2.1 We are an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against staff, clients or others on any protected grounds or other irrelevant basis.

What is a complaint?

3.1 A complaint is a report by a client that their expectations of what they consider to be a good service have not been met.

3.2 A complaint can also be made by a prospective client if we have:

3.2.1 Unreasonably refused a service to a complainant; or

3.2.2 Persistently or unreasonably offered a service that the complainant does not want.

General

3.3 It is important to us that we provide services of the highest quality to all of our clients. We aim to ensure that any complaints that clients may have are identified and dealt with in accordance with this procedure.

3.4 We have an established procedure for dealing with complaints from clients. The procedure has been established so that we can resolve as many problems as possible within our offices and avoid having complaints and problems reported and escalated, and to preserve the goodwill of our clients, even if things have gone wrong.

3.5 Our procedure also assists the Firm in identifying the cause of any problem of which the client has complained offering any appropriate redress, and correcting any unsatisfactory procedures.

3.6 We expect honesty and realism from any employee or partner when things have gone wrong and in turn we will support all employees / partners.

3.7 Such complaints must be dealt with sympathetically and quickly. Our reputation depends on this, as it is all part of our high standard of service and incorporates client care.

3.8 A documented review of this policy / process will take place annually to verify its effective operation across our Firm.

3.9 Should you have any concerns regarding our service, please contact our Managing Partner, Mr. Prashanth on prashanth@5ivelegal.com

Making a complaint

3.10 You can register the complaint with the person dealing with your matter or the Partner supervising your matter or our Managing Partner,.

3.11 The Managing Partner is responsible for ensuring that complaints are handled effectively and in accordance with this procedure.

Introduction

4.1 5ive Legal^TM is the owner and operator of 5ivelegal.com (our site).

4.2 By using our site, you accept these terms of use and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

4.3 You should also refer to our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect or you give to us, and our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

4.4 Use of our site does not, under any circumstances, create a client-lawyer relationship between us and you.

Changes to these terms

4.5 We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time, as these will bind you.

Changes to our site

4.6 We may also update and change our site, or the content on it, from time to time. However, we are under no obligation to update it: content may be out of date at any given time; and we do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

Access to our site

4.7 We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site.

Reliance on content

4.8 The content and publications on our site are provided for general information only, and are relevant only to matters in India. They are not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional advice on your specific circumstances and objectives before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of any content or publication on our site. Please contact us to do so.

4.9 Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

Intellectual property rights

4.10 We are the owner or the licensee of all copyright and other intellectual property rights in our site, and in the content and other material published on it. All such rights are reserved.

4.11 You must not use any part of our site or the publications or content on our site for commercial purposes. You may only use it, only as permitted below, for personal use or use within the organisation for which you work.

4.12 You may print off or download and temporarily store pages from our site or any publications on our site, but only to view them.

4.13 You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any pages or materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, videos or graphics separately from any accompanying text.

4.14 You must not otherwise use, copy, alter, transmit or permanently store any pages, publications or content without our prior written consent.

4.15 You must not use the “5ive Legal^TM” trade mark without our consent.

Linking

4.16 Where our site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties (for example, http://www.mca.gov.in/), these links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources, or how they might use your personal or other information. We are not liable for the content of those linked websites or any loss or damage you may suffer by use of, or reliance on the content on, any linked website.

4.17 You may link to our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair, legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

4.18 Our site must not be framed on any other website.

Testimonials

4.19 Any testimonials or feedback comments provided through our site will be considered non-confidential. You retain the ownership rights in such material, but you grant us an unrestricted, royalty-free licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties for our marketing and promotional purposes.

Viruses and malware

4.20 Whilst we have taken reasonable steps to ensure that our site is free from bugs or viruses, we do not guarantee that it is, or that it is secure. You should use your own virus protection software.

4.21 You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.

Electronic communications

4.22 The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Electronic communications may, for example, be intercepted, transmit viruses, arrive late or never arrive. We cannot guarantee the security of our communications, whether transmitted to our site or between us by e-mail, and what they contain. By transmitting information to us or communicating with us by e-mail, you accept the risks involved. You should scan all e-mails and any attachments for viruses before opening them.

Limitation of liability

4.23 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

4.24 We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.

4.25 We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

4.25.1 use of, or inability to use, our site; or

4.25.2 use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

4.26 In particular, we will not be liable for: loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue; business interruption; loss of anticipated savings; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

Applicable law

4.27 These terms of use, their subject matter, formation and any contract arising from them (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Indian law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India.

General

5.1 5ive Legal^TM takes data privacy seriously. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to keeping your information secure and managing it in accordance with our legal responsibilities under applicable data protection laws.

5.2 Please read this Privacy Statement carefully as it contains important information to help you understand how and why we process any personal information that you give to us or we collect about you. We have a policy, that we follow firm-wide, which is based on Indian data protection principles.

5.3 This statement explains how we may collect and process information about:

5.3.1 visitors to our site;

5.3.2 prospective clients;

5.3.3 clients;

5.3.4 other people who are relevant to the legal advice and services enquired about by a prospective client or that we are providing to a client.

We have a separate policy explaining how we collect and process information about job applicants, employees and contractors.

What information will we collect from or about you?

5.4 We may collect information from or about you:

5.4.1 as a visitor to our site;

5.4.2 as a prospective client;

5.4.3 as a client;

5.4.4 as a person relevant to the legal advice and services enquired about by a prospective client or that we are providing to a client, e.g. a colleague, employer, beneficiary, trustee or the other party in a transaction or a dispute;

5.4.5 if you request information or assistance from us.

5.5 In particular, we may collect the following information from or about you which is defined as “personal data”:

5.5.1 Personal details such as your name, marital status, date of birth, address, telephone number and email address, employer/company and job title;

5.5.2 Identity information such as passport, driving licence, bank statement, utility bill and/or national identity card;

5.5.3 Credit history and records relating to you, your partner or anyone else you are financially linked with (we obtain this information from credit reference and fraud prevention agencies);

5.5.4 Family, lifestyle and social circumstances, and your relationships (personal or business) with others;

5.5.5 Business activities of the person whose details we are processing;

5.5.6 Financial details such as your income, savings and investments, and your bank or credit card details;

5.5.7 Transaction data such as details about payments to and from you in relation to services we supply to you or others;

5.5.8 Employment/self-employment details and activities;

5.5.9 In feedback forms, your opinions about our service and facilities.

5.6 We may also collect information that is referred to as being “special category data”. This could include:

5.6.1 Physical or mental health details;

5.6.2 Racial or ethnic origin;

5.6.3 Religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature;

5.6.4 Criminal convictions;

5.6.5 Sexual orientation.

5.7 We do not generally process special category data unless you have voluntarily provided this to us, or it is relevant to the legal service you have enquiring about or asked us to provide you with. For example, if we are assisting with a discrimination claim in an employment context, in Family & Matrimonial matters, or where you have advised us of an issue, such as your health, which could mean that you may be classed as a “vulnerable client”, i.e. due to your personal circumstances or personal characteristics you are particularly vulnerable to financial detriment. We will process sensitive information where you have provided this information to us and have agreed that we can use this information to deliver services to you. Where possible we shall seek to minimise the collection and use of such special categories of personal data.

5.8 We also collect technical data from visitors to our site, such as the internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices that are used to access our site. We may also collect information about visits to our site, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), click stream to, through and from our site (including date and time), pages viewed, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information and methods used to browse away from the page.

How is your personal data collected?

5.9 On various occasions, including through forms on our site or in communications with us, we invite or request you to submit your contact details, identify information, financial details, and other information about you or your organisation or third parties relevant to your enquiry or matter, or to send us e-mails, which will, of course, also identify you.

5.10 We may collect your personal details, identity information, financial details and transaction data from providers of payment services.

5.11 We may also collect technical data using automated technologies or interactions, or receive this data from third parties such as Google, Inc. who provide us with analytics on our site, or our search engine optimisation provider. Please see our Cookies Policy for further details.

How do we use this information?

5.12 We will only use your personal information in relation to the matter that we are dealing with. In each case, the purpose for which you have given us, or we have collected, the information is clear.

5.13 If you are a prospective client, we will mainly use your information to provide you with quotations and information about our services and to take the necessary steps for you to engage us where you choose to do so. We may also use it for marketing, subject to your consent where we are required to obtain this.

5.14 If you are a client, we will mainly use your information to for the provision of legal advice that is necessary for the performance of the contract between us which will include:

5.14.1 To provide legal services to you;

5.14.2 To provide and service your relationship with us;

5.14.3 To comply with legal obligations for the prevention of financial crime and money laundering.

5.15 We may also use it for:

5.15.1 Administering any accounts;

5.15.2 Processing your bank/credit card details in order to obtain payment;

5.15.3 The prevention and detection of fraud;

5.15.4 Market research;

5.15.5 Marketing;

5.15.6 Credit reference checks (where appropriate).

5.16 We will process your information in order to meet our contractual obligations to you, where we have a legitimate interest to do so, where we are permitted by law or to comply with applicable laws and regulation.

5.17 If you are a person relevant to the legal advice and services we are providing to a client or in relation to an enquiry, we shall use your information to provide the advice and services or enquiry.

PURPOSE	LEGAL BASIS
Providing a service and internal processing
To assess your needs and provide you with suitable services	Contractual obligation to provide you with legal advice and services, to provide you with a proposal and costs estimate where special categories of personal data are processed, with your explicit consent
To service and administer your matter including billing	Legitimate interest to provide and manage the service
To verify the identity of our clients	To comply with legal obligations to prevent money laundering
To confirm, update and improve our client records	To comply with legal obligations in the Data Protection legislation
To provide you with any information on the services that you have requested	To meet our contractual obligation to provide information on the services you have requested
Relationship Management
To manage and develop our relationship with you	Legitimate interest to service your matter and improve our service to you and other clients
To inform you of products and services that may be of interest to you, where you have chosen to be made aware of this, particularly by e-mail	With your consent
Training and development
For training purposes and to improve our service to you	Legitimate interests to improve our services and develop our employees
Complying with Legal Obligations
To prevent, investigate and prosecute crime, fraud and money laundering	To comply with legal obligations for prevention of financial crime and money laundering
For auditing purposes	To comply with our legitimate interest to conduct audits or to comply with legal obligations on us as solicitors
If we are obliged to disclose information by reason of any law, regulation or court order	To comply with legal obligations
Other
To transfer information to any entity which may acquire rights in us	Legitimate interests for commercial interests
For any other purpose to which you agree.	With your consent

Who will we share your information with?

5.18 We will not disclose your data outside of the firm, except to service providers acting on our behalf or in other very limited circumstances, for example, with your agreement or where we are legally obliged to do so.

How we retain your personal information

5.19 We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

5.20 Our retention periods are:

Type of personal information	Retention Period
Prospective client data	6 months after a proposal was given to you, unless you become a client
Client data including your personal details, credit history, family, lifestyle and social circumstances, business activities, financial details, and employment details (and any such data about a person relevant to your matter)	6 years after the end of our business relationship with you, or the end of your matter whichever comes later, except in the case of matters concerning Wills and Trusts for which it is 12 years
Transaction data, such as details about payments to and from you	7 years
Client Due Diligence Material which includes copies of your Passport, Drivers Licence, Bank Statements and any associated documents and explanations you have given to us to prevent fraud, financial crime and money laundering	6 years after the end of our business relationship with you, or the end of your matter whichever comes later
Special categories of personal data	6 years after the end of our business relationship with you, or the end of your matter whichever comes later
CCTV – digital images if you visit our offices	14 days

What to do if you do not want to receive information from us

5.21 If we propose to use your details to send you information about our services, events or legal developments which we believe may be of interest to you (other than information that you have specifically requested), your consent will be obtained to do so; alternatively, you can let us know your preferences by contacting us using the details at the end of this statement.

Security

5.22 We have robust information security management systems in place to protect your personal information.

5.23 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and electronic communications between us are at your risk. Please refer to paragraph 4.22 of our Terms of Use for more information.

What rights do you have?

5.24 You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

5.25 You have the right to request copies of your personal information to be transferred to you or a third party. If you think any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, you may also request it is corrected or erased. You also have a right, in certain circumstances, to object to our processing of your personal information or restrict our processing, to require us to stop processing your personal information and/or to withdraw your agreement to processing based on ‘consent’, but this does not apply where we have other legal justification to continue processing your data or an overriding legitimate interest.

5.26 To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details at the end of this statement.

Cookies

5.27 Our site uses cookies. Full details of the cookies we use and what they do can be found in our Cookies Policy.

Updates

5.28 We will keep this Privacy Statement under review and make updates from time to time. Any minor changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on this page and we will communicate any major changes to you.

This Statement was last updated on 30 October 2020.

Contact Us

5.29 If you have any questions about our Privacy Statement, or want to exercise any of your rights, please send us an e-mail at office@5ivelegal.com with the subject line “Data Privacy”, or alternatively send a signed letter addressed to Mr.Prashanth to 68, Ground Floor, Gangadeeswarar Koil Street, 1st Lane, Purasawalkam, Chennai – 600 084. Telephone queries can be made to +91 44 79648545.

6.1 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that may be stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help make our site work and provide information to us about how users interact with our site. We use this information to evaluate the performance of our site.

6.2 On your first visit to our site, a banner will appear alerting you to the use of cookies by our site. By continuing to browse our site, having seen that banner, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

6.3 The types of cookies we use on our site are:

6.3.1 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site.

6.3.2 Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

6.3.3 Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site.

6.4 Information on the cookies we use on our site are set out in the table below

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Cookie Category	Cookie Name	Description
Google	_utma	A Google Analytics cookie, which keeps track of the number of times, a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred.
	_utmb	A Google Analytics cookie, which creates a timestamp of the exact moment when a visitor enters a site.
	_utmc	A Google Analytics cookie, which creates a timestamp of the exact moment when a visitor leaves the site.
	_utmv	Used for reporting in Google Analytics classifying the visitor.
	_utmz	A Google Analytics cookie which tracks where the visitor came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on, what keywords used, and where in the world the site was accessed from.

6.5 Analytics: Our site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (see above), to help us analyse how users use our site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States – Google are signed up to Privacy Shield, which requires them to provide protection of personal data similar to that required in India.

6.6 You may refuse the use of these cookies via the settings in your browser as explained below. You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

6.7 You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies, although this may affect your access to, or use of, our site (and other websites). The way to clear cookies varies from one browser to another. You should look in the “help” menu of your web browser for full instructions. For your reference, please click the following links for details on how to manage cookies in each of the major web browsers:

• Internet Explorer (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/278835)
• Firefox (http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored)
• Chrome (http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647)
• Opera (http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/)
• Safari (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042)
• Safari for iPad and iPhone (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677)

7.1 Cyber-crime is on the increase, and you should be on the look-out for it to ensure that you do not become a victim of it.

7.2 You should be alive to the possibility that a fraudster might deliberately misrepresent himself or herself as a member of our team, or as someone acting on our behalf or working with us, for criminal purposes.

7.3 Such scams normally originate by e-mail. Often the e-mail will either promise the recipient a share of a large sum of money (for example a gift from a lottery winner, the benefit of a recently discovered life insurance policy, or an inheritance from the estate of a deceased person) in return for paying a modest sum up front (an advance fee type fraud) or request personal or financial information about the recipient or the recipient’s bank account allegedly in order that money can be paid to them (an identity theft type fraud). In an attempt to give legitimacy or respectability to the scam, sometimes the e-mail will direct the recipient to a false website that intentionally replicates the look of a legitimate website (a cloned website). Such e-mails are invariably fraudulent and should not be replied to or acted upon unless or until their provenance can be established.

7.4 If you receive an unsolicited and poorly worded e-mail from someone you do not know who is using a free e-mail service and/or an unusual e-mail address and it contains information or an offer which appears too good to be true, it very likely is not true.

7.5 If you receive an e-mail purporting to come from us or a member of our team, or if you are directed to a website which purports to be our site, and you have doubts or concerns about the provenance of the e-mail or website, before taking any action please either contact the member of our team you normally deal with or e-mail Mr.Prashanth at office@5ivelegal.com and they will tell you whether the e-mail came from us or whether it is our site.

8.1 5ive Legal^TM takes data privacy seriously. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to keeping your information secure and managing it in accordance with our legal responsibilities under applicable data protection laws.

8.2 This Privacy Statement sets out the basis upon which we will process personal information we collect from you when you apply for a job with us or through your employment with us (in each case including work experience).

8.3 Our main Privacy Statement describes our processing of information of the visitors to our site. This may also apply to you.

What information will we collect from or about you or others?

8.4 This may include:

• In all cases, your name, address, telephone number(s), e-mail address, date of birth, marital status, education, employment and salary history and qualifications, information on your CV, details of referees and references, CCTV footage from our office, your photograph and information in any correspondence with you;
• If you are a job applicant and are interviewed, any information we record in our preparatory and interview notes, and any correspondence following the interview with you or internally;
• If you are offered a job, become an employee or are an employee, also your address history, National Insurance number, passport information and other identity documentation, bank and tax details, payroll records, credit history, next of kin information, DBS check, offer correspondence, employment contract, non-disclosure agreement, job title, description and location, start date and (if different) date of continuous employment, salary and bonuses, pension and other benefit information, performance and training records, any grievance or disciplinary matters, and details about your annual leave, sick leave and pay, parental leave and pay, other absences, and information about your use of our information and communications systems;
• If you are an ex-employee, also any notice correspondence, on-going contact details, and any references given about you.

Special categories of Personal Data

8.5 Special categories of personal data include information about an individual’s physical or mental health, racial or ethnic origin, religious or other beliefs, criminal convictions, sexual orientation and biometric data.

8.6 We do not generally process such information, unless you have voluntarily provided it to us, for example, where you have notified us of a disability to allow for reasonable adjustments to be made.

8.7 We may collect health information on sickness self-certification forms and “fit to work” certificates.

8.8 We carry out diversity surveys of our employees. This is on an anonymous basis.

How is your personal data collected?

8.9 We may collect information:

• When you apply for a job with us, or during an application, at interview, or during the offer and employment process;
• From a recruitment agency if they arrange an application for you;
• During your employment, either from you or created internally;
• From third parties such as credit reference agencies, former employers, the DBS, your doctor (such as on a “fit-to-work” certificate).

How do we use this information?

8.10 We set out below the purposes for which we may use your information and the legal bases we rely on to do so. Where a legitimate interest is involved, we state what the legitimate interest is.

8.11 In the case of a job applicant, we process the information above primarily to pursue legitimate interests, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

PURPOSE	LEGAL BASIS
Recruitment
To manage job applications and assess candidates for vacancies	Legitimate interests for recruitment purposes
To conduct background checks, including verifying identity and address, validating education, certificates and qualifications, obtaining references, credit reference and criminal records checks and evidence of gaps in employment	Legitimate interests to manage and control employee risk
To assess suitability and capability of candidates, including psychometric assessments for certain roles	Legitimate interests for recruitment purposes.If special categories of personal data are processed – necessary for the purpose of preventative or occupational medicine or for the assessment of working capacity
To document the interview process and assess candidate competence	Legitimate interests for recruitment purposes. If special categories of personal data are processed – necessary for the purpose of carrying out obligations and exercising specific rights in the field of employment or for preventative or occupational medicine or for the assessment of working capacity
Making a decision about your recruitment and to determine the terms on which you work for us	Legitimate interests for recruitment purposes
During Employment
To process payroll and pay expenses	Necessary to perform the contract of employment
To manage absence, both planned and unplanned and validate fitness and ability to return to work	Legitimate interests for absence management. If special categories of personal data are processed – necessary for the purpose of carrying out obligations and exercising rights in the field of employment or for preventative or occupational medicine or for the assessment of working capacity
For training purposes and to enhance or review performance	Legitimate interests for performance management. To comply with statutory obligations for certain roles and other professional bodies’ requirements
To provide benefits as part of your employment package and to liaise with your pension provider and any other provider of employee benefits	Necessary to perform the contract of employment. Necessary to perform the contract for any optional benefits selected. To comply with legal obligations regarding pensions
To provide accommodation or make travel arrangements	Legitimate interests to facilitate accommodation or travel for business purposes
To maintain governance records, including conflicts of interest register, gifts and hospitality log, confidential information lists, staff share dealing disclosures, and lists of persons discharging material responsibility	Legitimate interests to comply with corporate governance requirements
To make decisions about salary reviews and other compensation	Necessary to perform the contract of employment. Legitimate interests for performance management
To gathering evidence for possible grievance or disciplinary hearings	Necessary to perform the contract of employment. Legitimate interests to perform other employees’ contracts. To comply with legal obligations regarding employment. If special categories of personal data are processed – necessary for the purpose of carrying out obligations and exercising rights in the field of employment
To make decisions about continued employment and to make arrangements for its termination	Legitimate interests for performance management and assessment of business needs. If special categories of personal data are processed – necessary for the purpose of carrying out obligations and exercising rights in the field of employment
To carry our business operations, for example to display your bio on our site or to assess our site’s performance	Legitimate interest for the pursuit of our business objectives
Security
To monitor access to the office and IT systems and applications	Legitimate interests to manage and control information security risk. To comply with legal obligations for prevention of financial crime. Legitimate interests for performance management
For contacting employees in the event of an emergency or as part of annual testing	Legitimate interests for business continuity
Complying with Legal Obligations
To prevent, investigate and prosecute crime, fraud and money laundering	To comply with legal obligations for prevention of financial crime and money laundering
To comply with health and safety obligations	To comply with legal obligations relating to health and safety
For auditing purposes	To comply with our legitimate interest to conduct audits or to comply with legal obligations on us as solicitors
If we are obliged to process or disclose information by reason of any law, regulation or court order	To comply with legal obligations
Other
To transfer information to any entity which may acquire rights in us	Legitimate interests for commercial interests
For any other purpose to which you agree	With your consent

Who will we share your information with?

8.12 As a job applicant, your information will primarily be used internally. It may be shared with third party service providers who help run our internal business operations including background checks, e-mail distribution and storage of documentation.

8.13 If you have applied through a recruitment consultant, any information we might give to you will instead be shared with them until an offer is accepted.

8.14 There may be other rare occasions where we need to share your information to fulfil a purpose set out above.

8.15 As an employee, we may need to share your information with a range of third parties including:

• Providers who need to know the information in order to provide us or you with a service, such as pensions or benefits;
• Third party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run our internal business operations including background checks, payments, training, telecommunications, e-mail distribution, storage of documentation, practice management and legal research;
• Other third party service providers, such as our insurers and underwriters, lender exchanges, property search providers, SEO, website and social media providers;
• Third parties who also provide products or services to our clients, through us or directly, such as Advocates and experts, banks and other lenders, accountants and tax advisors;
• Credit reference agencies to check your identity and obtain credit references;
• Regulators or law enforcement bodies in order to comply with any statutory, regulatory or legal obligation or court order;
• Entities who may or do acquire any rights in us for the purpose of a business sale or re-organisation;
• Our advisors, for the purpose of assisting us to better manage, support or develop our employees and comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

How we retain your personal information

8.16 The personal information that you provide will be retained by us in accordance with applicable laws as follows:

Type of personal information	Retention period
Applicant personal data including CVs	Applicants who are not interviewed – as soon as possible following decision not to interview, unless otherwise agreed with you to hold on file for a specified period Interviewed but unsuccessful applicants, or applicants who reject an offer – 6 months from interview Applicants who become employees – for the relevant period detailed below as part of your employment file
Employee personal data (including normal and special category data)	6 years after the end of employment (save as set out below)
Financial data	Bank account details are erased 3 months after the end of employment Records of salary and taxation are retained for 6 years
CCTV – digital images	14 days

Security

8.17 We have robust information security management systems in place to protect your personal information.

8.18 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and electronic communications between us are at your risk. Please refer to paragraph 5.22 of our Terms of Use for more information

Updates

8.19 We will keep this Privacy Statement under review and make updates from time to time. Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on this page.

Your Rights

8.20 You have a series of rights under the General Data Protection Regulation including the right to access a copy of the information we hold about you, unless we have a lawful ground to refuse this.

8.21 You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

8.22 You have the right to request copies of your personal information to be transferred to you or a third party. If you think any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, you may also request it is corrected or erased. You also have a right, in certain circumstances, to object to our processing of your personal information or restrict our processing, to require us to stop processing your personal information and/or to withdraw your agreement to processing based on ‘consent’, but this does not apply where we have other legal justification to continue processing your data or an overriding legitimate interest.

8.23 To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details at the end of this statement.

Contact Us

8.24 If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, or want to exercise any of your rights, please send us an e-mail at office@5ivelegal.com with the subject line “Data Privacy”, or alternatively send a signed letter addressed to Mr.Prashanth to 68, Ground Floor, Gangadeeswarar Koil Street, 1st Lane, Purasawalkam, Chennai – 600 084. Telephone queries can be made to +91 (44) 7963 6292.