Rhys Anderson Lawyers’ Privacy Policy
Rhys Anderson Lawyers (ACN 693 659 424) (Rhys Anderson, we, us, our) understands that you value your privacy and wish to have your personal information kept secure. For these reasons, we place a high priority on the security of the personal information we hold. We have developed this policy to inform you of how we manage your personal information and maintain its integrity and security. We are bound by the Privacy Act 1988 and must comply with the Australian Privacy Principles. You can find more information about the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s website at: www.oaic.gov.au.
While we believe in keeping your personal information highly secure, we also believe that you have the right to be informed about how we deal with that information so, if on reading this policy you are unclear on any of the matters or simply want more information, please contact us by using the contact details provided below. By providing personal information to us, you are taken to have read this Privacy Policy, and consent to the collection, use disclosure and handling of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Purposes of collection We collect and hold your personal information primarily to provide the service requested by you, or to respond to your queries (or if it is reasonable to expect that we would use or disclose your personal information for purposes which are related to providing the service or responding to your queries).
We may disclose your personal information to the following third parties:
> External providers of services that we may use to operate our business and manage our business systems (for example, this may include file storage service providers, database and mailing service providers, marketing service providers, couriers and/or freight service providers, printers, providers of payment processing and identity verification services, debtor managers, credit controllers, payment gateway providers, IT technicians who may need access when providing on-site support (although it is our practice for them to work under supervision) and other professional service providers as required from time to time); and
> Our auditors;
If you are a client or potential client, we may also disclose your personal information to:
> Your representative or any person acting on your behalf (for example, accountants, settlement agents or real estate agents);
> Government or regulatory bodies as required or authorised by law.
> Third parties necessary to provide the requested service to you, such as courts, government agencies and barristers;
> Referrers that referred your business to us; and We are not likely to disclose information to overseas recipients unless it is with your consent, or the disclosure is required or authorised by law. The privacy and collection practices of entities to which we disclose personal information are governed by their own privacy policies and collection notices. We will not otherwise disclose information about you unless the disclosure:
> Is required by law;
> Is authorised by law; or
> You have consented to our disclosing the information about you.
Personal information quality
We aim to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up to date. To assist us in this respect, you need to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested and properly update the information to us to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you believe that the information is inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us and we will use all reasonable effort to correct the information. In the event that we do not believe the information to be incorrect, we will take reasonable steps to add a statement to the information claiming that you believe the information is not accurate, complete or up to date.
Securing your personal information
We are committed to keeping your information secure and will take reasonable steps to protect the personal information we hold from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We will also take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed, except where we are required to retain this information by law.