General Privacy Policy
To view and download Coram Chambers’ general privacy policy, please click here.
Coram Chambers Website Privacy Policy
The policy: This privacy policy is for this website; www.coramchambers.co.uk and served by Coram Chambers Ltd, 9-11 Fullwood Place, London, WC1V 6HG and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) [pre GDPR enforcement] and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).
This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhere to. Additionally it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising or commercial sponsorship from third parties and the download of any documents, files or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website in order to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer / device in order to serve it to you. Our contact information is provided if you have any questions.
Accessibility
We are committed to making all aspects of our website easily accessible for all people. We have had the website designed specifically to be easy to read.
If you are visually impaired and are having trouble reading please hold down CTRL and press + or – on your keyboard. Alternatively you can hold CTRL and use the wheel on the mouse to zoom in and out.
Contact & Communication With us
Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.
Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations in the Privacy Policy.
Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages
We operate an email mailing list program, used to inform subscribers about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed and stored in accordance with the regulations named in the Privacy Policy. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if not available, other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages (or unsubscribe from all Mailchimp lists). The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and if it may contain third party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data.
External Website Links & Third Parties
Although we only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.
Shortened URL’s; URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URL’s (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media and looks similar to this (example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo). Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.
We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Policy & Usage
We adopt a Social Media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.
There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. You can find further information about some social media privacy and usage policies in the resources section below
Principles
1. Collectively and individually members of chambers shall strive to be regarded by their peers and clients as excellent in their fields.
2. Chambers is committed to fairness, access to justice and equality before the law for all. In particular, Chambers recognises that persons may be disadvantaged by reason of their sex, race, nationality, sexual orientation, marital status, language, religion, political opinion, social origin, age, disability or infirmity. It is committed to the practice and promotion of equality and diversity.
3. Chambers aims to provide legal representation for all, regardless of income and social status. Chambers recognises the value and importance of pro bono work and community legal work. Chambers will support such work.
4. Chambers is committed to the dissemination of innovative legal thought by means of research, publication and education.
5. Chambers will endeavour to ensure that it carries out its business activities in a manner which is sensitive to the environment.
6. Chambers is committed to quality assurance.
