Privacy Policy
Fort Stratford Partners Privacy Policy
Last updated January 2024
Our contact details
Name: Fort Stratford Partners Limited
Address: Warnford Court, 29 Throgmorton Street, London, EC2N 2AT
Phone Number: 0203 376 7666
Your personal information is collected and controlled by Fort Stratford Partners Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with number 15338157 and registered office address of Warnford Court, 29 Throgmorton Street, London, EC2N 2AT.
Our purpose is to help law firm clients achieve their growth ambitions and to assist law firm partners in realising their career and earning potential.
What type of personal information do we collect?
The type of information that we collect includes some or all of the following: name, address, email address, contact telephone numbers, employer or ownership practice details (including revenue management and partnership structure and client information) remuneration details, personal opinions, and areas of expertise. This information is necessary to be able to successfully advise candidates throughout the recruitment process and to successfully advise clients on suitable candidates to approach when hiring or requesting market intelligence.
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.
We do not knowingly process the personal data of children.
We refrain from gathering special category personal data from you or engaging in any subsequent processing unless you have expressly granted your consent for such actions.
How we gather the personal information?
Here at Fort Stratford Partners Limited, we gather personal information indirectly via online sources, including publicly accessible places like law firm websites, professional databases and legal publications, as well as directly via in-person meetings, phone discussions, emails, and written communications with you.
We will process your personal information for various purposes, including:
- Making detailed and compelling, confidential candidate introductions to law firms;
- Accurately assessing relevant opportunities for candidates and recruiters;
- Enhancing the quality of services offered to law firms and candidates;
- Facilitating the Partner recruitment process; Enhancing our understanding of the legal market and available talent resources.
Should there be a need to process your personal information for a purpose different from or incompatible with the original purpose, we will inform you in advance about this alternative purpose.
Why do we have it?
- Provision of Services: We will process your personal information to provide our services to you, in helping you move firms and also to provide our law firm clients with accurate information as and when required.
- Communication and Support: We may use your contact details to communicate with you about important updates, services, and support. This enables us to provide assistance and keep you informed throughout the recruitment process.
- Business Operations and Analytics: We analyze aggregated and anonymized data for the purpose of improving our business operations, strategizing for the future, and understanding market trends.
- Quality Control: We use your personal information to deliver and enhance the quality of the services we offer. This includes tailoring our offerings to meet your specific needs and preferences.
How do we store your personal information?
Your information is securely stored in a secure cloud based database.
We keep personal information for as long as necessary and up to a maximum of 5 years. It is then
disposed of by removing it from our database and secure drive.
Who is your information shared with?
International Data Transfers
Please note that some of our service providers or clients may be based outside of the UK. Where we transfer your data to a service provider or client that is outside of the UK we seek to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to make sure that your personal data is held securely and that your rights as a data subject are upheld.
When will you be contacted?
You may be contacted for marketing purposes via email or phone call if you have explicitly provided your consent for us to do so, or if you are on an existing marketing contact list and you have not opted out of future marketing emails.
What are your data protection rights?
Under the UK GDPR, you have rights relating to the processing of personal data including:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information that you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information that you think is incomplete.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information.
- Your right to object to automated decision making and profiling – You have the right to be informed about the existence of any automated decision making and profiling of your personal data, and where appropriate, be provided with meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing that affects you.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.
You are able to withdraw consent to processing of personal data or request us to restrict or stop processing your personal data at any time and you can do this by contacting any employee at Fort Stratford Partners Limited or by emailing info@fortstratford.com.
If you would like to make a request pertaining to your rights, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us by emailing info@fortstratford.com or writing to us at Warnford Court, 29 Throgmorton Street, London, EC2N 2AT if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us by emailing info@fortstratford.com or writing to us at Warnford Court, 29 Throgmorton Street, London, EC2N 2AT.
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
