Privacy

This privacy policy sets out how David Scott & Company uses and protects any information that you give David Scott & Company when you use this website.
David Scott & Company is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

David Scott & Company may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 06/06/18.

 

1.Who we are:

We are David Scott & Co Solicitors of 56 O’Connell St, Limerick. You can contact us at this address by post or by email at info@scottsolicitors.ie.

 

2.Why we process your data, the lawful basis for processing your data and who we share it with:

     A. For people who view and interact with our website, we process data:

  • To respond to your query when sent through our ‘contact us’ form 

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in the administration and operation of our legal services.

     B. For job applicants to the firm, we process data:

  • To recruit new employees

  • To ascertain your suitability for a specific role

The legal basis for this processing is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of our firm in recruiting new staff. We may also send you emails about your application through our email service provider. 

 

3.Your rights relating to personal data:

You have the following rights under the GDPR, in certain circumstances and subject to certain exemptions, in relation to your personal data:

  • Right to access the data – you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, together with other information about our processing of that personal data.

 

  • Right to rectification- you have the right to request that any inaccurate data that is held about you is corrected, or if we have incomplete information you may request that we update the information such that it is complete.

 

  • Right to erasure – you have the right to request us to delete personal data that we hold about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten.

 

  • Right to restriction of processing or to object to processing – you have the right to request that we no longer process your personal data for particular purposes, or to object to our processing of your personal data for particular purposes.

 

  • Right to data portability – you have the right to request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used machine readable format.

In order to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the contact details at the start of this privacy notice.

If we are processing personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing which took place prior to its withdrawal. 

If you are unhappy with how we process personal data, we ask you to contact us so that we can rectify the situation. 

You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The Irish supervisory authority is the Data Protection Commission.

4. Requirement to process personal data:

You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our website. 

If you do not provide us with your information for the purposes described above, we cannot respond to your queries sent through our contact us form, liaise with you on client matters or assess your suitability for a role within our firm.

5. Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not use any personal data for the purpose of automated decision-making or profiling.