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Our Commitment
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and how it will be processed by us. Accordingly, we ask that you read it carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data.
Data Controller
The data controller is Meridian Legal Services Limited of Suite 106 Denning House C/O Know Tax, George Street, Wolverhampton, England, WV2 4DP. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under registration number ZA108810. Subsequently, this policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect will be processed.
Information Sources
We may collect information about you from a variety of sources. This includes information you provide to us directly, information provided by third parties with your consent, and information that is publicly available.
Information We Collect
We may collect and process various types of information about you. This includes personal identifiers such as your name, address, email address, and telephone number. Furthermore, it encompasses the financial and circumstantial details necessary to assess and provide our tax investigation advisory services.
Special Categories
In the course of providing our services, it may be necessary to process special categories of your personal data. This can include information relating to your health or trade union membership, if relevant to your tax affairs. Accordingly, we will only process such data where it is necessary for the provision of our services or with your explicit consent.
How We Use It
Your information is used to provide you with our services. Therefore, we use the details you provide to manage your tax investigation case, to communicate with you effectively, and to meet our legal and regulatory obligations, such as for identity verification. Furthermore, we may use your information for our own internal administrative purposes, including for statistical analysis, quality assurance, and staff training to help us improve our services. Subsequently, this processing is fundamental to our ability to act on your behalf and to run our business effectively.
Legal Basis
Our legal basis for processing your personal data is primarily for the performance of our contract with you. Moreover, we may also process your data to comply with our legal obligations or where it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Anti-Money Laundering
In order to comply with our legal obligations, we are required to carry out identity verification checks. Consequently, we may need to request specific identification documents from you and may also use third-party agencies to assist with this process.
Data Sharing
We may need to share your personal information with third parties. For example, this could include HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), courts, or other professional advisors. Consequently, we will only share your information where it is necessary for the provision of our services, with your consent, or where we are legally required to do so.
International Transfers
We do not routinely transfer your personal data outside the United Kingdom (UK). Should it become necessary to do so, we will ensure that the transfer complies with UK data protection law. Therefore, we will only transfer data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection or where appropriate legal safeguards are in place.
Marketing
We will only send you marketing communications if you have explicitly consented to receive them. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time by following the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly.
Data Security
We take the security of your data very seriously. Accordingly, we have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We limit access to your personal data to those employees and other third parties who have a business need to know.
Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. This includes satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Therefore, the retention period will vary depending on the nature of the data and the reason for its collection.
Children's Data
Our services are not intended for and we do not knowingly collect data from children under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.
Confidentiality
As a professional advisory firm, we owe you a duty of confidentiality. Accordingly, all information you provide to us will be treated with the utmost confidence and will not be disclosed to any third party without your express permission, unless we are required to do so by law.
External Links
This website may include links to third-party websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. However, they do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
Your Rights
You have a number of rights under data protection law in relation to your personal information. These include the right to access your data, to have it rectified if it is inaccurate, to request its erasure, and to object to or restrict its processing. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data; the relevant authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Policy Amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. Therefore, you are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed. Accordingly, you should contact us via the details provided on our website should you have any queries.
