privacy policy
This policy explains what personal information legally apprentice collects when you sign up on our website, why we collect it, who we share it with, and what your rights are. We have tried to keep it clear and short, however if anything is unclear, please contact us using the details below.
who we are
legally apprentice is a community helping students break into law through the apprenticeship route. We are the "controller" of your personal information, which means we decide how and why it is used.
Name: legally apprentice
Contact email: legallyapprentice@gmail.com
what we collect
When you click "join" and fill in the sign-up form, we collect:
- your full name
- your phone number
- your email address
- your current academic situation
- the city you are from
We do not ask for any sensitive information. Please do not add any additional information in this form.
why we use it, and our legal basis
We use your information to:
- send you information about legally apprentice, including news about our website, events (virtual and in-person), volunteering opportunities and any other initiatives we have available
- invite you to our WhatsApp community and its firm-specific group chats
- understand who our community is (for example, how many members are in each year group or area), so we can run relevant content and events
Our legal basis under UK GDPR is your consent, which you give by ticking the box on the form. You can withdraw your consent at any time (see "your rights" below). Withdrawing consent does not affect anything we did before you withdrew it.
who we share it with
We do not sell your information. We share it only with the types of service provider we need to run the community and the website:
- a form-handling service, which receives and stores your sign-up details and sends them to us
- website hosting and domain providers, which can see technical details such as your IP address when you visit
- a font provider, which can see your IP address when the page loads
- an email provider, which handles emails you send to us or we send to you
- WhatsApp (Meta), if you choose to join our community, which can see your profile and phone number
If you would like to know exactly which providers we use, email us and we will tell you.
About WhatsApp: if you join our WhatsApp community or a group chat, other members and admins may be able to see your phone number and profile name, depending on the group's settings and your own WhatsApp privacy settings. Joining WhatsApp is optional, and you can leave at any time. Whatever you post in a group can be seen by its members. WhatsApp has its own privacy policy, which applies to your use of WhatsApp.
Some of these providers are based outside the UK (for example in the United States). Where that happens, we rely on the safeguards that UK law allows for international transfers, such as the UK's approved data transfer arrangements and standard contractual clauses.
We may also share information if we are legally required to, or where needed to keep our community members safe.
cookies
We do not use cookies or tracking tools on this website ourselves. Our service providers may collect basic technical information, such as your IP address, when your browser loads their content.
how long we keep it
We keep your sign-up details for up tp three years, or until you ask us to delete them, whichever comes first. We review our list every three years and delete details of people who are no longer active members of the Whatsapp community.
keeping it safe
We keep your details only in the services listed above, protected by passwords, and we limit access to the people running legally apprentice. No online system is completely secure, but we take sensible steps to protect your information.
young people
Our community is for students from year 11 upwards. You must be at least 13 years old to sign up, in line with Whatsapp's guidlines, and if you are under 13 please do not use the form. We use young people's information only for the purposes in this policy, and we will not use it to make decisions about you or to show you adverts.
your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
- ask for a copy of the information we hold about you
- ask us to correct anything that is wrong
- ask us to delete your information
- ask us to stop or limit how we use it
- object to us using it
- withdraw your consent at any time
- ask for your information in a portable format
To use any of these rights, email us at the address above. We will respond within one month. Asking us to delete your details will not stop you from being a member of any WhatsApp group, so please also leave the group, or ask an admin to remove you.
complaints
We would like the chance to put things right first, so please contact us. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, or call 0303 123 1113.
changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.