We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us, submit an enquiry, or instruct us to prepare a country expert report.
We provide country expert reporting services for legal proceedings, including immigration, asylum, human rights, family law, and other matters. We understand that the information shared with us may be sensitive and handle it with appropriate care.
We provide independent country expert reporting services to legal professionals, organisations, courts, and private individuals.
Business Name: Country Expert Reports
Registered Address: 402 First Floor, Palatine Road, Manchester, England, M22 4FZ.
Email: info@countryexpertreports.co.uk
Telephone: [Insert Contact Number]
For privacy-related enquiries, please contact us using the details above.
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following information:
Your name, email address, telephone number, organisation, professional role, and other contact details you provide through our website or correspondence.
Information relating to your enquiry or report instructions, including relevant case details, country of origin, location, background information, and the issues requiring expert analysis.
Documents you provide for the preparation of a report, which may include legal correspondence, witness statements, identity documents, case records, and other supporting materials.
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and website usage data, depending on the technologies we use.
We may use your information to:
We will only use personal information for purposes that are lawful and compatible with the circumstances in which it was collected.
Where UK data protection law applies, we process personal information using an appropriate lawful basis, which may include:
Where information includes special category personal data, such as information about religion, ethnicity, health, or political opinions, we will identify and rely on an applicable additional legal condition where required.
We recognise that country expert report instructions may contain sensitive personal, legal, and family information.
We take appropriate measures to restrict access to case information and use it only for relevant business and reporting purposes, subject to applicable legal obligations.
Where necessary and authorised, information may be shared with the relevant expert, legal representative, or other party involved in the commissioned work.
Please avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information through general website forms. Where detailed case documents are required, we will advise you on an appropriate method of submission.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
We may share relevant information where necessary with:
We aim to share only information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
As we provide services to clients in the UK, Europe, and other international jurisdictions, personal information may be accessed or processed outside the country in which it was collected.
Where UK data protection law applies, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that any restricted international transfer is made in accordance with applicable legal requirements, including the use of appropriate safeguards where necessary.
Please contact us if you require further information about international transfers relevant to your case.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
These measures may include access restrictions, secure systems, appropriate staff procedures, and controlled sharing of case documents.
However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
