Privacy Policy

Our website address is: https://www.som.legal/

Our values on user privacy and data protection:

• We believe user privacy and data protection are fundamental human rights.
• We have a duty of care to our clients, suppliers, staff, and stakeholders in relation to their personal data.
• Data is a liability and should only be collected and processed when absolutely necessary.
• We will never sell, rent, distribute, or make your personal information public.

How We Collect Personal Information

We only collect personal data that you provide to us. This may occur through contact forms, comments, media uploads, cookies, and third-party tools. The data collected may include your name, business address, telephone number, website address, and email.

Inbound Law Firm Marketing Ltd is designed for use by UK and EU residents only. We comply with the following national and EU legislation regarding data protection and user privacy:

• Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)
• Data Protection Bill 2017 (DPB)
• EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)

You have the right to provide and withdraw consent for the processing of your personal data. Contact details for withdrawing consent can be found below.

How We Use Personal Data

We use your personal data to enhance our services, contact you about our offerings, gather analytics, and prevent fraud and spam attacks. The specific uses of your data are outlined in more detail below.

How We Protect Personal Data

We implement technical, administrative, and physical measures to protect your data from cyber-attacks and other threats. We comply with all legal requirements for data protection and retain your personal data while you maintain a relationship with us. Details of data retention are provided below. All data breaches will be reported to the relevant persons or authorities within 72 hours.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your personal data with third-party or affiliate businesses unless explicitly requested. We do, however, use third-party tools that may access some aspects of your data, as outlined below.

Cookies

• Embedded Content from Other Websites: Articles on our site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves the same as if the visitor had visited the other website, which may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content.
• Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track user interactions. This helps us understand how users find and navigate our site, without identifying individuals. Google Analytics uses cookies, which can be disabled via your browser. For more information, see Google’s cookie details here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.‍
• User Experience: We use third-party tools to track user behaviour and i prove the user experience on our website. These tools do not use or share personal information.

Who We Share Your Data With

Other than the third-party tools mentioned above, we do not share your personal data with any third party or affiliate businesses. Your data is only used in relation to the services you request.

The Legal Bases for Processing Your Data

We process your data under UK GDPR Article 6 in the following circumstances:

1. Consent – If you give us consent to process your data we are within our rights to do so
2. Contract – If we process your data to fulfil the obligations of a contract between two or more parties
3. Legal obligation – We may be legally obligated to process your data for compliance with regulations
4. Vital interests – In order to protect a person’s life, health or security
5. Public task – The performance of a public task
6. Legitimate interests – If processing your data furthers legitimate business, including improving a product or service

For more information visit the ICO website: https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/lawful-basis-for-processing-1-0.pdf

How Long We Retain Your Data

• If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
• For users who register on our site, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, though usernames cannot be changed.
• Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we delete any personal data we hold, except data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Breaches

In compliance with UK GDPR regulations, we will inform you of any data breach that may compromise your personal information. We will notify relevant authorities and individuals within 72 hours of any breach.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or market to children under 18. By using our services, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old or have the consent of a parent or guardian. If we become aware of data collected from a child under 18, we will deactivate the account and remove the data.

Our Contact Information

If you have concerns or would like to exercise your rights regarding personal data, you can contact us at:

Inbound Law Firm Marketing Ltd, trading as Solicitors Online Marketing (SOM).
Ideas House,
Station Estate, Eastwood Close,
London, E18 1BY
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Tel: 0203 411 2680
Email: solicitorsonlinemarketing@gmail.com