The Website

Sharmans acknowledge that your contact details will be provided to us if you complete our enquiry form. We understand the confidential nature of this information and the details will be protected to ensure confidentiality.

As part of Sharmans' commitment to excellence of service and with the objective of providing you with enhanced services we may monitor the use of this website. This website complies with all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Use of Cookies

What are cookies?

We may collect other information that cannot be readily used to identify you, such as (for example) the domain name and IP address of your computer. We may use this information, individually or in the aggregate, for technical administration of our website; research and development; customer and account administration; and to help us focus our marketing efforts more precisely.

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Your browser sends these cookies back to the website every time you visit the site again so it can recognise you as a return visitor and improve your experience.

The cookies used on our websites are classified based on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) guide for cookie categories. We only use cookies from the "Performance" category which collect information about how you use our website.

There is nothing especially secret about the information gathered by cookies, but you may be concerned that your web behaviour is being used to target you for special offers. For transparency we provide a list of our third party tracking cookies with information about how to opt out of them if you wish.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website. Their cookies are used to store details how long a visitor spends on a website and where they came from.

The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is available for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

What do we use cookies for?

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. As required by legislation, where applicable this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission or to deny the use of /saving of cookies on their computer / device.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

Personal Information

Whilst using our website and enquiry form or ebrief subscription service, you may be required to provide personal information (name, address, email, etc.). We will use this information to administer our website, client databases and marketing material. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Further, by providing telephone and email details, you consent to Sharmans contacting you using that method. You have the right at any time to request a copy of the personal information we hold on you. Should you wish to receive a copy of this, or would like to be removed from our database, please contact us at philip.elliott(at)sharmanlaw.co.uk.

Information collection and use

How do we collect information?

Sharmans collect information in two possible ways:

• When you directly give it to us (“Directly Provided Data”)
• When you give us permission to obtain from other accounts (“User Authorised Data”)

When you sign up for our ebrief service or communicate with us, you may choose to voluntarily give us certain information – for example, by filling in text boxes or completing enquiry forms.All this information requires a direct action by you at that time in order for us to receive it. Please read the privacy notice attached to you

Depending on your settings or the privacy policies for other online services, you may give us permission to obtain information from your account with those other services. For example, this can be via social media or by choosing to send us your location data when accessing our website from your smartphone.– This needs checking as to whether it happen on our website

How long do we keep your data for?

Sharmans will not retain your personal information longer than necessary. We will hold onto the information you provide either while your matter is in existence, or as needed to be able to provide the Services to you, or (in the case of any contact you may have with our firm) for as long as is necessary to provide support-related reporting and trend analysis only.

If legally required or if it is reasonably necessary to meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our Terms and Conditions, we may also retain some of your information for a limited period of time as required, even after you have closed your account or it is no longer needed to provide the Services to you.

Enquiry forms

Choosing how we use your data

We understand that you trust us with your personal information and we are committed to ensuring you can manage the privacy and security of your personal information yourself.

With respect to the information relating to you that ends up in our possession, and recognising that it is your choice to provide us with your personally identifiable information, we commit to giving you the ability to do all of the following:

• You can verify the details you have submitted to Sharmans by contacting Philip Elliott at philip.elliott(at)sharmanlaw.co.uk. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we reveal information, including your e-mail address.
• You can also contact us by the same method to change, correct, or delete your personal information controlled by Sharmans regarding your profile at any time.
• You can always feel free to update us on your details at any point by contacting Philip Elliott in the above way.
• You can unsubscribe from receiving marketing emails from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email. Once you do this, you will no longer receive any emails from us.
• You can request a readable copy of the personal data we hold on you at any time. To do this, please contact Philip Elliott as detailed above.

Please note, we are constantly reviewing how we process and protect data. Therefore, changes to our policy may occur at any time. We will endeavour to publicise any changes.