Privacy Notice

Atkin Chambers Ltd is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

1. About this Notice

The purpose of this Notice is to:

Reassure you that Atkin Chambers Ltd fully respects your privacy and the information relating to you, otherwise known as your Personal Data, which is provided to us.

Describe the personal data that Atkin Chambers Ltd collects about you, how it is used and shared, and your rights in relation to it.

This Notice does not apply to personal data processed or used by individual barristers practising at Atkin Chambers. All barristers practising from Atkin Chambers do so as self-employed individuals and each has their own Privacy Notice which applies to their handling of your personal data. Each barrister’s Privacy Notice is accessible via their webpage on this website (http://www.atkinchambers.com). This notice also does not apply to Door Tenants of Atkin Chambers. Each Door Tenant’s Privacy Notice is accessible via their webpage on this website (http://www.atkinchambers.com).

2. Data Controller – Who are we?

Atkin Chambers Ltd is the vehicle responsible for providing the management and administrative support functions on behalf of all barristers practising from Atkin Chambers.

Atkin Chambers Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a Data Controller for the Personal Data that it holds and processes as administrators of Atkin Chambers, and its registration number is ZA202342.

Atkin Chambers Ltd’s company registered address is 89 Spa Road, London SE16 3SG, it is registered in England and Wales and its company registered number is 01982372.

Atkin Chambers is a set of barristers’ chambers.

The barristers of Atkin Chambers and employees of Atkin Chambers Ltd are based at 1 Atkin Building, Gray’s Inn, London, WC1R 5AT, United Kingdom and can be contacted via the website at atkinchambers.com, via email at GDPR@atkinchambers.com or by telephone +44 020 7404 0102.

A number of individuals who are classed as “door tenants” of Atkin Chambers also use the clerking and administrative services of Atkin Chambers Ltd. Door tenants are not practising barristers of Chambers but the courtesy of displaying their name at the entrance to Chambers has been extended to them.

3. Data collection – How may we collect information (“Personal Data”) relating to you and for what purpose?

Atkin Chambers Ltd may collect your personal data in one of the following ways.

The management and administration of each barrister’s work – Atkin Chambers Ltd may obtain your personal data, including special categories of personal data as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), for the purpose of instructing or potentially instructing one of the barristers to provide legal advice and/or representation or other legal services in relation to a particular client or case.

Otherwise in the normal course of business – you may have provided Atkin Chambers Ltd with your personal business details in relation to instructing a barrister on a specific legal matter or for the purposes of communicating regarding legal advice matters or marketing/business development opportunities.

Contact forms – personal information provided by you is collected when you choose to fill in forms on http://www.atkinchambers.com. This may include, for example, your name, position, business name, contact details (such as business email, telephone number and business address, educational institution, year of study) and your personal preferences, choices and requirements specific to particular requests or services. This personal data may be used to respond to your queries, and/or provide the services and/or information that you have requested.

Events – if you register for an event hosted by Atkin Chambers Ltd, your name, professional title and your business details may be shared with other people that are attending the same event.

Other marketing – limited personal data may have been obtained at an event, through an introduction by a third party, through mutual networking activity in person, or via social media, email or other digital communications.

Pupillage – we may ask for personal data if you apply to be a pupil or mini-pupil with Chambers.  We may also obtain your publicly available personal data by accessing the internet and this information may be used in the processing of your application.

CCTV – Atkin Chambers Ltd has CCTV in operation in parts of its buildings.

In addition, if you visit http://www.atkinchambers.com, some limited personal data may also be collected. Please see Section 10 (The Atkin Chambers Ltd website atkinchambers.com) at the end of this Notice for more detail.

Where personal contact details have been provided to us by you, or on your behalf, Atkin Chambers Ltd may use it to keep you informed about relevant legal updates, future events and our services by email, telephone or postal mail. You may be contacted by email, telephone or by post by Atkin Chambers Ltd for marketing purposes relating to Atkin Chambers barrister’s services and/or to research opinion on proposed legal or business developments where legally permitted to do so, unless you let us know that you do not want to receive this type of marketing. You have the right to object to this processing if you wish and if you wish to do so, please see Section 5 – Marketing Opt-Out.

Atkin Chambers Ltd may also use your personal data on an aggregated but anonymised basis to analyse how to improve the service that its staff and Chambers’ barristers provide to clients.

Atkin Chambers Ltd does not use automated decision-making in the processing of your personal data.

Please bear in mind that if you choose not to provide personal data requested by us, or if you object to our processing your personal data, we may not be able to provide you with the information and/or services you have requested or otherwise fulfil the purpose(s) for which we have asked for the personal data.

4. Our legal bases for processing (using or storing) your information

4.1. Legal basis

The GDPR requires all organisations that process personal data to have a legal basis for doing so. The lawful bases identified in the GDPR, and which provide our legal bases for processing your personal data, are:

Performance of a contract with the data subject or to take steps to enter into a contract.

Compliance with a legal obligation.

The legitimate interests of Atkin Chambers Ltd or the barristers of Atkin Chambers, or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of the data subject.

4.2. Legitimate interests

The legitimate interest purposes for which personal data are processed, are as follows:

To administer the legal services provided by barristers at Atkin Chambers to their clients.

To make, investigate, respond to or address complaints or concerns, including any legal or regulatory action.

To ensure network and information security, including preventing unauthorised access to personal data.

To assess and improve our services.

Recruitment, including staff, pupil and mini-pupil recruitment

For marketing purposes.

To report possible criminal acts or threats to public security.

5. Marketing opt-out

You may opt out of specific communications at any time if they are not directly related to the commercial contract between Atkin Chambers Ltd or any barrister of Atkin Chambers, with you or your company, or the management of a legal case or proceedings.

You may do so by using the “unsubscribe” option included in any marketing e-mail sent on behalf of Atkin Chambers or emailing “unsubscribe” to GDPR@atkinchambers.com.

6. Storing and sharing your personal data

6.1. Where is your personal data stored?

Atkin Chambers Ltd stores personal data, including email, phone and business name provided to it, on a contact management system.

Atkin Chambers Ltd will not keep personal data longer than required. Personal data will be kept for a maximum initial period of 15 years. At the end of the retention period, a review will take place about whether personal data is still required for the purposes for which it was obtained. You can request that Atkin Chambers Ltd suspend processing of your personal data or remove your personal data at any time. You can request rectification or erasure of your details and preferences and any consent given can be withdrawn at any time. Please see Section 7: Your Rights.

The personal data is processed at Atkin Chambers Ltd’s operating office and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located.

Your personal data is stored on secure servers in the European Economic Area (EEA).

6.2. Security of personal data

Atkin Chambers Ltd will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of your personal data.

6.3. Sharing personal data

Your personal data may be accessible to such employees, directors and officers of Atkin Chambers Ltd and barristers at Atkin Chambers or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy notice. Where such sharing takes place, Atkin Chambers Ltd will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is processed in compliance with the GDPR.

A list of third-party and sub-processors may be requested from Atkin Chambers Ltd at any time.

Your personal data may also be shared with:

  • regulators or legal advisors in the event of a dispute or complaint;
  • law enforcement officials, government authorities or other third parties in order to comply with legal obligations; and/or
  • legal directory publishers for the purposes of peer group review and feedback on the barristers of Atkin Chambers and the staff of Atkin Chambers Ltd. Atkin Chambers Ltd will not share your data with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes.

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights under data protection law:

Right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data.

Right of access to your personal data, and the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you and supplementary details about that information, unless it meets one of the Exemptions in the DPA 2018, for instance access to confidential references. You will be asked to provide proof of your identity and residential address, and you may be asked to provide further details to assist us in the provision of such information.

Right to have inaccurate personal data that we process about you rectified.

Right to erasure-in certain circumstances you have the right to have personal data that we process about you blocked, erased or destroyed.

The right to object to, or restrict processing of personal data concerning you for direct marketing and continued processing of your personal data.

The right of portability of your data in certain circumstances.

You can find out more information about how to exercise these rights from the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”). You also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of your personal data with the ICO.

Any requests should be made to GDPR@atkinchambers.com.

8. Additional information

In addition to the information contained in this privacy notice, if you would like any additional information about any particular services or the way your personal data is collected and/or processed, please contact GDPR@atkinchambers.com.

9. Changes to this Privacy Notice

Atkin Chambers Ltd may occasionally update this Privacy Notice. When significant changes are made, you will be notified of these via email, and the updated Notice will be published on http://www.atkinchambers.com.

10. The Atkin Chambers website atkinchambers.com

The website http://www.atkinchambers.com may collect some personal data from you.

The types of personal data collected will be in the form of:

10.1. Information provided by you

You may be asked to provide personal data through the register/sign up for updates option through the site, or when you register for updates or events which are then stored on Atkin Chambers Ltd’s marketing database. The details will include your name, your email address or your business name. If you sign up for pupillage updates you may also be asked for your educational institution and year of study. Atkin Chambers Ltd will not collect personal details from you without your knowledge and permission.

10.2. Cookies and usage analytics

The Atkin Chambers Ltd website uses cookies to better the user’s experience while visiting the website. A cookie is a small file that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website.

You can find out more about the cookies we use on the website.

This website uses a cookie control system allowing you, on your first visit to the website, to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer/device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer/device.

This website uses necessary cookies to enable the website to function. It also uses analytics cookies to help improve it; this website uses Google Analytics (Google Inc.). Analytics allow Atkin Chambers Ltd to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of how visitors to the website use it.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Further information on cookies can be found on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.

This website does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honour the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy notices.

10.3. Usage analytics

Analytics allow Atkin Chambers Ltd to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of how visitors to the site use it. This website uses Google Analytics (Google Inc.). Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilises the personal data collected to track and examine the use of this website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the personal data collected to contextualise and personalise the adverts within its own advertising network.

You can find Google’s Privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Google provides a tool to allow you to opt out of their analytics. Please note this tool is provided by Google and not Atkin Chambers Ltd, and Atkin Chambers Ltd is not responsible for this tool.

10.4. System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, the Atkin Chambers Ltd website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with it (System logs) or use for this purpose other personal data (such as IP Address).

10.5. Following a link to atkinchambers.com from another website

If you come to atkinchambers.com from another website, it may receive information from the other website. Atkin Chambers Ltd does not use this personal data. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.

10.6. Following a link from atkinchambers.com to another website

The Atkin Chambers Ltd site contains links to other websites. Atkin Chambers Ltd is not responsible for the content or privacy notices of these websites.