Privacy

Introduction
1. Meikles takes your privacy very seriously. We ask that you read this Privacy policy carefully as it contains important information about what to expect when Meikles collects personal information about you and how Meikles will use your personal data.
2. Meikles is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC387970, registered office 2 Clyde Terrace, Spennymoor County Durham DL16 7SE and is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) – SRA number 620405
3. This policy applies to information we collect about:
  1. visitors to our website
  2. people who do business with us or register for our service
The information we collect about you
When you do business with us we collect the following personal information from you:
1. name
2. postal address, email address and telephone number
3. Occasionally we may receive information about you from other sources which we will add to the information which we already hold about you in order to help us provide legal services
How we will use the information about you
1. We gather this information to allow us to provide the services requested. The relevant information is then used by us to communicate with you on any matter relating to the conduct of your instructions in general.
2. We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us to develop our website and our services. We may also provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify you.
How we protect your information
1. We have in place security procedures and technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal information
2. We will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information. However, you should be aware that the use of the Internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet.
Access to your information and updating and correcting your information
1. You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please contact us at the address or telephone number shown under the contact us page. We may make a small charge for this service.
2. We want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. If any of the information that you have provided to Meikles changes, for example if you change your email address or name, please let us know. You may ask us, or we may ask you, to correct information you or we think is inaccurate, and you may also ask us to remove information which is inaccurate.
Your consent
1. By submitting your personal information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy.
Changes to Privacy policy
1. We keep our Privacy policy under regular review. If we change our Privacy policy we will post the changes on this page so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times.
How to contact Meikles
1. We welcome your views about our website and our Privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please go to the contact us section.
Links to other websites
1. Our website contains links to other websites. This Privacy policy applies only to this website so when you access links to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.