Lawdesk Partners

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 13, 2025

LawDesk Partners ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website (www.lawdeskpartners.com), submit enquiries or applications, or engage with our recruitment services for remote legal administrative staff.

We comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, as our services target UK law firms and individuals.

1. Who We Are

LawDesk Partners is a recruitment service specialising in placing vetted remote legal admins with UK law firms. Data Controller: Mark Bowman, Founder Contact: Mark@Lawdeskpartners.com | 07804 525 416 Address: 5 Hamilton Court, maitland drive, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP13 5BN

2. Personal Data We Collect

We collect data in these ways:

From Law Firms (Clients):

Name, job title, email, phone, firm details, and role requirements (via contact forms or email enquiries).

From Candidates:

Name, email, phone, CV/resume (including education, experience, skills), desired position, and any other info you provide via our application form or email.

From Website Visitors:

Automatically: IP address, browser type, referral pages (via Wix analytics/cookies – see Cookie section below).
Via forms: Any data you submit.

We do not collect special category data (e.g., health, ethnicity) unless relevant and with explicit consent.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data (Lawful Bases)

We process data on these bases under UK GDPR:

Contractual necessity: To provide recruitment services (matching candidates to roles, facilitating placements).
Legitimate interests: Marketing to law firms (B2B outreach), improving our services, analytics. (We balance this against your rights – you can object anytime.)
Consent: For candidates, storing CVs beyond immediate needs or non-essential cookies.
Legal obligations: Retention for disputes or compliance.

Specific uses:

Matching and placing candidates.
Communicating with clients and candidates.
Sending marketing emails to law firms (with unsubscribe option).
Website analytics and security.

4. Sharing Your Data

We share only where necessary:

With potential employers (candidates' details for roles).
Service providers (e.g., Wix for hosting/forms, email tools like Mailchimp – all with GDPR agreements).
Legal authorities if required.

No selling of data. International transfers (e.g., to Cambodia ops) are protected by adequacy decisions or safeguards.

5. Data Retention

Candidate data: Up to 2 years (for future roles) or deleted on request.
Client enquiries: As long as needed for ongoing business (up to 6 years for contracts).
Marketing contacts: Until unsubscribe or 2 years inactivity.
Logs/analytics: Up to 1 year.

6. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have rights to:

Access your data.
Rectify inaccuracies.
Erase data ("right to be forgotten").
Restrict or object to processing.
Data portability.
Withdraw consent.
Complain to the ICO (ico.org.uk).

7. Security

We use appropriate measures (encryption, access controls) to protect data. Wix provides secure hosting.

8. Cookies

Our site uses essential cookies (for forms/functionality) and analytics cookies (Wix). Manage preferences via your browser or Wix banner (add one if not there yet).

9. Changes to This Policy

We'll update this page and notify via email/site if major changes.

10. Contact Us

Questions? Email Mark@Lawdeskpartners.com.