Please read the information below for details of how our team will use your personal data and who we will or may share it with. This information should be read together with that provided in the Privacy Notice and details about how and why this firm processes your personal data, and who Taylor Emmet will share your data with.
| How our department uses your personal data | Who we will/may share your personal data with |
| We use your personal data primarily to provide the legal services that you have asked us to deliver, to progress your matter generally and for related purposes as detailed below (lawful bases for processing: contractual obligation and legitimate interests): |
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| To carry out searches necessary to obtain information about the property you wish to buy (service related to our contract with you) | Search providers, namely: NSS, TM Group and such other alternative search providers as may be used from time to time together with all England and Wales local authorities, water authorities, coal authorities and other statutory bodies |
| To obtain insurance cover to address any defects in title identified so as to protect your position (related to the provision of legal services to you) | Insurance providers used: ISIS, First Title, Aviva and such other alternative insurance providers as may be use from time to time |
| To obtain title information about the property you are buying/selling (to enable us to provide legal services to you) | HM Land Registry |
| To submit an SDLT Return on your behalf (as applicable). Legal obligation arising out of provision of services to you | HMRC |
| Verify your bank details and those of other parties involved in the transaction to whom substantial payments are made on your behalf to mitigate against the risk of fraud | Consumer Bank Account Checker |
| Referred instructions only – to update the Estate Agent/organisation on your matter as required and at specific stages in the transaction
Only limited information is provided, to indicate the overall status of the transaction (for example, receipt of contracts, searches, mortgage offer etc), details on completed stages and outstanding actions up to and including completion, in line with referrer’s standard requirements. In many cases we are simply required to tick a box to confirm the position that the transaction has reached (lawful basis for processing: legitimate interest – we want to demonstrate the high standards to which we operate so that the companies will continue to work with us) |
The referrer/introducer in relation to your particular transaction, if any, of which you will already be aware as reference will be made to them in our letter of engagement |
| We use software which enables us to provide a highly efficient service to you (lawful basis for processing: contractual obligations and legitimate business interests) | Software providers currently used: Ochresoft Technologies Ltd and Movelt Property Software Group |
