Bassi Solicitors ("we", "us"), a trading name of Bassi Solicitors Limited (Company Number 7768589) of 220 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9LR, is the data controller for personal information collected through www.bassisolicitors.co.uk and in the course of providing our legal services. We process personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Information we collect
We collect the information you give us when you contact us, complete our contact or newsletter forms, or instruct us. This may include your name, contact details, nationality and immigration history, family and financial circumstances, identity documents and other details relevant to your matter.
2. How we use your information
- to respond to your enquiry and provide legal advice and representation;
- to update our records, manage our practice and handle billing;
- to carry out identity and credit checks required by money laundering legislation;
- to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, including those of the Solicitors Regulation Authority;
- to send updates you have subscribed to (you can opt out at any time by telling us in writing).
3. Sharing your information
We keep client information strictly confidential. We only share it where necessary to act for you or where required by law — for example with the Home Office, courts and tribunals, counsel, expert witnesses and other advisers instructed in your matter, or our regulators. Solicitors may be required to make disclosures to the National Crime Agency under money laundering legislation. We never sell your personal data.
4. Security and retention
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your information against loss, misuse or unauthorised access. At the end of a matter files may be archived and are normally kept for at least six years to meet our legal, regulatory and insurance requirements.
5. Your rights
You have the right to access, correct or erase your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing and to data portability. To exercise these rights, please email info@bassisolicitors.co.uk or call 0121 554 0868. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
6. Changes to this policy
Bassi Solicitors may update this privacy policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on this page.