We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use, and share your personal information. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.
We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are subject to the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union (including in the United Kingdom) and we are responsible as “controller” of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.
Key terms
It would be helpful to start by explaining some key terms used in this policy:
| We, us, our | The Mack Law Group, PLC and The Nosy Lawyer Blog. |
| Our representative |
Pamela Denise Mack 41000 Woodward Avenue, East Building Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 4304 (248) 229-0185
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| Personal information | Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual |
| Special category personal information |
Personal information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership Genetic and bio-metric data Data concerning health, sex life or sexual orientation |
Personal Information We Collect About You
- Your name and contact information, including email address and telephone number [and company details]
- Your gender information[, if you choose to give this to us
- Location data[, if you choose to give this to us
- Your billing information, transaction and payment card information
- Your personal or professional interests]
- Your professional online presence, e.g. LinkedIn profile
- Your contact history, purchase history and saved items
- Information from accounts you link to us, e.g. Facebook
- Information about how you use our website, IT, communication and other systems
- Your responses to surveys, competitions and promotions
This personal information is required to provide services to you. If you do not provide personal information we ask for, it may delay or prevent us from providing products or services to you.
How Your Personal Information is Collected
We collect most of this personal information directly from you—in person, by telephone, text or email[ and/or via our website and apps. However, we may also collect information:
- From publicly accessible sources, e.g., Companies House or HM Land Registry;
- From a third party with your consent, e.g., example, e.g. your bank;
- From cookies on our website—for more information on our use of cookies, please see our cookies policy
- Via our IT systems, e.g.,:
- Door entry systems and reception logs;
- Automated monitoring of our websites and other technical systems, such as our computer networks and connections, CCTV and access control systems, communications systems, email and instant messaging systems;
- any other relevant systems.
How and Why We Use Your Personal Information
Under data protection law, we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason for doing so, e.g.,:
- To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
- For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract;
- For our legitimate interests or those of a third party –or–
- Where you have given consent.
A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.
The table below explains what we use (process) your personal information for and our reasons for doing so:
| What we use your personal information for | Our reasons |
| To provide products AND/OR services to you | For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract |
| To prevent and detect fraud against you or The Mack Law Group, PLC | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to minimize fraud that could be damaging for us and for you |
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Conducting checks to identify our customers and verify their identity Screening for financial and other sanctions or embargoes Other processing necessary to comply with professional, legal and regulatory obligations that apply to our business, e.g. under health and safety regulation or rules issued by our professional regulator |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Gathering and providing information required by or relating to audits, enquiries or investigations by regulatory bodies | To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Ensuring business policies are adhered to, e.g. policies covering security and internet use | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to make sure we are following our own internal procedures so we can deliver the best service to you |
| Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training and quality control | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you at the best price |
| Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to protect trade secrets and other commercially valuable information To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Statistical analysis to help us manage our business, e.g. in relation to [our financial performance, customer base, product range or other efficiency measures] | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you at the best price |
| Preventing unauthorized access and modifications to systems | For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to prevent and detect criminal activity that could be damaging for us and for you To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Updating[and enhancing customer records | For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g. making sure that we can keep in touch with our customers about existing orders and new products |
| Statutory returns | To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
| Ensuring safe working practices, staff administration and assessments |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g. to make sure we are following our own internal procedures and working efficiently so we can deliver the best service to you |
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Marketing our services and those of selected third parties to: —existing and former customers; —third parties who have previously expressed an interest in our services; —third parties with whom we have had no previous dealings. |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to promote our business to existing and former customers |
| External audits and quality checks, e.g. for ISO or Investors in People accreditation and the audit of our accounts | For our legitimate interests or a those of a third party, i.e. to maintain our accreditations so we can demonstrate we operate at the highest standards To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
The above table does not apply to special category personal information, which we will only process with your explicit consent.
Promotional Communications
We may use your personal information to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone or post) about our products AND/OR services, including exclusive offers, promotions or new products AND/OR services.
We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information for promotional purposes (see above “How and why we use your personal information”). This means we do not usually need your consent to send you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.
We will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and never sell OR share it with other organizations outside The Mack Law Group, PLC group for marketing purposes.
You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by:
- contacting us at info@macklawgrp.com
- using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in emails or ‘STOP’ number in texts
We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you instruct us to provide further products AND/OR services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
Who We Share Your Personal Information With
We routinely share personal information with:
- Companies within the Mack Law Group
- Third parties we use to help deliver our products AND/OR services to you, e.g., payment service providers, warehouses and delivery companies;
- Other third parties we use to help us run our business, eg marketing agencies or website hosts;
- Third parties approved by you, eg social media sites you choose to link your account to or third party payment providers;
- Our insurers and brokers;
- Our bank[s];
We only allow our service providers to handle your personal information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal information. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to ensure they can only use your personal information to provide services to us and to you. We may also share personal information with external auditors, eg in relation to the audit of our accounts.
We may disclose and exchange information with law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
We may also need to share some personal information with other parties, such as potential buyers of some or all of our business or during a re-structuring. Usually, information will be anonymized but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations.
We will not share your personal information with any other third party.
Where Your Personal Information is Held
Information may be held at our offices and those of third party agencies, service providers, representatives and agents as described above (see above: “Who we share your personal information with”).
How Long Your Personal Information Will Be Kept
We will keep your personal information while you have an account with us or we are providing products AND/OR services to you. Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary:
- To respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
- To show that we treated you fairly;
- To keep records required by law.
We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of personal information. Further details on this are available in our set out details of records management policy and/or schedule that gives these details].]
When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it.
Your Rights
| Access | The right to be provided with a copy of your personal information (the right of access) |
| Rectification | The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your personal information |
| To be forgotten | The right to require us to delete your personal information—in certain situations |
| Restriction of processing | The right to require us to restrict processing of your personal information—in certain circumstances, eg if you contest the accuracy of the data |
| Data portability | The right to receive the personal information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party—in certain situations |
| To object |
The right to object: —at any time to your personal information being processed for direct marketing (including profiling); —in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information, eg processing carried out for the purpose of our legitimate interests. |
| Not to be subject to automated individual decision-making | The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you |
Keeping Your Personal Information Secure
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to access it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We continually test our systems, which means we follow top industry standards for information security. We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
How to Complain
We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
This privacy notice was published on August 1, 2020.
We may change this privacy notice from time to time–when we do we will inform you via our website or other means of contact such as email]
How to Contact Us
Please contact usby post, email or telephone if you have any questions about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you.
Our contact details are shown below:
| Our contact details | The Mack Law Group, PLC – Pamela Mack |
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41000 Woodward Avenue, East Building Suite 350 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304 PamelaM@Macklawgrp.com |
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| (248) 229-0185 |
Do You Need Extra Help?
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