Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2026
This privacy policy explains how M.M. Halley & Son Solicitors (“we”, “us”) collects and uses personal data when you visit mmhalley.com, contact us or become a client. We are the data controller for this information.
Who we are
M.M. Halley & Son Solicitors, Presentation House, Slievekeale Road, Waterford, Co. Waterford, X91 CV40. Phone 051 874073, email info@mmhalley.com.
The information we collect
- Details you give us when you call, email or use our contact form, such as your name, email address, phone number and the nature of your enquiry.
- Information we need to act for you once you become a client, including identification documents we are required to see by law and details relevant to your legal matter.
- Information about how you use our website, collected through cookies and similar technologies only where you have consented. See our cookie policy.
How and why we use it
- To respond to your enquiry and arrange a consultation (your consent, or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract).
- To provide legal services to you (performance of our contract with you).
- To meet our legal and regulatory obligations, for example under anti-money laundering legislation and the rules that apply to solicitors in Ireland (legal obligation).
- To run, secure and improve our website and measure the effectiveness of our advertising (your consent for non-essential cookies; our legitimate interests for essential security and administration).
Who we share it with
We do not sell your personal data. Where necessary for your matter or for running our practice, we may share information with barristers, medical and other experts, courts and other parties to your case, our IT, email and website service providers, our professional advisers and insurers, and regulators or authorities where the law requires it. Our website analytics and advertising tools are provided by Google and, for consent management, Cookiebot (Usercentrics). Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.
How long we keep it
We keep enquiry information only for as long as we need it to deal with your enquiry. Client files are kept for the periods required by law and by professional guidance for solicitors, after which they are securely destroyed.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its use, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent. Some rights are limited where we must keep information for legal reasons. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@mmhalley.com.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, www.dataprotection.ie.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page.