What is the legal basis for processing your information?
We only process personal data in accordance with the principles of data protection legislation and do so only to the degree that it is necessary to enable us to deliver legal services.
In order to comply with data protection legislation, we must have a legal basis in order to collect and use information about you. There are a range of different lawful bases for processing personal data. We rely on one or more of the following reasons to process your data:
- to perform a contract which you have entered into with us
- to comply with a legal obligation that we are subject to
- to perform a task carried out in the public interest or where we are exercising official authority.
Where we need to process special categories of personal data, we will only do so where we have identified that a special condition applies under data protection legislation and that the processing is necessary. The basis which we rely on is that processing is necessary for one or more of the following reasons:
- to carry out certain obligations and rights in the field of employment law, social security or social protection law
- to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim
- processing is in the substantial public interest
- to provide health or social care.