and data relevant to the services provided by Aamer Anwar & Co. Information provided by a client (or prospective client) will often include personal data that relates to a person(s) whose information is relevant for instruction; for example, a friend, partner, or family member may call our offices asking to intervene on behalf of another individual who has gotten in trouble with the police or represents a client in a legal dispute.
- Occasionally Aamer Anwar & Co will have employment opportunities. Candidates applying for a job with our firm will need to supply personal data and other information relevant to their application.
- Our office is equipped with security cameras. If you visit our office, we may collect information that we need to identify you and complete the necessary security checks. Your image may be collected by CCTV.
If you provide information to us about another person, you must ensure that you comply with any legal obligations that may apply to your provision of the information to us, and to allow us, where necessary, to share that information with other relevant parties; for example, if a friend or family member has been arrested, it may be necessary for us to contact Law Enforcement Agencies to secure their release or obtain additional information.
Information we collect from third parties
Most of the personal data that we collect about you will be information that you provide to us voluntarily. In some circumstances we may also receive information from:
- Other firms of solicitors
- Our clients, especially when we handle personal data on their behalf
- Regulatory bodies like Scottish Legal Aid Board and Social Work departments
- Credit reference agencies
- Other companies providing services to us
- We may disclose personal data relating to our clients, their employees and agents to other legal specialists including advocates, QCs, mediators, arbitrators, consultants or experts engaged in a matter. We may also disclose personal data to third party law firms for the purpose of obtaining legal advice.
- We may share personal data with our suppliers and service providers including event organisers and partners and document production and management services.
- We may share personal information when necessary with law enforcement and regulatory authorities
- We may also share your personal data when you have consented to us doing so.
- Where the transfer is to a country or other territory which has been assessed by the European Commission (or an equivalent UK body) as ensuring an adequate level of protection for personal data
- With your consent or
- On the basis that the transfer is compliant with the GDPR and other applicable laws.
- You can require us, to update or correct any inaccurate personal data, or to complete any incomplete personal data, concerning you. If you do, we will take reasonable steps to check the accuracy of, and correct the information. Please let us know if any of your information changes so that we can keep it accurate and up to date;
- You can require us to stop processing your information for direct marketing purposes; if you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you; and
- You have the right to object to our use of your personal data more generally.
- Be provided with a copy of any personal data that we hold about you, with certain related information. There are exceptions to this right; for example where information is legally privileged or if providing you with the information would reveal personal data about another person
- To require us, without undue delay, to delete your personal data
- To “restrict” our use of your information, so that it can only continue subject to restrictions; and
- To require personal data which you have provided to us and which are processed by using automated means, based on your consent or the performance of a contract with you, to be provided to you in a machine-readable format so that they can be “ported” to a replacement service provider.
The Crown Office & other Offices of the Public Prosecutor
Some of these third party sources may include publically available sources of information. We will also receive information about you from Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) whose servers are in the United States of America. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse how users use our site (www.aameranwar.co.uk).
Data we collect automatically
When you visit our website (aameranwar.co.uk), the website will automatically collect, store and use technical information about your equipment and interactions.
How we use your personal data
We will only use your personal data fairly and where we have a lawful reason to do so. We are allowed to use your personal data if we have your consent or another legally permitted reason applies. These include fulfilling a contract with you, when we have a legal duty to comply with, or when it is in our legitimate business interest to use your personal data. We can only rely on our legitimate business interest if it is fair and reasonable to do so. Our use of your personal data depends on how and where you interact with us. We will only process special category data where the processing is necessary for the purposes of providing our client with advice regarding obligations or an individual with advice regarding their rights in the field of employment or social security; or where it is necessary to do so in order to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
The following table provides guidance as to how we use personal data and on what legal basis:
1. Uses of personal data
Purposes that we have identified at the point of collection.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
Where we have your consent.
2. Uses of personal data
Sharing personal data in connection with normal business operations.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
To comply with legal obligations and to facilitate transactions.
3. Uses of personal data
To maintain security and manage access to our offices, systems, and to our website.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
To comply with legal obligations, and because we have a legitimate interest in maintaining the security of our buildings, websites, and networks.
4. Uses of personal data
To provide legal advice and related relevant services, to manage and administer our business relationships, including to communicate with our clients, their employees and representatives, to manage billing and payments and to keep records.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
To fulfil our contract with our client(s) and to comply with legal and regulatory obligations including legal aid, accounting, tax and data privacy.
5. Uses of personal data
To collect insights into how you interact with our services so that we can personalise our communications with you and improve our websites and services.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
Where we have your consent or where it is necessary so that we can deliver our websites and online services effectively.
6. Uses of personal data
To conduct client due diligence and conflict checks when on-boarding a new client.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations including compliance with anti-money laundering legislation, fraud and crime prevention.
Uses of personal data
Purposes that we have identified at the point of collection.
Sharing personal data in connection with normal business operations.
To maintain security and manage access to our offices, systems, and to our website.
To provide legal advice and related relevant services, to manage and administer our business relationships, including to communicate with our clients, their employees and representatives, to manage billing and payments and to keep records.
To collect insights into how you interact with our services so that we can personalise our communications with you and improve our websites and services.
To conduct client due diligence and conflict checks when on-boarding a new client.
Our lawful basis for the use of your personal data
Where we have your consent.
To comply with legal obligations and to facilitate transactions.
To comply with legal obligations, and because we have a legitimate interest in maintaining the security of our buildings, websites, and networks.
To fulfil our contract with our client(s) and to comply with legal and regulatory obligations including legal aid, accounting, tax and data privacy.
Where we have your consent or where it is necessary so that we can deliver our websites and online services effectively.
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations including compliance with anti-money laundering legislation, fraud and crime prevention.
Please contact our data protection officer if you have any questions about how we collect and use your personal data.
Sharing and transferring your data
We treat your personal data with respect and do not share it with third parties except as described below.
We will only transfer your personal data outside of the European region under the following circumstances:
Please contact our data protection officer if you have any questions about how we share or transfer your personal data.
How we protect your personal data
We protect your personal data and implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect it against any unauthorised or unlawful processing and against any accidental loss, destruction, or damage. Please contact the data protection officer if you have any questions about how we protect your personal data.
Keeping your personal data
We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which we collected it. We will not keep your personal data longer than necessary to comply with any legal, regulatory, or reporting obligations or to assert or defend against legal claims.
Your rights regarding your personal data
You have certain rights regarding how we use and keep your personal data. These are:
You may also have the right, in certain circumstances to:
You can exercise the above rights, where applicable by contacting our data protection officer. We will require you to provide satisfactory proof of your identity in order to ensure that your rights are respected and protected. This is to ensure that your personal data is disclosed only to you.
