LAWSON STANFORD LAWYERS

Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and definitions

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, hold, use, and disclose personal information, and how you may access and correct your information or make a complaint.
References to “Lawson Stanford”, “we”, “us” and “our” are to Lawson Stanford Pty Ltd (ACN 694 102 700) trading as Lawson Stanford Lawyers (ABN 46 694 102 700).
Lawson Stanford Pty Ltd is an incorporated legal practice.
We are bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), as amended from time to time.
“Personal information” has the meaning given in the Privacy Act. In general terms, it is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable. This includes “sensitive information”.
“Sensitive information” has the meaning given in the Privacy Act.

We primarily collect, hold, use and disclose personal information to provide legal services to our clients, to operate and market our legal practice business, to help us manage and enhance the services we provide to you, and also for the purposes as listed below:
1. comply with our legal and professional obligations;
2. meet insurance requirements;
3. provide information, services or products requested by you; and
4. send marketing and promotional communications where permitted.
We may also collect, use or disclose personal information for other purposes not listed above. Where this occurs, we will notify you at the time of collection or use where required.
The personal information we collect may include, but not limited to, names, tax file numbers, addresses, email address, telephone numbers, social media details, occupations, wage records, bank account details, asset and investment details, financial planning records, taxation records, medical records and relationship details.

We collect personal information:
1. Directly from you (e.g. when you contact us or engage our services);
2. From your authorised representatives;
3. From third parties (e.g. government agencies, courts, other professionals);
4. From publicly available sources.
Where we collect information from third parties, we will take reasonable steps to inform you where appropriate

We may disclose your personal information to:
1. Barristers, experts, and other professional advisors;
2. Courts, tribunals, and government authorities;
3. Opposing parties and their representatives (where required),
4. Third-party service providers (e.g. IT providers, document services);
5. Your authorised representatives.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that any third parties handle your personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
We do not sell your personal information.

We may use your personal information to send you information about our services that may be of interest to you.
You may opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by contacting us or using the unsubscribe option in communications.
We do not provide your personal information to any other person for marketing purposes.

In some circumstances, your personal information may be disclosed to recipients outside Australia (for example, where required for a legal matter or where service providers are located overseas).
We take reasonable steps to ensure that such recipients handle your personal information consistently with Australian privacy laws.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. These websites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.
You should review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal information.

You may request access to the personal information we hold about you and request corrections if it is inaccurate, out-of-date, or incomplete.
Such requests should be made by contacting us in writing.

If you believe we have handled your personal information in a manner inconsistent with the Australian Privacy Principles, you may contact us in the first instance.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be published on our website.

In accordance with our obligations under the Privacy Act, if we become aware of, or reasonably suspect, an eligible data breach involving your personal information, we will comply with the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
Where required, we will:
1. assess whether the breach is likely to result in serious harm within the required timeframe;
2. prepare a notification statement and provide it to the OAIC; and
3. notify affected individuals or publish the notification as required by law./li>