meritt. is a UK registered company at 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX  our companies house number is 15010953.

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Where this Notice refers to “meritt.”, “we”, “our” or “us” below, unless it mentions otherwise, it is referring to the subject company that is the controller of your personal data.

 

How we collect your data

When we refer to (“personal data”), we mean information that could identify you directly, such as your name, or indirectly by a certain characteristic combined with information we already hold about you.

We may receive information about you from you or third parties, when we are acting for you or a client and we are required to obtain information about you, which is acquired during our activities as a legal practice.

Where we receive information about you from a third party, we will only use that information for the purposes of the legal matter and to comply with any regulatory or legal obligations that we are subject to.

Scope of this Notice

By using and interacting with our website, or by using our services, (including where you register to receive our emails) we collect and process certain information about you.

 

Information that you give to us

You give us information about yourself when you  engage us or when entering information via our website, opt-in/consent forms, apps or by communicating with us by phone, post, e-mail, live chat, social media or otherwise. 

Such information may include your name and job title, contact information including email address and/or demographic information such as postcode may be voluntarily provided by you.

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Information that we may automatically collect from you

We may also automatically collect information about you which we may observe, detect, or create without directly asking you to provide the information to us. In common with most other businesses, this will mainly include information gathered automatically through your use of our website or services, such as your IP address, telephone number or the pages of our website that you have visited.

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We may supplement the personal data collected from you with information from publicly available sources, such as information to validate your identity or address, or to perform a credit or an identity check.

 

Information we automatically collect about you

We may automatically collect information about you which we may observe, detect or create without directly asking you to provide the information to us. In common with most other businesses, this will mainly include information gathered automatically through your use of our website or online services. The settings on our website allow you to reject the non-essential cookies.

 

Why and how we use your personal data?

We may use the information we collect about you in the following ways;

 

• Where it is necessary for us to perform a working relationship with you.

• ​Where we have a legitimate interest​

• Where required by law​

• Where you have provided consent​

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Cookies Notice.

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This Cookies Notice tells you everything that you need to know about how we use cookies.

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​There are “first-party cookies” and “third party cookies”. First party cookies are set by us, the website owner. They are stored by the website. Third party cookies are set by someone other than us (i.e., a third-party supplier) and collects user data for the third party (and is stored on the third party’s server).

 

Some of our cookies collect data for more than one use. We will only use strictly necessary cookies for their essential purposes unless you have given us consent to any other uses that they have.

 

Please note that if more than one person uses your device, the choices set by others will apply to you as well unless you specifically change them when you are using your device. For example, if you share a computer with your family, you may see adverts based on websites they have visited as well as websites you have visited.

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​You can opt in or out of cookies on our site via the pop up box at the bottom of your browser. If you wish to restrict or block cookies on your device, you can do this through visiting your browser settings.