Akoyefa Transmigrat Lawyers are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
In this policy, references to “we” or “us” are references to Akoyefa Transmigrat Lawyers.
In acting for you, we may collect certain personal information including:
(a) your name, address and contact details;
(b) information about your personal circumstances, family members sensitive information including health information, your immigration history, your family situation; and
As much as possible we collect this information from you personally.
When it is not possible for us to collect the information from you personally, we will notify you that such information has been collected and tell you where we got the information from.
Personal information collected about you is only used or disclosed to provide the legal services you instruct us to provide, and for purposes, related to the provision of the legal services, in respect of which you would reasonably expect us to use or disclose the information.
From time to time we may use personal information that we have collected from you to provide you with information about our legal services which we expect to be of interest to you and to assist in marketing our firm. If you wish to opt out of these services please inform one of our team members.
We do not use your information for any other purpose without your consent. However, we reserve the right to use or disclose your information where required or permitted by Australian law or a court order.
Our business is conducted in Australia, however we also work with clients, who may be located overseas and it may become necessary to disclose personal information to an entity located in another country as part of the services we carry out for you. We will obtain your consent before disclosing any personal information overseas and we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information disclosed is subject to laws and requirements equivalent to the APPs.
If we are no longer required to keep part or any of your information, it is securely destroyed.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the information we hold about you is complete and correct.
You may at any time:
(a) request access to the information we have about you;
(b) seek correction to information we have about you; or
(c) make a complaint about an alleged breach by us of the APPs.
Should you have a request, complaint or question about our privacy policy please contact any of our team members or email info@akoyefatransmigratlawyers.com
If you are not satisfied with steps we take to resolve your complaint, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
