Privacy Policy

Aspire Legal Group operates aspirelegalgroup.org and is the controller of personal information described in this policy. You can contact us through our Contact page.

Aspire Legal Group is not a law firm. Please do not send confidential legal material, original documents or unnecessary sensitive information through our general contact form.

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

• your name and email address;
• information you include in a contact or collaboration enquiry;
• technical information such as IP address, browser information, server logs and security events;
• information about your preferences where you choose to provide it;
• records necessary to manage enquiries, complaints or data-protection requests.

We do not intentionally ask for special category personal data through the general contact form. Please avoid including health information, identity documents, financial account information or other sensitive material unless it is genuinely necessary and specifically requested.

We may use personal information to:

• respond to enquiries and requests;
• provide requested preparation information or signposting;
• operate, secure and improve the website;
• manage professional, supplier or collaboration relationships;
• keep appropriate records and respond to legal or regulatory requirements;
• protect the website and users from misuse, fraud or security threats.

Depending on the purpose, we may rely on:

• Legitimate interests — for operating and securing the website, responding to ordinary enquiries and administering the platform where those interests are not overridden by your rights.
• Contract or steps before a contract — where you ask us to take steps connected with a service or commercial arrangement.
• Legal obligation — where we must use or retain information to comply with law.
• Consent — where consent is specifically requested, for example for certain optional communications or non-essential cookies.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, our interests include operating an effective information and signposting platform, maintaining security and responding to users who contact us.

We may use service providers that support website hosting, email, security, backups, website administration and other technical functions. We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

We do not sell personal information to advertisers.

If you ask us to signpost you to an external professional or organisation, we will normally provide their details to you rather than sharing your information with them unless you have asked us to do so and an appropriate basis exists.

Some technology providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where data-protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer, we will use an appropriate transfer mechanism or other lawful safeguard.

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, maintaining appropriate records, meeting legal obligations, resolving disputes and protecting legitimate interests. Retention periods may vary according to the type of information and the reason it is held.

Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised or securely disposed of where appropriate.

Depending on the circumstances and lawful basis, you may have rights to ask for access to your information, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, or to object to particular processing. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent.

Your right to object: where we rely on legitimate interests, you may object to the use of your personal information in relevant circumstances. You also have an absolute right to object to the use of personal information for direct marketing.

To exercise a right, contact us through the Contact page and clearly state that your enquiry concerns data protection.

We do not use the personal information submitted through this website to make solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you.

If you have a concern about how we use personal information, please contact us first so we can try to resolve it. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Visit ico.org.uk for current complaint information.

We may update this policy when our services, technology or legal obligations change. The latest version will be published on this page with an updated date.