This is the Privacy Policy of
Kirkman Family Law (ABN
75621656979)
.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our clients, referrers, contacts, customers, suppliers and employees
("you" and when relating to you, "your") and complying with the Australian Privacy Principles
set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).
In this policy we describe how we manage your “Personal Information” and “Sensitive Information”
as defined in the Privacy Act.
The kinds of Personal Information that we collect include:
(a) Contact details such as name, role or position, address, email address, mobile number, landline number and/or fax
number;
(b) Information relating to your circumstances and affairs relevant to the matter/s in which we are instructed;
(c) Information about your legal interests and requirements and the legal services that you may wish to purchase;
(d) Information regarding our communications with you and your attendance at seminars and promotional events held
by us;
(e) If you are an employee or prospective employee, information about your qualifications, skills and work experience;
(f) If you are a supplier or prospective supplier, information about your business skills, services, products and
prices;
(g) Information about the website and/or social media usage, including statistical information regarding views,
access, use by your customers.
T he Personal Information we collect and hold assists us in conducting our business, providing and marketing our services and meeting our legal obligations.
In some cases we may also collect Sensitive Information, such as information about an individual's membership of a professional association, criminal record or health information. Such Sensitive Information is only collected where the individual has provided consent to such collection and the information is reasonably necessary for our function or activities or as otherwise permitted by the Privacy Law .
A failure to collect Personal Information, and in some cases Sensitive Information prevent s us from providing our clients with adequate legal services.
2.1 We collect Personal Information by various means including when:
(a) you contact us with a question or inquiry;
(b) you subscribe to our newsletter or legal updates service;
(c) you attend a seminar or event where we are hosting or presenting;
(d) you instruct us to act for you and we open a file and conduct a conflict check;
(e) our clients provide information relating to related and adverse parties relevant to the advice or services we
are providing;
(f) we undertake a search or investigation;
(g) you visit our website.
2.2 Where practicable we collect Personal Information about you directly from you. However, we may have collected information
about you from a third party such as a client, a third party information provider, the courts or a person responding
to our questions or inquiries.
2.3 We are required to collect the full name and address of our clients by the Solicitors Rules made under the Legal
Profession Uniform Law (NSW) 2015. Accurate name and address information must also be collected in order to comply
with the trust account record keeping requirements in the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015
(NSW) and to comply with our duty to the courts.
2.4 If you are a client and do not provide us with name and address information we cannot act for you.
2.5 If you do not provide us with accurate Personal Information we may not be able to carry out our instructions
or achieve the purpose for which the information has been sought.
3.1 We collect, hold, use and Personal Information in order to:
(a) respond to your enquiries;
(b) provide legal services;
(c) employ competent and diligent personnel;
(d) monitor or improve the use of and satisfaction with our legal services; and
(e) let you know about legal developments, our expertise and legal services that may be of interest to you.
3.2 We disclose Personal Information:
(a) in order to carry out the instructions of our clients; and
(b) subject to our confidentiality obligations, when using services in support of our legal practice.
4.1 Subject to our confidentiality obligations, we may share some relevant Personal Information with:
(a) parties related to a matter you have with us, government authorities and service providers as reasonably required
to carry out your instructions;
(b) our e-mail marketing provider for the purposes of providing you our newsletter, invitations and legal updates;
and
(c) third party service providers who assist us with archival, auditing, accounting, legal, business consulting,
website or technology services.
4.2 We also will disclose your information if required by law to do so or in circumstances permitted by the Privacy Act – for example, where we have reasonable grounds to suspect that unlawful activity, or misconduct of a serious nature, that relates to our functions or activities has been is being or may be engaged in, in response to a subpoena, discovery request or a court order.
5. Non-personal information
5.1 We and our third party service providers may track and collect traffic patterns through our Website:
(a) T hrough your web browser . Our internet service provider may record and advise us of your service address, domain name, the date and time of your visit, the pages viewed and information downloaded ;
(b) U sing cookies . Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer you are using. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Website, pages visited, and language preferences. We use cookies to gather statistical information about our website to continually improve its design and functionality and understand how individuals use it. You can refuse to accept these cookies by following your browser’s instructions. However, if you do not accept them, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our website ; and
(c) U sing pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs or other similar technologies. Pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs or other similar technologies may be used in connection with some website pages and HTML formatted e-mail messages to, among other things, measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and compile statistics about Website usage and response rates
6. Third Party Sites and Services
This privacy policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practice of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or web property (including, without limitation, any application) that is accessed through a link from our website. We cannot and do not make any warranty or representation as to the practised of any linked websites in the handling of your personal information. Additionally, the availability of, or inclusion of a link to, any such site or property on the Website does not imply endorsement of it by us or by our affiliates.
7 .1 We do not disclose personal information to overseas recipients.
8 .1 We may, from time to time, send you newsletters, invitations and legal updates about our services. You can opt out of receiving further such communications by notifying us using our contact details below by clicking the "unsubscribe" option at the bottom of any marketing e-mail received from us.
9 .1 We take reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect your Personal Information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. For example, we maintain our files in secure offices and limit access to personal information to individuals with a need to know.
10 .1 You can contact us to access, correct or update your Personal Information. Unless we are subject to confidentiality obligation or some other restriction on giving access to the information and we are permitted to refuse you access under the Privacy Act, we will endeavour to make your information available to you within 30 days. Examples of circumstances where we may refuse to give you access to your personal information include where:
(a) giving access would be unlawful;
(b) we reasonably believe that giving you access would pose a serious threat to the life, health or safety of any
individual or to public health or public safety;
(c) giving access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others;
(d) the information could reveal the intentions of a party in negotiations;
(e) giving access could prejudice the taking of appropriate action in relation to unlawful activity;
(f) giving access could reveal evaluative information in a commercially sensitive decision making process.
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.2 If you request to correct your personal information, we will correct, or, if we consider more appropriate, note your
request for amendment of the information on your record.
10.3 We will not charge you to make a request to access your record but we may charge you to actually provide access
depending on the costs associated with obtaining and providing the material.
10.4 These actions can usually be taken by contacting a customer relations representative using the contact information
on the "Contact Us" section below.
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.1 We may modify our Privacy Policy at any time and such modifications shall be deemed effective immediately upon posting
on our Website. Continued use of the Website shall constitute your acceptance of the modified privacy policy. Since
you will be bound by the amended terms and conditions, we recommend that you visit this page periodically to review
the privacy policy.
If a breach of this Privacy Policy occurs, a complaint may be made to us by sending it to:
Kirkman Family Law Attention: Fiona Kirkman Email: fiona@kirkmanfamilylaw.com.au.
We will endeavour to respond to any complaint within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response to your
complaint you may seek a review by contacting the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner using the information
available at
http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints
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This Privacy Policy was last updated in November 2017.
Accredited Specialist in Family Law, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, and Nationally Accredited Mediator.
PO Box 243 Engadine NSW 2233.
(02) 9520-7549 fiona@kirkmanfamilylaw.com.au
ABN 75621656979. FDRP R1004826.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under the Professional Standards Legislation.
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