Boudica Criminal Law and entities controlled by it (collectively referred to as, “we”, “our” and “us”) abide by the National Privacy Principles established under the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act, 2000.

This privacy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how it is used.

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including interviews, correspondence, by telephone, by email, via our website www.boudicacriminallaw.com.au, from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, from cookies- delete all that aren’t applicable and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.

We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.

When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.

Sensitive information will be used by us only:

• For the primary purpose for which it was obtained

• For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose

• With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you.

However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

• Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and

• Where required or authorised by law.

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information.

However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.

Boudica Criminal Law will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.

In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date.

We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.

By accessing various pages of the website, we may collect information about you. Log files or “cookies” record, for statistical purposes, the following information:

• your server address;

• your top level domain name;

• pages you accessed;

• search terms you used;

• date and time you visited the site;

• previous site you visited;

• your operating system; and

• the type of browser you use.

Your personal information may be stored either in hard copy documents or as electronic data in our information technology systems.

Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes.

Cookies can facilitate a user’s ongoing access to and use of a site. They allow us to track usage patterns and to compile data that can also be used improve content and targeted advertising.

If you do not want information collected through the use of Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the Cookie feature.

However, you should note that Cookies may be necessary in order for certain features of this website to operate.

Any personal information you provide, including your email address, will only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which you have provided it.

Your personal information will not be added to a mailing list or used to be disclosed to any third party without your consent.

We do not share information about you with other agencies or other organisations without your permission unless it:

• is necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested; and

• is required or authorised by law.

Whilst you information will not be provided to a third party. It may however, be handled by a third party. For example, we may engage third party contractors in the course of managing, upgrading or repairing our information technology systems.

Boudica Criminal Law complies with the Spam Act 2003, which deals with restrictions on sending emails.

Our website may contain links to other organisations’ websites. Linked websites are responsible for their own privacy practices and you should check those websites for their respective privacy policy.

Boudica Criminal Law strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally identifiable information of our clients.

We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures including restricting physical access to our offices and firewalls and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.

You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you.

To contact us in respect of this privacy statement or information we may hold about you, please contact us by writing:

Boudica Criminal Law
PO Box 163 Busselton WA 6280