We may process personal data ('personal data' includes special categories of personal data) when we visit you to discuss your case. We may also collect information from professionals involved in your case in the form of tribunal reports, documents from previous solicitors in relation to your current case and from friends and relatives in relation to your case.
We use the information to assist you in relation to your Mental Health matters. We use the information only in relation to the conduct of your case. We do not store information for marketing purposes. We process personal data because it is necessary for the performance of our contract with you where you have appointed us to act, or it is necessary to protect your vital interests where we are appointed to act in relation to your detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.
We process personal data in encrypted form with cloud storage providers for operational purposes. We may also share personal data where required to do so with regulatory authorities such as the Legal Aid Agency and Solicitors Regulation Authority, lawyers representing us in the event of a claim, our insurers and experts and interpreters employed by us to assist you. We will never give or sell personal data to Third Parties for marketing purposes.
You can request a copy of data held by us by emailing or writing and supplying us with evidence of identity to match that which we have on our records. Once this request is received and your identity confirmed, Wolton and Co. will process the request within 30 days. Requests are free of charge once per calendar year; requests within the same calendar year will be charged at a fee that will be advertised on the firm's website. The fee is currently £15. Only data requested from the individual concerned will be processed.
You have the right to make a subject access request, Data Protection complaint, get your data corrected, get your data deleted, object to us using your data, limit how we use your data, get your data from us in an accessible format.
