Auslaw Partners respects the privacy of any personal information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we manage and protect your personal information. Please read this policy alongside any overriding provisions of law or contract.
By using our website and providing personal information, you acknowledge and consent to our management of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you are aged 16 or under, you must obtain permission from a parent or guardian before providing any personal information to us. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide personal information.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal information” has the meaning given to it in the Privacy Act, being information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether the information is true or not, and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
Examples of personal information include an individual’s name, address, telephone number and date of birth.
Types of Personal Information Collected
We may collect the following types of personal information:
We may also collect sensitive information from you. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, sensitive information is defined by the Privacy Act to be certain kinds of personal information.
Examples of sensitive information that we may collect from you through providing information and other services to you include health and medical information.
Sensitive information is subject to stricter controls. We will only collect sensitive information about you with your consent. If we receive any sensitive information about you, we will handle it in accordance with this Privacy Policy
Where possible, we will always try to collect personal information directly from you – for example when you:
We may also obtain your personal information from third parties we deal with, such as:
Where we collect personal information from third parties you refer to us, we will assume, and you should ensure, that you have made that third party aware of the referral and the purposes of collection, use and disclosure of the relevant personal information.
We collect, use and disclose your personal information to enable us to provide services, products and information to you, and to otherwise carry out our functions and activities.
In particular, we may collect, use and disclose your personal information in order to:
In carrying out our functions and activities set out above, we may disclose your personal information to the following:
The above entities may in turn disclose your personal information to other entities as described in their respective privacy policies or notices.
If you consent to your personal information being used for direct marketing, we may use your personal information to provide you with information about our products, services and promotions.
If you do not wish to receive such information, you can opt-out at any stage. If you decide to opt-out, you will be removed from our marketing database to ensure that you do not receive future direct marketing material.
There may be times, however, when the law requires us to provide certain information to you. We will continue to send this information to you.
This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Auslaw Partners websites referred to in our Website Terms and Conditions, and any related websites / mobile apps that we may create from time to time and any personal information that you may provide to us via these sources.
When you visit our website, we and/or our contractors may collect certain information about your visit.
Examples of such information may include:
Cookies are small amounts of information which we may store on your computer (after you register on our website) to enable our server to collect certain information from your web browser. Cookies do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. Cookies and other similar technology make it easier for you to log on to and use the website during future visits (for example, they may maintain a shopping basket for your orders).
They also allow us to monitor website traffic, to identify you when you visit our website, personalise website content for you, enable you to both carry out transactions and have access to information about your account. Cookies themselves only record which areas of the site have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long.
Allowing us to create a cookie does not give us access to the rest of your computer and we do not use cookies to track your online activity once you leave our site. Cookies are read only by the server that placed them, and are unable to execute any code or virus.
We also collect general information about your visit to our websites. The information we collect is not used to personally identify you, but instead may include your server address, the date and time of your visit, the pages you accessed and the type of internet browser you use.
This information is aggregated and used for the purposes of system administration, to prepare statistics on the use of our website and to improve our website’s content.
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from interference, loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We may store your personal information in different forms, including in hardcopy and electronic form. We have established policies, procedures and systems to keep your personal information secure – including but not limited to password protection and securing physical storage arrangements.
When we no longer require your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to destroy, delete or de-identify your personal information in a secure manner. However, we may sometimes be required by law to retain certain personal information.
So that we can carry out our activities and functions, it is important that the personal information we hold about you is complete, accurate and up to date. At any time while we hold your personal information, we may request that you inform us of any changes to your personal information.
Alternatively, if you believe that any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading or needs to be corrected or updated, please contact us using our Contact Details below . We will respond to a request to correct your personal information within a reasonable time.
You may also request access to the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using our Contact Details provided below. We will respond to a request for access within a reasonable time – either by giving you access to the personal information requested or by notifying you of our refusal to give access.
We may require you to submit your requests in writing and require that you verify your identity before we respond to any request.
However, in certain circumstances we may charge you a fee for providing you with access to your personal information, for example if you make multiple requests for information, the information requested is voluminous or we incur third party costs in providing you with access to your personal information.
If we cannot respond to you within a reasonable time, we will contact you and provide a reason for the delay and an expected timeframe for finalising your request.
Please note that in certain circumstances, we are permitted by law to refuse to provide you with access to your personal information.
If we decide not to provide you with access to or correct your personal information, we will provide you with written reasons for our decision and advise you of the further complaint mechanisms available to you.
If you have a query or complaint about how we handled your personal information or about any decision to refuse access or correction of your personal information, please contact us using the Contact Details below. We will request that you lodge your complaint in writing.
We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint as soon as possible after receiving your written complaint. We will then investigate the circumstances of your complaint and provide you with a response within a reasonable timeframe.
If you wish to contact us regarding our handling of your personal information or any of the matters covered in this Privacy Policy, you may do so in a number of ways.
You may contact us on:
We reserve the right to revise or supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Any updated version of this Privacy Policy will be posted on our websites and will be effective from the date of posting. You should bookmark and periodically review this page to ensure that you are familiar with the most current version of this Privacy Policy so that you remain aware of the way we handle your personal information.
