Privacy Policy
Kain Lawyers Pty Ltd ACN 137 053 395 (referred to as ‘Kain Lawyers’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) is firmly committed to the protection of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (‘Privacy Act’) and the Australian Privacy Principles (‘APPs’). We aim to maintain a safe and secure system of handling your personal information, while still providing access to your personal information when required.
This Privacy Policy explains how Kain Lawyers collects, manages, uses and discloses ‘personal’ information covered under the Privacy Act.
In some cases we may also collect ‘sensitive information’, such as information about an individual’s membership of a professional association, political opinions, memberships, religious beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, health or criminal record, or biometric information where permitted by law.
We may also collect and process ‘non-personal’ information provided to us by your browser when you visit our websites or use our applications, for example, the website you came from, your location information, IP address, web browser and/or device type, and the time and date of access.
We aim to maintain a safe and secure system of handling your personal information, whilst still providing you access to your personal information when required. If you wish to make inquiries regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact Kain Lawyers using one of the methods set out below.
We may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy. All personal information held by us will be governed by our most recent Privacy Policy, which will be available on our website at: (https://www.kainlawyers.com.au/privacy-policy/)
What personal information do we collect?
The information we collect depends upon the nature of our dealings with you. We aim to collect your personal information directly from you during the course of our business relationship. However, where it is not reasonable or practicable to collect information directly from you, we obtain it from other sources.
Personal information we may collect, hold, use and disclose includes, but is not limited to:
- information about contacting you including your name, addresses, telephone numbers, email address;
- details of the services you have purchased, considered or enquired about, and any additional information necessary to deliver those services and respond to your queries;
- any personal information in instructions or comments provided by you;
- occupation information including your organisation and your role;
- business or company information, including your relationships with third parties and shareholdings;
- information provided by or on behalf of you or businesses looking to form a relationship with us;
- information regarding dealings of people with us or our clients;
- for employees, including prospective employees, police checks or working with children checks, and photos and videos of you;
- payment information and financial information including bank account details;
- government related identifiers such as Australian Business Numbers, Australian Company Numbers and Tax File Numbers;
- information required to verify your identity including your date of birth, driver’s licence and passport information; and
- any other personal information you provide to us from time to time, or required by us to provide our services.
We generally do not collect sensitive information. Notwithstanding this, if in the ordinary course of our business activities we collect sensitive information, we will only use or disclose such information:
- for the purpose for which it was provided or another directly related purpose; or
- as allowed by law.
Why do we collect your personal information?
We collect personal information so that we can provide our legal services, communicate with you, meet our legal and regulatory obligations, and manage our relationship with you.
How do we hold and protect your information?
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference and loss, and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
When do we disclose your personal information?
We may disclose your personal information to third parties where necessary to provide our services, where you have consented, or where we are required or authorised by law to do so.
Information collected on our website
When you visit our website we may collect technical information such as your IP address and browsing activity using cookies and similar technologies. You can manage cookies through your browser settings.
How to access and correct your information
You may request access to, or correction of, the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the details below.
How long will we keep your information?
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and to meet our legal and regulatory obligations, after which it is securely destroyed or de-identified.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Where we use artificial intelligence tools in providing our services, we do so in a manner consistent with our confidentiality, privacy and professional obligations.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on our website.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this policy or wish to make a complaint, please contact us at info@kainlawyers.com.au or (02) 8080 9656.