Privacy policy.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which doherty solicitors collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each a “User”) of the www.dohertysolicitors.com website (“Website”).

Who we are

We are doherty solicitors of Seville House, New Dock Street, Galway. You can contact us at this address by post or by email at info@dohertysolicitors.com

Our data protection representative is Brian Doherty – email: bdoherty@dohertysolicitors.com

what is a cookie

A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer or mobile device.

You can manage cookies by activating your browser settings. However, please note that turning off cookies may interfere with your ability to browse our Website.

Why we process your data, the lawful basis for processing your data and who we share it with

A. For people who view and interact with our Website, we process data:

to respond to your query when sent through our ‘contact us’ form

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in the administration and operation of our legal services.

We will retain this data for only as long as reasonably required for the purpose described above or you withdraw your consent (where applicable) and we are not legally required or otherwise permitted to continue storing such data.

B. For solicitors and barristers that we liaise with on client matters, we process data:

in order to liaise with you about our client matters

The legal basis for the processing of this data is processing necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our firm in representing our clients.

We share the information you provide with our practice management system in order to store your contact information with our client file. We may also send you emails through our email service provider.

We will retain this data for only as long as reasonably required for the purpose described above or you withdraw your consent (where applicable) and we are not legally or otherwise permitted to continue storing such data.

Information received from third parties and the source of that data

We share the information you provide with our document management system in order to store your contact information with our client file. We may also send you emails through our email service provider.

For job applicants to the firm, we process data:

to recruit new employees
to ascertain your suitability for a specific role

The legal basis for this processing is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of our firm in recruiting new staff.

We may share the information you provide in your application with our contracted recruiter in order to make a shortlist of candidates. This recruiter is not permitted to use this data other than on our behalf. We may also send you emails about your application through our email provider.

We will retain this data for the duration of your application and for a period of one month after the recruitment process finishes.

Your rights relating to personal data

You have the following rights under the GDPR, in certain circumstances and subject to certain exemptions, in relation to your personal data:

Right to access the data – you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, together with other information about our processing of that personal data.
Right to rectification – you have the right to request that any inaccurate data that is held about you is corrected, or if we have incomplete information you may request that we update the information such that it is complete.
Right to erasure – you have the right to request us to delete personal data that we hold about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten.
Right to restriction of processing or to object to processing – you have the right to request that we no longer process your personal data for particular purposes, or to object to our processing of your personal data for particular purposes.
Right to data portability – you have the right to request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used machine readable format.

In order to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the contact details at the start of this privacy notice.

If we are processing personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing which took place prior to its withdrawal.

If you are unhappy with how we process personal data, we ask you to contact us so that we can rectify the situation. You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The Irish supervisory authority is the Data Protection Commission.

Requirement to process personal data

You may browse our Website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our Website.

If you do not provide us with your information for the purposes described above, we cannot respond to your queries sent through our contact us form, liaise with you on client matters or assess your suitability for a role with our firm.

Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not use any personal data for the purpose of automated decision-making or profiling.

changes to this policy

We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time at our discretion. If we make any changes, we will post those changes here and we will update the “Updated” date at the bottom of this policy. When you use our Website after any such change you will be deemed to have consented to the current version of the policy and accordingly you should review the policy from time to time.

This document was last updated on 10 October 2021.