Bukhari Chambers, GDPR and your personal information

At Bukhari Chambers, we are committed to protecting your personal information.

We will only collect and retain personal information which is necessary and is lawful to do so. 

All personal data requested will be relevant and not excessive, processed fairly and lawfully, obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and not further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes, it will be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Data Protection Act 2018 and will not be kept for any longer than is necessary

The reason why we do this is to act on your behalf as we have been instructed by you in your specific matter.

We may ask for personal information as part of processing your application. Should you fail to provide the information, we may not be able to offer any assistance to you. We do not collect information from other sources, nor do we make any automated decisions about you based on your data.

We may share your information with other parties such as the Home Office, the UK Courts, representative legal council or other persons who can assist with the submission & processing of your application. We will only hold your information as long as legally required.

You have the right to see, correct or restrict how we use your personal information. We will not transfer your personal information outside of the country unless it is a country with adequate safeguards to protect your rights. Should you be unhappy about how we have used your personal information you may complain to us at the address below.

We have been established and regulated since 2011 and have never had any occurrence of undue risk of exposure or breached our obligations to safeguard clients’ personal information.

Should you not be happy with our response, then you can complain to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) Their website is https://ico.org.uk