Who we are
The Lawyers with Disabilities Network (LDN) is a website for disabled lawyers and legal professionals. We provide news, information, resources and events, as well as providing a community for disabled lawyers. Lawyers can sign up to become a member of our community by subscribing to our mailing list.
Our website address is www.lawyerswithdisabilities.com.
LDN has a legitimate interest in collecting, storing and processing the personal data of members in order to keep them informed of our activities and interests and to share news and updates with them.
In addition to this LDN may in specific situations, collect and process your data with your consent.
Please contact info@lawyerswithdisabilities.com if you have any queries about this policy.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
LDN collects your personal data when you sign up to become a member of LDN through the website, by email, social media, by joining our mailing list or by registering for an event. All this information is provided voluntarily.
We may also use your data that is publicly available online for the purposes of furthering the interests of the community.
Membership
When you sign up to become a member we collect the following data from members:
- First Name
- Surname
- Email Address
We collect this information to contact you and provide you with information about LDN and details of our activities, blog articles, news and resources and events.
We also ask you to set up an account which will require you to set up a username and password. The information that you enter into at signed up for the account (name and email) will be stored on using third party applications including WordPress, Memberpress and Mailchimp and the terms and conditions and privacy policy of these applications/services will apply.
We may also from time to time request additional information in relation to your stage of study/work, your geographical location and your place of work/study to help tailor our services and the information or resources that we send to you. This information will also help us to ensure that you qualify for members and to better understand the diversity of our membership.
You will also have the option of entering additional information into your profile for this purpose. As above this information will be stored on using third party applications including WordPress, Memberpress and Mailchimp and the terms and conditions and privacy policy of these applications/services will apply.
We will seek to minimise the information we ask for to that which is needed to perform the relevant function or service at the time.
Events
When you sign up to attend one of our events we will collect your name and address and will use this information to contact you about the event and share relevant information about the event and other events that you may be interested in.
We may also request additional information if it is relevant to the event in relation to your stage of study/work, your geographical location and your place of work/study to help tailor our services and the information or resources that we send to you.
Mentoring
When you sign up to attend one of our mentoring schemes we will collect your name and address and will use this information to contact you about the event and share relevant information about the event and other events that you may be interested in.
We may also request additional information if it is relevant to the event in relation to your stage of study/work, your geographical location and your place of work/study to help tailor our services and the information or resources that we send to you.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact forms
If you use one of the Contact Forms on our website, this information will be proceeds by WordPress and an email to us and will also be retained on our WordPress account.
Further, if you contact us, we may also keep a record of that correspondence.
Third Party Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer while you are visiting a website. Cookies help make websites work. They also provide us with aggregated information about how users interact with our site. We use this information to try to improve your experience on our website.
We may use cookies to remember personal settings you have chosen on our website. In no other context do we use cookies to collect information that identifies you personally. Most of the cookies we set are automatically deleted from your computer when you leave our website or shortly afterwards.
A number of the services we use to add value and convenience to your experience of our website may set cookies on your browser on our behalf. These services fall into three broad groups: web analytics, surveys and advertising.
Web analytics
We use a third-party service—Google Analytics—to collect aggregate data about the usage of our website. We use this information to try to improve our web-based services. Google Analytics sets several cookies on your browser. We do not control the use of these third-party cookies, and you should check Google’s privacy policy if you have concerns.
Advertising
We may advertise on some or all pages of this website. The software we use to serve ads places a cookie on your computer which allows us to control the number of times an ad can be served to the same computer. We do not collect personal information about you or the ads that you have seen.
Comments
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Website Accounts (Memberships and Contributors only)
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Links to other websites and Embedded content from other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations.
This policy does not apply to those other websites so we encourage you to read their privacy statements. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites even if you access them using links that we provide.
In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party website, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party website and recommend that you check the policy of that third party website.
Additionally, articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Events
LDN may share your contact details with third parties when you sign up for an event. Details of the third parties will be provided when you sign up for the relevant event.
Mentoring
When you sign up to attend one of our mentoring schemes we will share your contact details and additional information with your mentor/mentee after we have obtained your consent.
How long we retain your data
Mailing List and Membership
Your contact details will be retained for as long as you are a member. You can terminate your membership at any time by logging into your account and cancelling your membership. You can also send us an email at info@lawyerswithdisabilities.com and/or unsubscribed from our mailing list by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of all our email correspondence.
LDN will not hold any personal data longer than necessary. Your personal data will be deleted within thirty days of the end of your membership.
Comments
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Website Accounts (Membership and Contributors only)
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Comments and Website Accounts (WordPress)
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Please note on occasion, the information you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). By way of example, this may happen where any of our servers or those of our third-party service providers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EEA. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. Where possible, we will seek to work with service providers whose servers are located within the EEA.
Additional information
How we protect your data
LDN protects your data by ensuring that only people with a legitimate interest in processing your data have access to it. All LDN email accounts and documents containing personal details are password protected.
LDN will not hold any personal data longer than necessary. Your personal data will be deleted within thirty days of the end of your membership.
Your data will not be shared with other organisations without your consent unless specified in our privacy notice.
What rights you have over your data
You have a right to request:
- Access to the personal data that we hold about you;
- Correction of your personal data when incorrect, out of date or incomplete;
- That your data be deleted.
Please bear in mind when making requests that the LDN committee is formed entirely of volunteers. We will endeavour to process any requests within thirty days.
Changes to this Policy
We may review this policy from time to time and any changes will be notified to you by posting an updated version on our website. We recommend you regularly check for changes and review this policy whenever you visit our website. If you do not agree with any aspect of the updated policy you must immediately notify us and cease using our services.
Last Updated: April 2021.
Contact Details
Please contact info@lawyerswithdisabilities.com if you have any queries about this policy.