Privacy Policy

The Trustee for Ashworth Lawyers Trust - ABN 87 659 512 217

Commitment to privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. We are required to comply with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, and therefore our privacy policy applies to any personal information we collect, manage, and use. It also explains our online information practices and allows you to make informed choices when using our site and our services.

What information do we collect?

We collect personal information through our website such as your name, date of birth, phone, location, email, and the charge details as part of your initial enquiry. During our representation of you, we will work closely with you to prepare your criminal defence. As part of this, we will collect personal information about you during our conferences and sensitive information may be disclosed through documentation provided to our office such as the Brief of Evidence from the prosecutor.

Our website may also collect non-identifiable information such as our website pages you visited, the browser being used, your operating system, and the domain name of your internet service provider.

How do we use your information?

We will only use or disclose your personal information in relation to the criminal law service we provide and that you would reasonably expect to be used or disclosed. We take seriously the duty to maintain confidentiality and that duty will apply except where disclosure is consented to by you or compelled by law. Client information may be disclosed to approved third parties who are required to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles.

Disclosure of personal information

We will only send personal information about you to other organisations when:

• We have your consent to share the information

• We need to share your information as part of providing legal representation

• We are required or authorised by law to disclose the information

We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, such as a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency´s request.

We take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of your information, but we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this policy.

Collection of information by third-party sites

We will not provide your information to any third party without your express consent, unless it is necessary to carry out purposes as listed above.

Where necessary, we may disclose personal information to other companies or individuals as part of our legal representation of you. This includes barristers, consultants, doctors, psychologists, courts, tribunals, mediators, and anyone else to whom you authorise us to disclose it.

Tracking and cookies

Our website uses tracking technologies (including Google Analytics and cookies) to support the user experience and make our services as convenient as possible.

Cookies are information files that are transferred from the website to your computer and stored in your web browser to retain your preferences. Cookies will not be used to identify you as an individual unless required by law, or where the website is accessed via links in an email we have sent which specifically refers to the fact that clicking on links may be tracked.

Cookies themselves do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering on the website. However, once you choose to provide the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.

Security of personal information

We aim to protect any personal information that we hold from misuse or loss, and to protect it from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.

Contact us

If you have any questions about our policy, please call us on (07) 3012 6531 or send to us an email at mail@ashworthlawyers.com.au.

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