Blake Lapthorn is committed to preserving the privacy of all
visitors to its website (the 'website'). Please read the
following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the
information that you provide to us.
what information does Blake Lapthorn collect?
When you visit or register with the website you may be asked to
provide certain information about yourself including your name,
title and postal and/or email address. If you use any of our
specialist websites, you may be asked for additional
information. The use of that information is subject to a
separate privacy policy which is available on that
site. Please check that privacy policy before supplying any
information. We also collect information about your usage of the
website using cookies. If you do not want to receive cookies, you
may reject them by using your browser settings.
On this website Blake Lapthorn uses Google Analytics and
Trovus Revelations to measure and analyse information on visits to
the website. To that effect we use your IP address (a series of
numbers that identifies a computer on the internet) to collect,
among other things, internet traffic data and data regarding your
browser type and computer. We will not use the data to identify you
personally.
how does Blake Lapthorn use this information?
We use the information we collect about you to:
- help us understand how our site is used
- determine which communications about us may be of interest to
you
- contact you where necessary if (for instance) you have
registered to attend a seminar that we are hosting or have
requested information regarding the services that we provide
- administer, support, improve and develop our business
- contact you for your views on our services.
We may also use your information to let you
know about products and services which we offer which may be of
interest to you and may send them by post, telephone or fax, as
well as by email or SMS. You will be given an opportunity to tell
us that you do not wish to receive this information when you submit
your details. Please note that if you do not opt out of
receiving marketing material, you will have indicated to us that
for the time being you have no objection to being contacted for
marketing purposes, and this consent will override any
registrations you or your organisation may have with the relevant
preference organisations (such as the telephone preference
service).
If you change your mind about being contacted by us in the
future, or change address, or if any information that we hold about
you is inaccurate of out-of-date, please let us know by emailing
info@bllaw.co.uk or writing to
our Business Development team at Blake Lapthorn, Seacourt Tower,
West Way, Oxford, OX2 0FB or calling us on 01865 248607 and asking
for the Business Development team.
disclosure of your information
Some of the information you
provide to Blake Lapthorn will be held on our computers in the UK
and will only be accessed by or given to our staff working in the
UK. Some of the information you provide to Blake Lapthorn may be
transferred to, stored and processed by a third
party organisation which processes data for us and on our
behalf. By submitting your personal information you agree to this
transfer, storage and processing. We will take all steps
reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely
and in accordance with this privacy policy. We will not disclose
any of your personal identifiable information to anyone else
without your express permission to do so, unless we believe that we
should do so to comply with the law.
Finally, if Blake Lapthorn merges with another business entity,
your information may be disclosed to Blake Lapthorn new business
partners or owners.
cookies
Cookies, also known as browsers or tracking cookies, are small
text files that are added to your computer when you visit a
website. They help websites to perform certain functions, eg for
shopping carts, and for tracking purposes.
At Blake Lapthorn we use the following cookies:
Google analytics
We use Google analytics cookies on the site for tracking
purposes. The cookies allow us to understand
general traffic to our website for example number of visitors
and length of time on site. This process does collect data,
but in an anonymous form, to help us make improvements,
develop the site and enhance the user experience.
privacy preferences
We use a tracking cookie, which is added to your computer, to
remember your cookie preferences ie if you have allowed or
disallowed them.
register for events
We have the ability for you to register for events on the
website. If you do so this information goes directly
into our database. In order to register our database adds
an essential cookie (reaction server) to your computer.
member services
For areas of our website that are password protected then
an essential cookie is added to your computer, which is then
automatically deleted after your session has ended.
third party cookies
slideshare
We embed presentations on our website using the third party site
'slideshare'. When you view one of these presentations slideshare
will add a cookie to your computer.
addthis.com
We use social bookmarking options at the bottom of
articles using the third party site 'addthis.com'. When you
add an article to a social network site via the bookmarks then
addthis.com will add a cookie to your computer.
manage cookies
Shortly after arriving at our website we will add an 'opt-in'
tracking cookie to your computer unless you specify otherwise. See
above for further information on the types of
cookies that we use.
If you would like to opt-in or opt-out of using cookies then you
can use the button below. You can review your cookie settings at
any time.
If you do opt-out then an opt-out preference cookie will be
added to your computer, however if you delete all your cookies or
use a different device then you will need to set your cookie
preference again.
If this is your first visit and you navigate away from this page
without specifying your cookies preference then an 'opt-in'
tracking cookie with be added to your computer.
Further
information on how to manage cookies on your computer.
