At Kalus Kenny Intelex (we or us), we take the protection of personal information seriously, and are committed to ensuring that the personal information you provide to us is protected. We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). The APPs regulate the manner in which we collect, use, hold, disclose and destroy personal information in the course of conducting our business.
This Privacy Policy sets out how we manage that personal information and how we comply with the APPs. If at any time you would like more information in relation to how we handle personal information, or for access to your personal information, please contact us on the details below.
1. Definitions
In this Privacy Policy, Kalus Kenny Intelex includes:
- Kalus Kenny Intelex (ABN 53 292 470 996); and
- KK Services Pty Ltd (ACN 062 340 256).
Personal Information is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or about an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether the information or opinion is true or not and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
Sensitive Information is a subset of personal information, and includes information or an opinion about an individual’s racial origin, political opinions, religious and philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation and criminal record, and includes health information and genetic information.
2. Collection Methods and Purposes
We only collect personal information if it is necessary for our business purposes.
We collect personal information about our clients, potential clients, employees, potential employees, suppliers, contractors and other third parties in order for us to properly represent our clients and to carry out our business functions and activities.
Where it is reasonably practicable for us to do so, we collect personal information directly from you. Sometimes we receive and collect personal information about you from third parties, such as other law firms, your family members, business associates, accountants, financial advisors or our clients. We also collect personal information from publicly available sources.
We collect personal information about you when you make an enquiry with us and when we are otherwise engaged us to provide our products and services.
The kinds of personal information we collect include:
- name, address, telephone numbers, date of birth, place of birth, professional qualifications, occupation, professional membership and contact information;
- opinions about you, including your business or professional experience;
- information about your dealings with us or our clients, which includes financial records, bank account details, insurance policies and taxation information;
- in some circumstances, tax file numbers, Australian Business Numbers, passport information and driver’s licence information; and
- electronic data collected when you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, geographical tags, cookies and statistical data.
We rarely need to collect sensitive information and will not do so unless we are authorised by law or otherwise have consent.
You can be anonymous or use a pseudonym when dealing with us, unless:
- you are required by law to use your real name; or
- it is impracticable for us to deal with you without using your real name.
If we do not collect, hold, use or disclose your personal information, then we may not be able to provide our services to you.
3. Use and Disclosure
We use personal information collected by us to enable us to conduct our business, to carry on our marketing activities, to comply with our legal obligations and for other reasonably foreseeable purposes, including:
- to maintain and develop our relationship with you and provide our services to you;
- to communicate with our clients and other third parties;
- to respond to enquiries;
- to market our services including by providing you with information about legal developments or events which may be of interest to you;
- to consider your application for employment with us;
- to comply with our legal and reporting obligations; and
- for research, planning, service development, security or risk management.
We use personal information for the primary purpose for which it is collected. We may also collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for related purposes that you would reasonably expect including our administrative and accounting functions, marketing and promotions, feedback, newsletter communications, statistical collection and website analysis.
Your personal information is treated by us as strictly private and confidential, and will not be disclosed by us unless:
- you consent to such disclosure;
- the disclosure is required in the course of providing legal services to you (e.g. engaging a barrister or external consultant on your behalf);
- the disclosure is to an external service provider on a confidential basis for financial or administrative purposes (e.g. IT, photocopy or archive services);
- the disclosure is to a third party recruitment firm in respect of your prospective employment with us;
- the disclosure is required to enforce our terms of service;
- the disclosure is in connection with the actual or proposed sale, merger or divestment of all or part of our business (whether or not any such transaction is completed); or
- we are required or permitted to do so by law.
We will not disclose your personal information to third parties for the purposes of marketing of their products or services to you. We do not sell or trade personal information, or allow third parties to use that personal information for their own purposes.
4. Overseas Disclosure
In the course of providing our services to you, we may need to disclose some of your personal information to an overseas recipient; however we will only do so where:
- such disclosure is necessary for us to provide our services to you; and
- you have provided your consent; or
- we reasonably believe that the recipient is required to deal with the personal information in accordance with laws which are similar to the APPs and will keep the personal information secure and use it only for the purpose for which it was collected; or
- it is otherwise permitted or required by law or court order.
5. Data Quality
The accuracy of the personal information we collect is imperative to us providing proper legal services.
All reasonable steps will be taken by us to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you become aware that any of the personal information we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, please contact us on the details below.
6. Data Security
We take our obligations under the Privacy Act seriously. All of our personnel are required to protect the confidentiality of your personal information, subject to this Privacy Policy.
We hold your information in electronic and hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect all information that we hold, including personal information, from misuse and loss, and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
We do this by, for example:
- incorporating strict password access and virus protection procedures into all electronic databases;
- implementing password controls on our computers and devices, servers and emails;
- restriction of access to personal information to staff members who require access in order to perform their role;
- taking all reasonable steps to keep our premises secure;
- by providing training to staff regarding this Privacy Policy and information handling practices;
- ensuring that the third parties we engage for off-site storage and archive services have secure facilities and implement privacy safeguards; and
- using secure document destruction facilities.
Personal information is destroyed or de-identified when it is no longer needed or when we are no longer required by law to retain it (whichever is the later).
7. Access and Correction
You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you at any time by contacting our Privacy Officer (contact details below). We may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of retrieval and copying, if you are entitled to that personal information.
If the personal information we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, we will take reasonable steps to correct the information. You can update the personal information we hold about you by email or letter to our Privacy Officer (contact details below).
We will always provide reasons for denial of access or refusal to correct personal information.
8. Sensitive Information
We do not collect, use or disclose sensitive information about you (such as race, ethnicity, religion, sexual preference, health or criminal record) unless it is required for the provision of our services to you or our client and you provide your consent, or where it is otherwise required or allowed by law.
9. Destruction of Personal Information
We use secure document destruction facilities to ensure that personal information is destroyed or de-identified when it is no longer needed or when we are no longer required by law to retain it (whichever is the later).
You agree that we may de-identify or destroy your personal information:
- if you are our client, 7 years after the completion of any matter in respect of which the personal information is given;
- if you are not our client, when we no longer require it (which in many instances will be 7 years after completion of the matter in respect of which the personal information was collected); or
- if you are a prospective employee, immediately upon us determining that your application for employment by us is unsuccessful.
10. Complaints Procedure
If you believe that your privacy has been breached, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information below. We will treat your complaint confidentially, investigate it and aim to ensure that your complaint is resolved within a reasonable time.
11. Amendments to this Privacy Policy
We review our policies regularly and occasionally may need to change or update them. If we modify this Privacy Policy, we will post any updated version on this website. Any updated versions of this policy will be posted on our website and will be effective from the date of posting.
You should check this website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
This policy was last updated in July 2020.
13. Kalus Kenny Intelex Privacy Officer
For all queries regarding personal information and for access to your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer by email to [email protected], by writing to the Privacy Officer, Kalus Kenny Intelex, Level 1, 4 Riverside Quay, Southbank, Victoria 3006 or by calling 03 8825 4800.