Gatehouse Chambers respects your privacy and seeks to protect your personal data. The following information describes how we gather and use data. The amount of information Gatehouse Chambers holds on you and how it uses it depends on your relationship with Gatehouse Chambers and on what service you use, so some of the sections below may not be relevant to you.
Every barrister who is a member of Gatehouse Chambers is a signatory to Gatehouse Chambers’ Constitution. By that Constitution every barrister at Gatehouse Chambers adopts this policy. As such any reference to a barrister in this policy applies to any barrister member of Gatehouse Chambers whether they are a full member, consultant member or pupil.
- Gatehouse Chambers – Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) sets out how Gatehouse Chambers (and any members of Gatehouse Chambers) processes your personal data in connection with our website at Gatehouse Chambers | formerly Hardwicke (gatehouselaw.co.uk) (“Site”) and the services we offer, including through our Site (“Services”).
We will update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect any changes or proposed changes to our use of your personal data, or to comply with changes in applicable law or regulatory requirements. We may notify you by email of any significant changes to this Privacy Notice, but we encourage you to review this Privacy Notice periodically to keep up to date on how we use your personal data. If we update this Privacy Notice, we will update the effective date at the top of the page.
Your access to and use of our Site, including your account page and any secure area, is subject at all times to our Website Terms of Use.
- Purpose of this privacy notice
This Privacy Notice explains our approach to any personal data that we might collect from you or which we have obtained about you from a third party, and the purposes for which we process your personal data. This Privacy Notice also sets out your rights in respect of our processing of your personal data.
When we talk about “personal data”, we mean any information which relates to an identified or identifiable living individual. Individuals might be identified by reference to a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (such as an IP address) or to other factors that are specific to them, such as their physical appearance.
This Privacy Notice is intended to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Site and our Services. Please take a moment to read and understand it. It should be read in conjunction with our Website Terms of Use and our Cookie Policy.
This Privacy Notice only applies to the use of your personal data obtained by us, whether from you directly or from a third party. It does not apply to personal data collected by third parties during your communications with those third parties or your use of their services (for example, where you follow links to third party websites over which we have no control).
- About us
The Site and our Services are made available by Gatehouse Chambers (“Gatehouse”, “we”, “us, “our”). Gatehouse is often the data controller responsible for your personal data, but as described below, Gatehouse may also be the processor for Barristers who are members of Gatehouse. Gatehouse is an English company (No: 12744185) with its registered office at 1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray’s Inn, London WC1X 8BS.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or want to exercise your rights as a data subject set out in this Privacy Notice, you can contact us using the following methods:
On Site Contact us using our enquiry form here: Contact | Gatehouse Chambers (gatehouselaw.co.uk) Email Send us an email at: dpm@gatehouselaw.co.uk. Post Write to us at: 1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray’s Inn, London WC1X 8BS Telephone Call us on: +44 (0)20 7242 2523 - Barristers
Every barrister who is a member of Gatehouse Chambers is a signatory to Gatehouse Chambers’ Constitution. By that Constitution, every barrister at Gatehouse Chambers adopts this notice. As such any reference to a barrister in this policy applies to any barrister member of Gatehouse Chambers whether they are a full member, consultant member or pupil. While barristers act as independent data controllers (i.e., they are independently responsible for how they process your personal data), this notice is intended to additionally explain how barristers process your personal data. In those cases, we usually act as a data processor.
Your barrister will process information provided by you that is relevant to your case and the services you enquire about or instruct the barrister in relation to. In the course of a barrister acting on professional instructions it may be necessary for them to process third party information (for instance, relating to witnesses or other individuals involved in the case). This information will always be related to the case and the instructions received by the barrister.
- What personal data we collect
In providing our Site and our Services, we may collect and process different types of personal data about you for different processing purposes. The types of personal data we collect depends on who you are and how you use our Site and our Services and includes the following:
Identity Data First name; last name. Contact Data Delivery address; billing address; email address; telephone number; social media handle. Registration Data First name; last name; date of birth; gender; country; nationality; username; any KYC information that we may collect; any other personal data that you may provide when you register an account with us. Financial Data Bank account details; partial payment card details. Transaction Data Details about payments made between you and us. Profile Data Account username; password; profile picture or avatar; interests and preferences; contact preferences; whether you have participated in any promotions or competitions; feedback and survey responses; the content of any messaging you send using any Enquiry Form function on the Site. Technical Data IP address; browser type and operating system; geolocation, to ensure we’re showing you the correct notices and information; any other unique numbers assigned to a device. Marketing and Communications Data Marketing preferences; service communication preferences. Information relevant to provision of services Other information relevant to the provision of services by barristers to clients including information you provide to us as part of our and our barristers providing services to you (see ‘Fulfilment of our Services’ section below for further details). - How we collect and receive personal data
We collect and receive personal data using different methods:
Personal data you provide to us You may give us your personal data directly, for example, contact us with enquiries, complete forms on our Site, subscribe to receive our marketing communications or provide feedback to us or provide information to our barristers for the purposes of their providing services to you. Personal data we collect using cookies and other similar technologies When you access and use our Site, we will collect certain Technical Data. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. Personal data received from third parties We may receive personal data about you from third parties. Such third parties may include solicitors instructing our barristers on your behalf, analytics providers, data brokers, third party directories and third parties that provide technical services to us so that we can provide our Site and our Services. Publicly available personal data From time to time, we may collect personal data about you (Identity Data, Contact Data or Profile Data) that is contained in publicly available sources (including open source data sets or media reports) or that you or a third party may otherwise make publicly available (for example through speeches at events or publishing articles or other news stories or posts on social media platforms). - Who we collect personal data about
We collect and process personal data from the following people:
Site visitors If you browse our Site or register an account on our Site, we will collect and process your personal data in connection with your interaction with us and our Site. Clients If you are a client of one of our barristers, we or they may collect and process your personal data in connection with the supply of services to you. People who contact us with enquiries If you contact us with an enquiry through our Site, submit a complaint through our Site or provide any feedback to us in our surveys and feedback forms, we will collect and process your personal data in connection with your interaction with us and our Site. People who work for our suppliers If you work for one of our suppliers and have responsibility for placing orders with us, administering your organisation’s account with us or handling our orders or our account with your organisation, we will process your personal data in connection with your organisation’s relationship with us. Visitors to our Chambers If you attend our Chambers, we may process personal data that you volunteer in connection with your visit and any enquiries you make. Event attendees If you attend one of our events, we will process personal data about you in connection with your attendance at the event. For example, we may ask you to complete a registration or feedback form, or other document relating to the event. Job applicants If you apply for a job with us, whether through the Site or otherwise, we will collect and process your personal data in connection with your application. - How we use your personal data
We use your personal data for the purposes set out in this section. If we wish to make any changes to these purposes, or if we wish to use your personal data for any purpose that is not listed in this section, we will notify you using the contact details we hold for you.
- Use of our site
If you browse our Site When you browse our Site, we collect and process Technical Data to help us understand how you are using and navigating our Site. We do this so that we can better understand which parts of our Site are more or less popular and improve the structure and navigation of our Site. Our legal basis for processing
It is necessary for us to use your personal data to perform our obligations in accordance with any contract that we may have with you for the Services, or it is in our legitimate interest to use personal data in such a way to ensure that we provide access to our Site in a secure and effective way and so that we can make improvements to our Site.
If you use the interactive features on our Site We will collect and use personal data about you when you use certain features on our Site. For example, depending on the nature of your enquiry, we may process your Identity Data, Contact Data, Registration Data, Profile Data and certain Technical Data when you use the Enquiry Form or Chat function to get in touch with us or other account holders, or so that you can be searched for by other account holders. Our legal basis for processing
It is necessary for us to use your personal data to perform our obligations in accordance with any contract that we may have with you for the Services, or it is in our legitimate interest to use personal data in such a way to ensure that we can respond to your enquiries, provide access to our Site in a secure and effective way and make improvements to our Site.
- Fulfilment of our services
Fulfilment of our Services We collect and maintain personal data that you submit to us for the purpose of supplying Services to you. We may collect and process your personal data whether you are interacting with us on your own behalf or on behalf of any organisation you represent. The personal data we process may include your Contact Data, Registration Data, and Financial Data (where applicable). We process this information so that we can fulfil the supply of Services, maintain our user databases and to keep a record of how our Services are being used.
If you attend our Chambers, we will process personal data about you which you volunteer in connection with your visit and any enquiries you may have. This will usually include your Contact Data, and any other personal data you volunteer. Some Services we offer are also subject to separate terms and conditions which will also apply.
Our legal basis for processing
It is necessary for us to use your personal data to perform our obligations in accordance with any contract that we may have with you, or it is in our legitimate interest or a third party’s legitimate interest to use personal data in such a way to ensure that we provide the Services in an effective, safe and efficient way.
Your Barrister Your barrister will use your information for the following purposes: · To respond to your enquiries about the service offered
· To carry out your instructions
· Internal training
· Dispute resolution
Your Barrister’s legal basis for processing is in accordance with any contract that they may have with you, or it is in their legitimate interest or a third party’s legitimate interest to use personal data in such a way to ensure that they provide their services to you in an effective, safe and efficient way.
- Customer service, enquiries
If you have a general question or need help with any issue concerning our Site or our Services There are various ways in which you are able to contact us (see the “How to contact us” section above). In particular, our Site features a “Contact Us” page, which invites you to submit general enquiries about our Site by email or via our Enquiry Form. From time to time, you may also be able to submit specific enquiries on other pages of our Site, including in secure account areas. When you make an enquiry, we will collect and process your Identity Data, Contact Data and, if applicable, certain Profile Data and Transaction Data, as well as any other personal data you volunteer that is relevant to your enquiry. If you have a technical issue concerning our Site, we may also collect and process Technical Data to help us diagnose the technical issues you are experiencing and to help us resolve them in an efficient way. We use this information to manage and respond to your enquiry.
We also record (including voice recordings of telephone conversations) and use the information referred to above to train our personnel so that they can effectively deal with enquiries.
Our legal basis for processing
It is in our legitimate interest to use your personal data in the ways described above to ensure that we are able to help you with your enquiry, provide a good standard of service and improve our customer services.
Your Barrister Your barrister uses your information in relation to dealing with your enquiries and/or in the performance of those contracts, and to tailor our Services to our client’s needs. Your barrister may also use your information for training purposes. Your barrister will retain your information for future conflict checking and dispute resolution. Your barrister will also use your information where it is required to by law or by professional regulators. - Surveys and feedback
If you complete our surveys or provide feedback on your experience of our Site and/or our Services From time to time, we will invite you to provide feedback about us, our Site and our Services in the form of online surveys. We will collect and process your Identity Data, Contact Data and, if applicable, certain Profile Data and Transaction Data, as well as any other personal data you choose to volunteer in your survey response or other feedback. We use this information to help us to monitor and improve our Site and our Services, to assist with the selection of future service lines and to train our personnel.
You can also voluntarily provide feedback by email or via our Enquiry Form.
Our legal basis for processing
It is in our legitimate interest to use the personal data provided by you so that we can improve our Site and our Services and provide them in an effective way.
- Hosting and managing events
If you sign up for and/or attend one of our events From time to time, we may organise and host events for the purpose of promoting our business or for charitable causes or other reasons. We may process your Identity Data and Contact Data to communicate with you about such events where you have specifically requested information about such events or where we have another lawful basis for sending that information to you. If you attend one of our events, we may use your Identity Data, Contact Data and certain Profile Data to record your attendance at the event and for related record-keeping purposes and, if relevant, we may collect and process any dietary requirements you may have. You may also feature in photographs taken at our events and such photographs may appear in publications that we make available.
Our legal basis for processing
It is necessary for us to use your personal data in this way to perform our obligations in accordance with any contract that we may have with you where you have signed up to attend an event, or it is in our legitimate interest or a third party’s legitimate interest to use personal data in such a way to ensure that the event is operated in an effective way.
We may specifically ask your permission to use your photographs, quotes, testimonials, or other content that you make available or publish at the event. Where this is the case, our processing of your such personal data will be based on consent.
- Insight, analysis and retargeting through cookies
If we use cookies to help us understand more about you and your use of our Site and our Services We and our third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and other similar technologies (which we generically refer to as “Cookies”) to collect data from the devices that you use to access our Site, our Services and any emails that you receive from us. The data that is collected includes Technical Data, and certain Profile Data. Please see our Cookie Policy for further information, including details of our third-party partners. We and our third-party partners use this data to analyse how you use our Site and our Services and the effectiveness of our Site and our Services, including:
· to analyse how you use, and the effectiveness of, our Site and our Services;
· to count users who have visited our Site and collect other types of information, including insights about visitor browsing habits, which helps us to improve our Site, our Services and the effectiveness of our emails;
· to measure the effectiveness of our content;
· to learn what parts of our Site are most attractive to our users, which parts of our Site are the most interesting and what kind of features and functionalities our visitors like to see;
· to help us understand the type of marketing content that is most likely to appeal to our visitors and customers; and
· to help us with the selection of future service lines, website design and to remember your preferences.
Our legal basis for processing
Where your data is collected through the use of non-essential cookies, we rely on consent to collect your personal data and for the onward processing purpose. Please see our Cookie Policy for further details.
In certain circumstances, we may rely on another lawful basis when we use your personal data collected via the use of cookies. For example, where we use personal data collected through the use of analytics cookies to analyse how you use our Site, it is in our legitimate interest to use your personal data in such a way to improve our Site and our Services.
- Marketing activities
If we send you marketing communications by post and/or email/SMS We use your Identity Data, Contact Data and Marketing and Communications Data to send you (or the organisation you represent) marketing communications by post and/or email/SMS. Our marketing will include press releases and information about us, our Site, our Services, any events we may hold and the offers and promotions we offer from time to time. Our marketing communications will include personalised and non-personalised marketing. Personalised marketing has been specifically tailored to you and will include content that we think is most relevant to you, based on what we know about you. Non-personalised marketing is marketing that is not tailored to you.
Our legal basis for processing
It is in our legitimate interest to use your personal data for marketing purposes, for example to decide what marketing content we think may appeal to you.
It is in our legitimate interest to use your personal data to send our marketing to you by post.
However, we will only send marketing communications to you by email and/or SMS where you have consented to receive such content by email and/or SMS, or where we have another lawful right to send marketing to you using email and/or SMS. We may also rely on our legitimate interest to send marketing by email and/or SMS to certain business users of our Site and our Services.
- Recruitment
If we use your personal data in connection with our recruitment activities We use your personal data for recruitment purposes, in particular, to assess your suitability for any of our positions that you apply for, whether such application has been received by us online, by email or by hard copy and whether submitted directly by you or by a third-party recruitment agency on your behalf. We also use your Identity Data and Contact Data to communicate with you about the recruitment process, to keep records about our recruitment process and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations in relation to recruitment. We will process any personal data about you that you volunteer, including during any interview, when you apply for a position with us. We may also process your personal data obtained from any third parties we work with in relation to our recruitment activities, including without limitation, recruitment agencies, background check providers, credit reference agencies and your referees.
The personal data we process may include your Identity Data, Contact Data, Registration Data, details of your education, qualifications and employment history, any other personal data which appears in your curriculum vitae or application, any personal data that you volunteer during an interview or your interactions with us, or any personal data which is contained in any reference about you that we receive. Such information may also include special categories of personal data (such as information about your health, any medical conditions and your health and sickness records) and information relating to criminal convictions and offences if that information is relevant to the role you are applying for.
We also use your personal data for the purposes of reviewing our equal opportunity profile in accordance with applicable legislation. We do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability or any other basis covered by local legislation. All employment-related decisions are made entirely on merit.
Our legal basis for processing
Where we use your personal data in connection with recruitment, it will be in connection with us taking steps at your request to enter into a contract we may have with you or it is in our legitimate interest to use personal data in such a way to ensure that we can make the best recruitment decisions.
We will not process any special (or sensitive) categories of personal data or personal data relating to criminal convictions or offences except where we are able to do so under applicable legislation or with your explicit consent.
- Security
If we need to use your personal data in connection with the administration of our security measures We have security measures in place at our premises, including CCTV and building access controls. There are signs in place showing that CCTV is in operation. The images captured are securely stored and only accessed on a need to know basis (e.g. to look into an incident). CCTV recordings are typically automatically overwritten after a short period of time unless an issue is identified that requires investigation (such as a theft). We may require visitors to our premises to sign in on arrival and where that is the case we will keep a record of visitors for a short period of time. Our visitor records are securely stored and only accessible on a need-to-know basis (e.g. to look into an incident).
Our legal basis for processing
It is in our legitimate interests to process your personal data so that we can keep our premises secure and provide a safe environment for our personnel and visitors to our premises.
- Business administration and legal compliance
If we need to use your personal data to comply with our legal obligations or in connection with the administration of our business We may use your personal data: (i) to comply with our legal obligations; (ii) to enforce our legal rights; (iii) to protect the rights of third parties; and (iv) in connection with a business transition such as a merger, reorganisation, acquisition by another company, or sale of any of our assets. Our legal basis for processing
Where we use your personal data in connection with a business transition, to enforce our legal rights or to protect the rights of third parties, it is in our legitimate interest to do so. For all other purposes described in this section, we have a legal obligation to use your personal data to comply with any legal obligations imposed upon us, such as a court order.
We will not process any special (or sensitive) categories of personal data or personal data relating to criminal convictions or offences except where we are able to do so under applicable legislation or with your explicit consent.
- If you fail to provide your personal data
Where we are required by law to collect your personal data, or we need to collect your personal data under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that personal data when we request it, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. This may apply where you do not provide the personal data we need in order to provide the Services you have requested from us or to process an application to register an account. In these circumstances, we may have to cancel your application or the provision of the relevant Services to you, in which case we will notify you.
- How we obtain your consent
Where our use of your personal data requires consent, you can provide such consent at the time we collect your personal data following the instructions provided, or by informing us using the contact details set out in the “How to Contact Us” section above.
- Third party links
This Privacy Notice only applies to personal data processed by us through your use of our Site and/or in connection with our business operations. However, from time to time, our Site may contain links to third-party websites and services. We have no control over these websites and services and this Privacy Notice does not apply to your interaction with the relevant third parties.
When you use a link to go from our Site to another website (even if you don’t leave our Site) or you request a service from a third party, your browsing and interactions on any other websites, or your dealings with any other third-party service provider, is subject to that website’s or third-party service provider’s own rules and policies. For example, our Site invites you to connect with us on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. When you click on the links we provide to such third-party platforms, you will be transferred from our Site to the relevant third-party platform and the privacy notice (and other terms and conditions) of that platform will apply to you.
We do not monitor, control or endorse the privacy practices of any third parties. We encourage you to become familiar with the privacy practices of every website you visit or third-party service provider that you use in connection with your interaction with us and to contact them if you have any questions about their respective privacy notices and practices.
- Sharing personal data
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When processing your personal data, we may need to share it with third parties (including other entities within our group of companies), as set out in the table below. This list is non-exhaustive and there may be circumstances where we need to share personal data with other third parties.
Third-party suppliers who provide applications/ functionality, data processing or IT services We share personal data with third parties who support us in providing our Site and help provide, run and manage our internal IT systems. Such third parties may also include, for example, providers of information technology, cloud-based software-as-a-service providers, identity management, website design, hosting and management, data analysis, data back-up, security and storage services. The servers powering and facilitating that cloud infrastructure are located in secure data centres around the world, and personal data may be stored in any one of them. We also share your personal data with third-party service providers to assist us with insight analytics. These providers are described in our Cookie Policy. Event partners and suppliers When we run events, we will share your personal data with third-party service providers that are assisting us with the operation and administration of that event. If we are running an event in partnership with other organisations, we will share your personal data with such organisations for use in relation to the event. Recruitment agencies and related organisations We share personal data with external recruiters, third-party providers that undertake background checks on our behalf, third parties who assist us with the recruitment process and other entities within our group of companies. Auditors, lawyers, accountants and other professional advisers We share personal data with professional services firms who advise and assist us in relation to the lawful and effective management of our organisation and in relation to any disputes we may become involved in. Law enforcement or other government and regulatory agencies and bodies We share personal data with law enforcement or other government and regulatory agencies or other third parties as required by, and in accordance with, applicable law or regulation. Persons involved in our barristers’ provision of services to you We and/or our barristers may share personal data as necessary with other persons connected with the provision of legal services to you such as: arbitrators, solicitors, adjudicators, mediators, pupils, mini-pupils and work shadow students, witnesses and potential witnesses, third party funders, costs draftsmen, insurers, other counsel, the Court, opposing parties and other parties to litigation including their lawyers, expert witnesses and others. Other third parties Occasionally, we may receive requests from third parties with authority to obtain disclosure of personal data, such as to check that we are complying with applicable law and regulation, to investigate an alleged crime, or to establish, exercise or defend legal rights. We will only fulfil requests for personal data where we are permitted to do so in accordance with applicable law or regulation. - Transfers outside the UK
We are located in the United Kingdom. Therefore, when you submit personal data to us, you acknowledge that your personal data may be transferred outside the UK, where it will be stored and processed by our partners, including local barristers for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.
Where necessary in order to provide our Site and our Services, we will transfer personal data to countries outside the UK.
Non-UK countries do not have the same data protection laws as the UK. In particular, non-UK countries may not provide the same degree of protection for your personal data, may not give you the same rights in relation to your personal data and may not have a data protection supervisory authority to help you if you have any concerns about the processing of your personal data. However, when transferring your personal data outside the UK, we will comply with our legal and regulatory obligations in relation to your personal data, including having a lawful basis for transferring personal data and putting appropriate safeguards in place to ensure an adequate level of protection for the personal data. We will take reasonable steps to ensure the security of your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
When transferring your personal data outside the UK, we will, where required by applicable law, implement at least one of the safeguards set out below. Please contact us if you would like further information on the specific mechanisms used by us when transferring your personal data outside the UK.
We may transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the UK Government. Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific standard contractual clauses approved by the UK Government which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK, or we may rely on other safeguards available under UK data protection law.
- How long we keep your personal data
In respect of personal data that we process in connection with the supply of our Services, we may retain your personal data for up to sixteen years from the latest date (1) on which work is carried out for the purposes of supply of the relevant Services, or, if later, (2) on which any proceedings in respect of which our barrister(s) are instructed in finally concluded, or (3) longer if we or our barristers consider it necessary to do so for the purpose of a legitimate interest, and in compliance with our data protection obligations. We may then destroy such files without further notice or liability.
Where we process personal data in connection with the registration and use of an account on our Site, we may retain your personal data for up to six years from the date that the relevant account is terminated (and in compliance with our data protection obligations). We may then destroy such files without further notice or liability.
Where we process any other personal data, we will retain relevant personal data for up to three years from the date of our last interaction with you (and in compliance with our data protection obligations). We may then destroy such files without further notice or liability.
Your Barrister will keep data provided in the course of your instructions in accordance with the Gatehouse Chambers’ Data Retention Policy.
If any personal data is only useful for a short period (e.g. for a specific activity, promotion or marketing campaign), we will not retain it for longer than the period for which it is used by us.
If you have opted out of receiving marketing communications from us, we will need to retain certain personal data on a suppression list indefinitely so that we know not to send you further marketing communications in the future. However, we will not use this personal data to send you further marketing unless you subsequently opt back in to receive such marketing.
- Confidentiality and security of your personal data
We are committed to keeping the personal data you provide to us secure and we have implemented information security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data under our control from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification and unlawful destruction or accidental loss. In addition, all our employees and data processors (i.e. those who process your personal data on our behalf) are obliged to respect the confidentiality of the personal data of all users of our Site and those who purchase our Services.
- Your rights as a data subject
Your right of access If you ask us, we will confirm whether we are processing your personal data and, if so, provide you with a copy of that personal data (along with certain other details). If you require additional copies, we may charge a reasonable fee for producing those additional copies. Your right to rectification If the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you are entitled to have it rectified. If we have shared your personal data with others, we’ll let them know about the rectification where possible. If you ask us, where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you who we’ve shared your personal data with so that you can contact them. Your right to erasure You can ask us to delete or remove your personal data in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it or where you withdraw your consent (where applicable). If we have shared your personal data with others, we will let them know about the erasure where possible. If you ask us, where it is possible and lawful for us to do so, we will also tell you who we have shared your personal data with so that you can contact them directly. Your right to restrict processing You can ask us to “block” or suppress the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances such as where you contest the accuracy of that personal data or you object to us processing it for a particular purpose. This may not mean that we will stop storing your personal data but, where we do keep it, we will tell you if we remove any restriction that we have placed on your personal data to stop us processing it further. If we’ve shared your personal data with others, we’ll let them know about the restriction where it is possible for us to do so. If you ask us, where it is possible and lawful for us to do so, we’ll also tell you who we’ve shared your personal data with so that you can contact them directly. Your right to data portability You have the right, in certain circumstances, to obtain personal data you have provided to us (in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format) and to reuse it elsewhere or to ask us to transfer it to your chosen third party. Your right to object You can ask us to stop processing your personal data, and we will do so, if we are: (i) relying on our own or someone else’s legitimate interest to process your personal data, except if we can demonstrate compelling legal grounds for the processing; or (ii) processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. Your rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling You have the right not to be subject to a decision when it is based on automatic processing, including profiling, if it produces a legal effect or similarly significantly affects you, unless such profiling is necessary for the entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us. Your right to withdraw consent If we rely on your consent (or explicit consent) as our legal basis for processing your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. You can exercise your right of withdrawal by contacting us using our contact details in the “How to Contact Us” section above or by using any other opt-out mechanism we may provide, such as an unsubscribe link in an email. Your right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority If you have a concern about any aspect of our privacy practices, including the way we have handled your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided in the “How to Contact Us” section above. You can also report any issues or concerns to the supervisory authority of your residence. As we are based in the United Kingdom, our regulatory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”). Contact details for the ICO can be found on its website at https://ico.org.uk.