Limited Liability
Liability limited by the Solicitors Scheme approved under the Professional Standards Act 1994 (NSW).
National Privacy Principles
Abrahams and Associates understand and respect your right to privacy and the protection of your personal information. Abrahams and Associates is committed to complying with the National Privacy Principles (NPP's) contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. The National Privacy Principles enshrines your rights and determines our responsibilities with respect to your privacy and data protection.
Collection of Personal Information:
Protecting your confidential information is fundamental to our relationship with our clients and for our business. All information received in respect of a client matter is subject with strict duties of confidentiality. We will not disclose such information unless in accordance with express instructions.
During the course of our business, we will be required to collect personal information from you. We will only collect information that we believe is relevant and necessary for the conduct of our business.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected or any other secondary purpose that is directly related to the purpose of your information collection.
We may disclose your personal information to:
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other members of Abrahams & Associates;
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other companies or individuals who assist us in providing services or who perform functions on our behalf (such as mailing houses, specialist consultants and barristers);
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courts, tribunals and regulatory authorities; and
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anyone else to whom you authorise us to disclose it.
Data Protection
We will take reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and mistaken disclosure. The steps we undertake to protect your data include;
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proper and secure physical storage facilities;
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proper and secure electronic databases including logins, passwords, firewalls, anti-virus and anti-spyware software;
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signed confidentiality agreements required by all our staff.
All our records are kept in secure archives for a period of 7 years from the date of end of business in accordance with the Legal Profession Act (NSW) 2004.
Access and Correction
You may request at any time access to your file and any other personal information we may hold on you. We reserve the right to charge you reasonable administrative costs should you require copies of your file. If we hold information on you that is incorrect, you may request its alteration or deletion subject to our responsibilities under the Legal Profession Act (NSW) 2004.
Contact Us
If you wish to gain access to your personal information or make a complaint about a breach of your privacy, or if you have any query on how your personal information is collected or used or any other query relating to Abrahams and Associates' Privacy Policy and Disclosure Statement, please contact our Privacy Officer at (02) 9231 2777.
