Privacy Policy

Dickinson Parker Hill may collect information you supply via this Website, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number, in order to respond to your enquiry. This information is treated confidentiality and will not be disclosed without your prior consent to any third party, other than to any employee or member of the firm, for the purpose of providing you with the service you require, or in order to comply with any applicable laws or lawful government and/or regulatory requests.

This privacy statement only covers our website. If you follow a link to an external website, please make sure that you read the privacy policy applicable to that website.

Cookies

Cookies are small amounts of information which we may store on your computer. Our system will issue cookies to your computer when you log on to the site. Cookies make it easier for you to log on to and use the site during future visits. They also allow us to monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the site for you. You may set up your computer to reject cookies by following the relevant instructions which can be found at www.aboutcookies.org. In that case, you may not be able to use certain features on our site.

Security

We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires.

Email

Internet e-mail is not a secure medium, as messages can be intercepted and read by someone else. Please bear this in mind when deciding whether to send information by e-mail.

Dickinson Parker Hill reserves the right to monitor, record and retain any incoming and outgoing emails for security reasons and for monitoring internal compliance with our policy on staff use. Email monitoring and/or filtering software may be used and email content may be read. You have a responsibility to ensure laws are not broken when writing or forwarding emails and their contents. No contracts can be entered into on our behalf by email.

Right of access to personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998

You are free to make a request in writing to The Senior Partner, Dickinson Parker Hill, 22 Derby Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire and you are entitled to be told:

* whether the Dickinson Parker Hill or someone else on its behalf is processing your data
* if so, a description of the personal data in question, the purposes for which they are being processed, and those to whom they are or may be disclosed
* in an easily understood form, all the information included in the personal data, and the source of the data

A fee of £10 is payable for this service.