Blake Lapthorn is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to its website (the 'website'). Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.

What information does Blake Lapthorn collect?

When you visit or register with the website you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, title and postal and/or email address and information about your potential claim. We also collect information about your usage of the website using cookies. If you do not want to receive cookies, you may reject them by using your browser settings.

How does Blake Lapthorn use this information?

We use the information we collect about you to:

• Assess any potential claim you may have and, if you decide to instruct us, it will be used in connection with any legal advice and service we provide to you
• help us understand how our site is used
• determine which  communications about us may be of interest to you
• contact you where necessary if (for instance) you have registered to attend a seminar that we are hosting or have requested information regarding the services that we provide
• administer, support, improve and develop our business, and
• contact you for your views on our services
  

We may also use your information to let you know about products and services which we offer which may be of interest to you and may send them by post, telephone or fax, as well as by email or SMS. You will be given an opportunity to tell us that you do not wish to receive this information when you submit your details.  Please note that if you do not opt out of receiving marketing material, you will have indicated to us that for the time being you have no objection to being contacted for marketing purposes, and this consent will override any registrations you or your organisation may have with the relevant preference organisations (such as the telephone preference service).

If you change your mind about being contacted by us in the future, or change address, or if any information that we hold about you is inaccurate of out-of-date, please let us know by emailing info@bllaw.co.uk or writing to our Business Development team at Blake Lapthorn, Harbour Court Compass Road, North Harbour, Portsmouth PO6 4ST or calling us on 02392 221122 and asking for the Business Development team.

Disclosure of your information

The information you provide to Blake Lapthorn will be held on our computers in the UK and will only be accessed by or given to our staff working in the UK. We will not disclose any of your personal identifiable information to anyone else without your express permission to do so, unless we believe that we should do so to comply with the law.

Finally, if Blake Lapthorn merges with another business entity, your information may be disclosed to Blake Lapthorn new business partners or owners.