Disclaimer
SITE TERMS The privacy of your data is important to us. Our Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you
during and after your working relationship with us, in accordance with the data protection legislation (including but not limited to
the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR (Regulation (EEA) 2016/679) (the "EU-GDPR") and/or UK Data Protection Act 2018 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-protection-act-2018) (the "UK-GDPR"). It applies to all clients,
candidates, employees, workers, contractors, suppliers, referees and individuals utilising the services of Conveyancing Direct,
including website users. WHO ARE CONVEYANCING DIRECT?
Conveyancing Direct are a Property Conveyancing business delivering the services
of Solicitors specialising in conveyancing. We work within the Scottish market area and have an office in Glasgow. If you have any queries regarding this policy please contact GDPR - Conveyancing Direct, 53 Morrison Street, Glasgow, G5 8LB in writing or email gdpr@conveyancingdirect.co.uk.
1. Information processed WHAT INFORMATION IS PROCESSED?
Conveyancing Direct is a “Data Controller” and “Data Processor”. This means that we are accountable for deciding
how we hold and use personal information about you. We are required under data protection legislation to notify you of the information
contained in this privacy notice. We will comply with the data protection law. This says that the personal information we hold about you must be:
1. Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way We collect data from people who register to use our services via the website, application forms, telephone or by contacting the business
directly in order that we can provide a conveyancing service as outlined above and in accordance with our legal obligations.
1. Where we need to perform the contract we have entered into with you WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT, THE PURPOSE, WHY WE COLLECT IT, THE LEVEL OF ACCESS AND RETENTION OF MY DATA?
We have outlined how we will collect, store and use personal information about you in the relevant sections below. These links
provide detailed information on what categories we collect, the purpose of the processing, recipients of the personal data, who has
access and the retention periods. Generally, we keep personal data in accordance with our internal retention procedures, which are
determined in accordance with our statutory obligations and good practice. These retention periods depend on the nature of the
information and are subject to change. THE DATA SETS WE COLLECT INCLUDE: WHAT IS SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION?
"Special categories" of particularly sensitive personal information
require higher levels of protection. We need to have further justification for collecting, storing and using this type of
personal information (outlined above). We may process special categories of personal information in the following circumstances:
Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect
your interests (or someone else's interests) and you are not capable of giving your consent, or where you have already made the information public. WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH?
We will share your personal information with third parties: where lawfully required to do so; where it is necessary to administer the
working relationship with you or, where we have another legitimate interest in doing so. "Third parties" includes third-party service providers (including contractors and designated agents) and other entities within our
group. The following activities are carried out by third-party service providers: IT Services, Legal Services. All our third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with
our policies. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them
to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. We may also need to share your personal information with a regulator or to otherwise comply with the law. We utilise the services of credit reference agencies including:
https://www.transunion.co.uk/legal-information/bureau-privacy-notice DO WE TRANSFER DATA OUTSIDE OF THE UK / EEA?
In order to perform our services to you, it may be required to transfer your data outside of the UK and/or EEA the reasons of which are
outlined below:- Software providers – we as much as possible use software providers who have services in the UK / EEA, however it maybe in some cases we liaise
with a provider out with the UK / EEA eg Microsoft, Google, Skype, Zoom, FaceTime or WhatsApp. All of these companies state compliance with UK and EU GDPR/DPA2018 Any data that is transferred out with the UK / EEA we will take steps to
ensure that the country/company is compliant with data protection legislation and there are appropriate means in place to safeguard
your data. YOUR RIGHTS: YOUR RIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION
Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to: REQUEST ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "Subject Access Request(SAR)").This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold
about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. REQUEST CORRECTION OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE HOLD ABOUT YOU.
This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected. REQUEST ERASURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You
also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have exercised your right to object to
processing (see below). OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONALINFORMATION WHERE WE ARE RELYING ON A LEGITIMATE INTEREST
(or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing
on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. REQUEST THE RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it. WHO DO I CONTACT TO EXCERCISE MY RIGHTS OR REQUEST A TRANSFER OF DATA?
If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal
data, or request that we transfer an electronic copy of your personal information to another party, please contact GDPR - Conveyancing Direct, 53
Morrison Street, Glasgow, G5 8LB in writing or email gdpr@conveyancingdirect.co.uk. NO FEE IS USUALLY REQUIRED
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal information (or to exercise any of the other
rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access requires extreme or unique measures. Alternatively,
we may refuse to comply with the request in exceptional circumstances. WHAT IF I WISH TO WITHDRAW MY CONSENT?
In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal
information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw
your consent, please contact GDPR - Conveyancing Direct, 53 Morrison Street, Glasgow, G5 8LB in writing or email gdpr@conveyancingdirect.co.uk.
Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose
or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.
While the information provided by us is given in good faith and reflects our experience of straightforward transactions it does not form part of any contract as the precise details of transactions and requirements of clients do vary.
Charges imposed by government and other suppliers may also change and are outwith our control.
By using the Quotation from you consent to receive 1 email confirming the details of the quote and allowing for any further details to be discussed and confirmed before any further actions can be undertaken.
SECURITY
We regularly audit our systems for security issues and keep patches up-to-date along with industry best-practices. Our main Case Management system is not directly accessable to the Internet, the 3rd party developers can access securely if/when required, no other parties out-with Conveyancing Direct staff have any access to customer data stored within the system.
During the Conveyancing process certain data is required by 3rd parties including banks and Estate Agents to complete transactions, we only supply the required information as per Law Society Scotland guidelines and best-practices.
Our website Quote and Contact form send email via conveyancingdirectscotland@gmail.com to ensure our public and private systems stay separate.
GDPR PRIVACY NOTICE
This policy may be subject to change and material changes were made most recently on 05 January 2018. Your continued use of our website
indicates your consent to any changes we make to this policy but please continue to visit this page to view any updates.
To ensure we comply with our legal obligations we have detailed the following:
2. What categories of personal data we collect
3. Purpose of the processing
4. The legal basis for the processing
5. Recipient or categories of recipients of the personal data
6. Retention period for data
7. Details of transfers to third country and safeguards
8. Data subjects rights
9. Right to withdraw consent at any time
10. The right to lodge a complaint
11. Consent
2. Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
3. Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes
4. Accurate and kept up to date
5. Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about
6. Kept securely
We will only use your personal information where there are lawful reasons to do so. Most commonly, we will use your personal
information in the following circumstances:
2. Where we need to comply with a legal obligation
3. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests
1. Government elidgibility data
2. Transaction Financial data
3. Client data
1. In limited circumstances, with your explicit written consent.
2. In order to perform checks, such as financial (AML) or criminal history, if required
https://www.creditsafe.com/gb/en/legal/privacy-policy.html
https://www.equifax.co.uk/About-us/Privacy_policy.html
https://www.amlhub.co.uk/privacy-policy
Paper records are securly stored by:
https://www.clockworkremovals.co.uk/privacy-policy/
CHANGES IN PERSONAL INFORMATION
It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal
information changes during your working relationship with us.
HOW DO I OPT OUT OF ELECTRONIC MARKETING?
If you’ve given us your consent, we may use the information we’ve collected about you to send you marketing offers and
news about our services using various channels such as mail, phone, email and SMS. We won’t sell your personal information to
other organisations outside of Conveyancing Direct for any, including marketing, purpose.
If you prefer not to receive any future marketing communications you can remove your consent at any
time by contacting: GDPR - Conveyancing Direct, 53 Morrison Street, Glasgow, G5 8LB or gdpr@conveyancingdirect.co.uk.
HOW DO I MAKE A COMPLAINT? You have the right to make a complaint about anything regarding the processing, storage, retention of your data. We would hope to resolve any complaint internally and if you would like to lodge a complaint with us in the first instance please contact: GDPR - Conveyancing Direct, 53 Morrison Street, Glasgow, G5 8LB or gdpr@conveyancingdirect.co.uk
However, you also have the right to lodge a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner (ICO) in respect of our processing of your personal data. Information can be found at www.ico.org.uk
COOKIES
Scottish Cookie Law info
To gather site statistics we currently use Google Analytics, no personal info is captured, stored or available, we only count pageviews, this requires the basic Google Analytics cookie and esnures the Google Spider visits our site for SEO purposes.
Google is the only 3rd party service used by the site and they may use some additional cookies or code to provide their services eg the contact page map
The quote/contact forms and cookie banner require a 1st party server cookie to function
The front page ReallyMoving feedback requires code from reallymoving.com to display.
All cookies on our site can be blocked/rejected/ignored at any time, we do not use marketing cookies that track visitors across domains eg FaceBook, Twitter etc etc
DATA COLLECTION
Contact Form:
Name, Address, Email address
For the purpose of clients contacting us with an approximate 2 year retention period.
Quote Form:
Name, Address, Email address
For the purpose of marketing of business activities to clients for initial quotation activities
prior to TOB agreement with an approximate 2 year retention period.
We use the gmail service for the web-site forms
- https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB
OFFLINE/DIRECT DATA COLLECTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONVEYANCING:
WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT
Name, address, ID, email and full transaction details required to complete the conveyancing legal processes.
WHY DO WE COLLECT THIS DATA
To enable us to process conveyancing services
RECIPIENTS OR CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS OF DATA
Conveyancing Direct staff / GDPR Compliant 3rd-party service providers
RETENTION OF DATA (from last contact with the individual)
Conveyancing details are stored for a minimum of 10 years as per Scottish legal requirements.
Payment processing information is treated as per the relevant legislation and terms of CC Terminal use.
Private transaction details are only stored in our restricted internal CRM system and backup systems. Your ID verfification information does not leave the AMLHub Secure Room system, we try to keep your private information as private as possible. Please email: gdpr@conveyancingdirect.co.uk for further information
Please direct any complaints or issues to: clientrelations@conveyancingdirect.co.uk