Terms of Use of website and Privacy Policy

Website terms and conditions: READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING LOXLEGAL.CO.UK WEBSITE

 These WEBSITE terms, the Privacy Policy (below) set out the basis on which you may use this website loxlegal.co.uk (our Website).

    1. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms (and the documents referred to in them), and that they comply with them.

    2. The Website is operated by LOX Legal Consultancy (us/we).  To contact us, please email olivia@loxlegalco.uk.

    3. These terms, along with the Privacy Policy  (together, the Terms), form a legally binding agreement between us and you in relation to your use of our Website. By using our Website, you confirm that you accept the Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to the Terms, you must not use our Website.

    4. The Terms should be read carefully. We recommend that you print or save a copy of the Terms for future reference.

5. We may change the Terms and/or our Website and suspend or withdraw our Website.

6. We may amend the Terms from time to time, and you are deemed to accept and agree to be bound by any amendments to the Terms when you use our Website after these amendments have been made. Every time you wish to use our Website, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. These terms were most recently updated on 10.11.2024.

7. We may update and change our Website from time to time. Our Website is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our Website will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Website without notice.

Use of material on the website.

8. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

9. You may download or print off one copy of any page(s) from our Website for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our Website.

10. You must not modify the materials you have downloaded or printed off, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

11. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Website must always be acknowledged.

12. You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

13. If you breach the terms of any of the paragraphs 9, 10, 11,12,13, your right to use our Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Content and Information on our Website

14.  Do not rely on information on our Website.

15. The content provided on our Website is for general information only and is made available on an “as is” and “as available” basis. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Website.

16. 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 Website is accurate, complete or up to date.

17. Where our Website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links 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. We are not responsible for websites we link to.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

18. 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.

19. Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any services to you, which will be set out in a separate contract with you.

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

21. 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:

    1. use of, or inability to use, our Website; or

    2. use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Website.

    In particular, we will not be liable for:

    1. loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;

    2. business interruption;

    3. loss of anticipated savings;

    4. loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or

    5. any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

22. How we may use your personal information:  We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy (which is set out below).

23.  We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them.  We do not guarantee that our Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

24. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Website. You should use your own virus protection software.

25. 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. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. 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. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Rules about linking to our Website

26 You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

27. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, link, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our Website in any website that is not owned by you. Our Website must not be framed on any other Website. You may not create a link to any part of our Website.

28. Nothing in the Terms creates any agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchisee relationship between you and us.

29.   We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under these terms.

30. If a court finds part of the Terms illegal, the remaining Terms will continue in full force and effect.

31. This is a contract between us, and only you and us can enforce its terms.

32. If we delay in enforcing the Terms, we can still enforce them later. We are not responsible for any delay in performing or a failure to perform our obligations under the Terms if that delay or failure is due to events or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

33. The Terms represent the entire agreement and understanding between you and us regarding your use of our Website and supersede all previous agreements between us.

34. Our site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.

35. These terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

 

PRIVACY POLICY FOR LOXLEGAL.CO.UK

This privacy policy will give you information about how we look after your personal data when you visit our Website www.loxlegal.co.uk (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. 

1. Important information and who we are

Purpose of this privacy policy

This privacy policy gives you information on how we collect and process and protect your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website. This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

Controller

LOX LEGAL CONSULTANCY OWNED BY OLIVIA WYLD is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “LOXELGAL”, "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and may change it from time to time. This policy was last updated in November 2024.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Third-party links

This Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

2. The data we collect about you

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name.

  • Contact Data includes email address and telephone numbers.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time. 



3. How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity and Contact by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you contact us.

4. How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We will only use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below. 

Purpose/Activity

To respond to your contacts via the Website. 

Type of data

(a) Identity 

(b) Contact

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

  • Necessary for our legitimate interests

  • To deliver services that you have asked us to provide.

  • (a) Identity 

  • (b) Contact 

  • Performance of a contract with you 

Change of purpose 

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. 

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

5. Disclosures of your personal data

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out below:  

  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

6. International transfers

We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

7. Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. 

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

8. Data retention

How long will you use my personal data for?

We will only keep your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

9. Your legal rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, or have any queries, requests or concerns on how your data is processed, please contact OLIVIA@LOXLEGAL.CO.UK.