This Privacy Policy sets out Minerva Law’s policies with respect to the way in which we obtain, use, and disclose information about you, including through our website at www.minervalaw.com.au. Minerva Law adopts and is bound by the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1998 (“the Act”).
We understand and appreciate that you are concerned about privacy, particularly in relation to the use and disclosure of personal information. We are committed to maintaining a high level of privacy in relation to all personal information that is collected by us.
As solicitors, we have certain obligations to clients to maintain the confidentiality of information disclosed to us. This Privacy Policy is intended to compliment those obligations and not limit them in any way.
By continuing to request our services, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. You can also consent by visiting our website, or by providing information to us on-line.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term ‘Personal Information’, has the same meaning as in the Act.
The types of information generally collected by Minerva Law include your name, address, mobile and telephone numbers, facsimile number and e-mail address. We may also collect or receive information about you in the course of providing services to you. This information could include business or financial information, as well as information that is commercially sensitive. Any such Personal Information is collected of and incidental to the services that we provide at your request. Personal Information may also be collected when you provide business cards or other documentation to us containing such Personal Information.
Through our website, we can only obtain such information if you send an e-mail message or complete an on-line form.
When you look at this website, we may make a record of your visit. The following information may be logged for statistical or security purposes:
- Your internet protocol (IP) address
- The date and time of your visit to the site
- The pages you have accessed and documents downloaded
- The type of browser you were using
Use & disclosure of Personal Information
Any Personal Information that we collect will be used for the purposes for which it has been provided to us. This could include the purposes of providing legal services to you, or for the purposes of marketing our services to you.
In addition, where we reasonably determine it to be appropriate, we may add your name, address, mobile and telephone numbers, facsimile number and e-mail address to our database. The database may be used for ongoing marketing and educative purposes. If we elect to retain such Personal Information, you have our commitment to your privacy.
The type of marketing and educative activities that we undertake may include inviting you to events we host or forwarding material to you so that you are kept updated in relation to various legal issues.
If at any time you do not wish to continue receiving this information or other communications from us, we provide an “opt-out” procedure in each communication to you.
We do not use or disclose your Personal Information collected to any third party, without firstly gaining your consent (either express or implied or where it is required by law).
When emailing Personal Information to us, or completing an on-line enquiry, please be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting such information across the internet. Our website contains links to other websites. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the privacy practices employed at other websites. You should check those websites for their respective privacy policies.
Our web hosting provider gives a certain level of security in relation to visitors to our website. We cannot however provide any guarantee with respect to the security of your Personal Information and we will not be liable for any breach of security or unintended loss or disclosure of information due to any security breaches in relation to our website.
We may use your Personal Information in any of the following ways:
- To deliver the services you have requested (for example, to provide you advice in respect of the legal query that you have raised). In most circumstances it will not be possible to deliver these services if you have not provided us with your Personal Information.
- We may forward periodic mail outs to you that contain information on new issues and changes to the law that we think you will find interesting, or inviting you to events which we host or are involved with. If at any stage you decide you do not wish to receive such mail outs, please let us know by following our “opt out” procedure and we will ensure that your name is removed from the relevant list.
- We do not rent, sell or otherwise disclose your personal information to any other company or organisation, except that from time to time, we may outsource our database management or maintenance to a third party.
- We will not transfer your Personal Information outside of Australia, unless that transfer is required in order to deliver the services that you have requested and you have provided consent (either express or implied) to the transfer.
Access to your Personal Information
Tsungai Mukushi is our Privacy Officer and he will ensure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
If you wish to view the Personal Information we hold about you, please send your request by e-mail to admin@minervalaw.com.au, or by mail or fax to the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy. A fee may apply for such access. If we deny your request for access (which we may do so as provided in the Act or pursuant to general rights we have as solicitors, including our solicitor’s lien) we will let you know why.
If you wish to amend information we hold about you because it is out of date or incorrect, or if you wish your Personal Information to be deleted from our database, please e-mail admin@minervalaw.com.au.
Please contact our Privacy Officer if any of your personal details change and we will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure the information is up-to-date.
Security
Minerva Law uses all reasonable endeavours to secure any Personal Information that we hold about you and to keep this information accurate and up-to-date. Your Personal Information is stored on our internal servers behind a firewall.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may decide to amend or update this Privacy Policy. When this occurs, we will post any changes on the website. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy so that you remain informed as to how Minerva Law is protecting your Personal Information.
Minerva Law welcomes your questions and comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any suggestions as to how we may improve our Privacy Policy, or if you are of the view we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please let us know at admin@minervalaw.com.au.
Complaints
If you believe that your privacy has been breached, please contact our Privacy Officer.
