At Overseas Chambers we are committed to protecting and respecting your confidentiality and privacy. We are aware of the concern which exists over the security of information which you provide to us (both over the internet and otherwise). The following statement sets out our privacy policy and gives an explanation of what we generally do with any information provided by our instructing professionals and clients. This is subject to any specific arrangements that you may have with us, and to the instructions that you give us, which may include express or implied derogations from this policy

For the purposes of this statement, "Information" includes:

(a) all the details we hold about the client and the matters (if any) upon which we are instructed; and
(b) all personal data, if any, about the client, any officers employees, associates and, where applicable, family members.

We reserve the right to monitor and store Information relating to who visits our website principally so that we can ensure our website is easy to use and identify any areas for improvement.

We may also use Information for any reasonable purpose including but not limited to the following:

(a) undertaking appropriate anti money laundering checks (include without limitation the disclosure of Information to a credit reference or fraud prevention agency, which itself may retain a record of the information disclosed to it);

(b) undertaking internal conflict-of-interest checks, analysing our performance, and generating internal financial and marketing reports;

(c) assessing legal and financial risks, credit control and collecting debts or outstanding fees;

(d) providing your Information to  professionals who we may instruct in relation to client matters; and

(e) marketing our services to instructing professionals or clients in the future, which may involve contacting you or, where applicable, individuals within your organisation using the contact details that you have provided to us.

By including references, hyperlinks or other connections to any third party websites, we do not imply any endorsement of them or any association with their owners or operators.

Whilst we do our best to safeguard your Information we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any Information that you may transmit to us either in transit or after its reception.