Privacy Policy

The policy outlines your privacy protections while on the Society of Asian Lawyers website only and does not pertain to sites to which this site may be linked.

Society of Asian Lawyers is 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.

Society of Asian Lawyers 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. This policy was last updated on 17 May 2018.

What we collect:

We may collect the following information:

  • the name of the domain (the Internet protocol [IP] address and the associated name of a specific network attached to the Internet) from which you have accessed the Internet,
  • the date and time you accessed the site,
  • the Internet address of the website from which you linked,
  • the pages you viewed while visiting the Society of Asian Lawyers site.

Society of Asian Lawyers collects no personal information about you (name, mailing address, phone, email address) unless you choose to provide that information by sending an email, requesting a membership, or signing up to receive information in our newsletter.

What we do with the information we gather:

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping
  • To respond to your requests and provide you with appropriate information
  • To improve our services
  • To periodically send information about our forthcoming events and services or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided

Newsletters/mailing lists

Society of Asian Lawyers may send you news and information on topics of interest to you. You have the option of subscribing to the Society of Asian Lawyers mailing list and can do so on the website or by emailing requests to secretary@societyofasianlawyers.co.uk.

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.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. A link does not constitute endorsement of the content, viewpoints, accuracy, opinions, policies, products, services, or accessibility of that website. Society of Asian Lawyers is not responsible for other sites’ privacy policies, which may be different from ours. Once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website and you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website, including, but not limited to, its internet privacy policy. 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, you will be able to click a box to indicate you are happy for the information to be used by Society of Asian Lawyers 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 secretary@societyofasianlawyers.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.

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