Clearview Solicitors ("we", "us"), trading name of Clearview Solicitors Ltd (company number 09058784), of 76 Drake Street, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL16 1PQ, is the data controller for personal information collected through www.clearview-solicitors.com 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. We are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA ID 619512).
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, the details of your immigration, family or personal injury matter, identity documents and, where relevant, information about your health or immigration history.
2. How we use your information
- to respond to your enquiry and provide legal advice and representation;
- to prepare and submit applications, appeals and claims on your behalf;
- to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, including anti-money laundering checks and the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority;
- to manage billing and our client relationship;
- to send updates you have subscribed to (you can unsubscribe at any time).
3. Sharing your information
We do not sell your personal data. We share it only where necessary to act for you, for example with the Home Office, courts and tribunals, barristers, interpreters, translators, medical experts and insurers, or where we are required to by law or by our regulator. Third parties we use are required to keep your information secure.
4. Legal basis
We rely on performance of our contract with you, compliance with legal obligations, our legitimate interests in running our firm, and your consent (for marketing). Where we process special category data we do so only where it is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or with your explicit consent.
5. Keeping your information
We keep client files for as long as required by law and our regulatory obligations, and then securely destroy them. Website enquiries that do not become instructions are deleted within a reasonable period.
6. Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss or disclosure. No transmission over the internet is completely secure, so please avoid sending highly sensitive information by unencrypted email.
7. Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to make the site work and to understand how it is used. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
8. 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, subject to legal limits. To exercise these rights contact us at:
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (www.ico.org.uk).
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.