Privacy Policy
About Us
This website is owned and controlled by Lewis & Partners LLP. By providing information to Lewis & Partners and by visiting lewisandpartners.com, you are accepting and consenting to the practises described in this policy. This privacy policy sets out the basis on which any personal information and data is collected from you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and the procedures that we have in place in order to safeguard your privacy. The following is a broad description of the way this organisation/data controller processes personal information. To understand how your own personal information is processed you may need to refer to any personal communications you have received, check any privacy notices the organisation has provided or contact the organisation to ask about your personal circumstances.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this policy. All information held will be treated in accordance with this policy, current UK Data Protection legislation and internet best practice. We are registered with UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for personal date, registration number ZA292531. You may lodge a complaint with the ICO in the event of Lewis & Partners’ non-compliance with UK Data Protection Law. Please read the following policy carefully to understand our practices in respect of your personal data and how it will be treated.
From time to time, we may make changes to this privacy policy. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check this page frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
Data processing, Information Collection & Use
When you contact us or register your interest with us, we may collect and process the following data about you:
- Any or all of the information provided by you, including your name, address, telephone number and email address.
- Information about your use of our website, including details of your visits, your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, technical information, your login details, location data, browser type, browser version, operating system and platform, the pages viewed and resources accessed, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
We process personal information about:
- Clients
- Suppliers
- Advisers and professional consultants
- Enquirers
- Employees
We may use your personal details to process your registration, to respond to queries or requests submitted by you and to administer our obligations in relation to any agreement we have in place with you. Your personal data is not sold or rented to third parties unless required for the proper administration of your account and for the avoidance of doubt, will never give your personal details to third parties for non-essential purposes. You can opt out of receiving these various communications or update any of your personal data by contacting us using the details below.
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may send emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you by phone or mail.
- We process personal information to enable us to provide property services to our clients; promote the services we offer; maintaining our own accounts and records; support and manage our employees.
- We use the aggregate browser data and information collected to monitor website traffic and analyse the paths taken through the website in order to enable us to improve site efficiency.
We process information relevant to the above reasons/purposes. This may include:
- personal details
- family details
- lifestyle and social circumstances
- employment and education details
- financial details
Who the information may be shared with:
We sometimes need to share the personal information we process with the individual themselves and also with their agents and other organisations. Where this is necessary we are required to comply with all aspects of the Data Protection Act (DPA). What follows is a description of the types of organisations we may need to share some of the personal information we process with for one or more reasons.
Where necessary or required we share information with:
- educators and examining bodies
- current, past and prospective employers
- employment and recruitment agencies
- suppliers and service providers
- family, associates and representatives of the person whose personal data we are processing
- financial organisations
- credit reference agencies
- debt collection and tracing agencies
- business associates and other professional advisers
- central and local government
- police forces
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Controlling your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:
- 15-19 Cavendish Place, London W1G 0QE
- enquiries@lewisandpartners.com
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
International Transfer
Due to the global nature of the internet infrastructure, your personal information may be transferred in transit to countries located outside the European Economic Area, where the data protection laws may differ from those of your own jurisdiction. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try and improve the security of your information and data. By submitting your information on our site, you consent to these transfers. In the event that a dispute arises with regard to the international transfer of data, you agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Sale of business
In the unlikely event that the business of Lewis & Partners LLP is sold or integrated with another business, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchaser and their advisers. Your details will be passed on to the new owners of the business.