OVERVIEW

Jacobs Legal is a consultant practice of Nexa Law Limited.   The terms and conditions that follow are those of Jacobs Legal.  By agreeing to use Jacobs Legal, you will also receive communications from Nexa Law, which will be sent in accordance with their Terms and Conditions.  These can be found at www.nexa.law/contact 

Please read these Terms of Service (‘Terms’, ‘Terms of Service’) carefully before using the Jacobs Legal website Access to and use of the Service is conditional on your acceptance and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the site.

Copyright – This website and its content are copyright of Jacobs Legal Limited.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only

you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. 

Disclaimer

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. 

We endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

We take no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy sets out how Jacobs Legal uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. 

We may collect the following information:

• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather –

• internal record keeping.
• to improve our products and services.
• send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security 

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

In addition this website uses the following cookies:

Google Analytics:

This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities including, but not limited to page views, source and time spent on website. The information is depersonalised and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals. This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics we can see what content is popular on our website and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.

Google AdWords:

Using Google Adwords code we are able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. This allows us to make better use of our paid search budget.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@jacobs-legal.co.uk

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email Jacobs Legal at info@jacobs-legal.co.uk. 

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

COOKIE POLICY

Information may be gathered from your registration form and your use of our website through “cookies”. The information gathered may be used by  Jacobs Legal  internally, for purposes relating to your use of the website and for marketing activities, and may be passed to carefully selected third parties to use for marketing activities. If you do not wish to receive marketing material from  Jacobs Legal  or from carefully selected third parties you should tick the appropriate box on the submission form. If you subsequently decide you no longer wish to receive direct marketing/information from  Jacobs Legal  or no longer wish us to pass your information to third parties you should notify us using the Contact page of our website.

Jacobs Legal  may set and access cookies on your computer. You can choose whether or not to accept cookies, however, if you do not accept  Jacobs Legal cookies, some of our services may not be available to you. 

Emails from  Jacobs Legal

If you choose to use Jacobs Legal , you will receive email communications from us. You will receive essential communications.

Essential Communications

We will send you messages that we consider necessary to meet our legal obligations and your expectations of us, including about your account, application confirmations and documentation relating to purchases of optional premium products.

In accordance with our Terms & Conditions, if you do not wish to receive emails of this nature, you should not use  Jacobs Legal.

Contact us or make a complaint

If you have any questions about this policy or our use of your Personal Information please raise your query via our contact form. If you do not think we are handling your Personal Information adequately, you have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, are available at https://ico.org.uk

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@jacobs-legal.co.uk 

Tracking & Cookies Data

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

BLOG TERMS

Blog Articles published by Jacobs Legal are correct as per date published (specified on each article). Please note that the information and any commentary on the law contained in this article is provided free of charge for information purposes only. Every reasonable effort is made to make the information and commentary accurate and up to date but no responsibility for its accuracy and correctness, or for any consequences of relying on it, is assumed by the author or the publisher. The information and commentary does not, and is not intended to, amount to legal advice to any person on a specific case or matter.