Case Law is committed to protecting your privacy. This document sets out our privacy policy commitment in respect of the personal information we hold about you, and what we do with that information.
Any personal information that we collect about you will only be used for the purposes for which we have collected it, or as allowed by law. It is important to us that you are confident that any personal information we hold about you will be treated in a way which ensures protection of your personal information.
Our commitment in respect of personal information is to abide by the Australian Privacy Principles for the protection of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act and any other relevant law.
When we refer to personal information we mean information from which your identity is reasonably apparent. The personal information we hold about you may also include sensitive information or credit information.
The kinds of personal information we may collect about you include your name, date of birth, address, account details, occupation, and any other information we may need to identify you or provide our services.
We may collect personal information from you directly, or via your use of our services. We will only collect personal information which is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions and activities.
We collect personal information for the purposes of providing the services you have requested and managing our relationship with you. This occurs when you seek legal advice from us, attend a seminar, sign up to receive information from us, apply for a position with us or provide services to us. We may also collect your personal information from our clients, where that information is necessary for us to act for them.
Sensitive information is any information about a person’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional, or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, criminal record or health information.
We will not ask you to disclose sensitive information unless it is necessary for providing our services to you. However, if you elect to provide unsolicited sensitive information, it may be captured and stored.
A cookie is a small text placed on your computer by our web page server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our webpage services. Cookies are frequently used on websites. We use cookies in a limited manner when you visit our website, for providing you with a better and more customised service. You can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your internet browser.
Cookies are not used by us to collect and store your personal information. We use cookies for different purposes such as:
If at any time you do not wish to accept cookies or wish to delete existing cookies, you may manually configure your browser to refuse cookies or may manually delete existing cookies from your hard drive. However, by deleting or refusing to accept cookies you may frustrate or hinder your access to or use of areas of our website.
Your IP address is the identifier for your computer when you are using the internet. It may be necessary for us to record your IP address for your interaction with our website.
We may disclose your personal information to:
Before disclosing any of your personal information to a third party, we will take reasonable steps to satisfy ourselves that:
We may use cloud storage to store the personal information we hold about you. The cloud storage and the IT servers may be located outside Australia.
From time to time we may use your personal information to provide you with current information about legal issues that you may find of interest.
If you do not wish to receive marketing information, you may at any time decline to receive such information by telephoning us on (02) 8318 3660, or by writing to us at mail@caselawyers.com.au. If the direct marketing is by email you may also use the unsubscribe function.
It is important to us that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. We may ask you from time to time to notify us if any of your personal information has changed. If you wish to make any changes to your personal information, you may contact us. We rely on you to ensure the information we hold about you is accurate or complete.
In most circumstances, it will be necessary for us to identify you to successfully do business with you. However, where it is lawful and practicable to do so, we will offer you the opportunity to do business with us without providing us with personal information.
If we collect government identifiers, such as your tax file number, we will not use or disclose this information other than required by law. We will never use a government identifier to identify you.
We will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information by storing it in a secure environment. We may store your personal information in paper and electronic form. We will also take reasonable steps to protect any personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
You may request access to any of the personal information that we hold about you at any time. Depending on the type of request that you make, we may respond to your request immediately. Otherwise, we usually respond to you within 14 days of receiving your request. We may need to contact other entities to properly investigate your request.
There may be situations where we are not required to provide you with access to your personal information, for example, if the information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings, or if your request is vexatious. An explanation will be provided to you if we deny you access to the personal information we hold about you.
If any of the personal information we hold about you is incorrect, inaccurate or out of date, you may request that we correct the information. If appropriate, we will correct the personal information at the time of the request. Otherwise, we will provide an initial response to you within 14 days of receiving your request. Where reasonable, and after our investigation, we will provide you with details about whether we have corrected the personal information within 30 days.
If we refuse to correct your personal information, we will provide you with our reasons for not correcting the information.
If you are dissatisfied with how we have dealt with your personal information, or you have a complaint about our compliance with the Privacy Act, please contact us on the details below.
We will acknowledge your complaint within seven days, and provide you with a decision on your complaint within 30 days.
If you are dissatisfied with our response you may make a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner via the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website (www.oaic.gov.au) or on 1300 363 992.
You may request further information about the way we manage your personal information by contacting us.
We constantly review our policies and aim to keep up to date with the laws and market practices. The technology, the law and the market practices are constantly changing. Consequently, we may change this privacy policy from time to time or as the need arises.
mail@caselawyers.com.au
Level 2, 64 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000
Tel +61 2 8318 3660
Fax +61 2 8318 3661