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The Professional Deputy Service (“The PDS”) is a division of NCA, a legal practice authorised & regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, SRA number 121041

Use of personal information

The PDS is committed to protecting your privacy and does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this website, except where:

users voluntarily choose to register with The PDS; or
users contact The PDS to provide contact information.

When any such information is supplied to The PDS, The PDS is legally bound by the Data Protection Act 1998 to ensure that such information is only used for the purpose for which it was requested and also to ensure that data is held securely.

No personal data obtained via the website is used for direct marketing, and we never disclose personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

The PDS will use the information you provide or collected about you to help it understand more about how the website is used and to enable it to send you electronic communications about The PDS that may be of interest to you, including information regarding its work, current and future activities and specific activities.

If you object to our using your personal data to send you information about our activities you can instruct us to cease doing so at any time by writing to or e-mailing the administrator at the address below.

Some anonymous data such as IP addresses, pages visited and time spent on the website is also collected. This information is used by The PDS to compile traffic statistics to enhance its understanding of how visitors use the website and to help it improve this service.

When you contact The PDS the information you give (such as your credit card number and contact information) is provided only so that the transaction can take place unless otherwise specified. The PDS also takes appropriate measures to ensure that any personal information provided is kept secure and only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was provided.

No transmission of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. The PDS cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to it and you do so at your own risk.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to enable you to visit other websites. The PDS has no control over linked websites. Accordingly, The PDS cannot be held responsible for the contents of any linked site or for the protection and privacy of any information or personal data which you provide whilst visiting any such site. Users should exercise caution and examine the privacy statement for the website in question before passing on any personal information.

Disclaimer

The PDS makes every effort to ensure that the information contained within the pages of this website is accurate and up to date, but gives no warranty regarding its accuracy or completeness. Consequently, The PDS accepts no liability for any losses or damages (whether direct, indirect, special, consequential or otherwise) arising out of errors or omissions contained in this website. No liability can be accepted in respect of losses or damages arising out of changes made to the content of this site by unauthorised third parties.

Access to personal information

You have a right to ask for a copy of the personal information The PDS holds about you (for which The PDS may charge a small fee), and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. If you believe that any information The PDS holds about you is incorrect or incomplete you should write to or email the Administrator at the address below. To help us locate your records more easily please let us know something about the nature of your previous contact with The PDS. Any information that is found to be incorrect will be corrected as soon as possible.

Cookies

Cookies make the interaction between users and websites faster and easier. The PDS website uses cookies to speed up page load times and other enhancements to improve the use of the website.

The PDS also use Google Analytics which uses cookies to generate anonymous statistical data on how visitor uses the website to provide you with a better service. Google’s cookie policy is here https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you use our site.

The European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (the “Directive”), which came into force on 31st July 2002, recognises that cookies are a “legitimate and useful tool” for many activities, including verifying the identity of website users. The Directive makes it compulsory for websites to inform users if cookies are being used and to provide some information on how they are used. You can find more information on this subject at www.aboutcookies.org.