PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE

Who we are and What do we offer?

This website can be located at www.barristersdirectory.co.uk/

 

The website is privately owned by a barrister at Trident Chambers.

 

The links from this website are intended to help people find suitable barristers. We are not respponsible for the content of external pages that are linked and cannot guarantee up time or accuracy. We do not accept responsibility or liability for any inaccuracies, lack of up time, or failures of this or an other website. You should always obtain independent legal advice from regulated lawyers who carry appropriate indemnity insurance. Some websites can be scams so be careful when choosing a lawyer.

By using this site you agree that we do not owe you any duty or liability. Any damages claim is limited to £1 (one pound) sterling including costs for any claim. All disputes and claims are limited to the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

ADVERTISING WITH US

If you would like to advertise with us get in touch. Ads must be relevant to the Bar of England and Wales. At this time we do not make any charge for barristers and chambers who wish to advertise with us but we reserve our position to make charges in the future. Obviously, if we introduce fees we will ask whether you wish to subscribe and take down any ad where we do not have agreement or there is no reply.

We reserve the right to approve any ad before publication and to take any ad down, without notice and without explanation, wholly at our discretion. Ads must be respectful and in compliance with the law and regulations of England and Wales.

Anyone advertising on this website is wholly responsible for any liabilities that may arise from their ad and any websites or links that they publish. There is no guarantee of a minimum uptime of this website or that your ads will be placed on this website. Links may not always remain viable or accurate. We cannot vouch for any website being virus, malware or trojan free. You must take steps to protect your own computer systems from same.

At this time (but this is subject to change, without notice), we make no charge for ads that appear here. We do obtain a small income stream from adverts placed by Google and the like. We reserve the right to refuse to publish ads, without explanation.

We link other directories in good faith, so that web users can look at other directories and our competitors to find the right fit.

We will take down any ad or link on request from the owner of the relevant site, on request.

Below we set out our privacy, data and cookie policies.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We might collect (or Google might collect) personal data, such as name, email address, personal account preferences, browsing habits; transactional data, such as purchase information; and technical data, such as information about cookies.

Google and we may collect data to understand the needs of clients and their browsing habits. See Google’s terms of service.

 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

 

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use google analytics, and our web hosting analytics.

Who we share your data with

We share data with third parties for advertising placement. Google provides its own data policy. We also share with our web hosting company, as they provide tools to do analytics. Our barrister team also has access to the data.

 

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

 

What rights you have over your data

This website is governed by the Law of England, in the United Kingdom. It is therefore covered by the legislation that jurisdiction. You may have copies of your personal data on request. A small fee may be applicable.

 

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

 

Where we send your data

European data protection law requires data about European residents which is transferred outside the European Union to be safeguarded to the same standards as if the data was in Europe. Our data is kept in the UK, Europe or the USA under Privacy Shield and similar agreements.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Data Protection Officer is the Head of Chambers at Trident Chambers. Email us at directory@barristersdirectory.co.uk

 

Additional information

This website is provided as is and we do not vouch for any accuracy or quality of service provided by those who advertise here. We accept no responsibility for loss or harm caused by using our site or by clicking on other webpages through our web site.

 

How we protect your data

We protect your data by having it on databases that are held securely by our internet host providers.

What data breach procedures we have in place

Our reporting systems inform the data officer and the data officer then will take control of any data issues arising.

 

What third parties we receive data from

On occasions third party advertisers may send us data.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We do automated search, when you insert a query

 

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

We are required from time to time to send data to our regulator the Bar Standards Board.

 

Jurisdiction

All legal or other disputes are reserved to the jurisdiction of the courts and legal processes of England and Wales. Barristers are regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Barristers’ trade body is the Bar Council.

Policy and Terms in force from 30/6/20

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