Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected by JDF Legal Pty Ltd (ABN 96 634 336 744) via this website www.jdflegal.com.au (“this Website”), and sets out the way the we use, maintain and disclose your personal information. It does not apply to any third party websites which you may click through to during your use of this Website.

What is personal information
The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) currently defines “personal information” as information or opinion about an identified individual, whether the information or opinion is true or not and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not. It therefore does not include information that does not disclose your identity or enable you to be identified.

How we collect your personal information
We may collect any personal information that you input into this Website, including your name, address, contact number and email address. The Website may also record geographical tagging information, your computer’s IP address and cookies, which enable us to tell when you use the Website and help us to customise your website experience.

How we may use your personal information
We may use your personal information for a variety of reasons, including:

• verifying your identity;
• responding to your enquiries;
• detecting and preventing the fraudulent misuse of this Website; and
• updating and maintaining our internal register of client contacts and practice management system.

Storing and protecting your personal information We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and privacy of your personal information through the use of firewalls, anti-virus software, email filters, and secure passwords to protect all electronically stored information, as well as taking all reasonable measures to protect any hard-copy information. When we may disclose your personal information We will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties. However, where it is reasonably required, we may disclose your personal information to:

• your authorised representatives or advisors when requested by you to do so;
• other parties involved in your matter as required, including their solicitors;
• our professional advisors, including accountants, auditors and lawyers;
• third parties who we engage to assist us in providing legal services to you;
• credit-reporting and fraud-checking agencies;
• government and regulatory authorities, as required or authorised by law;
• the police or other appropriate persons or law enforcement agencies where there is the suspicion of illegal activity.

Access to your personal information In most cases, you may have access to any personal information that we hold about you, and we will handle requests for access to your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. Should you wish to obtain access, please contact us as set out below. Contacting us about our Privacy Policy. If you have any queries, wish to seek access to your personal information, wish to make a correction to inaccurate personal information, or if you have a complaint about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us on: Privacy Officer JDF Legal Pty Ltd 37 Were Street Montmorency VIC 3094 03 9435 9997 admin@jdflegal.com.au